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But even better-behaved drivers still make mistakes.
That they do, we can either wait for a very long time for an extremely well designed cycle lane that actually protect cyclists, or make a strong adverts aired throughout the UK.
The latter (hopefully) will lessen the risk.
Notice how many skid marks on the brand new "Cycle Superhighway" that revolutionised cycling, it's predominate around junctions;
edscoble-
This succinctly states my opinion on the educate or build argument but exactly opposite.
I think we'd have to wait longer for an education campaign to work and have to keep repeating it as new drivers need educating and reminding (add it to the driving test to help) but tracks of a good enough quality to protect cyclists (perhaps like the one pictured on the Embankment, nothing like CS7 please) is an instant option and lasts many years.
I'm not saying don't educate, anything would be better than the status quo.
mattioats
A serious campaign for better driver behaviour is always welcome - and it's needed, because we're unlikely to see protected lanes on more than 1 or 2% of London's road network in the near future. But even better-behaved drivers still make mistakes. Protection on the bits of the network with both heavy bike and heavy hgv traffic is the best way to make sure that those mistakes don't result in death or injury for others.