Astoundingly, the Telford cyclist - Daniel Cadden - who was prosecuted for cycling on the carriageway instead of an adjoining cycle path was found guilty. See here
It sounds like the district judge had made his mind up and decided that Mr Cadden inconvenienced motorists where he could have reasonably used the cycle path. I am not aware of any law that requires a cyclist to use a cycle path and the road in question was not 'out of bounds' for cyclists. The judge dismissed evidence from an expert witnes (John Franklin of Cyclecraft fame), did not accept that cycle routes round the edge of roundabouts were dangerous or that poorly maintained cycle paths were potentially unsafe.
What a shocking decision. I sincerely hope this goes to appeal but if it is upheld then it is a very worrying precedent.
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Can we get together a petition from supporters to highlight / support an appear on this RIDICULOUS ruling.
I'm prepared to fight on this one. Who's with me?
All this nonsense comes straight out of our tolerance or complacence with segregated cycling facilities, "poorly maintained" or otherwise. It is high time we stand up to oppose all segregated bike lanes. Fifty years of that shit is enough.
Txarli
Every travel lane is a bike lane.
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