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Moni Hi anonymous,I've not seen these slabs ylsemf, but I think I know what they are.Ridged paving stones are used at the start and end of cycle paths, and are supposed to be repeated at specific intervals. They're known as tactile paving and are supposed to show visually impaired (VI) pedestrians which paths are for bikes and which for pedestrians.You will also have seen these, with raised knobbles at pedestrian crossings, where they're for the same also for VI pedestrians.On paths which are split between pedestrians and cyclists, the ridges run across the path for the pedestrian side and along the line of the path for the cyclist side.We've told the council that we don't like these paving stones. Mainly because when they're wet they'll hook the side of a narrower bike tyre if you try to cross them at a slight angle, pulling the wheel in a different direction to intended, like being caught in a rut. My wife dislikes these when walking, and they wake up sleeping babies in pushchairs; in fact, she switches to the bike side when pushing pushchairs over the slabs, somewhat defeating the point of them (she checks for bikes first, obviously).A council officer told me that the use of these slabs is set out in national guidance, which specifies the depth and width and repeat interval, and that Darlington council policy is to follow the guidelines to the letter. However, the officer also told me that not all councils follow the guidleines quite so rigidly.The same rigid adherance to guidelines that don't always work in practice is the reason why we don't have any advanced stop lines in Darlington (no room for filter lanes leading to them) and why loads of money is spent on widening paths like the one through Beech Wod from Asda to Barmpton Lane, to meet the guidleines for a shared use path, even though pedestrians and cyclists have been sharing that path since the houses were built with no problems.

Hi anonymous,I've not seen these slabs ylsemf, but I think I know what they are.Ridged paving stones are used at the start and end of cycle paths, and are supposed to be repeated at specific intervals. They're known as tactile paving and are supposed to show visually impaired (VI) pedestrians which paths are for bikes and which for pedestrians.You will also have seen these, with raised knobbles at pedestrian crossings, where they're for the same also for VI pedestrians.On paths which are split between pedestrians and cyclists, the ridges run across the path for the pedestrian side and along the line of the path for the cyclist side.We've told the council that we don't like these paving stones. Mainly because when they're wet they'll hook the side of a narrower bike tyre if you try to cross them at a slight angle, pulling the wheel in a different direction to intended, like being caught in a rut. My wife dislikes these when walking, and they wake up sleeping babies in pushchairs; in fact, she switches to the bike side when pushing pushchairs over the slabs, somewhat defeating the point of them (she checks for bikes first, obviously).A council officer told me that the use of these slabs is set out in national guidance, which specifies the depth and width and repeat interval, and that Darlington council policy is to follow the guidelines to the letter. However, the officer also told me that not all councils follow the guidleines quite so rigidly.The same rigid adherance to guidelines that don't always work in practice is the reason why we don't have any advanced stop lines in Darlington (no room for filter lanes leading to them) and why loads of money is spent on widening paths like the one through Beech Wod from Asda to Barmpton Lane, to meet the guidleines for a shared use path, even though pedestrians and cyclists have been sharing that path since the houses were built with no problems.

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went to the show what e great event. cant wait untill next year
Moni Hi anonymous,I've not seen these slabs ylsemf, but I think I know what they are.Ridged paving stones are used at the start and end of cycle paths, and are supposed to be repeated at specific intervals. They're known as tactile paving and are supposed to show visually impaired (VI) pedestrians which paths are for bikes and which for pedestrians.You will also have seen these, with raised knobbles at pedestrian crossings, where they're for the same also for VI pedestrians.On paths which are split between pedestrians and cyclists, the ridges run across the path for the pedestrian side and along the line of the path for the cyclist side.We've told the council that we don't like these paving stones. Mainly because when they're wet they'll hook the side of a narrower bike tyre if you try to cross them at a slight angle, pulling the wheel in a different direction to intended, like being caught in a rut. My wife dislikes these when walking, and they wake up sleeping babies in pushchairs; in fact, she switches to the bike side when pushing pushchairs over the slabs, somewhat defeating the point of them (she checks for bikes first, obviously).A council officer told me that the use of these slabs is set out in national guidance, which specifies the depth and width and repeat interval, and that Darlington council policy is to follow the guidelines to the letter. However, the officer also told me that not all councils follow the guidleines quite so rigidly.The same rigid adherance to guidelines that don't always work in practice is the reason why we don't have any advanced stop lines in Darlington (no room for filter lanes leading to them) and why loads of money is spent on widening paths like the one through Beech Wod from Asda to Barmpton Lane, to meet the guidleines for a shared use path, even though pedestrians and cyclists have been sharing that path since the houses were built with no problems.

Hi anonymous,I've not seen these slabs ylsemf, but I think I know what they are.Ridged paving stones are used at the start and end of cycle paths, and are supposed to be repeated at specific intervals. They're known as tactile paving and are supposed to show visually impaired (VI) pedestrians which paths are for bikes and which for pedestrians.You will also have seen these, with raised knobbles at pedestrian crossings, where they're for the same also for VI pedestrians.On paths which are split between pedestrians and cyclists, the ridges run across the path for the pedestrian side and along the line of the path for the cyclist side.We've told the council that we don't like these paving stones. Mainly because when they're wet they'll hook the side of a narrower bike tyre if you try to cross them at a slight angle, pulling the wheel in a different direction to intended, like being caught in a rut. My wife dislikes these when walking, and they wake up sleeping babies in pushchairs; in fact, she switches to the bike side when pushing pushchairs over the slabs, somewhat defeating the point of them (she checks for bikes first, obviously).A council officer told me that the use of these slabs is set out in national guidance, which specifies the depth and width and repeat interval, and that Darlington council policy is to follow the guidelines to the letter. However, the officer also told me that not all councils follow the guidleines quite so rigidly.The same rigid adherance to guidelines that don't always work in practice is the reason why we don't have any advanced stop lines in Darlington (no room for filter lanes leading to them) and why loads of money is spent on widening paths like the one through Beech Wod from Asda to Barmpton Lane, to meet the guidleines for a shared use path, even though pedestrians and cyclists have been sharing that path since the houses were built with no problems.

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