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Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:18 am
by Horse
If you can't see the road surface just 3 - 4 sec ahead, you have your eyes closed
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 7:54 am
by wheelnut
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.
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:19 am
by Horse
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
ftfy
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 10:24 am
by slowsider
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
ftfy
Or you're following a large vehicle too closely
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:18 pm
by The Spin Doctor
I can't remember the last time I saw a four second gap down the Euston Road...
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 8:26 pm
by Horse
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...
[X] Specsavers
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 9:45 pm
by slowsider
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...
There's a down side...
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:13 am
by The Spin Doctor
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.
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2020 11:07 am
by Horse
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
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 3:06 pm
by slowsider
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.
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 12:43 am
by The Spin Doctor
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.
Re: "Sacrifice position for safety"
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:55 pm
by Scootabout
Don't get me started on those segregated cycle lanes.
Of course, now that I have an e-bike I think they're wonderful
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.