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Cycle 'paths' as opposed to 'lanes'?

  • 10-06-2013 7:33pm
    #1
    ghogie91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭


    Just wanted to bring this up.

    I made a video of this on youtube to explain:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWppcOGB87o

    My argument is that to be safe on the likes of these lanes you have to bypass them and ride on the road as I did in the first half of the video

    Since these are paths and basically stop for entrances to estates and houses, cars treat you like a pedestrian and not a cyclist. In comparison to flat cycle lanes, cars have to wait for you to pass as you are essentially on the road with the traffic in a continuing cycle lane.

    Where does the right away lie? With the cyclist or a car turning into an entrance to somewhere where these cycle 'paths' are? Does the car wait or does the cyclist wait? Keeping in mind that if this was a lane and not a path the bike would have the right away? And also I have to mention the sudden ending of these cycle lanes also shown in the second half of the video!


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  • #2
    Inquitus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,764 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    ghogie91 wrote: »
    Just wanted to bring this up.

    I made a video of this on youtube to explain:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWppcOGB87o

    My argument is that to be safe on the likes of these lanes you have to bypass them and ride on the road as I did in the first half of the video

    Since these are paths and basically stop for entrances to estates and houses, cars treat you like a pedestrian and not a cyclist. In comparison to flat cycle lanes, cars have to wait for you to pass as you are essentially on the road with the traffic in a continuing cycle lane.

    Where does the right away lie? With the cyclist or a car turning into an entrance to somewhere where these cycle 'paths' are? Does the car wait or does the cyclist wait? Keeping in mind that if this was a lane and not a path the bike would have the right away? And also I have to mention the sudden ending of these cycle lanes also shown in the second half of the video!

    Aye this is why the ROTR were changed to make using cycle lanes optional. There's only one cycle lane I would ever use out my way and its the new one going north past the airport.


  • #3
    cosbloodymick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭cosbloodymick


    ghogie91 wrote: »
    Just wanted to bring this up.

    I made a video of this on youtube to explain:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWppcOGB87o

    My argument is that to be safe on the likes of these lanes you have to bypass them and ride on the road as I did in the first half of the video

    Since these are paths and basically stop for entrances to estates and houses, cars treat you like a pedestrian and not a cyclist. In comparison to flat cycle lanes, cars have to wait for you to pass as you are essentially on the road with the traffic in a continuing cycle lane.

    Where does the right away lie? With the cyclist or a car turning into an entrance to somewhere where these cycle 'paths' are? Does the car wait or does the cyclist wait? Keeping in mind that if this was a lane and not a path the bike would have the right away? And also I have to mention the sudden ending of these cycle lanes also shown in the second half of the video!

    I couldn't agree more. Can't understand why they are putting cyclists up on footpaths. Just give us a metre on the side of the road, paint it orange
    and maintain the thing. Its not that difficult ffs!!!


  • #4
    thesimpsons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭thesimpsons


    cosbloodymick wrote: »
    I couldn't agree more. Can't understand why they are putting cyclists up on footpaths. Just give us a metre on the side of the road, paint it orange
    and maintain the thing. Its not that difficult ffs!!!

    there lies the problem - only cycle lanes near me you have to compete with rubble, rubbish, glass, leaves, parked cars, traffic cones, etc etc etc


  • #5
    creativedrinker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 649 ✭✭✭creativedrinker


    Cycle paths also involve alot of dodging of pedestrians!!


  • #6
    awec
    Administrators Posts: 54,834 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭awec


    A lot of the side of the road jobs are crap though too on roads where the cycle lane was added much later than the road being surfaced. Drains that are sunk into the road creating what is effectively a dangerous pothole, uneven surfaces etc. When a road is resurfaced and cycle lanes are added then it seems to be a lot better.


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  • #7
    ghogie91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭ghogie91


    I'm finding cycling these roads becoming a very dangerous situation! And see other cyclists struggling to keep bikes upright while on that gravel which is shoved onto the ramp bit of each section! But then I have noticed now that I am using the road, drivers are getting aggravated as I am cycling beside a cycle lane, it's a no win situation for the cyclist it seems! I just think someone will get very hurt on one of these


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