General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Hello xrh59. (Strange name). It isn't legal to ride a bike on the footpath. One nearly downed me the other day as I was walking from work across the pavement to my car. The kid came screaming round the corner at an estimated 300 mph. I may be 56 but luckily I'm pretty nimble so I got out of the way, yelled at him, he turned round to look at me or give me a mouthful, I don't know which, then fell off his bike. Poetic justice wouldn't you say? P'raps I'm a grumpy owd sod as well but I think all bike riders should go through some sort of test and learn the rules of the road like a motorised vehicle driver. In the 50s the Police ran such courses and most parents made their kids go. Times have changed haven't they?