Good Cycling Road Sign

chill888

Cycling Today in France in the Jura mountains I rode by several versions of the lower part of this sign.

Great.

1. Warns Cars that the road has frequent cyclists

2. Clearly shows that cyclists have a right to the road and should be given ample space.

(1.5 metres = about 5 feet. )

The world could use more of these

Richrd2205

Britain could use some of these: we have no such thing....

Thank you for showing us such wonderful things....

Eternal_headwind

Oh no! a lovely sign but just think what british highway authorities will turn it into.

So far, the only widely used cycling orientated british road sign is 'cyclists dismount'

Although my reaction is to start erecting road signs that say 'motorists get out and push' maybe we do need to caimpaign for something

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Parkey

chill888

that sequence of dismount signs is amazing (sad and depressing)

Parkey

My favourite cycle "facility" is in Nottingham by the ringroad. There's a line down the pavement that means you can avoid riding on the wide dual carriageway, but be sure to stop and give way at each and every driveway and side road. Then when you get to a huge roundabout there's just a sign saying "rejoin main carriageway", right at the spot where drivers are looking to the right to look for oncoming traffic on the roundabout. The cycle track - sorry, pavement - continues on the other side of the roundabout. There isn't even a pedestrian crossing.

All of this shows on the sustrans map as a continuous green line.

"Rejoin main carriageway" is the other popular cycling sign in the UK. It's odd, because I'm usually already on it when I see them.

chill888

one nice thing in Geneva is there are a lot of BUS only lanes. Cyclists are allowed to use these - usually meaning a huge lane all to one's self.

Jokull

I'd much rather that Sustrans bought a job lot of signs similar to the one in the original post and put them up all over the country, rather than wasting money on 'facilities' which just act to reduce our right to use the roads.

spen666

Jokull wrote:

I'd much rather that Sustrans bought a job lot of signs similar to the one in the original post and put them up all over the country, rather than wasting money on 'facilities' which just act to reduce our right to use the roads.

I concurr with the honourable gentleman

pneumatic

chill888 wrote:

one nice thing in Geneva is there are a lot of BUS only lanes. Cyclists are allowed to use these - usually meaning a huge lane all to one's self.

I thought that was a nice thing about Geneva, too. That was until I got railed at by a bus driver for being in "his" lane. "C'est marque bus, monsieur!" (note the monsieur, they do road rage differently abroad!).

Happily, this incident occured just as I was leaving the city. If it had been earlier in the trip, I would have had a pretty hair-raising afternoon weaving through the traffic.

Big Red S

I can't say I'm convinced that putting those signs up everywhere will do any more than, say, the speed limit signs.

Turnbull2000

Parkey wrote:

Where's that? :shock:

Parkey

Turnbull2000 wrote:

Parkey wrote:

Where's that? :shock:

It's in Harlow. Found it on a website called the Warrington Cycle Campaign

It has a caption too:

"Essex County Council is promoting cycling as an effective and enjoyable form of aerobic exercise to reduce the incidence heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity in the county. Unfortunately it was discovered that, rather than pedalling briskly, Harlow's cyclists were freewheeling down this gently sloping path. To counter this, signs have been introduced at regular intervals requiring cyclists to get off and walk.

This particularly daunting section, requires seven dismounts within a distance of 380 yards Note, how at each junction the kerbs are maintained on the downhill side of the path, thus ensuring that even the laziest cyclists gain the full health benefits from their activity."

NWLondoner

Parkey wrote:

Turnbull2000 wrote:

Parkey wrote:

Where's that? :shock:

It's in Harlow. Found it on a website called the Warrington Cycle Campaign

It has a caption too:

"Essex County Council is promoting cycling as an effective and enjoyable form of aerobic exercise to reduce the incidence heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity in the county. Unfortunately it was discovered that, rather than pedalling briskly, Harlow's cyclists were freewheeling down this gently sloping path. To counter this, signs have been introduced at regular intervals requiring cyclists to get off and walk.

This particularly daunting section, requires seven dismounts within a distance of 380 yards Note, how at each junction the kerbs are maintained on the downhill side of the path, thus ensuring that even the laziest cyclists gain the full health benefits from their activity."

and they say we don't live in a nanny state