elgin
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| Posted: 09 08 2004 at 2:24pm | IP Logged
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I very rarely use cycle paths........pyscho-paths since you would have to be pretty mental to use them. They make you give way at left hand turns, they are full of glass and nails and they encourage you to dismount and cross junctions as a pedestrian, because walking in the road is much safer than cycling across!! yeah right!
I do wear lycra, because lycra is designed to be worn when cycling, like bike leathers are for motorbikes, apparently that is frowned upon in London by other road users. So to let them know what I think of them I ride atleast 1 metre from the curb and further as I approach junctions because as far as I am concerned, nobody is cutting me up. If that means cars have to wait behind me, so be it, my priority is staying alive not keeping drivers happy.
And since my speed is usually close to 24mph there isn't really any need for a car to over take me in london.
I once performed an experiment with my girlfriend, driving across london early on a Sunday morning (minimal traffic from old kent road cutting straight north to camden and beyond) and our average speed was 13 mph despite driving at the speed limit when possible, hence cars don't need to overtake bikes, especially in rush hour!
Oh, and I jump lights, so bite me!! My excuse being..If cars aren't supposed to enter cycle lanes and the junction is a straight road with another road joining from the right, why can't a cyclist carry straight on without being in the way of traffic joining from the right?
and that is my rant! 
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