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.
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