That sounds silly. Why on earth is that duality in place?
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SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 9 months agoDrivers were outraged and wanted cyclists to adhere to the speed limits (good luck without a speedometer).
I’ve found myself dragged into online conversations several times over the years regarding speed limits in Royal Parks, especially Richmond Park which is notorious for its rat running drivers.
Motorists always managed to work themselves up into a frenzy over “speeding” cyclists, no matter how many times it was pointed out to them that in the park the speed limit applies to motorised vehicles only. Cyclists could not possibly be speeding as there was no speed limit applicable to them on those privately managed roads.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 9 months ago
SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t know. Maybe because as a rider you cannot be expected to know your own speed without a speedometer, maybe.
Still, given that this is the rule and it’s well documented and publicised, it’s a bit boring to having to explain to yet another gammony armchair warrior on those forums. So I stopped going there.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 9 months ago
Interesting. I'm pretty sure that those light-up speed-check signs pick up cyclists (they've picked up me :) ) but whatevs
brewery@feddit.uk 9 months ago
They have been given out tickets to speeding cyclists for a while now, at least according to a friend who cycles a lot, so I think it applies equally but is just exceptionally harder to enforce. You need multiple police officers physically stopping and giving tickets.