mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
I'm not in London regularly so of course not. I have ridden there and the ASLs alone seemed as worthless as everywhere else, and probably more routinely invaded by motorists than elsewhere, especially around Victoria. I'm comfortable getting ahead of traffic by overtaking queuing motorists, waiting beside the gap between cars 1 and 2 and merging as we pull away... and if you're not comfortable overtaking queuing motorists, an ASL itself doesn't help.Do you ride regularly in London? They help a lot there, allows you to get / keep ahead of the traffic , priority right turns etc etc.
they can be a bit pointless in very light traffic
Surely ASLs don't give you priority making right turns? Where's that in the highway code or law?
What I feel helps at some London ASLs is a cyclist-only green light stage and a mandatory cycle lane after the lights, but you do not need ASLs to have those, as seen in some places on Whitechapel Road.