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Originally Posted by r4dent
These bollards make things safer for Cyclists but more dangerous for Pedestrians; Drivers and Motor Cyclists.Did Sefton do a risk assessment before introducing them?
Risk assessment? Sefton Council? Ask a silly question, you should know better than that!
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Originally Posted by r4dent
These bollards make things safer for Cyclists but more dangerous for Pedestrians; Drivers and Motor Cyclists.Did Sefton do a risk assessment before introducing them?
They make things safer for everyone.
Safer for the cyclist - they have their own demarked area, no danger from opening car doors, no danger of cars getting too close.
Safer for the the driver, no cyclists in the carriageway, no cars doors opening, no pedestrians walking out from behind parked cars.
Safer for pedestrians , a more open view of the road and traffic.
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Originally Posted by Alikado
Safer for pedestrians , a more open view of the road and traffic.
So much more of an open view of the road that she still tripped over it and broke her nose in two places!
Last edited by libraryguy; 08/10/2021 at 03:53 PM.
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Originally Posted by libraryguy
Sefton should have done a risk assessment..
Who says they haven't?
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Originally Posted by salus.populi
If she couldn't see these great lumps of concrete in her path it just proves my point.
If they have done a risk assessment it wasn’t a very good one as these lumps of concrete should have been painted yellow, probably with black stripes, you don’t always see what you don’t expect to be there camouflaged to match the road whatever age you are .. the way you are going on it sounds like you are a solicitor for the council. Just because she is 86 there are unfounded suggestions that she is half blind, infirm, needs carers and shouldn’t be allowed out alone and half puddled .. all this is unfounded .. what is fact is it’s a hazard an obvious trip hazard that’s caused this lady great distress they are the wrong colour, in the wrong place and for reasons that are unwanted by the vast majority not to mention expensive and senseless and now dangerous and at this point forward can only cause more accidents than they are worth.
Your point is not proven, it’s proven incorrect, nonesense and a bit heartless .
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May as well be - they're solid rubber and very hard.
It's not about the material it's made of, it's the fact they're way too big, and are causing a hazard and not painted to make them stand out.
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Originally Posted by libraryguy
May as well be - they're solid rubber and very hard.It's not about the material it's made of, it's the fact they're way too big, and are causing a hazard and not painted to make them stand out.
and don't forget the nasty vertical poles which would seriously injure any motorcyclist sliding into them. I drove down Hogton Street this afternoon and the only use of the cycle lane was a motorist who decided it was a good parking spot. There was a cyclist (adult) but he was riding on the pavement. One hand on the handlebars and one hand holding the coffee he was drinking.
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Originally Posted by libraryguy
May as well be - they're solid rubber and very hard.
It's not about the material it's made of, it's the fact they're way too big, and are causing a hazard and not painted to make them stand out.
Too big? If they were smaller they'd be harder to see.
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Originally Posted by r4dent
These bollards make things safer for Cyclists but more dangerous for Pedestrians; Drivers and Motor Cyclists.Did Sefton do a risk assessment before introducing them?
Originally Posted by Alikado
They make things safer for everyone.
Safer for the cyclist - they have their own demarked area, no danger from opening car doors, no danger of cars getting too close.
Safer for the the driver, no cyclists in the carriageway, no cars doors opening, no pedestrians walking out from behind parked cars.
Safer for pedestrians , a more open view of the road and traffic.
Do you work for Sefton ?
You seem, like Sefton, to ignore Motor Cyclists when considering road safety
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Originally Posted by libraryguy
A) Sefton are going to have a massive bill for compensation with the amount of people getting hurt tripping over them
B) and motor vehicles driving over / bashing wheels on them.
A) Hang about, only 1 person tripped. Mind you, the way some people walk along with their noses glued to their I-phones, anything's possible!
B) If peoples driving is so bad, that they are likely to bash into static road furniture, what chance does a vulnerable cyclist have of surviving on-road? It's better to have a bollard or a protective kerb bashed than a cyclist!
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Originally Posted by The PNP
A) Hang about, only 1 person tripped. Mind you, the way some people walk along with their noses glued to their I-phones, anything's possible!
B) If peoples driving is so bad, that they are likely to bash into static road furniture, what chance does a vulnerable cyclist have of surviving on-road? It's better to have a bollard or a protective kerb bashed than a cyclist!
And this IDIOT has still not expressed ANY sympathy toward the lady's predicament.
She's 86 - for God's sake man, she's not likely to using a sodding iPhone
Me Me Me Cyclist first and sod the rest of you.
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Originally Posted by salus.populi
I refer you back to the news article in which a lady was seriously injured due to not taking the advice of the Highway Code
The lady may NEVER have needed to have read the highway code,as she may never have rode a bike,or ever driven a vehicle,so why would she have to have read the highway code..No need to read the highway code if you have never needed to,all she would have needed to know was to take care when crossing the road,and to make sure there is'nt anything going to stop a person from crossing in a safe manner...May have simply mis-judged the height of the concrete lane boundaries while crossing which caused the fall ? As for the PNP or Donkey 22.................words fail me with their comments.
Hope the lady concerned has no long term effects from this incident.
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Originally Posted by SteveandLois
The lady may NEVER have needed to have read the highway code,as she may never have rode a bike,or ever driven a vehicle,so why would she have to have read the highway code..No need to read the highway code if you have never needed to,.
Typical ignorance.
The Highway Code applies to pedestrians too.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-high...trians-1-to-35
Why do you think kids are taught the green cross code? You're supposed to remember it once you've left school as well.
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Originally Posted by salus.populi
I was'nt having a go about your comment,and anyway in the Ladies and my own lifetime,it would have been the Tufty Club about the highway code..
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