Advanced cycle stop lines, good idea?

[anthonysjb]

They're useful. I'm a cyclist and always use them where available. It stops cars cutting across you, aids visibility and doesn't actually impair cars at all if theres no cyclist there. Think about it. You're just a few metres behind where you would be otherwise. Grow up.

[S10GTA]

ging84 said:

i don't see the point in them at all
they might be useful in cities which are really big on cycling, but on the roads i drive i come across a few and they are rarely used by anyone, and i've never seen them used by multiple cyclists
they are not something i particularly complain about though, i would like to see all traffic lights with a nice gap between the lights and the stop light, i am fed up of awkward junctions where the only set of light which isn't generally obscured by traffic is virtually above your head

As a cyclist, I find them useful. Its better still when you know the phasing of the lights, its gives you an area to track stand in and then you can hammer away from the lights, often before the car driver has realised the lights have changed

[anonymous-user]

HertsBiker said:

Btw I am a cyclist, a biker, and a car driver so don't think I have an axe to grind, I just feel we should discuss these things like adults....

No, no axe to grind at all....

HertsBiker said:

Great. The people who pay for the road are paying to have it made worse for themselves, in favour of those which don't pay for the road. Progress.

HertsBiker said:

That big French cycle race... Why here?

As you were

[7mike]

7mike said:

HertsBiker said:

One of the joys of cycling is when I can wave a car past, when I can see round a corner that they can't. Makes me feel good to help the traffic flow. I have nothing to gain from misleading them, yet all benefit.

Just another pov; I'm 100% responsible for my actions therefore I'll hang back until I decide it's safe to overtake. No offence to the cyclist (or horse rider) who means well but tbh, I don't know you or what you can see ahead & I'll make my own decisions thanks.

With the 'other' cycling thread In full pelt at the moment it got me thinking about this one so have resurrected the thread.
A guy I was training a few days ago followed a cyclist quite patently due to no safe opportunities to pass. We weren't holding anyone up and were far enough back not to intimidate the cyclist. After a while (a minute, possibly 90 seconds) the cyclist started to look over his shoulder and then decided he'd wave us past on approach to a sharp left bend onto a narrow bridge (off Caton road heading towards Halton, Lancaster for anyone who knows the area). Fortunately both the driver and I spotted the oncoming car on the bridge before feeling obliged to follow the cyclist's instruction.
When we discussed the incident later, the driver told of once being shouted at by a cyclist for not passing sooner I've seen a few get a bit 'twitchy' if you've been behind them for a while too. Nevertheless, I'll make my own decisions thank you.