ASL vehicle offender

If this means that I can't see when the light turns green and they don't get to speed away from the lights then tough shit.

That's the bit that gets on my nerves. Especially when they have the gall to honk as soon as the lights turn orange. If it was the second or third car in line then fair enough. But not you, fucker.

yesterday I was riding down a two lane road, and the opposite lane was backed up. A motorcyclist going the other way thought that gave him the right to drive down the MIDDLE of my lane which was completely empty apart from me. I had to swerve out of the way because he effectively came head on at me.. cnut.

This happens to me all the time when I'm going up Bishopsgate approaching the Great Eastern Street junction. Unless there's nothing coming down in the opposite direction stay on your side of the road, bitches.

Oh, and I've seen motorcyclists use that elevated cycle path on Bishopsgate too. What idiots.

ASLs are different from cycle lanes

Highway code 178

...Allow cyclists time and space to move off when the green signal shows.

that's one thing they never do!

Yeah, fcuk a cycle lane. They're usually full of pot holes and glass anyway. Sod ripping up £20 worth of tyre and ton of wheel I'm at it.

you're a cyclist, you belong on the road.

Grow up babies. You whinging excuses for Londoners.

Have you ever tried to drive in London!? Its a fucking NIGHTMARE. If these people are stupid enough to drive, you might expect them to be as thick as mince in many other, more subtle ways, such as their awreness of ASLs. You think its annoying having to avoid this? Imagine how annoying relying on a massive four-wheeled vehicle to get around town is.

Just saying like.

You are fucking fired from London!!!

weds night, a guy on a big motorbike rode the raised bike lane, he was tailgating me all the way. It was those 2 raised sections of bike lane just north of liverpool st on bishopsgate.

He stopped at the red light about 10 metres later and I asked him "What the fuck were you doing?" he calmly replied "Getting past the busses". to which i replied "you fat prick" as he sped off. cunt.

We opposed that farcesillyty (on the A10 Norton Folgate) strongly when it was proposed but they put it in, anyway, and as you can see, not only is the conception terrible but also the execution. The A10 Norton Folgate and Bishopsgate needs a major rebuilding job.

The scheme wasn't really driven by cyclists' needs, by the way, but by the City's interest in completing the 'ring of steel', i.e. plonk a traffic island in the middle with a little plod shelter and camera pole on it, although the avowed intention was to help cyclists avoid the queues that would form when vehicles were checked at the entry point where the main lane was narrowed down. It is astonishing what complex technical problems that sort of thing can cause.

Given the intention of allowing cyclists to filter past, at all the 'ring of steel' entry points into the City they wanted to have a segregated cyclists' bypass, and it was only on the A10 Norton Folgate that there wasn't sufficient width to accomplish that. Plus a pedestrian crossing right there ... that whole scheme is just an atrocious mess.

This is true.You'll notice that most lanes are the dotted ones.I mean,what's the fucking point of that?

Not a lot of point. Advisory cycle lanes are the norm. The good thing is that of course you don't have to cycle in them, and in fact quite often you shouldn't if you want to take the primary position.

"Imagine how annoying relying on a massive four-wheeled vehicle to get around town is."

Not annoying enough!

You are fucking fired from London!!!

Imagine how annoying relying on a massive four-wheeled vehicle to get around town is.

it's not really that annoying if you're not exactly in a rush, I drove a bit around London, thought I must admitted I'm very placid when driving compared to cycling.

Sorry for any vitriol there, I sat in a car for about an hour this morning for a service, it did my HEAD in. Why anyone, who had a choice, would bother driving every day completely escapes me. I feel sorry for them.

I wasn't feeling sorry for them this morning. All cosy in their warm cars. Bastards.

