ian s wrote:If only all cyclists would stop cowering in the gutter and assert their place on the public highway such events would be much less frequent. However, in Bedford there are instances of marked cycle lanes passing marked car parking places which put the cyclist in exactly the wrong place, just where dooring will happen; I dare say such dangerous marking exist elsewhere. Then motorists expect the cyclist to use the marked cycle lanes, and get annoyed when they don't. This is the sort of reason why I don't want more typical British provision for cyclists
I an agree . my route home from work has an inadequate strip painted down the gutter then a wide pavement which the cars park on. As an experience cyclist I will not ride in the cycle lane if cars are parked on the pavement here, however these cycles lanes were put in for inexperienced cyclists who will not think to assert themselves into the carriage way when necessary. I have pointed out to our local council the facility is both useless and dangerous, the response of the county councillor in question was we've built them now. Although I did get the most dangerous bit, two car spaces had been painted on the road which threw the cyclist nearly out to the white, not too bad when occupied, but if you followed the cycle way when no cars were there you end up just veering rerouted in the end by talking to the planning department directly.
