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I think it's AndyB's/AndyBee or something similar.magnatom said:Does anyone know who's footage this was?
I think it's AndyB's/AndyBee or something similar.magnatom said:Does anyone know who's footage this was?
linfordlunchbox said:Absolute shyte. I just spent 3 days in Geneva (well Annemasse on the french side) and the driving standard is just as bad in Switzerland and France as it is here. I'd go as far as to say that they are very keen to cut other cars up when the lanes filter to the right, and cut across the highway for the tram stops in Geneva as well as doing the traffic light Grant Prix with other road users.
The biggest problem IMO is that some people who ride cycles see themselves as wheeled pedestrians, and this gives them the right to ride on the pavement, across traffic lighted junctions when they see a gap (RLJ'ing), and against the flow of traffic in one way streets which is just suicide as well as a lack of lights.
It just makes for 'two fingers up' at authority, and gives the impression that they see laws as something which apply to other people.
Most of the people I see riding like this are ones who are either too young, or too skint to put a car on the road legally (which is lets face it very expensive for someone in their teens or early twenties) - which indicates that they have never had to experience any formal training regarding the laws of the road - so how can they respect its boundaries ?
jmaccyd said:The figure I have seen is that 85% of cyclist own cars. So the vast majority of cyclists are also motorists.
Well, I think the majority of us feel safer there, else what's the thinking behind ASLs? If we want to stop at the front of a queue, we should be able to!magnatom said:You don't need to do this though. Why not filter in a couple of cars back, instead of filtering to the front. There is no need to filter to the front to be safe. In fact, filtering to the front, can, as I am sure you are aware, sometimes be dangerous.
I don't understand, why, as cyclists, we feel we need to get to the front of the queue to be safe. We don't.
Absinthe Minded said:Well, I think the majority of us feel safer there, else what's the thinking behind ASLs? If we want to stop at the front of a queue, we should be able to!
hackbike 6 said:You don't need to do this though. Why not filter in a couple of cars back, instead of filtering to the front. There is no need to filter to the front to be safe. In fact, filtering to the front, can, as I am sure you are aware, sometimes be dangerous.
eh? I rarely have problems.
magnatom said:Often there is no thinking. There are a lot of dangerous ASLs (especially those with feeder lanes).I agree that if you want to stop at the front then you should be allowed. I don't disagree with that. What I have a problem with is, is the fact that it is actively encouraged. People who do not understand the risks of filtering see the ASLs and filter, oblivious to the risks (i.e being left hooked). That is why I think somethng like the ESZ which encourages cyclists to slot in a car or two back would be safer.
Origamist said:What's interesting is that at a number of ASL sites examined by TFL in London, there were not significant increases or decreases in cyclist collision rates at ASLs.
Maz said:The link in the OP talks about more one-way roads being made 2-way for cyclists...Is that safe?
OK, I can see how filtering might be dangerous - but how can an ASL be dangerous?magnatom said:Often there is no thinking. There are a lot of dangerous ASLs (especially those with feeder lanes).I agree that if you want to stop at the front then you should be allowed. I don't disagree with that. What I have a problem with is, is the fact that it is actively encouraged. People who do not understand the risks of filtering see the ASLs and filter, oblivious to the risks (i.e being left hooked). That is why I think somethng like the ESZ which encourages cyclists to slot in a car or two back would be safer.