Risk is not proportional to momentum.
It's proportional to likelihood and impact and is determined entirely by context.
Vehicles, cycles and pedestrians need segregated context to protect all of them.
The moment a bicycle is on a pavement, it increases the risk to pedestrians to an unacceptable degree, which is why it is illegal in the UK (and many other countries).
Your argument basically points out that a car on the pavement would be higher risk, but the fact that the car on the road poses a problem to cyclists on the road (which is your intent), isn't the pedestrian's problem. You're basically saying "for me to be safer, I will make others less safe". Do you realise that how that sounds to pedestrians, given bike riding is a choice in a way being a pedestrian is not? You could just walk too.
Your argument is fallacious and is rooted in the idea that cyclists' lives are more important than pedestrians. The truth is all lives are important. Yes, road usage needs to be safer for cyclists, but that doesn't mean you get to raise risks for pedestrians just because.
The law is the law.
It's proportional to likelihood and impact and is determined entirely by context.
Vehicles, cycles and pedestrians need segregated context to protect all of them.
The moment a bicycle is on a pavement, it increases the risk to pedestrians to an unacceptable degree, which is why it is illegal in the UK (and many other countries).
Your argument basically points out that a car on the pavement would be higher risk, but the fact that the car on the road poses a problem to cyclists on the road (which is your intent), isn't the pedestrian's problem. You're basically saying "for me to be safer, I will make others less safe". Do you realise that how that sounds to pedestrians, given bike riding is a choice in a way being a pedestrian is not? You could just walk too.
Your argument is fallacious and is rooted in the idea that cyclists' lives are more important than pedestrians. The truth is all lives are important. Yes, road usage needs to be safer for cyclists, but that doesn't mean you get to raise risks for pedestrians just because.
The law is the law.