2009-03-20 - Rider Down, Uxbridge Road + Askew Road

this is something I've been thinking about recently... Unless you're part of a cycling community like this, or purposefully tracking down info on safe riding, you're going to follow the road; i.e. the "safe" areas as described/ laid out by the government (green cycle lanes, ASL etc). This is why people are always running down the inside of the lane, and thus the insdie of HGV's. It's a place of false security... people can be scared to get out into the traffic and over take in the same way that they might in a car, when riding their bikes, the see that this green lane has been mared as a safe place for bikes, then into a bus lane which is safe... then when these places run out, cyclists try to carry on riding in these road positions. (does that make any sense?)

Yes, it makes perfect sense, and that's exactly right.