Cyclist told to get on the cycle lane… by an ambulance driver; Driver carrying timber hits cyclist; Making of the Hope/Lotus bike; Man wanted on prison recall found cycling on A1M; FairFuel UK says PM has “Lycra-clad advisors” + more on the live blog
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Making cycling great again? Now you can buy a cycling jersey with Donald Trump's face on
“This could be, potentially, the greatest cycling jersey in the history of cycling jerseys”, claim Granny Gear of their £29.99 monstrosity. It would make the perfect jersey for stopping off at a MAGA rally on your ride; although hopefully you won’t push it too hard and hit the wall.
We’re tempted to get one just to see if it’s made in China. Also, surely the colour should be orange?
This "extravagant" part cargo trike/part shopping trolley can be yours for just £1,413
Continuing our niche cycling product retail special this morning… ever wondered what a couple of old bikes combined with a shopping trolley would look like? Us neither, but a German inventor is selling this one-off (we hope it’s a one-off) contraption for a grand total of £1,413.62 on Etsy.
The description says: “The bike is very conspicuous and causes amazing looks! With seat at the front for a toddler and the shopping cart for purchases or other transports.
“The bike has a 3 gear circuit and various new parts. The battery-powered lighting for front and rear is also new!”
That’s all very well, but as far as we can tell there appears to be no front brake. People on social media don’t seem to be convinced of its merits either…
Yep. It’s bad. They wrecked two useful bikes and a shopping trolley to make one useless un-streerable piece of scrap iron.
— Custom PC North West (@cpcnw) August 4, 2020
I think it’s there to make you think about the difficulties in transferring the shopping from the trolley to the bike and parking the trolley whilst holding your loaded bike.
— Anita Anderson (@Anytar) August 4, 2020
Still want it? Well the seller says they would prefer pick-up from Germany, but you can always ship yourself which apparently costs £942.42… bargain!
Israel Start-Up Nation sign Carl Fredrik Hagen "to support Froome at Grand Tours"
ISN welcomes Norwegian, emerging talent: @CFHagen
– Sylvan Adams: “Hagen will support Froome at Grand Tours & fulfill his GC potential”
– Hagen: “Expect to get GC results and help ISN leaders in mountains!”More information: https://t.co/9mogbwRhiV#YallaCarlFredrik pic.twitter.com/TAcX7wTnL5
— Israel Start-Up Nation / Israel Cycling Academy (@YallaIsraelSUN) August 4, 2020
The team have already bagged a new domestique to support Chris Froome’s Grand Tour goals in 2021 by landing the 28-year-old Norwegian from Lotto–Soudal.
Hagen said: “I’m looking for a role and an opportunity to achieve some good results in the GC and individual stages, as well as to support the team captains to success in the mountains.”
Will Hagen dazzle at his new team next year?
South Yorkshire Police discover man wanted on recall to prison cycling on the motorway
The cyclist had a trailer that said he was going to Dorset… but it appears he didn’t get very far, as he was caught by the police on the A1M in South Yorkshire. The cyclist also reportedly told cops he would “carry on regardless”, which was to no avail as he will now be transported back to prison.
Hope release new video telling the story behind the Hope/Lotus track bike
The Hope/Lotus track bike would have debuted at the Olympic Games this week, but for obvious reasons Team GB’s track cyclists will now take to the velodrome aboard the unique machines next summer. To mark the new extended journey, Hope have released the video above which explains the story behind the bike in more detail. It’s revealed that the idea came over a cup of coffee, and we’re also given a step-by-step look at how it’s made from creating the mould through to layering the lacquer. Everything is designed and produced in the UK of course, and Hope say the whole process from concept through to the finished product took 7,005 hours.
Separately, Lotus also shared an interesting blog post yesterday, comparing the new bike to the version Chris Boardman piloted to victory at the Barcelona Games in 1992. In it, Lotus’ chief aerodynamicist Richard Hill says: “Back then it was simply about developing an aerodynamic bike that would go fast. But really there are two separate elements – the bike and the rider – which come together as one to move through the air. That was the approach we took with the new bike.
“Put simply, since 1992 we have learned how to use the bike’s design to make the rider more aerodynamic, and also vice-versa. What’s improved is our understanding of how to get a bike and its rider round the track together in the fastest possible time.”
