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.
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 3 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.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 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
Baggins@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I would foster an irrational (more like justified) hatred of JustEat after that.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 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