Cycle exclusion zones

[jimboalee]

Oh, and if you are a motorist and bump a cyclist on a carriageway with a green line, YOU ARE IN DEEP SHITE.

Anyone been to Frankfurt?

 

[jimboalee]

Q.

Which country has BLUE lines?

 

[HJ]

Think how much it costs the local council to paint lines on roads.

They will only do something if 1/ someone gets killed, or 2/ it is a newly laid road surface.

To have a properly organised cycling infrastucture, cyclists will be asked to pay some sort of 'tax' to ride on the road.

Best policy is to keep quiet and keep paying £0.00 per year.

But we do pay for it!! Everybody who pays tax pays for the roads! It is just that some opt to pay more tax by using motorised transport, but then they do more damage...

 

[HJ]

Sorry - sharrows are usually a bike symbol with a chevron ahead of it, painted on the carriageway. They show the right place to ride (they're usually in secondary, or thereabouts) and provide a visual cue that cycles will be using the carriageway.

More on wiki; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_lane_marking

All roads should have them down the middle of each lane...

Ah, I think I misunderstood what you were proposing at first. I can't help thinking that all the money spent on painting and educating drivers could just be spent on educating drivers though.

But I tend to agree that the money would be better spent educating all road users...

 

[Origamist]

I prefer sharrows, not cyclist verboten strips.