Wrong way down one way streets

thelawnet

If you need to go the wrong way down a one way street, would you ride in the road, push your bike along the pavement , ride on the pavement or take a long detour?

Assume that the road is a residential road with speed bumps, and the pavement has very few people on it.

Agent57

Might depend how long the street is, and whether I'm wearing shoes I can walk in.

roger_merriman

short detor unless there was a very good reason, if not i'd walk the bike.

White Line

Depends on how far I'd be going down the street. Depends on how far the alternative rout was. Depends what the weather's like.

Just depends really.

Mr Sworld

Yep! Depends on what the road is, how busy, how long, what time of day.... When I do go against the flow I will jump up on pavements if I have to and I'll walk if I have to too!

always_tyred

Do you lot run red lights as well?

Get off and walk, or get a map and figure out how to get to the other end of the one way street.

spen666

thelawnet wrote:

If you need to go the wrong way down a one way street, would you ride in the road, push your bike along the pavement , ride on the pavement or take a long detour?

Assume that the road is a residential road with speed bumps, and the pavement has very few people on it.

You don't NEED to go the wrong way doewn a one way street


You may CHOOSE to go the wrong way to shorten the difference, but that is a choice , not a need

Headhuunter

I do if it's a very quiet street with barely any traffic and it's just a short pootle, but not a major 1 way thourougfare. Sometimes I just clip 1 foot in and "scoot" with the other foot, so not really cycling. Better than ruining the clipless shoes. It's legal to cycle the "wrong" way down certain 1 way streets in London now anyway, BoZo legalised it.

spen666

Headhuunter wrote:

I do if it's a very quiet street with barely any traffic and it's just a short pootle, but not a major 1 way thourougfare. Sometimes I just clip 1 foot in and "scoot" with the other foot, so not really cycling.

Not in the eyes of the law. You are still cycling

Better than ruining the clipless shoes. It's legal to cycle the "wrong" way down certain 1 way streets in London now anyway, BoZo legalised it.

I'm not sure if that has been introduced as law yet. I suspect it may simply be a political soundbite at present.

Headhuunter

spen666 wrote:

Headhuunter wrote:

I do if it's a very quiet street with barely any traffic and it's just a short pootle, but not a major 1 way thourougfare. Sometimes I just clip 1 foot in and "scoot" with the other foot, so not really cycling.

Not in the eyes of the law. You are still cycling

Do you have experience of that then?

Stuey01

I'd walk the bike down the pavement.

Not worth the potential fine, and ire of car drivers and peds alike for the few seconds gained. imho.

spen666

Headhuunter wrote:

spen666 wrote:

Headhuunter wrote:

I do if it's a very quiet street with barely any traffic and it's just a short pootle, but not a major 1 way thourougfare. Sometimes I just clip 1 foot in and "scoot" with the other foot, so not really cycling.

Not in the eyes of the law. You are still cycling

Do you have experience of that then?

Yes, Being a solicitor in criminal courts during 3 decades means you come across all sorts of cases