Safety when Commuting

[PBancroft]

The Coppers in Solihull ride Konas.

The coppers in Hampshire (or at least the PCSO's) ride Smith & Westons.

Kinda surprised me when I noticed.

 

[Mr Pig]

Do you cycle in traffic yourself Sam? You really should as it will give you a very clear insight on what we're talking about.

 

[jonesy]

Options.

Cycling should be accessible to all. Road cycling isn't for everyone -the timid, young, less confident, those with young children. Separate cycling facilities aren't for everyone -those confident to ride on the road and who would be slowed otherwise.

So we need to be in a place where we've got choices, and road users aren't shouting you on to the separate facilities.

This may be ideal, but in practice there simply isn't room on most streets to create a high quality segregated network that doesn't disadvantage pedestrians. And any visible off-carriageway cycle route adjacent to the road leads to the aforementioned shouting... add in the increased conflict you get when off-carriageway paths cross side-roads etc and you may not actually end up with any real safety benefit at all.

So I can accept the need for segregated paths on higher speed roads, and busy urban roads where there is space to do the job properly, but otherwise I'd rather they stuck to the hierarchy of measures and concentrated on making the roads safer for everyone.

 

[Randochap]

Are you ready to rumble?

Be thankful you don't have "rumble strips" to contend with

 

[summerdays]

All folk that have anything to do with designing/use of highways/transport should have to spend at least six months of every year using a pedal cycle as their main form of transport...

I agree, but I also think that those who actually resurface our roads after digging them up (water boards etc), also ought to cycle and then they might do a slightly better job!

Plus if they could think about where they put manhole covers... they are metal and slippy and often right in the middle of a junction where you are turning right! If they could move them so they were slightly off-set from this position it would be nice.

 

[sheddy]

Respect for all road users