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It's good that such a large chain is helping but I really wish the LCC and co would re-consider pushing for the partial segregation (the cycle lanes curbed off from the rest of the road) they keep asking for.
Yet again last night I was riding in the primary position and was forced into an emergency stop because a driver was trying to physically force me into the mouth of one of these segregated lanes. When I caught up to discuss the matter with them they kept shouting "you've got your own lane - get out of the road".
For me this is the whole problem with segregation - it enforces the idea in peoples minds that cyclists shouldn't be in the road. So those of us that don't want to get trapped in the gutter with all the broken glass end up being put in danger for riding where we are perfectly entitled to be.