Cycling UK partner with Network Rail to offer commuters advice on station bike storage
The new initiative follows the government’s £2 billion investment in cycling, and aims to help people take up cycling for travel and commuting. After a YouGov poll commissioned by Network Rail found that 15% of people were worried there wasn’t enough bike storage at or near their place of work, tips on where people can park their bikes at Network Rail’s 20 managed stations will be provided, plus information across each station and on their website about bike storage availability.
The poll also found 49% were concerned about cycling on busy roads, so information on safer routes on quieter roads and access to an interactive journey planner from stations will be made available.
Jenny Box, Cycling UK’s Head of Behaviour Change, commented: “Cycling is one of the best ways to make your short essential journeys, such as riding to the station or shops. It’s fun, free, good for you and an easy way to maintain social distancing while still getting out and about.
“Together with Network Rail, Cycling UK wants to encourage more people to discover the simple joy of riding a bike and give them the skills to keep on cycling.”
Hopefully Cycling UK are confident bike storage off the trains is better that on them; in October last year, they slammed the bike storage facilities on Great Western Railway’s new high-speed trains as “awful”, as the upright design means many cyclists have found themselves unable to physically fit their bikes in the allotted spaces. Similar complaints have been made about bike spaces on LNER’s newest trains, which like GWR’s are made by Hitachi.
"Was the vehicle driving itself with no humans present?" Social media questions cops over post that says a cyclist was "hit by a vehicle"; as the truth appears to be very different
ROAD UPDATE: A cyclist was hit by a vehicle on @SeatoSkyHighway and emergency crews are onscene. Please provide them with room and lanes both North and South should be opening shortly. @NEWS1130Traffic @DriveBC_LM @MountainFMradio
— Squamish RCMP (@SquamishRCMP) August 3, 2020
The Twitter account for the Squamish Royal Canadian Mounted Police force posted the above yesterday, urging drivers to provide cyclists with enough room when passing. This didn’t tell the full story though, as the cyclist who was hit decided to reply to the post…
Update: I’m in Lions Gate. Broken clavicle, scapula, and eight ribs, punctured lung, but happy to be alive. Fucking mad. This hit me from behind going 80 km/h https://t.co/fZjAA1GL40 pic.twitter.com/n4nUw5BRHr
— Todd Nickel (@toddnickel) August 4, 2020
It emerged that the driver who allegedly hit Todd Nickel was carrying a large amount of timber, with most of the load hanging off the side of pick-up that was transporting it. Shockingly but unsurprisingly, Mr Nickel claims he was hit – presumably by the timber – while the driver was travelling at 80km/h, and he broke eight ribs, his clavicle, his scapula and also punctured a lung.
We live in an era of out of control car culture.
This driver will get nothing in the way of punishment that remotely comes close to being on par with the pain and suffering this moron inflicted willingly upon another human being.— Bobbie Bees (@BobbieBees) August 4, 2020
Correction Squamish RCMP, a cyclist was hit by a driver who thought piling lumber so far out the side of their pickup that it overhung the bike line entirely was wise/safe/legal and is lucky to have not decapitated another human in the course of their reckless stupidity.
— Ben Belshaw (@notthebees87) August 4, 2020
We don’t need to fill you in on just how dangerous this was, and numerous people who replied to both Squamish RCMP and Mr Nickel said the description of the incident didn’t quite match just how incredibly reckless the driver’s actions were. Describing the ordeal as “f**king mad”, Mr Nickel said he was simply “happy to be alive”.
Bradley Wiggins says Geraint Thomas would have won 2019 Tour de France if stage 19 hadn't have been shortened
Speaking on his latest podcast, Wiggins believes that Egan Bernal would have “cracked” if the stage wasn’t abandoned due to landslides 20km from the finish on the Col de l’Iseran, and thinks that Geraint Thomas would have won then gone on to claim yellow. He also thinks the Welshman is still top dog going into this year’s Tour.
He said: “I think had we had the stage to Tignes completed last year, I think Bernal would have cracked and Geraint would have won the Tour that day.
“‘Now you’d have to say, because Bernal was allowed to win the Tour de France last year, with Geraint as defending champion, the same should apply the other way around this year and Bernal is not granted that automatic right to defend the race.
“I actually think Geraint will win the Tour de France this year, no question about it, I don’t think there is an argument within that team.”
Mani Arthur from the Black Cyclists Network was also a guest on the show, discussing the lack of diversity in cycling and ways to improve BAME representation in the sport.
Family ByCycle make some subtle alterations to Talkradio presenter's anti-cycling views
After getting into a spat with presenter Mike Graham following his controversial rants against cyclists last week, a member of Family ByCycle (a family who love to cycle of course) with editing skills has created this video which lightly doctors his choice of words.
