Cycle races on dual carriageways !

[JDMDrifter]

Hi all,

Bit of a rant and a general question really.

Yesterday I was driving from derby to stoke along the A50, for those of you who don't know this road its very fast and features many HGVs using it. So as I'm driving I'm noticing the signs for the cycle face and Marshall's stood around, joyous .

As I go to pull onto the A50 I meet the first cyclist, in the middle of the slip road entering at a slow speed, this slowing me up and a line of cars behind me. He doesn't move over and insist on taking up all road until we join, I overtake and carry on. Further up the road I see a steady stream of them, now this is just plain dangerous as they are taking up lanes thus causing HGVs to swerve quite erratically into Lane 2 causing faster moving traffic to slow down very quickly. This carries on for 5-10 miles and I also witness a cyclist swerving around causing the car behind to take evasive action whilst trying to overtake.

My question really is why is this allowed on such busy/dangerous roads?

Edited by JDMDrifter on Sunday 13th April 15:46

[JDMDrifter]

It just seems very dangerous due to the difference in speed, I suppose the same applies to mopeds on DCs.

[JDMDrifter]

Caused abit of a stir here

I appreciate it's their sport and they have the right, but IMO it seems very dangerous. Bare in mind this stretch of road has a very busy lane 2 90% of the time and pulling across to overtake isn't that easy, this combined with poor drivers can only end in tears. I believe it should be banned on this particular stretch of road due to the volume of traffic and the disruption it causes.

Edited by JDMDrifter on Sunday 13th April 19:16

[JDMDrifter]

xRIEx said:

Just to spin this around, why not ban the poor car drivers (hypothetically, if it were possible)?

As stated before, if a safe driver can negotiate such a hazard.

If we could ban poor drivers I would be all for it!