British Cycling Bikeability Tips

British Cycling have started to include Bikeability tips in their members newsletters. The latest one is for "turning into main roads". I've cut and pasted it in as when I followed the link from the newsletter I had to log in to the BC site and I don't know how many of you are members.

Left turns
• Move into the primary position (see link below) before the junction as soon as it is clear to do so.
• Look behind for following vehicles and signal if necessary returning the signalling hand to the handlebars before performing the manoeuvre.
• Look into the road you're turning into for parked vehicles and passing traffic.
• If there is traffic passing from the right on the major road, give way at the mouth of the junction, if there is no traffic continue onto the main road.
• Turn the corner remaining in the primary position, returning to secondary position (link below) after the junction if it is clear to do so.

Right turns
• Move into the primary position before the junction as soon as it is clear to do so.
• Approaching the junction, signal if there is traffic behind making eye contact with following vehicles.
• Stop to give way to traffic on the major road from right and left at the junction mouth if necessary.
• If you need to, wait at the mouth of the junction on the give way line, check behind for traffic attempting to overtake and signal again if necessary, then proceed when clear.
• Turn into the major road crossing straight over the junction mouth remaining in primary position. Move back into secondary position once away from the junction if it's clear to do so.
Using these procedures for the turns mentioned above enables the cyclist to ‘control' the lane and should prevent them being overtaken whilst actually turning. In heavy traffic conditions, we'd alwaysit's adviseable to someone to ‘take the lane' sooner rather than later.

What do people think?