With spring upon us again, I dusted off the bike and set off around the cycle routes around our city.
The shared pathways are great, and an enjoyable way to get a bit of exercise, nice and wide with clear messages to "keep left" painted on to the path at fairly regular intervals.
That is until you come across one of the many individuals/groups of people who seem to be unable to read these messages marked on the pathways all the way along the river, right out as far as the path goes.
I followed a lady on a bike with a carriage behind it across the Dublin St bridge the other day. We both went across on the inner lane, which is clearly designated for use by cyclists, with the outer lanes for pedestrians.
There are signs on each side of the bridge at both ends which make this quite clear. There was a person walking along the cycle lane, and when they became aware that the lady I was following was coming up behind them, they just ignored her, forcing her to come to an abrupt halt while this illiterate "citizen" just made a point of making her wait when he could have stepped on to the pedestrian path and let her through.
