Petition for Bikers to use Bus Lanes
Discussion
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/109403
See above link for motorcycles to use bus lanes. Get it signed!
See above link for motorcycles to use bus lanes. Get it signed!
Edinburgh council are going to be trialling this as well.
The only thing they've done for private transport recently.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east...
The only thing they've done for private transport recently.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east...
Not allowed in Cambridge
petition signed.
It is ridiculous that bikes are not allowed.
I got a ticket the other day for parking at the end of a resident bay ( 2ft gap) so was a wasted area, there for about 10mins. I only found out I had a ticket when I got my £70 letter through stating I didn't pay after 14 days. I recalled the day and remember the parking attendant watch me get on my bike and did not even approach me/acknowledge me to give me the ticket ( w
ker ) and just let me drive off without the ticket.
I got the reduction to £35, hands up my fault as I shouldn't have parked in a resident bay, I didn't know it was. But interestingly I cannot park in a normal pay and display without displaying a ticket - where are you meant to put it without someone taking it off the bike!
sorry rant over.
petition signed.
It is ridiculous that bikes are not allowed.
I got a ticket the other day for parking at the end of a resident bay ( 2ft gap) so was a wasted area, there for about 10mins. I only found out I had a ticket when I got my £70 letter through stating I didn't pay after 14 days. I recalled the day and remember the parking attendant watch me get on my bike and did not even approach me/acknowledge me to give me the ticket ( w
ker ) and just let me drive off without the ticket.I got the reduction to £35, hands up my fault as I shouldn't have parked in a resident bay, I didn't know it was. But interestingly I cannot park in a normal pay and display without displaying a ticket - where are you meant to put it without someone taking it off the bike!
sorry rant over.
RBS Bob said:
Re London.
TFL/Red Route bus lanes are open to motorbikes.
Local Authority/yellow lined lanes are not.
There are roads you can have both with 500 metres of each other.
Keep em peeled.
This. All the way up the A23 into town it's TFL and usable by bikes. Get just south of Waterloo and suddenly it's Lambeth Council with camera's and £60 fines. It's hard enough staying alive in London on a bike already without having to worry about the colour of the lines at the side of the road.TFL/Red Route bus lanes are open to motorbikes.
Local Authority/yellow lined lanes are not.
There are roads you can have both with 500 metres of each other.
Keep em peeled.
As said by others London is hit and miss.. TFL Red routes 100% all open to bikes.. but look for motorcycle symbol to be sure. Local authority lanes no.
CAPP0 I live locally on Isle of dogs on the side with the only bus lane I know of and its active hours are peak time evening only on prestons road and correct bikes cannot use it when active. Otherwise on the morning commute up the Island its free and legal to use despite many avoiding it
The times its in place are very clear on the blue signs.
CAPP0 I live locally on Isle of dogs on the side with the only bus lane I know of and its active hours are peak time evening only on prestons road and correct bikes cannot use it when active. Otherwise on the morning commute up the Island its free and legal to use despite many avoiding it
The times its in place are very clear on the blue signs.rat840771 said:
I got the reduction to £35, hands up my fault as I shouldn't have parked in a resident bay, I didn't know it was. But interestingly I cannot park in a normal pay and display without displaying a ticket - where are you meant to put it without someone taking it off the bike!
I usually write M/C and the registration plate of the bike on the ticket, put it on it and take a photo with the phone.At least if you're ticketed you've a chance of contesting it.
I recall some London Boroughs did decide to allow motorcycles in their bus lanes - I doubt all 33 of them decided to do the same thing. From my few trips up to the centre of town, I find signage is quite clear.
The only problem with this plan is the damn buses - they have the annoying habit of stopping every few hundred yards - it's just so inconsiderate of them.
The only problem with this plan is the damn buses - they have the annoying habit of stopping every few hundred yards - it's just so inconsiderate of them.
FartKong said:
It is very badly written but signed anyway. In Birmingham you can use most of the bus lanes and its great whizzing along past all the cars.
Shame that it's not all of them. There are a couple of really useful ones in the centre that are bus/taxi/bicycle only.At least it's better than Solihull and the Black Country, where (AFAIA) none of the bus routes are signed for motorcycles.
The problem is:
http://www.ctc.org.uk/category/tags/motorcycles
http://www.ctc.org.uk/campaigning/views-and-briefi...
(Is there actually any evidence that "pedestrians and cyclists are more likely to be injured by motorcycles than by cars"? It seems counter-intuitive.)
Bristol bus lanes have been open to motorcycles for years. Strangely, the local news media have not reported the hundreds of pedestrian and cyclist injuries that must have resulted.
http://www.ctc.org.uk/category/tags/motorcycles
http://www.ctc.org.uk/campaigning/views-and-briefi...
(Is there actually any evidence that "pedestrians and cyclists are more likely to be injured by motorcycles than by cars"? It seems counter-intuitive.)
Bristol bus lanes have been open to motorcycles for years. Strangely, the local news media have not reported the hundreds of pedestrian and cyclist injuries that must have resulted.
RBS Bob said:
Re London.
TFL/Red Route bus lanes are open to motorbikes.
Local Authority/yellow lined lanes are not.
There are roads you can have both with 500 metres of each other.
Keep em peeled.
Glad to know for the future.TFL/Red Route bus lanes are open to motorbikes.
Local Authority/yellow lined lanes are not.
There are roads you can have both with 500 metres of each other.
Keep em peeled.
If it was not for forums I would be thinking all bus lanes allow motorcycles as they do in the south west.
When I did my DAS 10 years ago I was taught to use bus lanes but nothing was said about keeping your eyes open as not all areas of the UK allow this
I'e voted and posted on another forum
Edited by RemaL on Wednesday 7th October 08:15
sjtscott said:
CAPP0 I live locally on Isle of dogs on the side with the only bus lane I know of and its active hours are peak time evening only on prestons road and correct bikes cannot use it when active. Otherwise on the morning commute up the Island its free and legal to use despite many avoiding it The times its in place are very clear on the blue signs.
Thanks Scott, yep, it's the Prestons Rd one I, er, "encounter" on the way home. From the blue bridge up to the roundabout. Unfortunately the paint on the edges is almost completely worn away in places so it's sometimes difficult to tell whether you're in the bus lane or not The times its in place are very clear on the blue signs.I haven't looked closely, perhaps that's my lunchtime wander today, but I haven't noticed any cameras monitoring that lane?
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