http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Rules of the road dont apply on cycle paths near Paisley en Mon, 18 May 2026 22:43:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21806#post-380976 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:17:06 +0000 gembo 380976@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@murun that really sounds like a dream? Though i have had some black garlic oil in a nice Japanese restaurant tonigh which always gives me an inordinate feeling of well-being. Messers Unman, Wittering and Zygo must be about somewhere? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21806#post-380974 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:44:49 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 380974@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>‘Mr Franklin had an undisputed expertise and his impartial evidence had not been contradicted. The crucial element of his evidence concerned the safe speed at which the parties could have approached the Y-junction, namely 10mph for Mr Merrick and 7mph for Mr Dick. All the evidence of speed suggested on a balance of probabilities that the approach speed of both parties was substantially in excess of the safe speed. If so, then both parties were in breach of their respective duties to take reasonable care.’</p> <p>Oddly enough Mr Vehicular Cycling appears to have thought bikes weren’t like cars when he was on pay… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21806#post-380973 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:37:26 +0000 Murun Buchstansangur 380973@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Think it was a while ago</p> <p><a href="https://road.cc/content/news/speeding-cyclists-equally-blame-bike-path-crash-307663" rel="nofollow">https://road.cc/content/news/speeding-cyclists-equally-blame-bike-path-crash-307663</a></p> <p>I remember reading the judgement, I recall the learned and no doubt non-cycling judge had pretty unreasonably low ideas of ‘safe’ speeds on bike paths (ie much less than the suggested(?) 15mph) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21806#post-380972 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:55:53 +0000 chdot 380972@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw it</p> <p>Not sure where</p> <p>Quite a good summary for a dream… </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21806#post-380971 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 18:34:09 +0000 gembo 380971@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw a post from Cycle Law Scotland. THey we’re representing a cyclist taken out by another cyclist at intersection of NCN75 and NCN7 - Black Cart Water Renfrewshire. Way</p> <p>Both cyclists were tanking it</p> <p>And the ruling seems to be</p> <p>We should all look out for each other instead of behaving like dicks.</p> <p>Anyone else see this or did I dream it? </p>