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There’s definitely some bits of that with a shared pedestrian/cycle path on the left.
While it’s perfectly legal to ignore that, I’ve seen how people drive in this country. I’d fucking use it. I don’t really want “But I had right of way” on my headstone, while some van driver gets a £60 fine and a two month ban.
Shared paths require cyclists to stop at every side road, which is bullshit. They have right of way on the road itself so they will obviously use it instead.
Also, pedestrians don’t read road signs so they often think you’re not allowed to be on the shared path. I’ve seen cyclists get assaulted for using them and had plenty of people shouting at me for doing what I’m allowed (but not legally required) to do.
They’re just a cheap and lazy way to pretend there is cycling infrastructure when there isn’t, really.
Shared paths are more dangerous to use if you’re going at any speed. Motorists aren’t looking for cyclists when driving over them into side roads and driveways, and cyclists lose priority at every side road.
They’re probably not looking for you whizzing up the middle of them either.
At the end of the day you’re a squishy meat sack and they’re in a two ton metal box, albeit in central London, one travelling at about 5 mph. If you feel safer doing that then you do you. I’m just saying I wouldn’t.
Feel what you want to feel, but we have data that it’s safer on the road than the “pavement” (sidewalks in the UK) and I’d rather go by data than feelings. Feeling safe is not the same as being safe.
Quite so. My city in Australia has excellent shared paths, but the one paralleling one main road is the only one where I have had a close call with a car
On that route I ride on the road so I’m seen and cars can avoid me
There’s definitely some bits of that with a shared pedestrian/cycle path on the left.
While it’s perfectly legal to ignore that, I’ve seen how people drive in this country. I’d fucking use it. I don’t really want “But I had right of way” on my headstone, while some van driver gets a £60 fine and a two month ban.
Shared paths require cyclists to stop at every side road, which is bullshit. They have right of way on the road itself so they will obviously use it instead.
Also, pedestrians don’t read road signs so they often think you’re not allowed to be on the shared path. I’ve seen cyclists get assaulted for using them and had plenty of people shouting at me for doing what I’m allowed (but not legally required) to do.
They’re just a cheap and lazy way to pretend there is cycling infrastructure when there isn’t, really.
Shared paths are more dangerous to use if you’re going at any speed. Motorists aren’t looking for cyclists when driving over them into side roads and driveways, and cyclists lose priority at every side road.
They’re probably not looking for you whizzing up the middle of them either.
At the end of the day you’re a squishy meat sack and they’re in a two ton metal box, albeit in central London, one travelling at about 5 mph. If you feel safer doing that then you do you. I’m just saying I wouldn’t.
Feel what you want to feel, but we have data that it’s safer on the road than the “pavement” (sidewalks in the UK) and I’d rather go by data than feelings. Feeling safe is not the same as being safe.
Quite so. My city in Australia has excellent shared paths, but the one paralleling one main road is the only one where I have had a close call with a car
On that route I ride on the road so I’m seen and cars can avoid me