I disagree MG, it is safer in front quite often and I try to get to the front when I can.
It is the whole principle of filtering but even better because there is often a space for you at the front in the box.
If you saw a huge queue of cars - would you just wait at the back?
It is always safer to be in the middle, rather than the sides - as we agree.
So why not take advantage of the time saving offered by the ASL.
The cars are perfectly capable of overtaking you and even if you do wait at the back there will still be cars coming up behind you.
Also - as TW2 says - the boxes are perfectly enforceable - the police are just morons or have better things to do.
Being in the box as a driver is not a mandatory fine, so what's the point in wetting the bed when you find someone parked in it? (not saying you've personally soiled yourself)
Would I just wait at the back?
It's a dynamic thing. Depending on my time constraints, how far back I am and other road conditions then I'll often sit in the queue.
If you're quick enough sitting behind motorists often means on green you can follow in their stream and pass all of the tutting cyclists that awkwardly forced their way to the front anyway. It means I don't have to deal with dodging the stava heads/hybrids/fixehs during rush hour.
Your point/question talked about "if there was a space for you at the front". Often the box is full or doesn't even exist! In the event it's full, surely moving with the traffic stream is the place to save time, no?
Being in the box as a driver is not a mandatory fine, so what's the point in wetting the bed when you find someone parked in it? (not saying you've personally soiled yourself)
Would I just wait at the back?
It's a dynamic thing. Depending on my time constraints, how far back I am and other road conditions then I'll often sit in the queue.
If you're quick enough sitting behind motorists often means on green you can follow in their stream and pass all of the tutting cyclists that awkwardly forced their way to the front anyway. It means I don't have to deal with dodging the stava heads/hybrids/fixehs during rush hour.
Your point/question talked about "if there was a space for you at the front". Often the box is full or doesn't even exist! In the event it's full, surely moving with the traffic stream is the place to save time, no?