Good idea

Tony Raven said:

While out for a ride I noticed that in Vancouver they have signs up on
the shared use sidewalks for cyclist saying "Speed limit 15km/h. Faster
cyclists use the road". If you are going to insist on installing cycle
facilities it seems like an excellent idea to keep speeds down on the
pavement while countering the perception that cyclists should not then
be using the road.

Superb idea. Write to the CTC and the DfT.

Tony Raven said:

While out for a ride I noticed that in Vancouver they have signs up on
the shared use sidewalks for cyclist saying "Speed limit 15km/h.
Faster cyclists use the road". If you are going to insist on
installing cycle facilities it seems like an excellent idea to keep
speeds down on the pavement while countering the perception that
cyclists should not then be using the road.

Damn good idea. How do we go about getting this sort of thing going over
here?

Tony Raven said:

While out for a ride I noticed that in Vancouver they have signs up on
the shared use sidewalks for cyclist saying "Speed limit 15km/h.
Faster cyclists use the road". If you are going to insist on
installing cycle facilities it seems like an excellent idea to keep
speeds down on the pavement while countering the perception that
cyclists should not then be using the road.

Tony

Kind of assumes you know how fast you are going.

Simonb said:

Tony Raven said:

While out for a ride I noticed that in Vancouver they have signs up on
the shared use sidewalks for cyclist saying "Speed limit 15km/h.
Faster cyclists use the road".

Damn good idea. How do we go about getting this sort of thing going over
here?

You mean like - "Speed limit 50mph. Faster motorists use the motorways" ?

John B

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Quoted message said:

Kind of assumes you know how fast you are going.

New Tory policy? All cycles must be fitted with a speedometer!

Simonb said:

Tony Raven said:

While out for a ride I noticed that in Vancouver they have signs up on
the shared use sidewalks for cyclist saying "Speed limit 15km/h.
Faster cyclists use the road". If you are going to insist on
installing cycle facilities it seems like an excellent idea to keep
speeds down on the pavement while countering the perception that
cyclists should not then be using the road.

Damn good idea. How do we go about getting this sort of thing going over
here?

You can't because it would be a non-standard sign on the highway and,
therefore Not Allowed.

in message <[email hidden]>, Simonb

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Tony Raven said:

While out for a ride I noticed that in Vancouver they have signs up
on the shared use sidewalks for cyclist saying "Speed limit 15km/h.
Faster cyclists use the road". If you are going to insist on
installing cycle facilities it seems like an excellent idea to keep
speeds down on the pavement while countering the perception that
cyclists should not then be using the road.

Damn good idea. How do we go about getting this sort of thing going
over here?

Write to your MP and the Dept of/for Transport, as a first guess?

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In article <[email hidden]>, [Not
Responding] says...

Quoted message said:

Simonb said:

Tony Raven said:

While out for a ride I noticed that in Vancouver they have signs up on
the shared use sidewalks for cyclist saying "Speed limit 15km/h.
Faster cyclists use the road". If you are going to insist on
installing cycle facilities it seems like an excellent idea to keep
speeds down on the pavement while countering the perception that
cyclists should not then be using the road.

Damn good idea. How do we go about getting this sort of thing going over
here?

You can't because it would be a non-standard sign on the highway and,
therefore Not Allowed.

Standards change, so it could be done. A few years ago speed camera
signs weren't standard.

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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 21:16:18 +0100, " [Not Responding] "
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

Simonb said:

Tony Raven said:

While out for a ride I noticed that in Vancouver they have signs up on
the shared use sidewalks for cyclist saying "Speed limit 15km/h.
Faster cyclists use the road". If you are going to insist on
installing cycle facilities it seems like an excellent idea to keep
speeds down on the pavement while countering the perception that
cyclists should not then be using the road.

Damn good idea. How do we go about getting this sort of thing going over
here?

You can't because it would be a non-standard sign on the highway and,
therefore Not Allowed.

And how did the current set of standard signs get to be standard
signs?

Let's just get that process followed for our new sign.

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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:33:58 +0100, JohnB <[email hidden]> wrote in
message <[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

You mean like - "Speed limit 50mph. Faster motorists use the motorways" ?

Cloff!

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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 18:38:30 +0100, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

wrote in message : said:

While out for a ride I noticed that in Vancouver they have signs up on
the shared use sidewalks for cyclist saying "Speed limit 15km/h. Faster
cyclists use the road".

Yep. Just remove the word "faster" and it makes even more sense :-D

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