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| med6753:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on July 21, 2022, 07:09:05 pm --- Thats exactly as it used to be here as well, the stated aim is to reduce the CO2 and encourage walking or public transport. So you can be CO2 free in an EV and still have the same issues. To rub it in even more, cyclists use the lanes the wrong way, i.e., they will ride against the traffic as seen in my video, also ride on the footpath. --- End quote --- Well in thinking further about it you couldn't install them in NYC anyway. How would you adequately plow the streets after a snowstorm? Those barriers would be a sitting duck and wind up in a snow pile. |
| Cerebus:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on July 21, 2022, 05:27:22 pm ---Oh good grief, I forgot you London boys think 8 miles away is on the other side of the globe :-DD Its more your neck of the woods than it is mine, I'm about 25 miles away :popcorn: --- End quote --- It's not distance, it's just the fine diving line between civilisation and, well, Essex. >:D For the Norteamericanos, Essex == Jersey. :-DD |
| Specmaster:
--- Quote from: Cerebus on July 21, 2022, 07:16:53 pm --- --- Quote from: Specmaster on July 21, 2022, 05:27:22 pm ---Oh good grief, I forgot you London boys think 8 miles away is on the other side of the globe :-DD Its more your neck of the woods than it is mine, I'm about 25 miles away :popcorn: --- End quote --- It's not distance, it's just the fine diving line between civilisation and, well, Essex. >:D For the Norteamericanos, Essex == Jersey. :-DD --- End quote --- Nope, wrong on that one, Dagenham, used to be Essex but under the reclassification, it is now part of London, so is just as civilised as it is at yours, but I'm reliably informed by family members in the area that they don't have the ceremonial cutlery that you are renowned for getting out and polishing up from time to time :-DD |
| Specmaster:
The other thing that pisses me off is in the space of just a third of a mile, I have to go through no less than 7 sets of traffic lights to get home after dropping SWMBO off at work. :rant: Just 4 on the way to work. :wtf: |
| Cerebus:
--- Quote from: Specmaster on July 21, 2022, 05:29:22 pm --- --- Quote from: bd139 on July 21, 2022, 04:31:21 pm ---Oh those bloody posts do my head in. They installed them on the road with the local hospital which means ambulances take 10x as long to traverse it. On top of that it’s so narrow you can’t get two busses past each other now. Total fail. --- End quote --- What posts are these then, would they be posts to mark out the bleeding cyclists lane from vehicles? --- End quote --- Yup. It was fine when it was just a painted cycle lane, there was masses of room for everybody, and you could get out of people's way in an emergency. Now it feels claustrophobic, there's nowhere to go in an emergency and ironically the cyclists are possibly at greater risk as the posts encourage drivers to think they have "done their bit" to keep away from cyclists and the effective narrowing of the road makes it impossible to pull out to give the cyclists a bit more room as you pass them. Oh, and there isn't room for faster cyclists to overtake slower cyclists now, I watched just that holding up a cyclist the other week. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there isn't a rise in the number of cyclists injured since the posts versus before. |
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