Cycle lane closed, cyclist please dismount...WHY?

snooks

Saw a sign today on the westbound Upper Thames Street,

Cycle lane closed
Cyclists please dismount

There are roadworks, and the road narrows so the cycle lane on the road is closed, I can understand that, but why should I dismount when there is a perfectly good road to use? :evil:

Surely lots of inexperienced cyclists stopping to dismount would cause more of a problem than if they, like me, continued cycling along the road but moved to the primary position.

Tuning onto south onto Southwark Bridge....there's another sign:

Cycle lane closed
Motorists beware of cyclists

Now that's a bit more like it

AndyManc

+1

Contact your council and suggest it .



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snooks

AndyManc wrote:

Contact your council and suggest it .
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Done

roger_merriman

some of the railway bridges north of the A316 (honslow ish) suggest that one should dismount, why cars should just not overtake for 20 feet or what so ever...

rolf_f

I hired a bike in Holland last year. I was cycling in Delft along a 2 lane cycle track that ran adjacent the pavement and separated from road by kerb and grass. At one point, the cycle way was closed for road (or cycle lane!) works - so a temporary, segregated cycle lane was built out into one lane of the road. Can't recall if the road then had temporary traffic lights but it highlights how attitudes in The Netherlands differ from here.

spen666

snooks wrote:

Saw a sign today on the westbound Upper Thames Street,

Cycle lane closed
Cyclists please dismount

There are roadworks, and the road narrows so the cycle lane on the road is closed, I can understand that, but why should I dismount when there is a perfectly good road to use? :evil:

Surely lots of inexperienced cyclists stopping to dismount would cause more of a problem than if they, like me, continued cycling along the road but moved to the primary position.

Tuning onto south onto Southwark Bridge....there's another sign:

Cycle lane closed
Motorists beware of cyclists

Now that's a bit more like it

I am always tempted, to stop, and then walk pushing my bike down the lane when I pass such signs. It6 will cause so much chaos if all cyclist did this.

There are a proliferation of these signs in Newham at the moment as well

spen666

snooks wrote:

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Cycle lane closed
Motorists beware of cyclists

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That probably scares those poor motorists into thining cyclists are out to get them :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

snooks

spen666 wrote:

That probably scares those poor motorists into thining cyclists are out to get them :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

What? :shock: and we're not??? :twisted:

lost_in_thought

spen666 wrote:

I am always tempted, to stop, and then walk pushing my bike down the lane when I pass such signs. It6 will cause so much chaos if all cyclist did this.

There are a proliferation of these signs in Newham at the moment as well

I never dismount for those signs. B0llocks to them, there's a road.

Saw a great one near Cambridge over the weekend:

'Narrowed road. Do not overtake cyclists'

snooks

lost_in_thought wrote:

I never dismount for those signs. B0llocks to them, there's a road.

The normal "Cyclist Dismount" signs (blue sign with white text) have no legal authority. They are advisory, and most of the time IMHO they should be ignored. :?

Greg T

I saw this last night as well.

I would have been faster if I had got off and pushed as the traffic is jammers.

Obviously i didn't.

lost_in_thought

snooks wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

I never dismount for those signs. B0llocks to them, there's a road.

The normal "Cyclist Dismount" signs (blue sign with white text) have no legal authority. They are advisory, and most of the time IMHO they should be ignored. :?

There was one on the Uxbridge road in white writing on red saying 'Cyclists Dismount' - is that a legal one?

snooks

lost_in_thought wrote:

snooks wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

I never dismount for those signs. B0llocks to them, there's a road.

The normal "Cyclist Dismount" signs (blue sign with white text) have no legal authority. They are advisory, and most of the time IMHO they should be ignored. :?

There was one on the Uxbridge road in white writing on red saying 'Cyclists Dismount' - is that a legal one?

Only if underneath there's one saying
Car drivers
Get out and push



Seriously though, I'm not sure that is legal either, that would be like a reduce speed now sign, which is usually used in conjunction with another sign (like a sharp corner etc) so if it was accompanied by a no cycling sign then it would have legal bearing...Although according to a LCC meeting I went to, the No cycling sign does have legal bearing, but there is no recommended action for a cyclist cycling in a no cycling zone (or summut like that)