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Today I went through the general traffic route at Stockwell A3 North. There was an awful lot of confusion going on there. The CS route, I see, does filter bikes into an ASL ahead of the general traffic, but I was one of several cyclists who were checking how clear the lane was before deciding which side of the silly raised section to go. The chap in front of me was clearly expecting to be able to pull over into the left hand lane to head onto the A3, but slowed right up when he found his way blocked, and no clarity about direction.
I'm still amused by the Oval section, where the CS goes along the side, then stops & magically reappears in the next lane across. Is there some sort of teleportaiton device to be installed there for less experienced cyclists? Or is it just as we suspected that the whole thing is a cop-out, and only works properly where there were previously bus lanes, i.e. where it isn't really needed?
I'm still amused by the Oval section, where the CS goes along the side, then stops & magically reappears in the next lane across. Is there some sort of teleportaiton device to be installed there for less experienced cyclists? Or is it just as we suspected that the whole thing is a cop-out, and only works properly where there were previously bus lanes, i.e. where it isn't really needed?