Sooty25 wrote:I was then about to chip in with, "has anybody actually read the road traffic act?"
I used to follow a cycling forum that had very active contributions from a former police officer (aware there are many current ones here and in the wider flying community).
Some very interesting discussions about the law, many aspects of which road designers also seem to be unfamiliar with. Advanced stop lines at traffic lights are one example, There are many that don't provide a legal way for cyclists to enter the box on red. Many of those boxes are also very dangerous - they are perfectly sized to hide people in them from view from lorry cabs - just as many cycle lanes are also invisible to lorries. Another example of poor road design meeting poor vehicle design.
There's a road near here that has a 20mph limit past a school and that extends beyond the school down a hill with only one house and no repeater signs. That section causes conflict between people obeying the law and people who think they are driving too slowly and then overtake at 40+. Completely counter productive.
I checked the detail on that one - the original design and budget for signage was for the 20mph limit to only be outside the school, revert to 30 for a while, before dropping back to 20 as it got nearer a residential area. During the final planning phase the council accepted an appeal for the 20mph section to be extended so that it was contiguous. They identified that, legally, the remaining section was short enough (just) to not need legally need repeaters and they went ahead without allocating extra signs,