Red light jumping - a confession

[joch]

Yeah everybody else does as well although i never seem to see it.

you live in a different part of town...

 

[hackbike 666]

Funnily enough I cycle from the other side of town to SW2 and I don't see cyclists responsibly jumping lights.More like it's a free for all.

 

[joch]

must be the time of day then

 

[hackbike 666]

Doubt if I will see many this morning.You will all be in bed.

 

[hackbike 666]

I was right.Saw more rljing by motons @ temporary lights in Stamford St off of Southwark Bridge.Saw two cyclists on the ride in.One had no lights but was very visible with hi~viz and the other one at Mile End had a green flashhing 3 led light on the front.

 

[Jake]

did you read my post from friday?!
link

 

[hackbike 666]

I found the 'put your foot down' a bit upsetting.I suspect i wouldn't be able to catch you either :-)

 

[Jake]

lol, i'm not that fast no headwind that day and a enjoyable piece or road the way you can sweep around the corner and get ahead of the bus stops.

 

[smeg]

I often jump the lights but only at a particular right turn/junction due to it being such a stupid system which is at Seaclose approaching Newport (Isle of Wight), this is the right turn towards the hotel (there's a shared cycle path/short cut down there which goes alongside the Quay) if anyone is familiar with the area. The traffic lights for the traffic coming in the opposite direction goes to green before your side I'm sure it does so you end up stuck there in the middle. It's also safer to jump that red light or you're having to turn right into oncoming traffic. Most of the cars seem to jump that light too. There's no sense to it - there should be a green (or flashing amber) right arrow or something when the traffic coming from the opposite direction is on red. It's just as stupid coming back the same route making a left turn at the junction and having to wait at a red light for no reason whatsoever! I'm considering complaining to the council which probably wont do a lot of good they're a load of idiots obviously.

 

[hackbike 666]

In Bangkok they have countdown timers on their lights,it's great.I heard places in America have a different system as well.

 

[Jake]

they have count down timers for peds too in Helsinki, i tihnk it was, or was it malaga.

 

[hackbike 666]

Well it's for the cars really.Useful for the boy racers at a guess.

 

[smeg]

In Bangkok they have countdown timers on their lights,it's great.I heard places in America have a different system as well.

That sounds like a good system - safer too - so you know when they're going to change. How many times have lights changed to red just as we're about to go through them and having to make a split second decision whether to hit the brakes or keep going?

 

[magnatom]

There are a few sets of lights in Glasgow that have countdown timers as well. When you stand waiting for them, you can almost make out the sound of the Countdown ticker tune being hummed quietly by the pedestrians....de de, de de, bad da doo dowww, booooo!

 

[marinyork]

There are a few sets of lights in Glasgow that have countdown timers as well. When you stand waiting for them, you can almost make out the sound of the Countdown ticker tune being hummed quietly by the pedestrians....de de, de de, bad da doo dowww, booooo!

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