Cycle lanes again... and quite a cut-up

[Davidsw8]

We were talking about the Met criticising the superhighways the other day saying they were just a strip of blue paint but are there any rules about actual cycle lanes? On Heygate Street in London, there's a cycle lane with a solid white line to the right of that breaks at junctions then goes solid again with painted cycle signs all up it.

The reason I ask is because I was cycling up it this evening when a black transit was driving right in it, he then took a quick turn left then swung right round across my path, you can vaguely hear the cyclist behind me at 0.20 shouting at him (and see him at 0.23).

This would surely count as dangerous driving huh? I'm gonna Roadsafe it anyway even though the response from them the last few months has been a bit 'couldn't care less'...


View: http://youtu.be/aPDqcivnJFU

 

[Glow worm]

Shocking driving. Deffo report it. And use of the indicators by drivers seems to be an increasingly rare phenomenon these days.
One thing- the speed humps in the road look awful as drivers will always veer into the cycle path to avoid them. I'd get rid of the cycle lane and the humps.

 

[Davidsw8]

Those humps are actually pretty much flat, you could drive at them at quite a high speed and barely notice it.

 

[Glow worm]

Ah - fairy nuff. There's some humps round here that are much higher and I hate them as the drivers are forever veering to the left.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Tbh, you were never in danger. Tbh I'm amazed at what other cyclists moan about. You were behind, therefore your duty to stay out of trouble. What were you hoping to do? Undertake him? What are you going to complain about? Dear officer this bloke in front of me was going too slow and wouldn't let me undertake him.

 

[Davidsw8]

Tbh, you were never in danger. Tbh I'm amazed at what other cyclists moan about. You were behind, therefore your duty to stay out of trouble. What were you hoping to do? Undertake him? What are you going to complain about? Dear officer this bloke in front of me was going too slow and wouldn't let me undertake him.

Thanks for your input

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Thanks for your input

Your welcome...

 

[Davidsw8]

Your welcome...

No need to feel queasy fella, I clearly misunderstood the point of the old cycle lane thing there. And indicators must be an 'if you can be bothered' kind of device on motor vehicle. And let's not pay any attention to the 2 vulnerable cyclists behind me huh...

Live n learn.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

So, we get to the crux of the matter, your annoyed because he didn't indicate? Your seriously going to complain and waste police time with that? Like I said, I'm amazed what people moan about.

 

[Davidsw8]

So, we get to the crux of the matter, your annoyed because he didn't indicate? Your seriously going to complain and waste police time with that? Like I said, I'm amazed what people moan about.

No, Jessica Fletcher, the crux is he was driving in the cycle lane AND he didn't indicate twice. And no, I'm not going to report it to the Police as such, it's Roadsafe which is set up for exactly this kind of thing.

I'm amazed at how apathetic some people are.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

I am entitled to an opinion, after all the internet allowz it..innit.

 

[Davidsw8]

I am entitled to an opinion, after all the internet allowz it..innit.

Absolutely.

 

[J.Primus]

Those humps are actually pretty much flat, you could drive at them at quite a high speed and barely notice it.

In fairness you don't know that until you hit it if you've not been on the road before.
With regards to the superhighways some of them do have time based restrictions on when traffic can use them like bus lanes do.
The one on embankment is Mon-Fri 07:00 - 19:00 if I remember correctly.

 

[Glow worm]

No, Jessica Fletcher,.

Thanks- that's a gob full of chardonnay all over the keyboard!

 

[Hip Priest]

It's a nothing incident really. Sloppy driving, but I wouldn't dream of reporting it to anyone.