Cyclists are to get even more priority over cars as a result of a new scheme to make it legal to pedal the wrong way up a one-way street.
Cyclists have already been doing it for years but in certain areas they will soon be allowed to weave through oncoming traffic without fear of arrest.
The experiment is designed to get more people out of their cars and on to bikes and will allow those who ride to take shorter routes.
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea has decided to implement the scheme and if successful it is likely to spread to other areas of the country.
A ‘no motor vehicles’ sign will replace the ‘no entry’ sign at one end of the road but instead of dividing the bikes and cars it is deemed easier to let them dodge each other.
Blue signs will also be put up to show that bicycles can travel against the flow of motorised traffic.
Daniel Moylan, deputy leader of the Conservative-controlled council, said a change was needed after he spotted hundreds of cyclists a day were ignoring no-entry signs on a street near his home.
He told the Times newspaper: ‘If this is what bicyclists want to do and they can do it safely, then we see it as our responsibility to adapt the legal position to allow them to do it legally.
‘We are recognising the reality that cyclists prefer to take the shortest route through quieter streets. The alternative of having a policeman standing on the road to catch cyclists would be foolish and unworkable.’
Captain Gatso said: 'The same rules should apply to every road user.
'You cannot make exceptions just because someone happens to be on a bicycle.
'Cyclists already get away with blue murder and it would be a mistake to give in to their law-breaking.'
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