Who thinks this is a good idea?

[jefmcg]

I've only ridden this route once at peak, had an enormous HGV up my arse presumably coming up from Portsmouth, sounding his horn and demanding I get into the gutter so he could pass me angrily at 40 mph.

Why would anyone create a lane like this?

Here

 

[Gatters]

looks like any road around where I live with the added benefit of car exclusion

 

[gavroche]

Is the road going downhill so that cyclists can do 40 mph so they don't hold back lorries?

 

[summerdays]

Not my idea of fun! As it is I often find the buses don't always use the bus lanes due to parked cars (which are allowed at certain times), which makes them even better for me!

On that occasion I might take the cycle path instead?

 

[boydj]

Any reason why the HGV could not go into lane 2 to overtake?

 

[Wolf616]

Any reason why the HGV could not go into lane 2 to overtake?

Obstinacy, I imagine.

 

[vickster]

Or too much traffic in the rush hour, or he wanted to go left at the upcoming junction. Not that either is an excuse for being an arse

 

[contadino]

Signposts are more for guidance than hard & fast rules, right?

And sounding his horn..maybe he was just saying hello..?

 

[Pat "5mph"]

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And sounding his horn..maybe he was just saying hello..?

Hahaha ... aye, right!
@vickster that pavement looks very appealing, is it a shared path?

 

[Pale Rider]

Hahaha ... aye, right!
@vickster that pavement looks very appealing, is it a shared path?

Bike sign on the pavement a few hundred metres towards London suggests it might be.

It's where I would be riding.

As a general point, the lower the road number, the less you want to be on it: A1, A2, A3 - in this case, A4, A5 etc.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.4...m96ikIKRsSbNjig0mR7g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

 

[Simontm]

It's uphill to the Rohampton turn-off so I presume its a congestion avoidance lane. Would cut through the park at Robin Hood personally

 

[Pale Rider]

It's uphill to the Rohampton turn-off so I presume its a congestion avoidance lane. Would cut through the park at Robin Hood personally

I don't know the area very well, but I did wonder if risking a deer strike in the park would be a better route.