cyclist holding up traffic

Saw a cyclist this morning on a road that links the town centre with the
by-pass, so it's a fairly busy road. It is a 40 limit and there is a marked
cycle lane on the road. Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever increasing
line of vehicles behind him.

In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

--
Paul Cummins - Always a NetHead
Wasting Bandwidth since 1981

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On 30/07/2013 14:02, Paul Cummins wrote:
In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

Watt's on second.

Hoo's on third.

"Thumper" wrote:
Saw a cyclist this morning on a road that links the town centre with the
by-pass, so it's a fairly busy road. It is a 40 limit and there is a
marked cycle lane on the road. Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane
this cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

Inconsiderate but maybe he had his reasons. Cycle lanes at the side of the
main road (that are part of the main carriageway) often end up being full
of stones and broken glass if the councils don't sweep them.

Tim

Paul Cummins put finger to keyboard:

In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this cyclist was riding about
2 feet outside the lane with an ever increasing line of vehicles behind
him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

Using the road in the manner described? Obstruction.

To do it properly you need a caravan.

wrote:
To do it properly you need a caravan.

Yes - many a time I've been stuck behind one on the A5 going to Llangollen,
Betwys-y-Coed, Snowden, etc for various activities. They rarely realise how
many vehicles are stuck behind them, let alone pull in to let them pass (as
you probably well know!)

--
Iain

Iain wrote:
wrote:
To do it properly you need a caravan.

Yes - many a time I've been stuck behind one on the A5 going to
Llangollen, Betwys-y-Coed, Snowden, etc for various activities. They
rarely realise how many vehicles are stuck behind them, let alone
pull in to let them pass (as you probably well know!)

Years ago I used a Cortina with a 3 litre V6 to tow a very small caravan, it
was always fun to outdrag ordinary cars away from the lights, any speed
limit was easy to reach, as was any hill to go up. Hopefully now that there
is a test needed before towing the number of slow, obstructive caravans on
the road will decrease as those with grandfather rights die off.

"Paul Cummins" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Thumper) wrote:

Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane this
cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

Is a bicycle a "road vehicle"?

Yes

if so, what is the problem with him using the road.

Nothing at all, but there was a cycle lane marked on the road specifically
for him to use. If he had stayed in that cycle lane he would've travelled
the road just as fast and vehicles would've passed him safely. What he was
doing was the same as a car driver being halfway between lanes on a dual
carriageway.

On 30/07/2013 13:51, Thumper wrote:
Saw a cyclist this morning on a road that links the town centre with the
by-pass, so it's a fairly busy road. It is a 40 limit and there is a
marked cycle lane on the road. Despite it being quite a wide cycle lane
this cyclist was riding about 2 feet outside the lane with an ever
increasing line of vehicles behind him.

At 8.44 am today I noticed a car just left by the side of the road,
effectively blocking the left hand carriage way. This was causing severe
congestion as other innocent car drivers and cyclists had to wait for a
break in the steady stream of cars coming for the opposite direction
before they could safely pull into the opposite lane to manoeuvre around
this obstruction.

I often see cars left by the side of the road causing this type of
obstruction. But this morning I thought to myself enough is enough, I
need to do something about this selfishness. So I resolved to tackle the
problem by making this strongly critical post to usenet.