"Cyclists please dismount" in nonsense place
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"Cyclists please dismount" in nonsense place
Image: © David Hawgood Taken: 10 Oct 2011
These workmen are relaying paving on a section of towpath which is clearly marked as "No cycling", and they have completely blocked the towpath with a barrier. Cyclists can legally go past onto a cycle path parallel to the towpath, and while the work is in progress pedestrians have to go onto the parallel path. Thus having a sign "Cyclists please dismount" is a complete nonsense, and is the sort of thing that leads cyclists to ignore all such signs.
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