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Yep this is true. If you took those twenty cyclist and put them in cars, ahead of the car in question then they would have to wait a few light changes as the snake of cars inches forward.
"Oh but, the bikes keep getting to the front of the queue". Yes they do. And on fast A-roads the cars keep overtaking the bikes.
Appropriate vehicle for the environment = winning.
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If you took those twenty cyclist and put them in cars, ahead of the car in question then they would have to wait a few light changes as the snake of cars inches forward.
"Oh but, the bikes keep getting to the front of the queue". Yes they do. And on fast A-roads the cars keep overtaking the bikes.
Appropriate vehicle for the environment = winning.
Again, slightly myopic. If the "environment" always comprises a 10 mile commute, maybe. But what if the journey is 50 miles, or involves carrying a full set of power tools, or an elderly or infirm passenger.
I wouldn't want the cyclists' usually legitimate moral high ground in this argument to be lost for the sake of some unnecessary straw man fallacies.
GF
What I’m trying to say is that I don’t see a problem with motorists being delayed even a couple of changes of lights because they’re surrounded by cyclists. In reality I can’t see this happening on more than one occasion as the motorist will just bully their way through the cyclists once they’ve been delayed for one change of the lights. It’s only an issue in a couple of cycling hot spots like London where cyclist are becoming a collective force of numbers on the roads.
Regardless, you shouldn't be repeatedly firing your horn at people because you think their stopping you moving off from a set of lights.