The Family ByCycle Twitter account said on 31st July that the family received abuse from a passing BMW driver, to which Graham said the parents should “maybe safeguard your children by not forcing them out into dangerous situations.”
Today Graham has reverted back to more familiar territory on his Talkradio show, urging listeners to contact their MPs about numbers of illegal migrants being housed in their area following a “bombshell exclusive” interview with Nigel Farage on the subject; although he has took the time to put Cycling Mikey on his latest ‘top 10 planks’ list.
Go Mikey! Anything to get this potato’s blood pressure ramped up…
— Matt James 🚴🏼♂️🎸🥦🏴 (@jimbo2112) August 4, 2020
OAP who had lip ripped off in collision wants to thank cyclist for helping him in aftermath
The Dundee Evening Telegraph reports that John Tait was visiting his daughter’s caravan at Riverview Park in Monifieth, when he was knocked out during a collision with a cyclist. Mr Tait said he was walking to his car on the path beside the caravan park at around 10pm, when he was hit from behind “out of the blue”.
The 83-year-old suffered a broken right humerus and his lip was torn off, which was reattached by a surgeon. Unable to recall the incident, Mr Tait says he was told the cyclist stayed with him after calling an ambulance, and also accompanied him to hospital.
He added: “It was getting dark and I was wearing all dark clothing. This was partly all my own fault.
“I think he was pretty badly shaken up and possibly also hurt and I was told his bike was pretty mangled.
“Nonetheless he stayed with me and even came to the hospital with me. I used to be a racing cyclist and I know these bikes are expensive. I would love to speak to him.
“I really hope someone reads this and puts us in touch.”
Egan Bernal wins La Route d'Occitanie
First and second on GC. Crucial racing in the legs.
Route d’Occitanie ✅👌#RDO2020 pic.twitter.com/vHTqDvxggN
— Team INEOS (@TeamINEOS) August 4, 2020
The Colombian is warming up for the Tour de France nicely, bagging the General Classification over the four-day race. He was joined on the podium by teammate Pavel Sivakov who finished second overall, and the final stage today was won by Benoit Cosnefroy of AG2R La Mondiale.
Fairfuel UK's Howard Cox claims Prime Minister has "Lycra-clad advisors" in anti-cycling outburst published in the Daily Express
As expected, all we get are insults from myopic cyclists who are simply anti drivers. Yes, cyclists drive & vice versa , but once & for all lets ALL COME TOGETHER for benefit of ALL road users not just the privilege aggressive minority who only want free to use cycle lanes @Iromg
— FairFuelUKCampaign (@FairFuelUK) August 4, 2020
Somehow the fringe organisation’s founder has had an editorial published in the Daily Express, claiming that the London Mayor “knows there are votes in Lycra” and that the Prime Minister has “Lycra-clad advisers”.
He also says: “Although only 3 percent of journeys nationally are made by bike, their special treatment is set to decimate small businesses, the self-employed, low income families and city economies.
“The PM’s policy is a subsidy for the already well off middle class.”
As far as we know cycling is infinitely more affordable than driving, but what do we know? FairFuel UK are now complaining about negative comments they have received over the article, saying: “As expected, all we get are insults from myopic cyclists who are simply anti drivers. Yes, cyclists drive & vice versa, but once & for all lets ALL COME TOGETHER for benefit of ALL road users not just the privilege aggressive minority who only want free to use cycle lanes.”
Sagan has been busy with the spray paint
Specialized has unveiled the latest Sagan collection with a range of bikes, shoes and helmets in this snazzy “Deconstructivism!” colour. The man is a fan of the glitter, it seems.
The range includes the S-Works Tarmac SL7 Di2 Sagan (£11,000), S-Works Tarmac SL7 Frameset Sagan (£4,000), S-Works Roubaix DI2 Sagan (£11,000), Allez Sprint Disc Frameset Sagan (£1,349), Evade II ANGI MIPS Sagan LTD (£240) and the S-Works 7 LTD Sagan 4 Shoes (£360).
Shocking footage shows West Midlands Ambulance driver telling cyclist to get on the cycle path
To compound his ignorance, this driver then states (when I catch him at the traffic lights), if I was to get knocked off on this stretch of road, it would be my fault! How can drivers pass their assessments thinking this? @OFFICIALWMAS pic.twitter.com/95vNFTqG8o
— Your Average Joe (@FrankleyMan) August 4, 2020
In the first clip uploaded by FrankleyMan, he claims that the driver of the ambulance to his right is “yelling at him” because he is not riding on the cycle path, which is on one of the new blue cycle routes in Birmingham.
