Reporting bad junctions and pinch points?

[Gert Lush]

You can't expect the road network to be designed to suit cyclists imho

Why not?

 

[Tynan]

because a cyclist's requirements would clash with those of other road users, because the road network already exists and is almost rntirely laid out for cars, buses and trucks, because cars, buses and trucks make up the vast majority of road traffic

and they pay road tax of course

 

[Gert Lush]

because a cyclist's requirements would clash with those of other road users, because the road network already exists and is almost rntirely laid out for cars, buses and trucks, because cars, buses and trucks make up the vast majority of road traffic

and they pay road tax of course

Firstly, a bike is classed as a 'carriage' so is meant to be ridden on the 'carriageway'. Road in other words, hence why it's an offence to cycle on the pavement.

Also, there is no such thing as road tax. You pay vehicle excise duty on your car but this is wrongly assumed to be road tax.

Which leads me to believe that roads should have been designed for cyclists in mind. Although I feel, as a car driver (I'm a very new cyclist) that they haven't always and ever since riding on the road recently I've realised that this is the case. I do agree that there is a huge difference between the number of cyclists compared to drivers.

So to sum up.. Roads haven't always been designed with cyclists in mind but cyclists should expect new roads (and old roads) to be designed with cyclists in mind because it is in the highway code and there are laws surrounding that.

P.S. I only know this because I was googling around the other day.

 

[Tynan]

I promise I know about road tax

I covered your existing/new road point in my previous post with 'exists', how do you design an existing road that's already there, you seem to be confusing what you want with what should be.

if i was allowed one change it be that the entire road network was designed for pedestrians in mind, many roads are very hostile indeed for pedestrians and more of them get killed than cyclists, but hey ...

 

[Dmcd33]

The original thread was more about ingforming city planners about particularly hairy junctions that, when redesigned or due for upgrade, might look at comments from all road users