Bus lane on N11

zzzzzzzz

Maybe this has been discussed before, but I noticed the sign for the bus lane on the N11 has a bike on it as well as a bus - surely that means that you're allowed to cycle in the bus lane, no?

blorg

You would think all right. Doesn't stop some bus drivers trying to kill you if you do though, I have been deliberately driven into as have others.

Note that while the bus lane between Stillorgan and Fosters Avenue (for example) does have a bike on it (where the off-road bike track is unusable), out between Cabinteely and Cornelscourt the bus lane sign does not have a bike on it. Out there the off-road bike track is perfectly usable however. Point is, it's not that they don't have a sign for bus lane without a bike.

EDIT: Between Stillorgan and Fosters Avenue:


Between Cabinteely and Cornelscourt (note I am not sure this sign appears in the regulations, but it is physically there):

Gavin

Went on the infamous N11 cycle track last night coming back from Dun laoghaire. It's fairly hurrendous alright. Up, down, up down. whack whack, whack whack.

Just moved back onto the road after a few minutes.

TinyExplosions

You're freaking me out with your name change Verb -I go away for a few days and it's all different and wrong!

/off topic

Gavin

Yeah it's a bit odd alright. It's like a radical new haircut.

Raam

Gavin wrote: »

Yeah it's a bit odd alright. It's like a radical new haircut.

Can we still call you "Verb"?

TinyExplosions

Gavin wrote: »

Yeah it's a bit odd alright. It's like a radical new haircut.

Speaking of them.....

I'll still continue to call you Verb though... make it worse that you use 'Gav' too!

DirkVoodoo

Yeah, its pretty horrendous alright, fine if you have a slightly more "off-road" oriented bike but certainly not friendly to road bikes. Most of it is either to do with poor maintenance (outside any of the new, empty apartments heading south bound), some kind of road work carried out by monkeys (laying of tarmac over portions of track, creates two levels of traction and height, very dangerous!), redesign of bus-stops (oh, the cycle track disappears, what do i do?) and finally poor design (the famous bump-bump, whack-whack where driveway meets cycle lane.

From Trees road to Booterstown ave. I would recommend using the bus lane for your own safety. The cycle path before the Esso station scares the crap out of me, its far too close to these blind driveways where I have nearly been taken out by an eager resident before. It doesn't matter what speed you are doing, if you can't see into a driveway until you are right outside it then you are at the mercy of whoever is driving out of it.

Also, large trucks sometimes tend to park on the cycle lane outside the Esso station. This is lethal unless you either dismount or join the main flow of traffic. Don't skirt around the side of the HGV because drivers exiting the station are completely blinded until they have edged out into the bus lane.

DirkVoodoo

I'm still gonna call you verb too, "Gav" is far too real world, and I like to keep as far away from that place as possible.

Maybe Gav5000? It sounds very interweb. The Gavinator? NiceoneGav? El Gavo?

Chips Lovell

The "bike on bus lane sign" is something I've noticed recently too and I'm not sure what the exact status of it is if there is another off-road cycle track alongside it. Certainly on the N11, the bus lane is by far the best place to ride. The cycle track is a disgrace.

TinyExplosions

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

I'm still gonna call you verb too, "Gav" is far too real world, and I like to keep as far away from that place as possible.

Maybe Gav5000? It sounds very interweb. The Gavinator? NiceoneGav? El Gavo?

GavVoodo? Gav_Ie? LDGav? Gaav?

We'll get him a new one... how about 'Pronoun' or 'Adverb'

Gavin

This is all most irrelevant to the N11! Maybe I should have changed my name incrementally to reduce the trauma.

Gerb
Garb
Garv
Garvin
Gavin

TinyExplosions

Gavin wrote: »

This is all most irrelevant to the N11! Maybe I should have changed my name incrementally to reduce the trauma.

Gerb
Garb
Garv
Garvin
Gavin

It would have helped! *sniff*, you just don't think of your internet buddies, do you

DirkVoodoo

How about Mr.G?

"I ain't wearin' no lycra fool!"

Gavin

Any of the following will do

Mr. G (someone actually does call me that. Amongst other things)
Verb
Gavbot
Gav
Gavin
GOG

As I said to Dirk, my anonymity has long since disappeared, so I figure best to change my name so as I make sure to remember this and not assume otherwise. It also makes things easier when meeting Internet people.

Instead of "Hi, my name is Gavin, Verb on the boards etc etc." its
"Hi, Gavin here, you may have seen me on such forums as .."

Anyway, now that I've filled my quotient of self adulation for the day, back to work !

DirkVoodoo

Gavin wrote: »

Gavbot

I laughed at that one. Man you are so lame