On 13/11/11 10:51, Bertie Wooster wrote:
On Sun, 13 Nov 2011 10:12:40 -0000, "Mr. Benn"
wrote:

"Simon Mason" wrote in message
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On Nov 13, 9:55 am, Tony wrote:
On 13/11/2011 08:54, Simon Mason wrote:

Boy racer hurtles away from the lights, nearly hits a little old lady
crossing the road, then floors it to get the "lost" time back, then has
to slam on the anchors at a zebra where I pass him anyway.

What is that all about?

http://www.swldxer.co.uk/impatient.wmv

Remind me, what's the rule about overtaking on the zig zags of a crossing?

The rule is that it only applies to motor vehicles as you well
know :-)
It has been done to death on this NG for many years.
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Is overtaking on zig-zags considered to be good cycling practice?

If done safely, yes. The head of a traffic queue is the safest place
to be in a traffic queue.

I do wonder about this, surely if you are at the head of the queue then
you have more vehicles behind trying to get past you when the lights go
green than if you were to wait in the queue? Not to mention the
additional risk of getting to the front in the first place.