One way streets

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

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.

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

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.

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.

"Rob Morley" wrote in message
news:20090917205423.05fdcf1d@bluemoon...
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.

Contraflow cycle lanes are nothing new and, IMHO, nothing to get worked up
about. The problem may arise if the council try to do things on the cheap
and forget about painting in the cycle lane. They may see it as one way of
tackling the incidence of POBs that ride up the one way streets anyway.

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:00:02 +0100
"David Lloyd" wrote:

Contraflow cycle lanes are nothing new and, IMHO, nothing to get
worked up about. The problem may arise if the council try to do
things on the cheap and forget about painting in the cycle lane.

That was how it sounded to me - stick an "Except cycles" panel under the
no entry and one way signs and then just leave them to it.

"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)?

On 17 Sep, 21:03, "Graculus"
wrote:
"Rob Morley" wrote in message

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)?

Please not this.

I have to agree the proposal of cyclists going against the flow of
motor traffic sounds like an epicly stupid and dangerous idea to me in
any case, but if magic paint is used to section off a lane for
cyclists, in many cases that lane will necessarily be much too narrow
for safety, and motorists will feel permitted to bully cyclists into
it.

Welcome to the killing zone, again.

Simon Brooke wrote:
On 17 Sep, 21:03, "Graculus"
wrote:
"Rob Morley" wrote in message

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)?

Please not this.

I have to agree the proposal of cyclists going against the flow of
motor traffic sounds like an epicly stupid and dangerous idea to me in
any case, but if magic paint is used to section off a lane for
cyclists, in many cases that lane will necessarily be much too narrow
for safety, and motorists will feel permitted to bully cyclists into
it.

Welcome to the killing zone, again.

Tell me why you should not use the marked lane?

--

Tony Dragon