General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

If it is the police who deal with this it will be a good thing, the police will apply common sense... there will be times it is safer to mount the pavement. There are temporary lights on Atherton Road at the moment and I have found cars stuck behind me in a single lane... one or two times the driver has tried to pass me even though it is obvious there is no room. I do mount the pavement to let him and other cars pass. It is safer for me to do so, and it does not hold up traffic... and I do take care for pedestrians.

But, if this is passed over to a third party to police it will become about money and soft targets. I am reminded of a litter officer who fined a mother whose child had dropped a piece of food, whilst yards away group of youths where dropping cigarette stumps on the floor. I can see a situation where a child on a bike is fined if a third party polices it.