Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

The whole phenomenon is a bit strange. If the rise was due to higher numbers of cyclists riding on the pavement in general you'd expect them to be hitting everyone, not just blind people. After all, the cyclist is motivated to avoid a collision if only by self-interest, so collisions are generally due to them blundering into people coming around corners or out of doorways.

It does raise the dark comedic image (not for the blind person obvs) of a fuckwit pavement cyclist playing chicken with a blind person unaware that they can't see them coming.

I do wonder if perhaps quite a few of these incidents are gutter -riding cyclists hitting guide dogs as they step out. The collision being due to the fact that the blind person can't hear the cyclist coming.

All chin stroking aside, it has to be said that blind people with guide dogs are pretty fucking obvious and anyone who doesn't notice them waiting to cross is probably not paying attention to where they're going.