<p>Shared Cycle Routes</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:21 pm on 20 September 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:21, 20 September 2016

(Translated)

Well, cyclists are duty-bound to ensure that they don’t speed so that they would hit someone, because, of course, that would be their fault. What does happen in the Mumbles—and I know the path very well, as I’ve cycled on it myself a number of times—is that walkers walk along the cycle path and on the route of the cyclists. Now, they don’t realise that, so one of the things that will have to be done ultimately, I think, will be to ensure that, where there is a path for cyclists and a path for walkers, perhaps they are different colours, so that people know where they should walk and where they should cycle. But that doesn’t take away the responsibility from the cyclist to ensure that they are riding their bike in a responsible manner that doesn’t endanger other people.