Boris says he'll....

[Cab]

Riding back from work yesterday, there was a learner scooter rider in front of me in the cycle lane, making progress in the stationary traffic. Are they allowed in there?

No.

 

[Maz]

Cheers, Cab.

 

[Tynan]

what about coaches?

and those community ambulances, sirens and lights not on?

genuine questions

 

[jmaccyd]

I have often wondered this as well. The HC referes to a Bus Lane, so what is the legal definition of a bus rather than a coach? Some of the signs have additional writing on them as well. Some include 'Local' written inside the bus pic on the sign. I assume that to completly restrict the lane to 'proper' buses rather than anything else. I have also seen bus lanes specifically marked with 'coach' as well.

 

[Tynan]

I strongly suspect it's strictly black cabs, proper buses and bikes but I do see coaches and the odd community type vehicle, I think they're either doing because they think they'll get away with it or because they think they're allowed

want to be sure before I dispense justice

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Scooterers riding like maniacs, balls out the whole time, and motorbikes too.

... but not cyclists, obviously.

 

[Jacomus-rides-Gen]

... but not cyclists, obviously.

Aye, but a cyclist riding like a maniac is very much less of a risk to other people than a scooterer or biker. Naturally that doesn't mean cyclists should ride like maniacs just because they are less likely to seriously hurt someone.

A bus lane is currently an area of sanctuary from traffic that is going faster - introducing the two fastest city vehicles into a space that contains two of the slowest seems like a seriously ill thought out idea to me.

 

[Tynan]

ditto, scooters attract the least experienced road users, motorbikes too to a lesser degree

 

[Horace Goes Skiing]

"I'm a bus and so is my wife"

 

[domtyler]

"I'm a bus and so is my wife"

Oh my life!

 

[another_dave_b]

I'd love to find the study that showed that collisions between motorbikes and cyclists went down when they were allowed into bus lanes!

I asked Google, and was directed to a Telegraph article, The truth about bikes and bus lanes

 

[domtyler]

I asked Google, and was directed to a Telegraph article, The truth about bikes and bus lanes

Cheers Dave, that's the one.

 

[Tynan]

'The report concludes from the evidence that conditions for cyclists did not significantly deteriorate.'

that's ok then ...