tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post7339594543740665300..comments2024-02-24T06:21:30.987+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Distraction technologiesDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-51080038050941349872008-10-02T19:15:00.000+02:002008-10-02T19:15:00.000+02:00I also have no problem with sharing the roads with...I also have no problem with sharing the roads with horses in the countryside. Horses are few and far between and generally don't cause a problem - beyond occasionally making bridleway surfaces in the UK rather difficult for cyclists.<BR/><BR/>However, the Independent articles includes a suggestion that bike lanes in London ought to be adapted for horses and horse travel should become much more David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-42449347228196995412008-10-02T19:03:00.000+02:002008-10-02T19:03:00.000+02:00Where I live in the Depths of Darkest Somerset her...Where I live in the Depths of Darkest Somerset here in the UK cyclists have been sharing country lanes and bridleways with horses for the past 130 years or so; sharing cycle lanes with them doesn't seem such an issue to me.<BR/><BR/>As for horses being "distraction technology", well, as horse power was probably the first non human powered transport heaven knows how many thousands of years ago, WestfieldWandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02248492361148849247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-39963066727897467672008-10-02T14:35:00.000+02:002008-10-02T14:35:00.000+02:00Hello David,Nice blog you have. I'm a Dutchman liv...Hello David,<BR/><BR/>Nice blog you have. I'm a Dutchman living in Germany so I am experiencing the exact opposite of you. Coming from Amsterdam I moved to Erfurt, which is an extremely bicycle-unfriendly city. There are virtually no bicycle lanes, you have the share the road with the cars allthough the road is often too narrow so that I force the cars to wait for me. A lot of times the sidewalk Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040537651843418484noreply@blogger.com