Cycling UK Forum

MarkF wrote:I've worked in A&E. Obesity and old folk are sucking the life out of the NHS, along with it's lazy, living-in-a-bubble "workers" that make up large % of it's workforce. A&E is a social place for many now, a place for folks to gather, I reckon less than 1 in 5 admissions are justifiable. Most "ailments" needing GP advice, rest, a simple clean up and dressing or chemists advice, all the things we would have made use of before going to A&E as last resort years ago, now it's the first destination and a cheaper one than the chemist............cat bites (scratches) are not a reason to go to A&E..............it's all a farce and nobody is doing anything.

[XAP]Bob wrote:

karlt wrote:Designers for whom practicality wasn't part of the brief

Service charges were though...

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Good thing you aren't required to carry spare bulbs in France - that would just be embarras... Oh.

fastpedaller wrote:

beardy wrote:

One thing which I noticed about modern car indicators is that the side mounted indicators are no longer required on cars.

I'm convinced this isn't the case - but I'm ready to be corrected if you can name a car sold after 1986 that doesn't have either side repeaters or door mirror indicators! I'll them happily report to VOSA (or whatever they are called now!)

Vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1986 must be fitted with one side repeater indicator on each side. Instead of a separate lamp, the side repeater might be part of the front direction indicator if it includes a wraparound lens.

Lamps incorporating a side repeater are marked either with an ‘E’ mark in a circle or an ‘e’ mark in a rectangle above which is a number 5.

However, some vehicles are fitted with a wraparound lens with no European approval markings. These can be tested by standing approximately 1000mm to the side of the vehicle’s rear bumper with the indicator on. If amber light can be seen coming through the front lens (not a reflection) this is acceptable.

rmurphy195 wrote:I simply couldn't understand this one, coming off the Monsal trail into Bakewell

mjr wrote:

jochta wrote:I disagree. If you are cycling towards the sign from behind the camera it's telling you the route continues left but you are supposed to dismount to continue that way as it is a wheeled route, i.e. you are supposed to wheel your bike and not ride it. The sign is facing the approaching cyclists.

As it does not indicate a direction, I would understand the sign as applying to if I pass beyond the sign. By turning left, I wouldn't pass beyond it and I'd probably believe that I could continue riding. If I obeyed every sign that was merely facing me, the roads would probably become unusable. After all, there's a 7.5t weight limit sign facing me beyond a nearby crossroads and that doesn't mean mean lorries can't turn left before the limit.

If they wished to convey the dismount as applying to the left turn, I feel it should be a blue patch on the left-pointing sign... or better to omit both the dismount sign and the white bike symbol and put a no-cycling red/white circle as a patch on the brown background.

RickH wrote:

rmurphy195 wrote:I simply couldn't understand this one, coming off the Monsal trail into Bakewell

I suspect it means if you want to carry straight on, rather than following the cycle route (left or behind you depending on which way you are going) on you should to get off your bike. A no cycling or no vehicles sign would be better (legal?) to show you can't carry on cycling in that direction.

Rick

Bmblbzzz wrote:So we have 'Cyclists dismount' signs used in two distinct circumstances. One is a permanent situation where the main purpose is, frankly, to get us out of the road. The ones that started this thread may be permanent or temporary but are more directed at cyclists' own safety. I'd like to see the first sort replaced with decent paths, lanes, etc (those seem to be the situations where they're used). The second could more usefully be replaced with a warning sign regarding the state of the cattle grid etc.

As an aside I've seen red rectangular 'Cyclists dismount' signs used at temporary roadworks too.