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According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be
trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. -- Guy |
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:25:27 -0700 (PDT)
"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. And are they going to post warning signs all along the affected roads so that motorists don't get caught out by this? Sounds like a really dumb idea to me. |
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On Sep 17, 8:39*pm, Rob Morley wrote:
According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. And are they going to post warning signs all along the affected roads so that motorists don't get caught out by this? *Sounds like a really dumb idea to me. I don't know. The Swedes said switching to driving on the right was a dumb idea but it seems to have worked for them. Maybe it's stupid, maybe it's clever. We'll have to wait and see, I guess - which is kind of implied by the fact that it's referred to as a trial. -- Guy |
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On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT)
"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: On Sep 17, 8:39*pm, Rob Morley wrote: According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. And are they going to post warning signs all along the affected roads so that motorists don't get caught out by this? *Sounds like a really dumb idea to me. I don't know. The Swedes said switching to driving on the right was a dumb idea but it seems to have worked for them. That's not something you'll easily forget about - every other vehicle will (hopefully) be doing it too. Maybe it's stupid, maybe it's clever. We'll have to wait and see, I guess - which is kind of implied by the fact that it's referred to as a trial. Is it going to apply to all one way streets, or just those that are deemed suitable? I just foresee it causing all sorts of problems as motorists will have another excuse to resent cyclists and cyclists will have so many more tales of idiot motorists to tell. |
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"Rob Morley" wrote in message
news:20090917203955.0568f953@bluemoon... On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:25:27 -0700 (PDT) "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. And are they going to post warning signs all along the affected roads so that motorists don't get caught out by this? Sounds like a really dumb idea to me. One would hope that there would be some signage to warn drivers that there may be cyclists approaching them. Will they, for example, paint a cycle lane for that contra-flowing cycle traffic (as has been done for years and years and years along Downing Street in Cambridge)? |
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Rob Morley wrote:
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:25:27 -0700 (PDT) "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. And are they going to post warning signs all along the affected roads so that motorists don't get caught out by this? Sounds like a really dumb idea to me. What about pedestrians crossing the road? Another huge issue is what happens at the other end of the one-way street, if there is a set of traffic lights there. Obviously, there won't be an extra set directly controlling exit for traffic going the wrong way down a one-way street. OTOH, perhaps the whole thing is being over-egged by the press and the council isn't going to post these signs in one-way streets that start (and would end) at a set of lights. But that would still lead to potential confusion for cyclists (who are bound to be politically unable to tell the difference between OW streets with a "wrong way" permission and those without) and for pedestrians who would be left guessing whether a OW street really was one way (to the extent that it would make a difference). |
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On 2009-09-17, Rob Morley wrote:
On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:41:50 -0700 (PDT) "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: On Sep 17, 8:39*pm, Rob Morley wrote: According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. And are they going to post warning signs all along the affected roads so that motorists don't get caught out by this? *Sounds like a really dumb idea to me. I don't know. The Swedes said switching to driving on the right was a dumb idea but it seems to have worked for them. That's not something you'll easily forget about - every other vehicle will (hopefully) be doing it too. Maybe it's stupid, maybe it's clever. We'll have to wait and see, I guess - which is kind of implied by the fact that it's referred to as a trial. Is it going to apply to all one way streets, or just those that are deemed suitable? I just foresee it causing all sorts of problems as motorists will have another excuse to resent cyclists and cyclists will have so many more tales of idiot motorists to tell. They're just going to put up "except cycles" signs on some no-entry signs. Been doing that for years in other places, but apparently it's not strictly pukka for some obscure legal reason unless you build some kind of pointless farcility waste of concrete feeder lane entrance thing for cyclists (which they do in some places). The news story now is that the Government have officially said you don't need anything except the "except cycles" sign, or are expected to say that or something. |
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On 17 Sep, 20:25, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote: According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. -- Saw a premature adopter around our way last week. He was riding the wrong way on the South Circular while using a mobile phone. Naturally, he was wearing a helmet. Not a teenager, by the way. |
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On 17 Sep, 21:18, JNugent wrote:
Rob Morley wrote: On Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:25:27 -0700 (PDT) "Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote: According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. And are they going to post warning signs all along the affected roads so that motorists don't get caught out by this? *Sounds like a really dumb idea to me. What about pedestrians crossing the road? As a pedestrian, I always remember to look both ways, especially on a one-way street. |
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
According to the free arsewipe this evening, Chelsington will be trialling an "except cyclists" exemption to be signed under No Entry and One Way signs, as a pilot for allowing cyclists to ride against the flow in one-way streets. What side do you ride up the wrong way of a one way street? |
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