When did motor bikes and scooters start going down bike lanes?

Noticed more motorbikes, scooters & taxis using CS8 in heavy traffic westbound between Vauxhall & Chelsea bridge - surely this is not permitted?

Yeah, i see that every day as well.

They aren't allowed to but nobody is there to stop them.

Had a "chat" with a cabbie last night on this - I asked him why he used a cycle lane & he told me to piss off - told him to calm down, which he did.

When the line is dotted or dashed whatever you call it, any vehicle can use it. I have noticed a lot of mopeds on the CS7, specially on Clapham High Street.

The traffic has gone crazy. Balham to Clapham South in the morning is now stationary most days.

Is CS8 a mandatory lane on the Embankment? I have only used the one after Chelsea Bridge going East. It stops just before the first junction (where I turn).

Yep its a hard white lined off blue lane - starting (westbound) at Lambeth Bridge

It must get to taxi drivers as it has now caused bottlenecks outside millbank and just past Vauxhall bridge - whereas you can cycle past the fuming drivers in the tranquil blue lane.

I just searched for this because I got so pissed off at a fucking moped driver today. He came riding up the narrow green bike lane southbound on Latchmere Road and then stopped in the ASL. AGH! I yelled at him to stay out of the bike lane because he wasn't a cyclist. He said, So? So what? What's the problem? Moped drivers can be so shitty.

Ha, this topic re-surfacing is timely! This Wednesday I was surprised by a blue and white Suzuki coming down a multi-use path which is not near any roads at all. Came round a blind, sharp S-Bend (admittedly not fast) but freaked me out somewhat!

Likewise, i regularly see someone on a motorbike riding over a footbridge (hairpin ramps and all) near me. I'm going the other way. It saves him a 9 mile detour.

I just searched for this because I got so pissed off at a fucking moped driver today. He came riding up the narrow green bike lane southbound on Latchmere Road and then stopped in the ASL.

Moped/motorbikes shouldn't be in the ASL, right? But they can use bike lanes can't they? Like shared use ones for cabs, bikes and buses?

Bike lanes as in green skinny ones? - No
Shared use (bus lanes) - Yes
Different things innit.

ta. ASL?

ASL- no.

I think that any traffic can use a cycle lane with a broken white line dividing it from the rest of the road, not sure about those with a solid white line.

I suspect any traffic can use those as well, otherwise you'd see "bus land and cycle lane" camera signs.

Not illegal to stop in an ASL, only to 'creep' into one once you've already stopped. Annoying but makes sense practically speaking.
Personally I couldn't care less about motorbikes in ASL's but when you filter on the right and find a car parked up in it blocking your path back across then that really hacks me off.

I think we 2 wheelers should be more tolerant with each other. Multiple times bikers p.ss me off big times also.

Thought I would dredge this up as motorbikes and moped drivers seem to be in cycle lanes more and more.
Never sure if I should say something (ie Fuck off out of the bike lane) or just ride in a primary/dominant position so they can not get past

I've not noticed any increase. Could it be one rider on your particular stretch of road?