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Big no no? I see it done quite often and am unsure about the legality of it.
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Cycle lane bounded by broken line = advisory - use it if you want but if you have an accident I doubt you'll get much sympathy
Cycle lane bounded by solid line = compulsory - it's illegal to enter it
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I thought that was the case, broken line allows you to cross if required to do so and a solid really is a no go.
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Presumably if you cause an accident in doing so it wasn't safe, and you'd be hard pressed to convince a judge that it was "necessary" to filter to the front of the queue Also bear in mind that even if the cycle lane is advisory, entering the Advanced Stop Line box for cyclists is an endorsable offence...
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Most are between the kerb and the traffic - I wouldn't filter in those if I could help it. Despite what TLW saying being true, many drivers seem unaware of the rules. Too much chance of a left hook IMO, but YMMV.
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YMMV?
Way i see it, is i'd rather filter down a cycle lane which seems a bit of a grey area, than down the other side of the line marking the centre of the road which as far as im aware is illegal? |
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Only illegal to ride down the offside of traffic if any part of you vehicle crosses a solid white centre line or you take the mick with oncoming traffic...
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Ah right good stuff. Benefit of riding down a cycle lane would be that people should expect some traffic there atleast, or so i would hope.
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I would suspect you would be more likely to be busted for deliberately using the cycle lane than filtering on the outside. And, IMO, it is more dangerous to filter on the inside. |
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Well i have a helmet camera, so filtering to the front of a cycle box is pretty illegal for me.
Think im gonna pick up one of those high vis vests aswell. Last edited by mcgrimes; 02-11-10 at 10:11 PM. |
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