when ever i see roads crossing the cycle path like that im reminded of the late great Jason MacIntyre (thats what the ghost bike as you enter fort williams there for
Not that I want to politicise this, but I think he was actually on the road when he was killed.
Here are a couple from my commute:
First and favourite:
Shared use cycle path, for a few metres at least!
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As well as crossing a couple of roads this shared path has these little beauts. Cycles are indicated to ride nearest the hedge btw so if someone steps out you've got no chance! Also plenty of leaves and pedestrians on this stretch of path.
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Road the whole way for me!
First and favourite:
Shared use cycle path, for a few metres at least!
Far be it for me to be picky but surely this is quite reasonable - looking at StreetView it just continues the shared cycle path on that side of the road for the few metres after the side road up to the toucan crossing where it crosses the road and carries on. Apologies if I missed something.
The other one is daft though!
Other side of the toucan crossing:
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Okay now I'm confused. It's like they've attempted to make a simple junction safer by making it way more complicated.
Or maybe it was meant to be a route to that school??
Just following up the post above, my understanding was also that Jason was not on the cycle path. The driver of the van claimed that he thought Jason must have been on the path, because he did not see him. However the judge ruled that the accident was entirely due to the driver's failure to keep a proper lookout when turning.
So that case is not an example of an accident involving a dangerous cycle path, but I do agree that paths that are interrupted by access junctions are inconvenient and potentially risky.
GrahamS - Member
Okay now I'm confused. It's like they've attempted to make a simple junction safer by making it way more complicated.
Or maybe it was meant to be a route to that school??
If it is for the school (likely) it's still way more complicated than it needs to be. Back up the main road in the first picture I posted there's a parade of shops with bus stops, a car park and mini roundabout (which has all been redone recently) so if they were bothered about creating a safe way for kids to cycle to school I'd assume they would have extended it up past all those hazards. But it could just be a token 'facilities for cyclits'.