TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
On recent weekend rides I had the pleasure or riding along a section of road which has been long in need of resurfacing and has now been done and has lovely new road marking too.
In one section of around a 1/4 mile there are eight new ASL's
"Lovely" I hear you say, however, they are of no safe use unless you are already at the front as the lights change, as none of them have "mandatory" cycle lanes to access them and if you are behind other vehicles, you either have to attempt to squeeze through the inside or chance going around the outside to access the ASL
Nice to know that the government create this then make the "mandatory" statement in what they then call "advisory" notes for local authorities as they are allowed to override these in collusion (oops) agreement I mean, with local police, and not give a "mandatory" cycle lane to access them.
Blooming madness!
The government advice -http://www.ukroads.org/webfiles/tal08-93.pdf
The reality:
In one section of around a 1/4 mile there are eight new ASL's
"Lovely" I hear you say, however, they are of no safe use unless you are already at the front as the lights change, as none of them have "mandatory" cycle lanes to access them and if you are behind other vehicles, you either have to attempt to squeeze through the inside or chance going around the outside to access the ASL
Nice to know that the government create this then make the "mandatory" statement in what they then call "advisory" notes for local authorities as they are allowed to override these in collusion (oops) agreement I mean, with local police, and not give a "mandatory" cycle lane to access them.
Blooming madness!
The government advice -http://www.ukroads.org/webfiles/tal08-93.pdf
The reality: