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I'll leave this here:
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looks like photoshop to me.
what do the second set of signs say? Seem to have a different message to the first?
Clearly the 1st signs are a warning about the bit of uneven surface between the yellow lines. 😉
I suspect that the 2nd signs say something like "Cyclists, you can go as fast as you like now because the next bit is really smooth and you're all really cool and groovy people" 8)
Easy huck that.
Obvious video is obvious.
http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/10/council-installs-speed-bumps-along-cycle-path-6439164/
Funny one that as the speed bumps in the cycle lane are actually there to discourage cars from driving there rather than to slow down bikes!
what do the second set of signs say?
"When right light shows, wait here... Ah fuggedaboudit"
[i]Thankyou for your co-operation[/i] in welshwhat do the second set of signs say?
would they not have been better using the armadillo thingies? Or is the jury still out on them?the speed bumps in the cycle lane are actually there to discourage cars from driving there
That's brilliant Neil? Where is that?
If it's a highway then we Could kick up a fuss and tryand get them removed as not according to TSRGD or signage clutter guidance
It looks like there's another path that crosses the one in the picture....
If so then I can see what they are trying to achieve, but perhaps it could have been done with better signage....?
Why is it always the bikes that have to give way? both to pedestrians and cars whenever we have this sort of situation with UK cycleways?
Lanchester Valley walk - a disused railway line in Co. Durham. There's more at the other side of the village.That's brilliant Neil? Where is that?
tjagain - MemberWhy is it always the bikes that have to give way?
As far as I can see it just says 'slow down'. There is no mention of give way.....
It looks like there's another path that crosses the one in the picture....
Not a path crossing but there is a way in on the right.
Here's a screenshot of the Strava segment covering that stretch. Over 2000 riders; nobody outside the top 6 has exceeded 18mph.
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Just as well every single cylist is on Strava then.
Just as well every single cylist is on Strava then.
Well, it's a (not very representative) sample. If there's thousands of riders out there routinely going faster than that we should let British Cycling know because there's sure to be a world champion among them.
Interesting that no-one on this thread knows how to interpret a road sign. I hope none of you drive.
A red ring indicates [i]prohibition[/i] so whatever is inside the ring is not allowed. The message therefore is that cyclists are not allowed to slow down.
Not sure what the problem is. They said please.
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Just as well every single cylist is on Strava then.
Well, it's a (not very representative) sample.
It's certainly likely to include the vast majority of those going fast - Strava is only unrepresentative in that it is heavily biased towards those going faster, hence it appears to be an excellent way of proving the point.
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Excellent spot, Zilog!
I was thinking of a Capt. Mainwaring "I wondered when one of you would pick that up"...
Sign inaccuracy aside. There is a similar situation on the wirral way whereby the route passes through a Golf course (similar to the crossing in the pic) and so a request for cyclists to slow down as they pass the crossing would seem reasonable to me.
Yes it's reasonable but the signs are confusing & hard to read. They should be rectangular and white & blue. You could also argue that some nice wooden posts would look a bit better & be more in keeping.
[quote=zilog6128 ]Yes it's reasonable
Well that depends how fast cyclists are going, and why it is they're being asked to slow down. Given a median speed well below 18mph, it doesn't appear that speeds are currently that silly, or that there's really any danger with them.
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Books trip to the area for Sunday. 8)
Dora's Wood in Lanchester?
TBF the dog walkers will have been having a whinge that they're getting buzzed as they step out into the path without looking.
it also only requires you to slow down, with no instruction by how much or what to.
So a quick sprint up to 30mph on the lead in, coast over the marked section at 28, having slowed down as instructed, and then speed up again the other side.
Job done.
Mentioned on here actually:
Appears to be very old though, 2011ish, the esh and bearpark bits are interesting
Mentioned where in that?
Though I was intrigued by the possibility of misuse by cyclists of the Park House Play Area Embankment slide - sounds interesting 😉
point 1g, near the start
At least that's what I assume it's for since the woods had signs before then. I could be wrong 🙂
Park house....is that the park behind the kings head? If so then sign me up for misusing a slide down that embankment 🙂
Loddrick - is there a sign on the footpath say " walkers you are crossing a cycleway - please look out for and give way to bicycles?"
Here's a screenshot of the Strava segment covering that stretch. Over 2000 riders; nobody outside the top 6 has exceeded 18mph.
Bookmarked, I'll have that when it dries up a bit.
Is it a cycleway though? Or a bridleway (where cyclists are legally obliged to give way to walkers)?
So this is what your council tax gets spent on.
It's a cycleway (whatever the legal meaning of that is), not a BW - marked on map as "traffic free cycle route"
At least they aren't "CYCLIST DISMOUNT" signs... they really grind my gears!So this is what your council tax gets spent on.
Zilog - you'd love the climb up through Boonbeck nr Lorton (basically the C to C route up to Whinlatter). The drainage grates on the road have been replaced with awesome new ones that are aligned to grab the front wheel of a road bike (mountain bikes and crossers are ok).
Instead of fixing the problem, some genius in the local highways has put up 'Cyclist Dismount' signs (six sets...) at a cost of who knows what 🙂
At least they aren't "CYCLIST DISMOUNT" signs... they really grind my gears!
Some new ones of those have appeared a few miles away from the original pic, on the pavement of the road bridge at Langley Park. Interestingly, the pavement is not a designated cyclepath but - well, dismount anyway!
Zooming in and reading with my forty nine year old eyes the second sign clearly states:
[b]Suck on my Korma[/b]
Whatever the **** that means.
Interstingly around my way a few "cyclists dismount" signs have recently been replaced with "cyclists give way to pedestrians" which given the location actually makes sense. Cyclist dismount signs have no legal standing IIRC anyway.
I want to either make up some stickers in the same colour and font that say " are awesome" and put them over the dismount bit 🙂
[quote=tjagain ]Cyclist dismount signs have no legal standing IIRC anyway.
You must have missed section 27 of the 1987 Local Government Act, which clearly states that anybody responsible for a "Cyclists Dismount" sign is making a legally binding declaration of incompetence.
🙂
neil the wheel - MemberI'll leave this here:
That's actually very dangerous with sign post on both side of the road.
It would be better to reduce the signs to one or one at the front and one at the rear, but certainly not parallel signs side by side of the road ... all you need is a disgruntle person tying up a thin wire across the road using the two poles to "booby-trap" some cyclist and you will have a serious problem.
want to either make up some stickers in the same colour and font that say " are awesome" and put them over the dismount bit
...or put a sticker on saying "No we don't!"