Independant Comment

On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:27:57 +0000, Don Whybrow pointed to:

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Mr Daley appears to have written something with a clue.

http://motoring.independent.co.uk/comment/article2037767.ece

"most gutter cycle lanes are a mere metre-and-a-half wide" -- I think he
confuses metres and feet!

The rest seems OK though.

Mike

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http://motoring.independent.co.uk/comment/article2037767.ece

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The rest seems OK though.

[of cycling along the Thames] "bicycle highways such as this are perhaps
the only way of providing a safe cycling network."

I've always considered the roads fairly safe - peds have a greater KSI
rate.

He also misses the other big problems with cycle lanes:

-They encourage cyclists to 'undertake' vehicles, where they're squished.
-They emcourage cyclists to ride in the door zone, where they faceplant
into a lump of metal and glass, fall into the road, and get squished.
-They disappear at junctions, where we're most likely to get squished.

Understandable I s'pose - he's got a word limit after all. Good to see an
article that isn't unthinkingly calling for more.

Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

http://motoring.independent.co.uk/comment/article2037767.ece

Quoted message said:

The rest seems OK though.

[of cycling along the Thames] "bicycle highways such as this are perhaps
the only way of providing a safe cycling network."

I've always considered the roads fairly safe - peds have a greater KSI
rate.

He also misses the other big problems with cycle lanes:

-They encourage cyclists to 'undertake' vehicles, where they're squished.
-They emcourage cyclists to ride in the door zone, where they faceplant
into a lump of metal and glass, fall into the road, and get squished.
-They disappear at junctions, where we're most likely to get squished.

Understandable I s'pose - he's got a word limit after all. Good to see an
article that isn't unthinkingly calling for more.

yes it is true some (cycle paths) do wiggle all over the place, well
meening i'm sure but fairly useless or at least of limited value.

roger