“CYCLE LANE”

Leviathan · 2017-01-26T17:14:44+00:00

So the other day I was crossing the M60 on Manchester Road between Cheadle and East Didsbury/Parrswood. It is a nice straight country road in the middle of the suburbs cutting through some farms, over the Mersey and M60/train and some school fields. A little oasis in the south of the city. I was heading northbound just cresting the top of the hill and heading downhill at about 40kph. Just then a car passes quite close to me and a voice emanates from it shouting "CYCLE LANE." The motorist moved ahead of me and I was unable to interrogate him on what he could have meant. It was confusing as there was a wide mixed use pavement on the southbound side of the road, but no cycle lane on either side of the road. I wonder if he was suggesting I veer across both lanes of the road to the pavement and mount the curb/kerb at speed. This could be dangerous, as would cycling along such a pavement at over 40kph with possibly unlit pedestrians in the dark. Unfortunately I was unable to disabuse the gentleman of his suggestion and continued to cycle safely on the left of the carriageway. Here is a googlemaps pic of the spot on looking north on the southbound side [url]https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4015585,-2.2164325,3a,75y,347.03h,65.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFLG-gMxvHJa2aMsIn097Ng!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en[/url]

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January 26, 2017 at 5:14 pm #26714

Leviathan

So the other day I was crossing the M60 on Manchester Road between Cheadle and East Didsbury/Parrswood. It is a nice straight country road in the middle of the suburbs cutting through some farms, over the Mersey and M60/train and some school fields. A little oasis in the south of the city. I was heading northbound just cresting the top of the hill and heading downhill at about 40kph. Just then a car passes quite close to me and a voice emanates from it shouting “CYCLE LANE.” The motorist moved ahead of me and I was unable to interrogate him on what he could have meant.

It was confusing as there was a wide mixed use pavement on the southbound side of the road, but no cycle lane on either side of the road. I wonder if he was suggesting I veer across both lanes of the road to the pavement and mount the curb/kerb at speed. This could be dangerous, as would cycling along such a pavement at over 40kph with possibly unlit pedestrians in the dark. Unfortunately I was unable to disabuse the gentleman of his suggestion and continued to cycle safely on the left of the carriageway.

Here is a googlemaps pic of the spot on looking north on the southbound side

[url]https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4015585,-2.2164325,3a,75y,347.03h,65.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFLG-gMxvHJa2aMsIn097Ng!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en[/url]
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January 27, 2017 at 12:31 pm #885871
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Yorkshie Whippet

My favourite repsonse is;

My favourite repsonse is;

Read the Highway code!

January 27, 2017 at 9:46 am #885869
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davel

Maybe he’s a frustrated civil

Maybe he’s a frustrated civil engineer having his Falling Down moment, driving around shouting out obvious failings in infrastructure… “PEDESTRIAN FOOTBRIDGE”, “HIGH-SPEED TRANSPENNINE RAIL LINK”…

January 27, 2017 at 9:38 am #885867
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Had a similar occurence last

Had a similar occurence last summer cycling south on the A57 past Barton aerodrome, on a sunday morning.

Its a dual carriageway with 2 lanes in each direction and a shared use path on the northbound carriageway. Its a busy road during the week, full of HGVs and commuters, but on the sunday morning in question the traffic levels were similar to that shown in the Streetview link below:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.4701571,-2.3838422,3a,75y,219.45h,73.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEjjq4mJf5gYhpCRdFt8Sew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en

Now admittedly I wasn’t doing 40kph like Leviathan, its a long slight uphill incline and I was out for a leisurely 2 hour ride so I was probably doing 20 – 25kph enjoying the quiet and listening to the bird song.

This tranquility was suddenly shattered when a car doing at least 50mph passed within a foot of me with horn blaring, scaring the bejeezus out of me, then haring off into the distance.

Okay, I’m still alive, don’t let the cockwomble ruin what had been until then a pleasurable ride, let the heart rate normalise…

Hang about — what’s this at the next layby / access point? It’s only the same wankpuffin jumping out of his car and shouting at me that I shouldn’t be on the road and that I should be on the cycle lane.

In this occasion, I decided that attempting to disabuse the gentleman of his misconceprions and educate him on the rules of the road was probably not the wisest move, and so chose instead to continue cycling safely in the inside lane of the left hand carriageway…

January 26, 2017 at 8:45 pm #885865
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BBB

I usually reply with Air

In cases like that I usually reply with Air Zound and appropriate “you idiot” gesture.

January 26, 2017 at 7:41 pm #885863
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SHAUNAM

Yes, I see what you mean, I

Yes, I see what you mean, I can’t see a cycle lane either! It would be dangerous for pedestrians for you to cycle on the pavement, and I think that’s illegal isn’t it?
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