What to do on this road?

[Slaav]

My commute-in normally takes me up this little hill (15/18mph) and back down the other side (22/25mph) - solid white lines for several hundred metres. It's quite a busy road in the mornings with a near continuous stream of traffic heading in to Cambridge. Everybody, motorists, buses, lorries, learners, police etc overtake straddling/crossing the white line (I wonder if a leaner would be failed if they did that during a test). It doesn't bother me, I don't feel unsafe. An odd thing is that the path on the right is shared-use cyclist/pedestrian footpath - this would normally attract the wrath of the get-on-the-cycle-path-brigade but its very rare that I get a beep or gesture from the traffic.

Out of interest, why do you not simply:

"take primary straight away as it is illegal to overtake, or remain in secondary and just glare at the people who pass me?"

Will certainly be interested to hear your thoughts on this. My guess and hope is that they are the same or similar to mine....

 

[jonny jeez]

Maybe shoot an email to your council and suggest they make the pavement either side a shared use cycle/pedestrian path if that's a busy route? Would encourage more cyclists if they didn't want to hold up traffic.

I think that's an excellent suggestion and was even searching further up and down the road to see if it was already a path...but its not. I also looked at St Asapth's crossing which isn't much better. Its a nasty bend/brow for sure ...good practice or not I think I'd take a secondary position (I wouldnt like to be out in primary if a car raced up behind around the bend/brow) all the way and keep up strong rear ob's on the approach to the bend.

If you are really unhappy/uneasy, then perhaps walk it over, which is a pain as the railings will mean you have to walk the lot, not just the nasty bit.

Get that pavement converted to shared use.

 

[Matthew_T]

Get that pavement converted to shared use.

The main problem is that it isnt wide enough to be a shared use.

I had someone yesterday overtake me on the way down (I was doing 22) and they gestured for me to be on the path, which isnt shared use.
I didnt confront them about it because I just guessed that they were that ineducated, they couldnt see it wasnt shared use.

 

[jonny jeez]

The main problem is that it isnt wide enough to be a shared use.

I had someone yesterday overtake me on the way down (I was doing 22) and they gestured for me to be on the path, which isnt shared use.
I didnt confront them about it because I just guessed that they were that ineducated, they couldnt see it wasnt shared use.

It is pretty slim. Although, I must have double clicked or done something wrong because the railings don't seem to extend as far as I thought, they seem to only cover the blind bend, so perhaps just hop off and hop back on later (if it ever worries you too much).

I wouldn't take too much notice of car drivers gesturing you to be on the pavement, they often have no idea and you taking time out to facecheck them puts you in more danger. I'd either stick to my position and ensure I know whats behind me, or get off and walk for a few yards.

It is a rotten bend though. I think, quite honestly (and I consider my self intrepid) If I heard/saw a car approaching from behind, I'd be inclined to hop off.

 

[Matthew_T]

Well what I did recently was hold primary on the way up because of opposing traffic, and after the bend, moved over to the left as is was clear.
The driver in the situation above clearly was going over the limit, but the car behind him remained behind me until we went through the pinch point at the bottom (in the direction of Rhyl).