Roads that give cyclists priority.

[Koolpc]

Ruddy cyclists!!!!! They should have insurance. Every cycle have a registration plate and be charged a fee for using the roads.

Plus, a law that allows motor vehicle drivers the right to throw javelins at cyclists.

 

[pete01]

Ruddy cyclists!!!!! They should have insurance. Every cycle have a registration plate and be charged a fee for using the roads.

What about kids getting their first bike for Christmas?

 

[motorbiking]

All roads give cyclists priority now after the change in the Highway Code

Vulnerable road users have been prioritised for many years.

 

[motorbiking]

I think it looks a lot better than it did - if I was a resident I'd not be complaining.

Just wondering where to park your car.

 

[pete01]

Anyone else get these out the cornflakes to put on your bike spokes....

 

[motorbiking]

you have to laugh at the design brief. Its an easy vote winner when Reform UK who say they will scrap these LTNs and default 20 zones.

"A Cycle Street gives priority to people cycling while still allowing access for motor vehicles. The design calms traffic, removes unnecessary parking, and improves safety for all road users."

removes unnecessary parking - well if it was unnecessary people wouldn't park there.

 

[James Carmichael]

Cyclists should not be on our roads. It's a leisure actvity. We don't allow people to have a tennis match in the middle of the M5, or sit in the middle of the A1 and do a bit of knitting with a nice cup of tea, so we shouldn't allow cyclists to disrupt decent tax paying motorists with their little hobby.

We have plenty of off road locations they can congregate in with their sweaty lycra, out of the way of normal people.

 

[Koolpc]

What about kids getting their first bike for Christmas?

They shouldn't be allowed on the road

 

[Koolpc]

Do cyclists contribute to the cost of our roads? Nope. They should as they use them!!!!!!!

 

[blup]

Vulnerable road users have been prioritised for many years.

DPD drivers must have got the message later on

 

[ericmark]

Do cyclists contribute to the cost of our roads? Nope. They should as they use them!!!!!!!

Of course, I do, I drive a car as well. But there are two types of cyclist, those who use a bike to get from A to B at a leisurely pace, and the

lycra wanchors

they both ride bikes, but at 75 my top speed is around 10–15 MPH, and at that speed sharing with pedestrians is not a problem. But the Lycia warrior is doubling that speed, and having mother pram and toddler on same path as the Lycia warrior does not work.

From Dolgellau to Arthog there is a cycle track with very little young children as the route is a bit too much for a stroll, but then the bit over the Barmouth Bridge is narrower and has a lot more traffic, so often the cyclist needs to get off and walk, to safely pass walkers.

The same applies with the Wirral cycle track, some bits the cyclist can go for it, but other parts have too many pedestrians, so I do realise there needs to be some rules to allow the mixture to work together.

As it stands cycles do not need to have a speedo, and mine works when I am pedalling, but when freewheeling it stops working, so I likely break the 20 MPH speed limit cycling through my village, but that is on the road not the walkway.

The problem is parked cars, be it a push-bike, car or pedestrian one can only see people who are taller than the cars, so cars with a roof under 4'6" and a bonnet and boot under 3' there is a good chance one can see pedestrians within a reasonable braking distance when doing 20 MPH or less, but get a van, or motor caravan or even a large 4 x 4 and then there is a danger.

The only way to allow only small cars is to have a weight limit, so a gross weight limit of 2000 kg will allow most small cars access, but the EVs are not small cars.

 

[Koolpc]

Nope, cyclists don't contribute to the cost of the roads. Plus 99.9% of them continuously break the highway code.

 

[RrogerD]

And here we have it, the cycle-hating keyboard warriors that love trolling all other social media.
Sat in their metal boxes, barging their way through life, bemoaning everything and everyone that gets in their way or impedes their forward progress.
Perhaps, if all of you took 5 mins to experience life outside of your comfortable safety cage, you'd see what it actual is like on the other side. Put yourselves in the other person's shoes.
Bullies have never been admired.

 

[motorbiking]

It's not about cycling vs driving. Its daft public servants who think its ok to vandalise vital road estate for their vanity projects, which create resentment.

Every time a car driver has to drive down that road nipping in and out of the pinch points unable to park where there used to be plenty of space to park, there is a risk the will resent cyclists. That helps nobody.

 

[wobs]

Nope, cyclists don't contribute to the cost of the roads. Plus 99.9% of them continuously break the highway code.

Drivers are more likely to break the highway code.
And cars are subsidised in car dominated areas. Cycle paths can be a negative cost. Ie. They grow the economy more than they cost.