Bingo!
Road Fund Licence ended in 1955...
Don't a lot of the points where there are pedestrian crossings have little junctions painted on the cycle path suggesting that the cyclist should wait for pedestrians? They're definitely there on ones along Hove lawns, although I may be misinterpreting their meaning.
To be honest, I'd barely given them a second thought. Maybe pedestrians do have "right of way" to walk straight out across the cycle lanes after they've crossed at a pelican crossing ? Although it seems a bit of a nonsense to me. Shirley its far easier for someone to briefly check left and right and just pause their stride for a moment to allow a bike to go past, than it is for a cyclist to come to a full stop there and let people cross in front of them before getting going again.
View attachment 77397
I can imagine a crowd of people crossing over to the seafront and all standing around in the road waiting for a family of cyclists to ride past.
Southsea have it right.
Their 'shared space' isn't all that shared as there's a small dividing wall, with occasional crossing points.
The prom is plenty big enough for the walkers while the cycling has 2 lanes.
There's a further big kerb separating the cyclists from the cars.
I was coming down the cycle path on Falmer Hill the other day and about to cross where people walk out of Sussex Uni to go under the road. I slowed down for the bends and aimed behind a young guy who was walking through. As I'm about to pass he promptly stops, causing me to swerve and almost fall off. He then shouts "was that REALLY necessary".
Like has been said, it just needs people to have awareness and allowances for others.
PG
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
Yes, but ... Southsea has Portsmouth next door. Brighton has Hove.
You haven't thought this through, have you?
It's all down to the colour Red, cyclists can't see red lights remember?You do wonder don't you? It's not as if it isn't painted red with little pictures of bicycles on it.
If you're not used to cycle lanes then it's easy to forget the lane is there, especially on that part of the seafront. The onus is on the cyclist to ride at a sensible speed, if I'm driving my car down a busy street I do it at 15mph at the absolute most in case a pedestrian steps out.
It's all down to the colour Red, cyclists can't see red lights remember?
Rarely does it happen, Worthing seafront has a similar problem with a cycle lane pinch point at Splash Point. I regularly have cyclists flying by from behind doing 25mph missing me by a foot.If you're not used to cycle lanes then it's easy to forget the lane is there, especially on that part of the seafront. The onus is on the cyclist to ride at a sensible speed, if I'm driving my car down a busy street I do it at 15mph at the absolute most in case a pedestrian steps out.
Yep, no one sees red.Er, you seem confused, we're talking about pedestrians.
Joey Barton has a few times?Yep, no one sees red.
Rarely does it happen, Worthing seafront has a similar problem with a cycle lane pinch point at Splash Point. I regularly have cyclists flying by from behind doing 25mph missing me by a foot.
Seems once they get the lycra and Oakleys on they enter the Brotherhood of the Pelloton as they try to shave a couple of seconds off their PB.
Rarely does it happen, Worthing seafront has a similar problem with a cycle lane pinch point at Splash Point. I regularly have cyclists flying by from behind doing 25mph missing me by a foot.
Seems once they get the lycra and Oakleys on they enter the Brotherhood of the Pelloton as they try to shave a couple of seconds off their PB.
If they just used their designated lanes and stopped getting in everyone else's way things like this wouldn't happen.
[emoji468] [emoji609] [emoji598] [emoji597] [emoji602] [emoji603] [emoji604] [emoji594] [emoji595] [emoji600] [emoji592]