How to make the roads safer?

Removed the green fucking path to the ASL, and hopefully people don't follow it to their death;

I think it is too easy for vehicles to encroach on the ASL. I mean they are approx 8ft or something, so I think motorists not really think it's a big deal to park half way into it and when was the last time anyone saw a motorist pulled up by the fuzz for doing it? I think they should be much bigger, maybe two car lengths for big junctions, and should be monitored by cameras (why not? everything else is!)

In Angel (and other places I'm sure) the traffic lights heading west are set up so busses get to go first before the rest of the traffic. Why not have a similar thing for cyclists so we can set off from the ASL and get up to speed without fighting the cars and motorbikes at the same time (afterall this is why most people RLJ anyway right). We could have special cycle traffic lights like those mini ones they have in france mounted at head height.

Also, out of interest, whilst I know many people here RLJ for safety, do we think that the majority of "fairweather cyclists" who RLJ do it for the same reason, or is it a lack of attention to the road, ignorance of the application of lights to bikes or just not wanting to stop? Hell knows that why I RLJ most of the time.

Part of the problem is definately people copying other cyclists riding style and moves (such as RLJ) without a proper appreciation of what they are doing. For example I came to a set of lights t'other day, slow, check both ways, no cars, no peds, so I go. The cyclist waiting at the lights sees me go passed and sets off as well. Next set of lights I slow, check both ways, cross traffic setting off so I stop, but the same cyclist doesn't, RLJs and almost gets into big trouble. The only thing that comes to mind is she must have picked up on my bad habit and thought it was the done thing.

Promote cycle training wherever you can, guys, spread the word.

I would be really interested to know how many people on the forum have taken cycle training.