Bargains on ebay? (Part 2)

[Pigmy Pony]

Sounds exactly like round here except with palm trees and better weather. Oh and they closed our public toilets years ago because they cost money that could be better spent on lesbians or something. They're a band practice room now.

Yeah I don't think it'll be lesbians, they really don't cost much to maintain. But disabled, cyclists, ethnic minorities, any group specific enough to have its own 'community', lots of opportunities for public money intended for wheelchair access, cycle lanes and community centres to go walkabout.

In Preston it's the cycling (fraternity? community?) that's had the most money chucked at it. Much of the dual carriageway running through the city is now 2-way single carriageway, with the other side devoted to 2 wheels. And this pic shows just a small part of what they've done here. All they need now is some cyclists willing to use it.

[Macca]

Yeah I don't think it'll be lesbians, they really don't cost much to maintain. But disabled, cyclists, ethnic minorities, any group specific enough to have its own 'community', lots of opportunities for public money intended for wheelchair access, cycle lanes and community centres to go walkabout.

In Preston it's the cycling (fraternity? community?) that's had the most money chucked at it. Much of the dual carriageway running through the city is now 2-way single carriageway, with the other side devoted to 2 wheels. And this pic shows just a small part of what they've done here. All they need now is some cyclists willing to use it.

just a massive waste of money. The road up to work has cycle lanes both sides, rarely see them used. Last time I saw a cyclist on one was months back and he was going the wrong way.

They're all on the pavement, weaving in and out between the pedestrians at reckless speeds.

[karma1967]

you wanna check out brighton if you like cycle lanes,its mental!

[Macca]

I noticed on the main junction I cross every day they've upgraded the 'Walk' sign to this:



Why? In what circumstance would it be safe for a pedestrian to cross and not for a cyclist to do so?

When would it be safe for the cyclist to cross but not the pedestrian?

Just a colossal waste of my money.

[Pigmy Pony]

I noticed on the main junction I cross every day they've upgraded the 'Walk' sign to this:



Why? In what circumstance would it be safe for a pedestrian to cross and not for a cyclist to do so?

When would it be safe for the cyclist to cross but not the pedestrian?

Just a colossal waste of my money.

Especially as the cyclists will completely ignore it anyway.

Apart from the small issue of death/serious injury, it's all stacked in the cyclists' favour - if a bike and a car had a coming-together and it was the car driver's fault, his insurers would have him in a world of financial pain. Whereas if it was the cyclist's fault he'd just do a runner. Cheaper to abandon his thousand quid (probably stolen) bike than cough up for repairs to the car.

Though I do appreciate that these will be the minority, and most cyclists are responsible adults with adequate insurance cover.

[Barry]

Worse than that - cyclists are not subject to the Highway Code or of the associated laws.

As displayed by an incident a few years ago when a cyclist killed a pedestrian, the cyclist could not be charged with manslaughter, and was eventually charged with some arcane law going back to the 18th century concerning horse riding!