And it was 'Grossvater' who took this picture.
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Grossmutter
Through a forest along the cycle friendly Baltic coast. Rostock to Swinemünde/Swinoujscie (in Poland) then down south to Stettin/Szczecin.
Letter to Ashford Herald
Ashford Herald
Nov 27th. 2014. page 3.
Report entitled:
“Residents worried
as cars drive on footpath (and cycleways).”
KCC were reported
to have stated that they ‘had to improve safety only where there had been
recorded incidents’. So does this mean
that where residents are concerned about road safety, KCC will not take any
action to reduce the danger until someone is killed or seriously injured? This is what Roadpeace refer to as a
‘body-count philosophy’, and it is not acceptable. The aim should be to prevent incidents before
they happen, and not to wait until they do, to make a sacrifice just to prove a
point.
In this same article the police were quoted
as saying that vehicles parked on a cycleway (and footway) are not a matter for
the police to enforce. If the police
wont, then who should?
A cycleway is a public highway, and it is
an offence to obstruct it. It is also
an offence to drive onto a pavement, and to obstruct that.
Pedestrians and cyclists are treated as
third rate-citizens. Good footways, and
quality cycleways are in short enough supply, without those we do have being
obstructed by motor vehicles.
Ted Prangnell
CTC, member of Roadpeace, and Living Streets.
Sunday, 23 November 2014
On road - on cycleway obstruction
On road - on cycleway obstruction
The Police said that it should be reported to the council for them to remove it, but this is the case of the plain obstruction of a highway (a cycleway is a highway), and that should be a matter for the police to deal with. My argument was that if a bike was stood in the middle of a road, then they would soon get it moved. Well after my argument it was moved, but I don't know if it was as the result of my lobbyling.
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