WeX Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Feel free to quote http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/search.php?searchid=19033092 Hats off to you SnailyBoy, you are obviously much more qualified in SF search fu than me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 No, you were telling him that you are an inconsiderate idiot. He may have been being so, too arh the insults, I knew there was something missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 Hats off to you SnailyBoy, you are obviously much more qualified in SF search fu than me So you'd agree that the premise of cyclists holding up traffic in any meaningful way doesn't hold water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splodgeyAl Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 arh the insults, I knew there was something missing So did I. However, blowing your horn at a cyclist as you pass, is dangerous and inconsiderate. And owning a driving licence and not knowing that, makes you an idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezron Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Also, cyclists should not expect to have a right of way on a pedestrian crossing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david12656 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 the usual sheffield forum crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluePolo Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Looking at the map, it doesn't look like the road widens where the cycle lane is. it appears to me like the R/H lane becomes narrower. If so, why is it that cars can overtake cycles there safely but not further down, where apparently the cyclist was only taking up half as much room because his other half was in the L/H lane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maccapacca Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 The problem cycling on that bit of road is the pinch point at the top where the traffic lights are. If you want to go straight on you'll need to pull over whenever you get the chance because you may not get more than one. Once in the right lane there isn't room for a car to overtake safely so the best position is primary in the middle of the lane. That may so slow down following cars for a short stretch but at most times of the day this is irrelevant due to the volume of traffic around the childrens hospital. This generally means that a bike will be fastest anyway. I dont understand why you'd want to cycle on the line between the two lanes when you'd risk being squashed from either side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeeey Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 I cycle... A lot and I also drive a lot, I have my own views on this and they are that cyclists should fall into dingle file, unless racing when cars que up behind... There's no reason not to!! Secondly I feel that the cycle lanes are ridiculous I cant even count the number of times when a drain grate spans the entire lane forcing the cyclist to leave the cycle lane, which drivers expect us to be in causing them to beep etc.. But would they rather cyclists drive over the grates and fly off their bikes and into the roads? I and many other cyclists I pride with share these views and I personally feel people need to be more considerate on a whole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbourns Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Is not it a legal requirement that cyclists stay in single file on the roads? Today I was travelling in the opposite direction to a group of about 20 of them and they were side by side holding up tax paying road users. Isn't it illegal for them to ride in "clumps" taking up a full lane and holding back proper tax paying road users? Horse users don't pay road tax and they are a lot slower than cyclists so why not just drive them off the road as well??? Also, pedestrians don't pay road tax but they still walk across the roads! You're forgetting an important thing, if i stop cycling, got off my bike, and walked across the road you would pull up! Why not if i'm sat on the bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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