Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

I commute to london mon and fri arriving kings cross. There are no provisions for cyclists from platform 9 down St pancras way. Taxis parked, doors open, drivers standing in the road chatting, more obstacles than you. Can shake a stick at. I no longer cycle down there now as if you wait at the crossroads to go straight over Euston Rd you are a prime target in the box junction if anyone jumps the lights in either direction as you are crossing. I walk down through the station and then cross via the pedestrian crossings and get on my bike the other side through the side roads to go to Russell square. However, I have to say I have waited on a red light at the junction to cross Euston Rd and other cyclists have come up behind me and simply ignored the red light and play dodgems with the two way traffic in the box junction! I wait at red lights at the junction with marchmont St and tavistock place, I get a green to go and have to avoid cyclists who have clearly ignored a red light on the actual cycle lane that runs down Tavistock place. I have all the sympathy in the world for cyclists in London, but I do think that quite a number seem to be of the opinion that red lights do not apply to them and they can do what they like anywhere they like and their road manners are even worse than the car drivers they complain about. If they are prepared to run down their fellow cyclists then they will have no respect for large vehicles which could end their life. Until that mentality has been dealt with the powers that be will give to credence to shouts for safety. If I don't want to wait at a red light I get off And become a pedestrian until I am well clear of the lights and on remounting wait at the kerb until it is clear to ride off. I am not being rude or antagonistic as these are probably in a minority, but their actions do nothing for those of us who try to campaign to make the roads better for cyclists

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Wonder if there's a correlation between RLJ and being a licensed driver. 10 years in a car has drilled the road rules into my brain. Seems like many cyclists simply have no clue at all.

20 years of being a 'licensed driver' has made me more inclined to get the holy fuck away from nasty intersections before the mad scramble by psychopaths in cars to the next set of lights as quick as humanly possible, red light or no.

/this topic has been done to death

I've noticed a lot more cars jumping reds recently- am I alone in this observation?

Predominantly Walworth Raod/Old Kent Road/Camberwell Road/Kennington Road.

I'm used to the "amber gamble", but the cars in question have been going through on full red, a noticeable time after it has changed.

I saw two cyclists run 5 sets of red lights without even stopping! this morning, one nearly ran a pedestrain over but it did'nt stop him running the next se after that. I give them a round of applause for there excellent riding.

I've noticed a lot more cars jumping reds recently- am I alone in this observation?

Predominantly Walworth Raod/Old Kent Road/Camberwell Road/Kennington Road.

I'm used to the "amber gamble", but the cars in question have been going through on full red, a noticeable time after it has changed.

Maybe a bit: Walworth Rd last night an addison lee blatantly ran both reds by morrisons. Omni-twat

Argument with Nodder this morning about me stopping in front of a white line, in front of a bus, but before ped crossing, as opposed to waiting in the gutter on its near side on left turn. Just ridiculous.

I've noticed a lot more cars jumping reds recently- am I alone in this observation?

The other day on St Johns Rd/Plough Rd intersection a bus went through on orange, a car on the red and then another bus at speed after it had been full red for a few seconds. It's a horrible juction and one I regularly jump with the peds in order to hopefully prolong my life.

Also saw a shocker last night on Acre Lane/Bedford Rd. Light turned red yet 3 or 4 cars slipped through, to the point where opposing traffic had to beep at them before they would stop - maybe 3 seconds into the red? If you'd anticipated the light change and taken off you'd have been done.

There seems to be no real enforcement so no fear of a penalty for it. More police, bigger gaols and transportation for life should sort things out. That or just put a bloody camera on every major intersection.

Transportation you say- and risk turning them all into Bogans?

Dumb question: how does jumping the red light when going straight ahead improve safety?

That or just put a bloody camera on every major intersection.

The war on motorists is out of fashion these days

Not sure if jumping while going straight ahead helps anyone but it sure helps when turning right accross traffic if you roll through with the ped signal, although it depends on the intersection.
It's two lanes each way at St Johns Rd with a lot of busses and when you're stuck out in the middle turning right they get awfully close to you at speed.

I saw two cyclists run 5 sets of red lights without even stopping! this morning, one nearly ran a pedestrain over but it did'nt stop him running the next se after that. I give them a round of applause for there excellent riding.

How did you keep up???? ;P

The other day on St Johns Rd/Plough Rd intersection a bus went through on orange, a car on the red and then another bus at speed after it had been full red for a few seconds. It's a horrible juction and one I regularly jump with the peds in order to hopefully prolong my life.

Also saw a shocker last night on Acre Lane/Bedford Rd. Light turned red yet 3 or 4 cars slipped through, to the point where opposing traffic had to beep at them before they would stop - maybe 3 seconds into the red? If you'd anticipated the light change and taken off you'd have been done.

There seems to be no real enforcement so no fear of a penalty for it. More police, bigger gaols and transportation for life should sort things out. That or just put a bloody camera on every major intersection.

Both those junctions are horrific

Because most of them turned green a moment later and I overtook them along the way only for me to stop at the next set of lights. They did loose me evetually.

Yes. Noticed quite a few cars and busses jumping reds in the past few months.

Was on a double decker the other day DIRECTLY behind a police car. Police car zipped through amber. Bus driver tailgated him through it despite it being red as he crossed. Fucking nutso!

That or just put a bloody camera on every major intersection.

This.

Not sure if jumping while going straight ahead helps anyone but it sure helps when turning right accross traffic if you roll through with the ped signal, although it depends on the intersection.
Oh I'm sympathetic to right turners. Just don't get straight-ahead jumpers.. impatience is a piss poor excuse IMO.

impatience is a piss poor excuse IMO.

This

...and what about the left-turners? in cars? or lorrys?

Wasn't there a proposal to make left turns through red legal here?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/14/london-boris-johnson-cycling
http://road.cc/content/news/31550-rac-suggests-cyclist-left-turn-red-trials
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left turning isn't legal for cyclists here...??!?!

Wasn't there a proposal to make left turns through red legal here?

Oh dear

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