Sorry for any vitriol there, I sat in a car for about an hour this morning for a service, it did my HEAD in. Why anyone, who had a choice, would bother driving every day completely escapes me. I feel sorry for them.

just what kind of car were you in that does your head in?? a Lada?

thing is, I didn't get in my head, even after an hour, peace and quiet inside a warm comfortable vehicle with music, compared to enduring the rain, cold, feeling every lump on the road, using all your energy cycling to get to your destination, while being soaked and smelly by the time you arrived etc.?

that's why I'm placid when I drive, even if the car is an Renault hatchback from the 80's.

just what kind of car were you in that does your head in?? a Lada?

thing is, I didn't get in my head, even after an hour, peace and quiet inside a warm comfortable vehicle with music, compared to enduring the rain, cold, feeling every lump on the road, using all your energy cycling to get to your destination, while being soaked and smelly by the time you arrived etc.?

that's why I'm placid when I drive, even if the car is an Renault hatchback from the 80's.

A mate of mine used to bravely claim that he enjoyed driving in London--very rarely privately, mostly for his job. I have no reason not to believe him--but a lot of people who drive simply haven't experienced cycling enough. One they do, many realise that being warm and comfortable while wasting their time isn't the best way of going about organising their personal transportation.

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Ed

Send the picture to Foxtons.

Like those scum sucking cnuts will give a damn.

That photo could feasibly just be a still of a car driving over the ASL, so it wouldn't ever get you anywhere unless you had video.

just what kind of car were you in that does your head in?? a Lada?

thing is, I didn't get in my head, even after an hour, peace and quiet inside a warm comfortable vehicle with music, compared to enduring the rain, cold, feeling every lump on the road, using all your energy cycling to get to your destination, while being soaked and smelly by the time you arrived etc.?

that's why I'm placid when I drive, even if the car is an Renault hatchback from the 80's.

I wasn't annoyed by what kind of car I was in. I was annoyed by having to be in it at all. If you run a car, you can avoid using it in London ... until you need to go to the garage.

Being placid in London traffic is no mean feat. It took me 1 hour and ten minutes to drive about 6 or 7 miles.

A mate of mine used to bravely claim that he enjoyed driving in London--very rarely privately, mostly for his job. I have no reason not to believe him--but a lot of people who drive simply haven't experienced cycling enough. One they do, many realise that being warm and comfortable while wasting their time isn't the best way of going about organising their personal transportation.

Exactly.

I make a point of creeping red lights if there are 4 wheels in the asl... if i ever get stopped because of it then i can always make it a point

I always think that makes the cyclist look like a chump... you could sit bang in front of said car then take your time setting off?

This morning I was at a junction, and there was a car fully in the ASL. Also slightly over the line was a police van. I point at the car and ask the policeman if it looks like a bike, and he looks really confused and asks what I mean. I point out the car is in the ASL and he continues to look baffled. I ask what is he going to do about it and he a continues to look puzzled.

I ask if he is aware of the law, being a policeman and all. He confirms he is a policeman.

So could he fine the man? To which he states he is not responsible for every idiot on the road and that there is nothing he can do.

But isnt parking in the ASL illegal? Yes. so is he going to do anything about it? No. Could he have a word with the driver? No.

FFS i was not expecting the policeman to fine the driver (though it would be a simple job for him and help his stats). A gentle reminder to the driver would not hurt. This was at Hammersmith roundabout, just near where they have been fining cyclists for RLJ offences recently.

Perhaps I was feeling a little antagonistic as a fat chump in a white van had narrowly missed hitting me as he pulled out onto the Chiswick high st.

Fucking hell, nice to know the police STILL can't be bothered to do their job.

Ed

Send the picture to Foxtons.

+1

"Dear Foxtons,

Please find attached a picture of one of your cars occupying a desirable, compact location in a much sought-after area ideal for the first time buyer.

Please reprimand the driver and kick him in the cunt."

Po po did not have a clue full stop.

You could see his discomfort when I asked "are you aware of the law being a policeman and all?"

I always think that makes the cyclist look like a chump... you could sit bang in front of said car then take your time setting off?

Pretty much, depends how much of the ASL they take up and whether it looks like they did it deliberately or were just a bit slow on the brakes.

Which is worse, drivers that hog the ASL or cyclists that hog the left hand side of an ASL when they're not turning left?