In the second clip, the cyclist can be heard saying: “It’s not compulsory to use the cycle path”, after which the driver of the ambulance can be heard saying: “If you’d have got hit on that road, whose fault would it have been?”
The cyclist is correct that it’s not compulsory to use the cycle lane, and added that he chose not to use it because he was travelling between 25-30mph. West Midlands Ambulance Service replied:
“Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We will definitely follow this up. Clearly, you don’t have to use the cycle path. As for whose fault it would be in an RTC would depend on the circumstances. Sorry about this and thanks again for bringing it to our attention.”
They also asked the cyclist to confirm the location and help in identifying the ambulance. Hopefully the driver is offered some serious retraining…
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I think you'll need to take that up with the media and society more widely. These things only tend to get attention / become 'news' when people make a fuss about them, and people are much more likely to make a fuss about things they're against than they are things they're in favour of. If road.cc were only to pick up stories where people were being universally positive about them, there basically wouldn't be any.
The irony of people complaining about cycle lanes making it harder to drive to a fun run.
(Some) people are always "not against change" as long as it's the kind of change that doesn't... change things. Or at least not anything that changes their current convenience. OTOH it's hard to get beyond "me, my kids, my elderly parents and my sick ferrets *need to* (something involving driving or cars) - now you're saying I just can't do that?"
As we spend some time on formal campsites we often see these, and are genuinely mystified. Compared to a high quality lightweight tent that boringly goes on the ground they cost far more, seem to take at least as long to set up, have less space inside, don't let you so easily cook in bed or easily get to all your stuff, and require you to get in and out via a ladder, as well as taking up all your roofbar space and making your fuel ecomomy worse. Our bikepacking tent cost a fraction of that, is easier to get in and out of, judging from setup times I see at campsites isn't really more of a problem to put up, leaves all our kit immediately to hand and being 48 Kg lighter and packing much, much, much smaller means we can take it by bike if we want. 🤷♂️
It's a bit tiring that any good news about new, decent cycle infra is always written through the lens of angry locals' "concerns" on road.cc. We all know that there will always be some whiny antis people when it comes building anything for cycling, and it's about time these moaners were given far less column inches – especially on a cycling website! 21 local residents is fewer than the number of people in my local pub on a Thursday night, yet almost the whole article is dedicated to platforming their NIMBY views. It would be much better to read about how this scheme fits into the wider context of new routes and plans in Belfast, as well as some specific details about where the route will be, if its fully segregated, etc.
Yesterday, police in New Hampshire closed an investigation into the death of a cyclist following a collision after the only witness, the driver of the car which fatally struck 72-year-old Joseph Miller, said the cyclist veered into the car’s path Yes, that's the way it's going to be if any of us are terminated by a driver: we're not there to say what happened, and the police are only too willing to accept the driver's claim that the cyclist came out of nowhere and suddenly swerved into his path, other drivers 'don't want to get involved, and cyclists deserve all they get anyway', I didn't stand a chance, I didn't see him, I didn't mean to do it. It doesn't take much to convert this bus attack to the outcome above, yet the b*****d police and Stagecoach do nothing. The best you'll get, if the worst happens, is the police pressing the button to issue the insincere 'thoughts and prayers' and then getting back to the button which bins close-passing videos from cyclists ttps://upride.cc/incident/px12dnd_stagecoach41_closepass/
1 year funding has been in place since Transport Scotland took over active travel funding from Sustrans in 2023/24. It is a PIA for multi year network schemes, but you just have to get smart with your programming. Certainly no excuse to reduce or cancel a scheme so this is just GCC politicking ahead of next years council elections.
Ah, I thought when calling someone else's figure misleading and then having yours be found to be accidentally almost as bad, it might want to be corrected.
@Rendel Harris the uncomfortable truth about the tax gap is that it's not big business and billionaires that are the most at fault - it's small businesses who are either too disorganised to get things right, or see "tax dodging" as fair game so long as they're the ones who are doing it. And governments want their votes.
@BBB explain?
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That trump Jersey just like
That trump Jersey just looks like one big A-hole
And it doesn’t even zip his
And it doesn’t even zip his mouth shut. Fail.
