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TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

If there’s a path with a lot of pedestrians on it, I don’t think it’s unreasonable that cyclists are expected to get off their bike and walk like everybody else.

I had my jaw fractured because some speeding JustEat delivery man came blasting through a pedestrian area of Newcastle on his bike, clearly not paying attention and going at far too high a speed.

It was very painful, I have a scar on my face, I couldn’t work or eat comfortably for a while.

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DakRalter@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Man, that sounds rough. I hope you’re okay now. I suppose the rider got away?

Those delivery riders with their often illegal e-bikes are a scourge. They’re like that in London too. I’ve seen them on pavements with their throttle modded bikes, even though we have both a bus lane and a cycle lane.

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- TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Oh yeah he got away and wasn’t identified
  
  I’m fine now, it was a few years ago. I just have an ugly scar I’m a bit self conscious about
  
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  - Baggins@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I would foster an irrational (more like justified) hatred of JustEat after that.
    
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    TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    It was certainly annoying. I contacted JustEat to try to find out who did it, but I couldn’t get any information from them
    
    Thankfully I live in rural Northumberland and only occasionally travel down to Newcastle or up to Berwick or Edinburgh, so I don’t see them much.
    
    I’m not even sure you can use any of the delivery apps here. Just old fashioned ringing up and asking for a delivery
    
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theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Couldn’t agree more, bikes belong on the road not on pedestrian pavements!

These delivery drivers are a fucking scourge as well. I have had a few run ins this year with them driving their mopeds through pedestrian areas.

I hope the council do clamp down on this bullshit behaviour but also invest in cycling infrastructure too. I’m lucky where I live has a pretty good network of cycle paths but it is still lacking.

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- HowManyNimons@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  A bit of white paint to put cycle lanes in the pedestrianised roads would resolve this.
  
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