{"id":22338,"date":"2019-01-29T16:20:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T16:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=22338"},"modified":"2019-01-29T16:20:44","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T16:20:44","slug":"cyclists-and-dog-owners-in-dispute-over-taffs-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/cyclists-and-dog-owners-in-dispute-over-taffs-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists and dog owners in dispute over Taffs Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cyclists and dog owners have clashed over use of the Taff Trail following reports of dogs causing chaos.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nCardiff cyclists\u00a0say that dog owners who walk their pets off the lead\u00a0are making cycling along the Taff Trail too\u00a0dangerous.<br \/>\nThey say the Highway Code states that dogs should be kept on a short lead on all shared pathways but nothing is being done to enforce this and dogs are\u00a0out of control, often causing cyclists to swerve and brake sharply<br \/>\nGwenda Owen, chair of Cycle City Cardiff, says a lot of dog owners don&#8217;t understand what it means to keep their pets under control. She says &#8220;We seem to have a situation now where dog owners are unable to call their dogs to heel.<br \/>\n&#8220;You&#8217;ve often got the dog one side of the path and the dog owner on\u00a0the other and they&#8217;ll just call their dog across your path.<br \/>\n&#8220;So no matter how slow you&#8217;re going, you&#8217;re jeopardising your own\u00a0safety and that of the dog.&#8221;<br \/>\nBut dog owners say that cyclists are just as dangerous, cycling too fast, without lights or bells.<br \/>\nThey say safety on the paths should be a shared responsibility and dog owners shouldn&#8217;t be the only ones forced\u00a0to make changes.<br \/>\nCatrin Kean who walks her dog regularly on the trail feels cyclists should take responsibility too.<br \/>\nShe says, &#8220;Cyclists need to respect us too, it is a shared path in a big city and we&#8217;re fighting for space here.&#8221;<br \/>\nAnother dog owner, Natalie Jones, says, &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t make sense to use a multi-use space to go fast and then penalise the dogs. If they want to go fast they can use the roads&#8221;.<br \/>\nIn a statement, Cardiff Council said it&#8217;s not their responsibility to enforce the Highway Code but they are committed to making the Taff Trail a safe shared space for everyone and are looking into ways of making this happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cyclists and dog owners have clashed over use of the Taff Trail following reports of dogs causing chaos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":243,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6,96,2],"tags":[373,21,297,374,375,181,349,34],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-22338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-transport","category-uncategorized","tag-bike","tag-cardiff","tag-cyclists","tag-dog-bite","tag-dog-walkers","tag-dogs","tag-taff-trail","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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