Advanced bike box

Advanced bike boxes at junctions

am i right in saying they are for bicycles not motorbikes

-just that im getting pissed off with motorbikes filling them up / blocking them. So i pull up in front of them and have to put up with them reving their motors to scare me and try to get me to move out their way.....

thought they were designed to give cyclists a bit of time to pull away??

I think Bojo gave the go ahead for motorised bikes to use them same as cycle lanes, i dont know if the allowance was ever removed and if it was it was very poorly advertised.

On another note - was driving a van the other day (moving) drove straight into a ASL..so used to being in them on my bike didn't even occur to me what I was doing.
Wife commented maybe the folks in them in cars/vans ect are all cyclist like me who forgot about not being in them when driving..did feel a prat though!

I'd be interested to finally know what the actual letter of the law is on this. If anyone can spare me the effort I'd expend researching it, I'd be chuffed.

Highway code:

 HC Rule 178
 Advanced stop lines. Some signal-controlled junctions have
 advanced stop lines to allow cycles to be positioned ahead of other
 traffic. Motorists, including motorcyclists, MUST stop at the first
 white line reached if the lights are amber or red and should avoid
 blocking the way or encroaching on the marked area at other times,
 e.g. if the junction ahead is blocked. If your vehicle has
 proceeded over the first white line at the time that the signal
 goes red, you MUST stop at the second white line, even if your
 vehicle is in the marked area. Allow cyclists time and space to
 move off when the green signal shows

oh SNAP

I think Bojo gave the go ahead for motorised bikes to use them same as cycle lanes, i dont know if the allowance was ever removed and if it was it was very poorly advertised.

Motorised bikes can't use bikes lanes. They can use bus lanes, this was decided a year or so ago.

Highway code - scroll to 178

Research done is interesting if you can be bothered.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/Behaviour-at-cycle-advanced-stop-lines.pdf

Birdcage walk towards over Westminster Bridge is my shit-fight every morning...

like 90% of the time I approach one there's already a fucking car in it.

thanks for replys and links

-glad its not just me - had a pissed off motorcyclist try to scare me then almost knock me off because i held him up this morning by being in a cycle box - winds me up sometimes......

Oh the reving!.... In response sometimes I like to smile and wave. A kind of reminder that I'm a human road user too, but I'm allowed in this box and you're not.

Motorcyclists and ASLs. That is what the junction police should be sorting out.

I think Bojo gave the go ahead for motorised bikes to use them same as cycle lanes, i dont know if the allowance was ever removed and if it was it was very poorly advertised.

The only London borough where advanced stop areas are accessible to motorcyclists is still Newham, where this was trialled some time ago, essentially at the initiative of a council officer. There is no such policy on the Transport for London Road Network, for which the Mayor of London, or TfL, is responsible.

Oh the reving!.... In response sometimes I like to smile and wave. A kind of reminder that I'm a human road user too, but I'm allowed in this box and you're not.

I ask them if they think revving their engine will speed up the changing of the lights.