Drago
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So where should the rails go instead then?
We're not engineers, we don't have to provide solutions, others earn a living resolving such issues.So where should the rails go instead then?
Fill them with rubber, like they do in other European countries http://www.fietsberaad.nl/index.cfm...in+rails+no+longer+cause+dangerous+situationsSo where should the rails go instead then?
Nowadays it'd be like the railways, cable theft. Harder to nick a tramlineWhat are the advantages of trams over trolleybuses?
Not only would cyclists not have to worry about tram tracks, but the cost of laying and maintaining them would be saved.
Trams use similar overhead cables!Nowadays it'd be like the railways, cable theft. Harder to nick a tramline
Great idea!! HERE is the manufacturer's website.Fill them with rubber, like they do in other European countries http://www.fietsberaad.nl/index.cfm...in+rails+no+longer+cause+dangerous+situations
TrueTrams use similar overhead cables!
Fill them with rubber, like they do in other European countries http://www.fietsberaad.nl/index.cfm...in+rails+no+longer+cause+dangerous+situations
Or just use your eyes and keep a watch for the several mile long bit of metal laying in the ground.
Why does it always have to be someone else's problem? Why can't a cyclist take some responsibility themselves for this sort of thing. Bicycles and trams have coexisted for over a century and this has never been a problem until recently.
Rubber in the slot? While we're at it we could fill in every cattle grid, fit anti skid material to every manhole cover, and roughen up the surface of every white line, just so you.Don have to pay attention when out for a spin.
They didn't coexist happily and in most places for most of that time in this country, they didn't coexist at all! From the 1920s onwards, tram systems were being dismantled; on 4th August 1938, the Midland Daily Telegraph reported "It will be good news to those cyclists, motor cyclist and light car owners, who, during the last few months, have muttered inprecations as they have swerved and bumped their way over the obsolete tramlines in Earlsdon, to learn that the metals are to be taken up"; from the 1960s to the 1990s, Blackpool was the only place in this country with trams; and in the 1990s, the new Sheffield tram network was involved in over 30 rider injury reports a year (over 50% seriously) with only quite a small network (An Investigation Into Cyclist Safety on the Supertram Network In Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Sheffield City Council, December 1998).Why does it always have to be someone else's problem? Why can't a cyclist take some responsibility themselves for this sort of thing. Bicycles and trams have coexisted for over a century and this has never been a problem until recently.
If you lived a hundred-odd years ago, would you have been arguing against tarmac replacing the dirt, gravel and cobble roads? They were fine if you used your eyes, weren't they?Rubber in the slot? While we're at it we could fill in every cattle grid, fit anti skid material to every manhole cover, and roughen up the surface of every white line, just so you.Don have to pay attention when out for a spin.
Or just use your eyes and keep a watch for the several mile long bit of metal laying in the ground.
Why does it always have to be someone else's problem? Why can't a cyclist take some responsibility themselves for this sort of thing. Bicycles and trams have coexisted for over a century and this has never been a problem until recently.
Rubber in the slot? While we're at it we could fill in every cattle grid, fit anti skid material to every manhole cover, and roughen up the surface of every white line, just so you.Don have to pay attention when out for a spin.
The point about tramlines is you need to cross them at quite a sharp angle to prevent your wheel dropping into one. That's not always possible when needing to change your road position while riding.