Why is the british law so strange?
The pathway is considered part of the highway, hence councils are responsible for maintianing them Bicycles are, in law, carriages (as a consequence of the Taylor v Goodwin judgment in 1879) and should be on the highway not footpaths. You would be hard pressed to find a officer to issue a ticket with you riding at a sensible speed but if they see you riding at high speed( more than fast walking) with pedistrians jumping out of your way then expect to be pulled up and done for “furious cycling”. Also if you will be cycling on the footpath then i would be getting cycling insurance because if you hit someone walking or even a car backing out of a driveway you will be found at fault for riding on a footpath you should not be riding on by law and facing a lawsuit, in fact most cycling insurance would not cover you for riding illegally in the first place now i think about it, so if you ride on the footpath and hit a person or a car backing out of a drive, if they sue you, then be sure you ha
