Crap Cycle Lanes
Posted December 7th, 2007 by larry
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There was an article in the Two Wheels section of the Guardian yesterday about Warrington Cycle Campaign's (http://www.warringtoncyclecampaign.co.uk/) book of crap cycle lanes, which I thought would be worth looking at (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crap-Cycle-Lanes-Warrington-Campaign/dp/19030705...).
Mind you as a long standing reader of the Idler magazine who came up with Crap Towns, I'm fed up with other people nicking their idea!
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ah but..
Is crap better than none I wonder ? I guess that's the point though, getting an in on the planning stages early enough to ensure minimum crapness.
No, crap is not better than
No, crap is not better than none.
Bike lanes are not the answer. The danger to cyclist is due to the *ATTITUDE* of motorists.
Don't spend money on useless bits of debris-strewn tarmac.
Enforce roads laws.
Tend To Agree
I increasingly find them annoying as they're mainly implemented where it's already safe and then disappear at the first sign of a tricky junction where you need them.
Used to cycle up to work the other side of Bulwell and that had a couple of beauties.
One of about 10ft going over a quiet t-junction accompanied by 3 signs. Utterly pointless.
The other was on a main road coming up to a junction where there the single carriageway splits into 2 sections to go left and right. The cycle path was taking up half the left hand carriageway, so as a motorist you have the choice of observing the cycle path and therefore not being able to get into lane to filter left, or just ignore the lane (100% takeup on option 2). Have these people ever used a bike?
Having said that I've been commuting in heavy traffic for nearly 20 years, so maybe they're not aimed at me, but to reassure the less experienced cyclist.
They are purely for the motorist's benefit
They are there to shove us off the roads, and give the motorists an excuse to scream at us from their cars, hoot at us and bully us.
They are put there by ignorant, car-centric councils, and are a complete waste of taxpayer's money.