That jersey is the ugliest,
That jersey is the ugliest, most disgusting and nauseating item of clothing I’ve ever had the misfortune to clap eyes on.
I really, really hope that I never see it again.
The YouGov poll “found 49% were concerned about cycling on busy roads”. I can’t imagine anyone saying that they’re not concerned riding on busy roads. I should think that the other 51% said that it scared the absolute crap out of them.
Lock. It. Up!
Lock. It. Up!
The man really is a turd. Don
The man really is a turd. Don’t know what I’d think if I saw someone wearing one of those jerseys.
Other than wanting to scribble obscenities all over it.
There’s some serious talent
There’s some serious talent in Israel Star Up Nation. I reckon they’ll hit some big acheivements once they’ve gelled 🙂
I think the once they’ve
I think the once they’ve gelled section is important. Movistar showed what happens when you have too many cooks. And Quickstep shows what you can do when they work with each other and maximise strengths. So depends how ISUN go really.
Running an article pointing
Running an article pointing out that the vehicle with the wood that struck the cyclist had a driver, and then using the strapline “Cyclist punctures lung after driver carrying timber hits him” is particularly ironic. The cyclist didn’t puncture his lung, the wood punctured it because the driver is an idiot who should never be allowed to drive again, and kept away from all sharp objects.
The van was being driven by a
The van was being driven by a right plank too.
I cannot believe that
I cannot believe that somebody thought that hanging the timber out of the side of their vehicle was in any way acceptable/sensible.
Especially as it looks like
Especially as it looks like the pickup truck has the structure to stack that wood on top of the grill behind the cab.
Take his truck & license away.
Notbuilt2climb wrote:
It’s possible (and I would hope likely, provided you have any faith in humanity left) that the wood was originally stacked on top but at some point slid off (improperly secured) and the driver either didn’t notice or couldn’t be bothered to fix it.
I really, really hope no-one is so stupid as to deliberately load the wood like that – and then either forget about it or completely fail to see a cyclist. You can’t drive around like that without being concious of the extra width, or you would hit every road sign etc.
Attempted manslaughter,
Attempted manslaughter, attempted GBH, ABH?
They should get Lancs police to help out.
His load of wood will have
His load of wood will have been ontop of the cab. Wind resistance has lifted the wood off, unfortunately hitting a cyclist.
I know this because years ago a ladder I had strapped down, became loose, floated off the mounts. I was lucky no one was around
Properly secured loads don’t
Properly secured loads don’t come loose. They invented ratchet straps for people who don’t know how to tie a truckers hitch. There is no excuse, especially in this case as they obviously don’t know how to use a ratchet strap either.
Socrati will be along in a
Socrati will be along in a minute to say the cyclist should have ducked, or some such…
eburtthebike wrote:
In the tradition of victim
In the tradition of victim blaming, surely the cyclist should’ve been riding around in one of those thick, leather woodworking aprons, just to be “on the safe side”. And a pair of those chainmail gloves, as used in metalworking, in case the bloke driving around with the unsafe lumber load was being followed by his mate with a running buzzsaw sticking out the side of his truck.
I would also point out the
I would also point out the initial RCMP tweet is about giving the emergency services room at the accident scene and not as mentioned, them stating to give cyclists room. Although if another driver doing the same wood load came along……
“Make cycling great again”
“Make cycling great again”
Just what everyone needs… a second arsehole.
I think I’ve ruptured my
I think I’ve ruptured my laugh muscles watching that Mike Graham video.
“That Guy photobombs podium
“That Guy photobombs podium celebration photos”
I’d argue this beats the
I’d argue this beats the ambulance as most disturbing footage of the day!
The replies on that are a
The replies on that are a little worrying.
Agreed
Agreed
There is one Arsehole (Miles
In the replies there is one Arsehole (Miles away, don’t ride on the pavement) and one who misconstrued the end as him antagonising him again but has since had the explanation that Silvio stopped to get on the pavement as he was worried he was waiting for him to go in front. Pretty much all others were on Silvios side.
I had a similar wanker who was beeping me (30 zone and I was just getting up to those speeds who then decided to close pass and brake check and then speed off at 40 past one of those signs that show the speed as you go past. Sent onto the WMP and nothing. Also had a potentially drugged up arsehole threaten me in my own garden as we watched him in a transit wheel-spin off from his house and wondering why he was driving like an areshole and he shouted “what you looking at you bearded cnut?” I gave a wanker sign so he stopped and said “the way i’m feeling someone is getting it and it might as well be you” before checking himself as he said “lucky there is cameras” and then went back still threatening.
