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JohnB
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Mark Thompson wrote:
> > > >In actual fact that is STILL illegal AFAIK.....
> > >
> > > Not so, as posted elsewhere.
> >
> > Do you have any reference to this then. i know some others have posted it is not illegal to
> > bypass a red light on the pavement with a bike but that doesn't make them right.
> >
> > I still believe it to be illegal.
> >
> > I hate to use a uk.tosspot tactic, but...
> >
> > Evidence please.
>
> Is there some confusion about how I do this? I stop at lights, get off bike and wheel it on path,
> then over road, back on path. Mount bike in the gutter and pedal off. If I'm turning left it's the
> same, but without crossing a road (this is normally the only time it's worthwhile doing as most
> lights seem to change every thirty seconds or so on my route). When people say illegal I take it
> we're dealing with the famous urc pedantry again?
I'm sure that some may call it pedantry. I don't. Personally I wouldn't do what you do because I
think it winds up motorists unnecessarily as they sit seething at having to wait a minute or less
at lights. And what do you save? Anything at all? IMO it gives motorists another reason to have a
go at cyclists.
However, when teaching cycle safety to young children, I often advise them to get off and walk *if*
they feel at all unsafe, and crossing large junctions with lights can worry younger riders.
As I say, its not pedantry, its wanting to know what the legal position really is.
John B
> > > >In actual fact that is STILL illegal AFAIK.....
> > >
> > > Not so, as posted elsewhere.
> >
> > Do you have any reference to this then. i know some others have posted it is not illegal to
> > bypass a red light on the pavement with a bike but that doesn't make them right.
> >
> > I still believe it to be illegal.
> >
> > I hate to use a uk.tosspot tactic, but...
> >
> > Evidence please.
>
> Is there some confusion about how I do this? I stop at lights, get off bike and wheel it on path,
> then over road, back on path. Mount bike in the gutter and pedal off. If I'm turning left it's the
> same, but without crossing a road (this is normally the only time it's worthwhile doing as most
> lights seem to change every thirty seconds or so on my route). When people say illegal I take it
> we're dealing with the famous urc pedantry again?
I'm sure that some may call it pedantry. I don't. Personally I wouldn't do what you do because I
think it winds up motorists unnecessarily as they sit seething at having to wait a minute or less
at lights. And what do you save? Anything at all? IMO it gives motorists another reason to have a
go at cyclists.
However, when teaching cycle safety to young children, I often advise them to get off and walk *if*
they feel at all unsafe, and crossing large junctions with lights can worry younger riders.
As I say, its not pedantry, its wanting to know what the legal position really is.
John B