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Moving out of cycle lane

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  • October 16, 2019 at 3:35 pm #30203
    Supers79

    Could anyone tell me what the rule is about moving of a solid and broken cycle lane in the UK?

    If there is no cycle lane then if I signal to move right across the lane then the car behind has to allow me to move across.  
     

    Is this the case if I am in a cycle lane?  Can I signal and move out of the cycle lane and the same rules apply?  I can’t find anything in the Highway Code about this. 

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  • October 16, 2019 at 9:17 pm #951299
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    Anonymous

    don’t ride in the marked

    don’t ride in the marked ‘lane’ unless it is 2metres or more wide, ride as if there were no markings at all as this gives you no protection over and above being on any other part of the road.

    If you are able, shoulder check well in advance (upward of 100metres and the earlier the better on a busy road) of wanting to move to the right as you would normally and try to spot a point where you can filter into position without even having to signal, adjust your speed if need be to get this easier option. You should be aiming to be in the central/ right hand side of the lane at least 50metres before you wish to turn or make another lane change/manoeuvre.

    If that’s not possible to simply get in a gap then make sure to shoulder check to eye the car behind the one that’s just about to pass you, stick your arm out wide (non of this flailing/waving nonsense that I see!), shoulder check again and start moving to your right, DO NOT HESITATE (unless there’s an HGV moving at speed extremely close to you. Make the driver behind make the decision to slow, you’ll be surprised that most will actually apply their brakes if they haven’t already lifted, all they are doing is allowing you your priority. Making drivers know that this is how it is with reagrds to your road space and rights, that they have to get used to it and modify their behaviour, IME most motorists are fine, very rarely do you get the morons that shut you down or try to ovetake going into the next lane or what other carp they’ll try.

    Once you’ve moved across (early right as above) do not cede your position once you are there, be central so it’s impossible to undertake unless the carriageway width would allow for a safe gap to pass (same as if overtaking you) and this is big enough for ALL sized vehicles. You don’t want a car squeezing on the inside of you at speed never mind a bus or a 40 tonner if you’re hogging the central dividing line of the road, it also means that you’ve space on your right should some feckwit decide to overtake another road user in the opposite lane  encroaching into that side of the road.(someone turning left for instance and it’s too much to wait a fraction extra for the lane to be clear)

    I’ve been doing it this way for a fair few decades and sometimes it does mean you have to change the way you think, you are traffic, cycle as you would drive is the way I think.

    luck.

    October 16, 2019 at 5:15 pm #951297
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    mike the bike

     

     

    I wish you well with signalling and then expecting following cars to allow you to move across in front of them.  In my experience they are more likely to speed up a little to keep you, a mere cyclist, in your place.  The trick is to plan well ahead, spot the gap and go for it.

    Moving from lane to lane, regardless of the type of marking, requires the same level of planning, signalling and purposeful action.  He who hesitates is lost.

     

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