Kids should be taught better cycling manners, says councillor

A town councillor from the Cotswolds has argued that kids cycling on pavements should be taught better cycling etiquette by the police.

The Cotswold Journal reports that Councillor Lane-Burford is concerned about cyclists who ride up to pedestrians and do not ring their bell.

She said it should be one of the police’s duties to make child cyclists aware of the need to be courteous to adults when riding their bikes. “If somebody doesn’t alert me and they run into my dog’s lead who is going to be at fault?” asked Councillor Lane-Burford.

Sergeant Martin Jones of the North Cotswolds Safer Communities Team told the council that it is not compulsory for cyclists to have bells on their bikes but said that pedestrians should be given priority on footpaths.

“Certainly we can get the message through the schools that if they are on the pavement they have either got to stop or say excuse me,” said Sergeant Jones.