Cycle Lanes: Right of Way

Minstadave said:
Which is exactly what I said earlier, it's a fact of life and it's useless railing against it.

I find it strange that cyclist (amongst others) are allowed to conduct their hobby on the highway at the in convince of others. You're not allowed to play cricket on an A road for instance.
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I used to drive and ride a motorbike just for fun on an evening or weekend, does that mean it shouldn't be allowed as well?

Nothing strange about a form of transport being allowed on the road, hobbyist or otherwise.
 
FishFluff said:
In city centres, I get this a lot. Mostly because people are crossing the road relying on their ears instead of their eyes. Once electric vehicles become common there's going to be a huge increase in pedestrians getting run over.
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Thats why electric vehicals are being fittes with noise makers to fake engine noise.


Maybe fot a 10cc noice generator engine to your peddle bike
 
Nasher said:
By law your supposed to have a bell and lights. A few years ago there was a big crackdown in Cambridge on cyclists by the police and people were getting fined for not having them (as well as riding on footpaths).
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they seem to do these crackdowns every so often, but then revert to not doing a lot about it. The foreign language students are a bloody nightmare!
 
Minstadave said:
I find it strange that cyclist (amongst others) are allowed to conduct their hobby on the highway at the in convince of others. You're not allowed to play cricket on an A road for instance.
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It's not always a hobby, cycles are legitimate utility vehicles, for commuting, visiting people, going to the shops etc.

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Minstadave said:
I find it strange that cyclist (amongst others) are allowed to conduct their hobby on the highway at the in convince of others. You're not allowed to play cricket on an A road for instance.
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When I commute to and from Uni on my bike, that's not me practising my hobby - that's me commuting - you know, like 99% of other road users.

Besides, only motorways were built for cars, roads were not, so car drivers should be the last people to moan about others on the roads that they are allowed to use only by license.

P.s. I'm a car nut (have quite a car collection), but I'm not so arrogant to expect the roads to be there just for motorists.
 
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Trox said:
According to cyclinguk.org its not a requirement to have a bell/horn on your bike to legally ride it in the UK. But if you intend going outwith you may want to leave it on.
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Apparently the law is that you must have an "audible warning" to alert pedestrians and cars of your presence however it is accepted in law that shouting counts :D
 
FishFluff said:
And they have just as much right to use the public highway as you do. Deal with it :cool:
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Are they not also subject to the various road regs about making due progress and not holding up traffic?

amigafan2003 said:
Quite how I've managed to never collide with a pedestrian is a complete mystery.
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I'm gonna take a guess and assume you have eyes that work...?

Bear said:
I used to drive and ride a motorbike just for fun on an evening or weekend, does that mean it shouldn't be allowed as well?
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Yes!!
Bloody bikers... Either you ride everywhere as a way of life, or you hang up your bandanna, shave off your beard, pack away your tassled leather vest (or power ranger suit) and get in a cage like the rest of them, you granny-bashing, child-eating, speed freak, you...! :p
 
ttaskmaster said:
Are they not also subject to the various road regs about making due progress and not holding up traffic?
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I belive that only applies to motorised vehicles, although the highway code does say of cycling:

Rule 68 You MUST NOT ride in a dangerous, careless or inconsiderate manner.



ttaskmaster said:
I'm gonna take a guess and assume you have eyes that work...?
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Youd be supprised, especially in cities, people cross roads like lemmings, they notice one person move to cross, they all go, they often dont even look, heads in smart phones etc. :eek:
 
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mattyfez said:
Not quite sure where to start with that, your journey is obviously more important than everyone else's, perhaps we should ban every one from the roads apart from you, so you never need to negotiate any traffic.

It's a sense of entitlement like that that causes most issues on roads.
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ROFL

my journey? it's not just me stuck behind the cyclists it's a que of 40-50 vehicles including double decker buses. on bad days it could be 100+ people behind them. They have other routes they can take, the HGV's and double decker buses do not and you certainly don't want all traffic heading through the villages.

My brother cycles the same direction I drive everyday but like the rational cyclists he takes the back roads, takes him 5 mins longer if that and has very little effect on traffic. It's 5-6 cyclists who think their journey is more important than others forcing everybody on an A road to match their speed rather than take a different route.

here's the problem part of the route i'm talking about
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/W...6e87093!2m2!1d-1.1335613!2d51.5974177!1m0!3e1
 
ttaskmaster said:
Ah - IIRC, 'should not' is more of a guideline, like U-turning at mini-roundabouts... whereas 'must not' is one of the actual laws?
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Yeah.

So if someone is hobbling along at 4mph, wobbling all over the road then the police will no doubt have words. If on the other hand they are cycling steadily at 20mph, a metre from the edge of the lane, allowing cars to pass when safe they are riding sensibly and are probably not riding dangerously, carelessly or in an inconsiderate manner.
 
sneakysnail said:
ROFL

my journey? it's not just me stuck behind the cyclists it's a que of 40-50 vehicles including double decker buses. on bad days it could be 100+ people behind them. They have other routes they can take, the HGV's and double decker buses do not and you certainly don't want all traffic heading through the villages.

My brother cycles the same direction I drive everyday but like the rational cyclists he takes the back roads, takes him 5 mins longer if that and has very little effect on traffic. It's 5-6 cyclists who think their journey is more important than others forcing everybody on an A road to match their speed rather than take a different route.

here's the problem part of the route i'm talking about
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/W...6e87093!2m2!1d-1.1335613!2d51.5974177!1m0!3e1
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I see the problem. Looks like your average British country lane. Designed for horses and carts, not HGVs and Buses.
 
Greebo said:
Apparently the law is that you must have an "audible warning" to alert pedestrians and cars of your presence however it is accepted in law that shouting counts :D
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Hah! Probably more effective than a bell hehe
 
Amp34 said:
I see the problem. Looks like your average British country lane. Designed for horses and carts, not HGVs and Buses.
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yup but that's the only option for them and the only road that can support the large amount of commuter traffic, it is not a road people should cycle especially the lazy kind. getting stuck behind them on the uphill section is particularly annoying as you sit in first gear at 5mph just to then watch them not peddle going downhill at 15 mph :mad:
 
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Are you sure cyclists aren't just being scapegoats in this particular case? it's only a short stretch and if it's seeing enough volume of traffic that one or two can cause 100 car tailbacks, it would suggest a general infrastructure issue.
 
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