sign of things to come

[LOGAN 5]

Saw a speeding sports motorcyclist this morning hooting a relatively fast moving cyclist in the bus lane in Brixton to get out of his way. The cyclist was then cut up whilst trying to get past a bus in the stop as the motorcyclist squeezed passed them.

"ping Boris Johnson". Can you please get yourself on your bike down this dreadful shared A23 "motorway" bus lane in the rush hour to see how bad it is now that motorcyclists can use this convenient high speed undertaking lane.

Re my trauma with the black cabs of late, I'm developing my "professional" wobble and it worked on two of them this morning and the dreaded swoop was avoided. Yesterday after work had trouble with two of them just minutes from the office before seeking sancturary in the park, phew. I think I'm black cabbed out at the moment so looking forward to not seeing any of them over the weekend - it's like fighting off a constant swarm of wasps, get rid of one and there's another right behind.

 

[spindrift]

"black cabbed out"

Like it.

One cabbie was righht up my arse so I held a hand up and he waved ahead! Where the flip am I gonna go?!

 

[domtyler]

I tend to get very unpredictable when there are lots of motorbikes or black cabs around. I just can't be relied on to cycle in a straight line, all over the place, weaving in and out all the time, it must be so annoying to more important people who need to get past me.

 

[joebe]

I keep saying it's going to be carnage when bikes can use bus lanes. Too fast, too unpredictable and going for every gap.

 

[spindrift]

The raised cycle lane on Bishopsgate is routinely abused by PTWs.

Boris's move is gonna make things much worse.

 

[Tynan]

The raised cycle lane on Bishopsgate is routinely abused by PTWs.

Boris's move is gonna make things much worse.

if that's the one I think it is, absolutely, they pile into it there don't they, I had a near miss not so long ago when a motorbike swerved from outside into the lane as I came down the hill at a far speed, only me anticipating saved us, I don't think he'd looked at all

it's patently a bad idea, lots of motorbike riders are excellent, they need to be but as ever, there's a good minority of idiots and peanuts who will ove tearing along the bus lanes

 

[Twenty Inch]

Logan

Send that story above to

mayor@london.gov.uk

See if they respond. I'm periodically emailing them on this too.

 

[joebe]

.....lots of motorbike riders are excellent, they need to be but as ever, there's a good minority of idiots and peanuts who will ove tearing along the bus lanes

I'd may the idiots and peanuts are in the majority, mostly riding hairdryers, having just got their licence.

 

[HLaB]

I'm hope Motorbikes in bus lanes isn't proposed here (Edinburgh), although I've came accross it plenty of times and similar behaviour as described above. Cars using them to undertake congestion and black cabs can be annoying too. In lots of places the weight of buses have caused severe deformities in the tarmac and you have no choice but to be in a primary position.

 

[BentMikey]

you have no choice but to be in a primary position.

I've learnt from experience that primary is about the only workable position in bus lanes 99% of the time.

 

[LOGAN 5]

Logan

Send that story above to

mayor@london.gov.uk

See if they respond. I'm periodically emailing them on this too.

Done. Don't expect a response mind.

 

[domtyler]

Done. Don't expect a response mind.

Keep a nice positive attitude eh?

 

[Otto]

I go down the A23 most days, sometimes there are so many motorcycles it like being surrounded by a swarm of angry bees!

 

[spindrift]

Done. Don't expect a response mind.

Every little helps, as the monkey said when he peed in the ocean.

 

[PBancroft]

In my area I don't mind motorbikes in bus lanes. Probably because we don't have many bus lanes. I have one on my commute and it lasts about a hundred yards. Same for the bike lanes.

Oddly enough, encounters with poor drivers aren't all that common either... I wonder if there's some sort of correlation?