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Someone on here crashed into the kerb and broke their hip there this morning.
Yet the kerb nerds still clamour for cyclists segregated ghettos.
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You see, if you really did want to have this kind of segregation, it strikes me that this is completely the wrong way to handle bus stops.
If I were forced to design this facility, I'd keep the bike lane going straight on as it was and retaining priority. I'd then have the bus exit the road across the lane to a bus stop but having to give way to cyclists in the lane. Then for the bus to return to the roadway, it would have to give way to cyclists in the bike lane but have priority over cars in lane 1. Where the bus returns to the road, the bike lane would be widened out so that if a bus were stalled by traffic, cyclist would be safely able to manouvere safely around the rear of it.
You reduce eliminate almost all of the risks listed and replace them with one of a professional driver occuring on a limited frequency.
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Kerbs, pedestrians, speeds bumps, narrowing lane, turns..
The road looks much safer (for everyone) to me.
I realise theres a big thing about 'perceived safety' being important in getting people onto their bikes, but there are other ways to convince people that they are safe, without conning them into being out of sight and out of mind. How a person cant see that this is for the benefit of drivers more than cyclists is beyond me.
I'd much rather see more cycling proficiency, better legislation against bad driving, and better junction design before I see any more of those stupid segregated paths.