Cyclists stay back! stickers

The absurdity of shared space...

You must mean 'shared use'. Completely arbitrary choices of words, of course. Either might be the other and make just as much sense.

sorry, yeah I meant shared use. It just seems set up towards conflict.

All depends on speeds and volumes, of course. Most shared use works fine, it's just in hotspots like on the Regent's Canal towpath in Islington where conflict is quite frequent.

Virgin media van parked on the pavement along NKR just before E&C. Was walking along and luckily couldn't find my keys in my bag... temptation to scratch those stickers is too great (must find some slaptag sticker equivalents)

Most shared use works fine

Source required.

Like Cable Street?

You can start with the list of references here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/9179/shared-use-routes-for-pedestrians-and-cyclists.pdf

It's pretty much passim throughout the literature.

That's an example of segregated shared use of very low quality and one of those that doesn't fall into the scope of 'most' in my post. :)

Got over taken by a builders merchant truck adorned with two "cyclist stay back" stickers on the rear. My main grievance was that he did so next to a sign specifically telling drivers not to over take cyclists due to the road works on the other side of the carriage way.

Y u no respect my signs???

Reported to employer for being a weapon?

Got over taken by a builders merchant truck adorned with two "cyclist stay back" stickers on the rear.

When they turn up at work, I have to explain to my colleagues that I am unable to help unload the materials due to my being a cyclist.

It wasn't really close or dangerous so no, it is just if you are going to put 2 dumbass signs on the back of your truck you could at least respect the signs that are directed at you.

Iceland truck with massive 'Sticker'

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o snap

Fair enough.

Mines bigger... 😊

Sort of.

I found when I saw one of these on the road, writ so large and shouty and visible from 100 yards, that maybe they were picking on cyclists a bit. That it looked like 'look, everyone, we're telling these cyclists to stop dying, what else can we do?'

It's bizarre how big it is, basically.

Until the driver overtakes a rider then left-hooks them. "I had stickers and everything, tchuh!"

I'd say those are fair enough... not that it absolves drivers from checking their mirrors of course.

Meh, it's all good. We know there's enough daft buggers who filter down the inside of these things when it's not safe to do so. There's no way in hell any of them could say they weren't warned with this thing.
Now, if only the drivers had massive stickers on their wheels shouting "DON'T BE A DICK" then we'd really be getting somewhere.

Message is better than 'Cyclists stay back' though still pointing the finger ... and its not just cyclists who need to be sensible around lorries carlefthook.jpg

I used to get annoyed by these (the wording of a lot of them is still very off). But I think a lot of people would do well to take note.

As per most mornings, I was undertaken by 3 cyclists who shot up the inside of the left indicating truck I was waiting behind today. Do they not know that you shouldn't do that? Ignorance, stupidity, impatience? Not sure.

The sainsburys one, while large isn't in a victim blamey tone, it's just a bit of information for people who do something that is dangerous. Is saying "beware of passing this vehicle on the inside" victim blaming? Insulting? Patronising?

Largely pointless, since on the inside is where almost all cycle lanes are.

You still need to beware though. The fact that bike lanes are on the inside won't save you from a vehicle turning left when you're in its blindspot.

then get the pissing things off the road if they're so dangerous.