Cyclist reported for ignoring road closure and using cycle anti-socially

MrCheerful

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Aug 14, 2017, 5:41:15 AM8/14/17

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http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/headlines/15470460.UPDATE__Road_reopened_after_earlier_crash/

JNugent

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Aug 14, 2017, 8:45:33 AM8/14/17

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On 14/08/2017 10:41, MrCheerful wrote:

> http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/headlines/15470460.UPDATE__Road_reopened_after_earlier_crash/

As any cyclist here will confirm, road-closures don't apply to them
(when on their bikes).

Bod

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Aug 14, 2017, 8:55:26 AM8/14/17

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Depends on what the road is closed for. In most cases that I've seen a
cyclist does not impede any road works etc and can easily dismount and
walk around the works. A car/lorry or bus can't do that.
It's all down to common sense really.

MrCheerful

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Aug 14, 2017, 10:11:41 AM8/14/17

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On 14/08/2017 13:45, JNugent wrote:

Where is justice Lee? This poor cyclist needs his counsel.

TMS320

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Aug 14, 2017, 3:45:25 PM8/14/17

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Maybe Nugent never realised that a bicycle can be taken through a gap a
person can get through. I have been let through closures by the police.

A curious story. If the police were there and really didn't want anybody
or anything through (for reason other than gap) it seems a bit odd they
didn't turn the person away, rather than complaining about it later.

JNugent

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Aug 14, 2017, 6:13:05 PM8/14/17

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TRANSLATION:
"The rules don't apply to cyclists".

TMS320

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Aug 15, 2017, 4:19:09 AM8/15/17

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TRANSLATION:
"I have no idea what I'm talking about"

Peter Keller

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Aug 15, 2017, 4:50:46 AM8/15/17

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Often I have to get off my bike to get past.

JNugent

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Aug 15, 2017, 9:52:35 AM8/15/17

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That probably IS a better translation of what you wrote.

JNugent

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Aug 15, 2017, 9:53:12 AM8/15/17

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And that's fine as long as the road isn't also closed to pedestrians!

TMS320

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Aug 15, 2017, 9:58:47 AM8/15/17

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You still haven't found these "rules".

Peter Parry

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Aug 17, 2017, 12:07:13 PM8/17/17

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On Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:55:26 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

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>Depends on what the road is closed for. In most cases that I've seen a
>cyclist does not impede any road works etc and can easily dismount and
>walk around the works. A car/lorry or bus can't do that.
>It's all down to common sense really.

Unfortunately common sense is a rare breed and seems to be repelled by
Lycra. Recently near here a road was being excavated to get at a
leaking water pipe. One carriageway and a narrow footpath were usable
and traffic and pedestrians were controlled by manually operated
lollypop stop/go boards. At times traffic in both directions and
pedestrians were halted as a JCB shifted earth into a lorry for
removal. Several times I observed cyclists of the angry MAMIL variety
riding past the stop/go boards on stop and along the road or pathway.
It was of course perfectly safe for them to do so - but the JCB
operator had to stop lifting soil whenever they did it which delayed
everyone else in the queue (including several bicycle riders on old
bikes and wearing who almost universally obeyed the signs without any
fuss.)

Bod

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Aug 17, 2017, 12:12:07 PM8/17/17

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That is indeed pig ignorant.