Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Another cyclist loses their life. | |
Posted by: | Michael Robinson | |
Date/Time: | 24/06/15 08:52:00 |
.. and yet road planners put in cycle filter lanes and advanced stop boxes exactly where the vehicle blind spots are... When did you last see a HGV hang back because there were cyclists in the filter lane and ASL box? There is a well established engineering approach to manage risks and it starts with elimination of the risk, substitution, separation and a number of other things in order of decreasing effectiveness. Adverts are just about the least effective thing, particularly when there are totally contradictory messages out there, "Oh look, we've painted cycle lanes just for you" ... "yes, I know we have painted lanes but using them can be dangerous" and all the time car drivers are saying "get out of my way and use the lanes" The trouble is, adverts gives a local authority the illusion they are doing something and shifts the blame onto the victims ("look at how concerned we are, we've stuck up a bunch of posters...not our fault if people ignore them...") "Hard" measures like legislating and enforcing HGV bans and designing away dangers from junctions are far more effective and the authorities responsible for this can't be let off the hook just because they have stuck up some posters. |