"Sacrifice position for safety"

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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"

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If you can't see the road surface just 3 - 4 sec ahead, you have your eyes closed :)
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Horse wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:18 am If you can't see the road surface just 3 - 4 sec ahead, you have your eyes closed :)
Or it’s dark and your headlights aren’t very good.
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wheelnut wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 7:54 am
Horse wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:18 am If you can't see the road surface just 3 - 4 sec ahead, you have your eyes closed :)
Or it’s dark, your headlights aren’t very good and you're riding too fast
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Horse wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:19 am
wheelnut wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 7:54 am
Horse wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:18 am If you can't see the road surface just 3 - 4 sec ahead, you have your eyes closed :)
Or it’s dark, your headlights aren’t very good and you're riding too fast
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I can't remember the last time I saw a four second gap down the Euston Road...
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:18 pm I can't remember the last time I saw a four second gap down the Euston Road...
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:18 pm I can't remember the last time I saw a four second gap down the Euston Road...
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Well, I could point out that's Westminster Bridge.

I drove down the Euston Road last week, and it was nose-to-tail gridlock all the way, thanks to the COVID-friendly full lane width cycle lane which has reduced one of London's busiest routes to a single lane for much of its length. In four seconds I mostly moved zero metres.
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:13 am Well, I could point out that's Westminster Bridge.
To be fair, you could have waited another 26 days before pointing that out :)

The Spin Doctor wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:13 am. In four seconds I mostly moved zero metres.
The theory holds, then, you didn't need to check it again. QED :D
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The Spin Doctor wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:13 am Well, I could point out that's Westminster Bridge.
You are surprisingly literal. Anyway, Earth has not anything to show more fair. :thumbup:
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slowsider wrote: Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:06 pm
The Spin Doctor wrote: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:13 am Well, I could point out that's Westminster Bridge.
You are surprisingly literal. Anyway, Earth has not anything to show more fair. :thumbup:
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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"

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Don't get me started on those segregated cycle lanes.
Of course, now that I have an e-bike I think they're wonderful :D

Actually, I think they are a pretty bad idea. They permanently reduce road space for all road users except cyclists, on arterial routes that cyclists could by and large avoid, with a bit of planning. And when cyclists aren't using them - basically most of the time outside rush-hour - they are wasted space.