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Best description of @RPM I've ever read.
But yeah, that junction is a total disaster. Clearly, there's bad rider behaviour on top of the design issues, but things like the fact that Binfield Road is a one-way street with a cycle contraflow play a part. It makes the junction mouth narrower and makes riders coming out of Binfield Road much less visible. Most people who don't know the junction will not immediately see that there is a possibility for traffic to come out of it.
It would be much better if Binfield Road was still two-way for all modes, with filtering in the cell behind, but engineers always want to restrict side streets in some way, especially at fairly complex junctions, because they can then adjust signal times, in this case dispensing with a proper phase for drivers you might otherwise get coming out of Binfield Road. If it's only cyclists, there will be a lot less traffic from Binfield Road, and their phase can be much shorter, meaning more time for the more major flows at the junction, e.g. A3-A3. None of that excuses the rubbish riding, but it's definitely a factor.
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but things like the fact that Binfield Road is a one-way street with a cycle contraflow play a part. It makes the junction mouth narrower and makes riders coming out of Binfield Road much less visible. Most people who don't know the junction will not immediately see that there is a possibility for traffic to come out of it.
Back when it was part of my daily commute, there was only a narrow cut in the pavement at the entrance to Binfield Road, making it even less obvious. I did hope things would improve when they widened the entry to the full width of the road, but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
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@Oliver Schick For the residents, it wouldn't be better if Binfield road was two way for all modes, because it causes too much disruption to the buses parking up from 8pm ish. And by that I mean, drivers leaning on their horns constantly because there's 5 buses left out on the road waiting to be parked up in the garage so drivers are stopped from being able to cut through down to wandsworth road. This happened constantly when it was two way.
The junction is odd now because of the cycling infrastructure they've put in, and the way it narrows and the lights they've put in which forces traffic to slow, and makes a load of drivers try to squeeze into a space that isn't there and then sit in it, blocking it.
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For some of us, the junction by Stockwell tube is often a way to get from Stockwell Road to Binfield Road and vice versa. To the majority of cyclists using that junction, unfortunately, the existence of Binfield road is a mystery that escapes their obsession with incompetent commuter racing. So, during the brief period where the lights only allow cyclists to cross the A3, not wobble along it, there's always one cunt trying to get in your way. Most often it's some MAMIL who can't slow down from his 15mph top speed in case he falls off, sometimes a nodder setting off early on the right turn from Stockwell Road in the hope of crossing the junction before the next Game of Thrones book comes out.
It's particularly annoying if somebody does this to you in the rain and the dark. So, Mr. Asshat in the white Bern helmet with the velcro ginger beard on the primary colours plastic single speed with no lights, may your beard snag on your helmet strap and choke you. I know you fucking saw me coming, because when you spotted me you didn't slow or stop, you just stared at me, wide eyed, and put on a burst of speed to make absolutely sure you would block my path. It can't be much fun being Keith Lemon's uglier brother, but you don't have to spread more misery into the world.