I agree with David Morris (Letters, June 28) that pavements are very hazardous for pedestrians.
I was talking to a lady at a bus stop who told me that she stepped out of her garden gate one day and woke up in hospital. She had been hit by a boy on a cycle. She suffered concussion and bad damage to her back which has left her in permanent pain.
The old cliche "two wrongs don't make a right" is very true where cycling on pavements is concerned. It is particularly dangerous where there are shops, as people change direction suddenly.
School holidays are a particular nightmare as kids hurtle all over with no regard for other people.
Cyclists often ride on the pavements when there is no need, such as on quiet side roads.
Roads could be made less dangerous for cyclists (and pedestrians) if double parking was banned.
I have been forced on to the wrong side of St Leonards Road, in Hove, by the junction with the Kingsway by as many as five vehicles double parked on a Sunday morning.
Bringing the pavements out at bus stops is also a hazard for cyclists.
Action needs to be two-pronged. Make roads safer for cyclists and keep pavements for pedestrians.
-Betty Middleton, Hove
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