City of London unveils "road etiquette principles"

The City of London has lead the way, with closing Bank Junction between 7am and 7pm. It is now a fantastic experience for cyclists and especially for pedestrians. Although pedestrians can be their own worst enemies - I call them Leadenhall Lemmings and cycle very carefully on those roads where their only concern is rushing from station to office.

I do agree with the comments about construction though, they are well marshalled, but need to have better pedestrian provision.

I think that these sorts of things are great ideas in principle, but the execution of getting these messages to the right people and ensuring they hit home sadly never quite delivers.

Oh feck off city of london

Assuming that the main target of this initiatiive, a rather flattering word for doing not much, is drivers, how will they disseminate the message?  Leaflets perhaps, handed out to drivers stuck in the traffic jams that they are causing.  I'm really not looking forward to the first report of a cyclist or pedestrian being knocked down by a driver reading one of the leaflets.

What a waste of money! Don’t they know that (against all odds) London still has millions of poor people who will have paid for this? A car in central London is a luxury and should be further restricted. Ever been there and not got black snot? Of course not.

These 'be nice' messages never make any difference. The vast majority of people won't realise that they are the target audience (or have no intention of changing their behaviour to be 'nice').

No harm in trying, but not sure that the message will get through to those such as the witless cow who knocked me off my bike recently.   She thought that a driving licence and insurance were unnecessary bureaucratic faff.

Look around – keep your eyes open and focus on what’s around you.

Genius! Those driving with closed eyes should be given a stern talking to.

Be aware – the City of London’s a busy place

Really, that's a surprise to many...

Be considerate – remember other road users are people too.

Seriously, they're people, it all looks so  much like Grand Theft Auto

Less haste – take an extra second to think about what you’re doing and any potential hazards.

But no more than a second mind you, don't want to hold up Lord Sugar, Mr Clarkson, MPs etc.

However well intentioned this may be I doubt these principles will make the slightest bit of difference - it feels like it's designed to look like they are taking the matter seriously but are actually quite impotent to take meaningful action.

IMO road users who would pay attention to this are the people who already act with courtesy and consideration for others. The mindless cretins who mke the roads miserable will simply ignore this.

The City doesnt give a flying s*it about pedestrian or cyclist saftey.

I have complained several times about construction sites being able to totally close roads (eg Biliter St / Bishopsgate / Goring St)also about construction sites being able to close pavements with no provision for pedestrian or cyclist saftey so pedestrians are forced to cross the road where it isnt safe - most just walk down the road.  Not only that out they also allow construction firms to close half the road (and the pavement)  so that construction can have an easier life at the cost of road safety (eg. One construction site has closed Biliter st completely, half closed Fenchurch Avenue and Fenchurch Street and Gracechurch Church yard)

Currently the City of london highways have given permision for construction to take place on three sides of Lime Street / Leadenhall Street /St Mary Axe.  with half of Leadenhall St being closed for construction deliveries. This is a very busy cross roads during the day and there isnt sufficent space for the pedestrians.

Therefore when some City of London numpty comes up with some complete B*llsh!t set of "be nice to each other" principals it really gets my goat.

Great - instead of actually doing things to avoid road traffic incidents, they've come up with some slogans. Yeah, that'll make a lot of difference.

'City of London draws up a list of road principles because apparently Driving Tuition, The Highway Code and general Common Sense aren't cutting it'