In the interests of full
In the interests of full disclosure, and to my eternal shame, before I started cycle commuting I drove to and from work a lot of the time (that’s not what I’m ashamed about):
I shouted at a cyclist one time who was riding on the road instead of the nearby cycle path. Really really shouted at him, totally lost it. After a bad day at work I could not understand why he was on the road, “blocking my way”, when ‘that path’ had been put there by the council, all the usual arguments you hear on videos like this.
It was only once I started to ride a bike that I understood why someone might choose not to use the cycle path.
I have never worked out how to make appropriate penance (except I do make a point of trimming back overgrown branches and stuff along there…).
I suspect that you won’t be
I suspect that you won’t be only one. I probably close passed cyclists in my dim and distant as well. I suspect like lots of things, people will revise opinions if they experienced the item they have opinions for or against. I remember an American Journalist who used to state waterboarding isn’t torture and then literally changing his tune within 15 seconds of experiencing it.
Just a shame that most of the broadcasters out there are either entrenched anti cycling and don’t want to try cycling to see why we complain, or are shock jocks / acting just to be contrarian even though they like cycling. (CLarkson for example).
I can see why the ambulance
I can see why the ambulance guy was challenging him. He sees a nice new blue separate bit of infrastructure but not the bit in the middle with the bus shelter where the blue stops. Although at 25-30mph it’s a bit pointless to challenge.
The Birmingham Blue Routes
The Birmingham Blue Routes are good https://hedgehogcycling.co.uk/birmingham-cycle-superhighways-a38-a34.html
The ambulance guy was shouting at him because he was affronted that someone on a bike was in “his” space, and forced him to turn the steering wheel a bit – not out of concern for safety.
It’s the same as all these who go on about insurance, as a way to punish people for riding bikes.
Were you the one he created
Were you the one who created that article Harrogate?
Does the Trump jersey come
Does the Trump jersey come with a MAGA helmet?
“…who only want free to use
Howard Cox, “…who only want free to use cycle lanes.”
I guess he must spend all his time driving back and forth over the Dartford Crossing or such like? Idiot.
Howard Cox “Although only 3
Howard Cox “Although only 3 percent of journeys nationally are made by bike, their special treatment is set to decimate small businesses, the self-employed, low income families and city economies.
It must be so depressing in Holland and Denmark to have to call in those small businesses and self employed people from other countries because they’re all bankrupt in yours. And the low income families who had to move to France and Spain. Not to mention that all your cities are broke and no-one lives there any more.
The man is an idiot and anyone who supports him is an imbecile.
“The cyclist had a trailer
“The cyclist had a trailer that said he was going to Dorset… but it appears he didn’t get very far...” (South Yorkshire Police discover man wanted on recall to prison cycling on the motorway). Without wishing to come over as all contrary, how can you assume he didn’t get very far if you weren’t aware where he’d set off from?
As it happens I’m fairly certain I encountered the bare chested cyclist on Saturday, pushing his bike up the hill south out of Osmotherley (on the western tip of the North York Moors) towards Hawnby. He asked how to get to route 65 and when I told him he had a bit more pushing to do he decided to turn around and head back down the hill towards the A19 – I thought that busy main road was bad enough.
He wanted to go to York in the first instance, but confessed that he was having a bit of trouble with his map. His ultimate destination was Dorset and he said he’d set of from Blyth (just northeast of Newcastle), so actually I think he did well to make it as far as South Yorkshire!
It is not a “motorway”, it is
It is not a “motorway”, it is a motorway standard A road. Unfortunately one occasionally has to use them, especially if some council idiot has suddenly decided to close an adjacent cycle route with no sufficiently advanced warning or real reason.
To be fair though that guy didn’t seem to have much idea about navigating cycle routes.
Nope, it is a Motorway as
Nope, it is a Motorway as designated with the M so Motorway regulations apply to those sections of the A1 and don’t for the sections not designated M.
AlsoSomniloquism wrote:
Common mis-conception. A motorway starts with M e.g. M1. A1(M) is a motorway standard A road. Any excluded traffic has to be specifically signed. Usually such roads have to be that way because there is no other practicable route. The highway code likes to hide this, you have to look further into transport law to discover it. An ancient argument (successfully argued) to do with a section of A2(M) my father and I had to ride sometimes due to alternatives being impractical because they added significant mileage (over 40) and thus our freedom of movement was otherwise prejudicially restricted.