Good evening to nearly everyone
@crisortunity.bsky.social

I started wondering.. maybe these painted bike symbols do not actually have any magic powers y to keep cyclists safe?

#PaintIsNotInfrastructure

Indicating can safe lives…this bus driver might need a reminder!
Luckily the cyclist decided to not go on the inside of the bus, despite the painted bike lane inviting this dangerous manoeuvre

@willnorman.co.uk
@london.gov.uk
@wandsworthcycling.bsky.social
@wandsworthls.bsky.social

Thanks to a protected intersection the driver of this truck could turn without posing a threat to cyclists

📍CS7 in Stockwell

The same situation would be extremely dangerous at many other junctions, even further down the same road, eg in Clapham and Tooting

@willnorman.co.uk

I don’t think I will send this one to operation snap 🤔

The lane width might be a second contributor: in Google Maps I measured the lane as ~3.4m, right in the range of 3.2m-3.9m which national guidance notes as “not acceptable for cycling in mixed traffic” (LTN 1/20, table 7-2), as drivers can be tempted to overtake cyclists when it’s unsafe to do so.

I don’t fully know what it is about Bedford Hill that makes so many drivers mad, but the railway bridge creates a massive blind spot that some drivers seem to be ignorant of. I have a whole collection of dangerous passes into oncoming traffic, in most cases they saved no time at all

Spare a thought for motorists and campaign for protected cycle infrastructure‼️
Cyclists using the road seem to inflict anger in some drivers. I would like to help all drivers keep their cool by providing safe infrastructure for cyclists, so they can ride in their own physically separated lane 🚲💚

I never understood impatient drivers in London. They are usually just rushing to sit in the next bit of congestion 🤷‍♂️

Paying by the minute, many hire bike users are tempted to save some money by jumping red lights, but doing so might just add another £50 to the bill

Tube strike and good weather have passed, but London cyclists are still out there 🚲💚

Also love to see the hundreds of pedestrians crossing London Bridge

Also this dangerous attempted close pass could have been avoided with cycle lanes and floating bus stops