http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cyclist down - Ponton Street en Mon, 18 May 2026 04:47:56 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3306#post-34575 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:00:38 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 34575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And then the comments on the Evening News site would flow...</p> <p>"It's about time someone gave cyclists a taste of their own medicine."</p> <p>"I'm almost knocked down <em>every</em> morning by cyclists on the pavement outside my house."</p> <p>"They should pay road tax and be registered - only then would I have some sympathy with them."</p> <p>etc etc etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3306#post-34574 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:50:53 +0000 Tulyar 34574@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder if there was a bus nearby or local CCTV that might have captured this. "Pedestrian knocks down cyclist" would rather stand out in the normal run of stories. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3306#post-34552 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:38:13 +0000 kaputnik 34552@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A rather unfortunate tragi-comic slo-mo rider down this morning in the ASL box at Ponton Street. I was in the middle of the box waiting to turn right, he was in the left of the box to turn left.</p> <p>Dozy backpackers with enormous rucksacks strapped to front and back completely missed the pedestrian crossing, started crossing in the ASL and walked straight into the poor chap by my side.</p> <p>A rather Laurel and Hardy situation as as backpacker 2 tried to pull backpacker 1 off of the cyclist, who did well to keep his calm and politely tell them to look before they cross. </p>