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..... I imagine that Sustrans will have accepted the responsibility to maintain it.

SilverBadge wrote:

sirmy wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/sep/09/kim-briggs-widower

He says "“There’s a gap between an 1861 act, which is for horses and carriages, and manslaughter. It’s way too big a gap. All I’m saying [is] the law needs to catch up. For cycling, it’s not even a new law, it just needs to be included in the Road Traffic Act.”". So that would be death by careless or dangerous driving being applied to cyclists?

There are thousands across the country who can tell him how ineffective that is, Alliston would have probably been advised to plead guilty to the lesser and got a fine, although from the press reports of her s attitude he wouldn't have. It would be interesting to see how jury verdicts turn out when a cyclist is charged rather than a driver.

Link is
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... wrongdoing

Singletrack magazine article argues that manslaughter charges can be more effective than "causing death by . . ." offences in 1988 RTA.
http://singletrackworld.com/2017/09/the ... mustnt-it/

Annoying Twit wrote:

sirmy wrote:Hmmm, finding it a bit hard to take that so many comments on here and on the bike is article advocate the wholesale removal of cattle grids. They may be inconvenient, get off and walk or slow down if you don't think they're safe, but they play an important role in stock management which really outweighs a bit of inconvenience

I personally don't find cattle grids inconvenient. I just look at the type of grid that I'm approaching and decide what to do for myself. 'Cyclists Dismount' is an attempt to make that decision for me. Here's a cattle grid I ride over at slow speed: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.66240 ... 312!8i6656

The article comments that I saw seemed to suggest that cattle grids should be made safe if they are unsafe. Surely that would be possible without stopping them working as cattle grids? EDIT: Ah, bikepacker above said that cattle grids should be repaired or removed. But, are there 'many' comments to that effect?

chris_suffolk wrote:

Rob87 wrote:
What sort of issues do you generally find with buses?

- Buses over-taking after I've signalled to turn right, and pulled to the center of the road

- Buses over taking, whilst coming towards me, when there is no room

- Buses pulling onto round-a-bouts, from my left, after I've already entered from the previous entrance - normally forcing me to stop.

To be fair, they're not much better on country lanes, over taking on blind bends and brows of hills - it's almost like they have a schedule to keep that's more important than other people's lives!!