Matthew's Journal

I am not a driver, but I have had issues with cyclists who seem to think that road rules don't apply to them. For example, when I was crossing a one way street, if I hadn't been paranoid about only looking one way, then I would have been hit by a cyclist who felt that it was acceptable for him to ride the wrong way down a one way street. On another occasion, I was nearly hit by a cyclist who decided that they didn't need to look when going from one stretch of dual cycle/pedestrian way across a road to the next stretch. I was on the footpath when the cyclist pelted across the road without stopping to look if there was a) any traffic coming along the road, or b) whether there were any pedestrians using the footpath which was not part of the cycle/pedestrian way.