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- From: D.Pidcock@bradford.ac.uk (Danny Pidcock)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Bicycle riders
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.130953.5979@bradford.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 13:09:53 GMT
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- R A Hollands (s0rah@exnet.co.uk) wrote:
- : Of late it seems to me that people on bikes have started to believe
- : they're pedestrians. They ride past me on the pavement
-
- Give me a cycle lane and I'll use it. Give me a decent road system and
- I'll use it. Give me a space and I'll fill it (esp on the pavement :-) ).
-
- : and they don't
- : have lights at night.
- :
- : It must be months since I saw a bicycle at night with lights. Is this
- : anyone else's experience?
- :
- I find that cycling with just a rear light is quite good: if cars can see
- your front light then you can dodge them. Also that cycling faster is safer:
- the faster you move the harder it is for motorists to hit you ;-)
-