:rolleyes: Was waiting for that.
I'm a motorist, cyclist and pedestrian, usually all in the same day and tend to err on the side of caution in each mode.
To be honest, I'd barely given them a second thought. Maybe pedestrians do have "right of way" to walk straight out across the cycle lanes after they've crossed at a pelican crossing ? Although it seems a bit of a nonsense to me. Shirley its far easier for someone to briefly check left and right...
Yup, an all-too familiar tale. I think SOME people consider a cycle lane as an intrusion on their rights to walk wherever they want, and in their own little minds they put the onus entirely on the cyclist to look out for them as they walk along or across the red tarmac.
I’ll say here though, I...
I still use the cycle lane, but I just trundle/freewheel through that zone. I'd still rather take my chances with an overweight tattooed sunburned blob from Brixton lurching about in the cycle lane, than risk getting clipped by a dozy hairdresser in an open-top Fiat 500 while she checks her...
Those pinch points around the building works are one thing, but it still never ceases to amaze me the number of people who stroll along that cycle lane seemingly in a daze, in their own little world, completely oblivious, when they have the whole promenade to mince along. Also have to watch out...