It seems obvious that blind people must be upset by pavement cyclists, but the following piece still really shocked me. A woman writing on behalf of blind people in Cambridge: "There are many collisions, often in quiet areas with plenty of room for the cyclist to avoid the pedestrian. They are mostly not reported to the police because the injured pedestrian feels that nothing can be done as the cyclist cannot be identified."
Dreadful. "The cyclist cannot be identified." In other words the cyclist rides away before a sighted person can come along and identify them. You knock over and injure a blind person, and then, for fear of a £30 fine, you ride away leaving them shocked and injured behind you. Nice.
Also, I wonder how these many collisions occur. People cycling at 10-15 mph, maybe more, in an area where there are blind people, who of course have no idea they're there. And then there are collisions... Well, I mean, it's baffling, isn't it? Who would have expected that?
And lastly, again, I am talking about pavement cyclists. Not all cyclists. Pavement cyclists. Not all cyclists.