(16 Nov 2024, 2:15 pm)Shrek wrote It's not normally vehicles I see nearly causing collisions there, generally it's Uber Eats or Deliveroo cyclists not stopping at Zebras despite people being on them already. Cyclists in general show little care for pedestrians in the city centre these days. The area around Civic Centre is dangerous too.
Agreed, and this is coming from a cyclist. I love riding my bike on the road and I always follow road rules and always let buses past me (I always pull in and stop on the path too so they can pass without having to swerve around me or wait behind me for the traffic in the opposite direction to clear), but I do see cyclists absolutley ruining the reputation for cyclists who actually ride properly.
I can re-call many times where I've been on my bike waiting at a red light and see some absolute muppet in a Deliveroo outfit flying past me and either nearly hitting a car or pedestrians crossing. Especially in Newcastle City Centre. Or that one time I was behind another cyclist going in the same direction, and the cycle bridge over Central Motorway was closed and there was signs pointing to diversionary routes. I obviously followed the signs, but the entitled granny riding in front of me moved all the signs and pushed through the barriers through the closure to get through.
Not all cyclists are stupid people. But all stupid people tend to be cyclists.
