The UK Government's Motorcycling Strategy has now been published. The strategy sets out to `mainstream' motorcycling with the core theme being to Facilitate...
Cyclists beware, as lorries enter bus lanes legally Jon Fray London Cyclist April/May 2005 Cyclists are having to share bus lanes with motorcycles, scooters, ...
Just to make sure everybody knows. At this current moment we are working on setting up European Guidelines for Motorcycle Roadway Design. So if any of you have...
Johan, I don't know if anyone has told you that, in the UK, the IHIE published their guidelines last Thursday. If they have I apologise for the duplication, if...
Tony Carter
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Apr 19, 2005 9:46 am
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Hi Richard Of the two I prefer the caution sign and supplementary plate - I suspect it will be less difficult to get permission for and drivers should be able...
Johan wrote > Just to make sure everybody knows. At this current moment we are working on setting up European Guidelines for Motorcycle Roadway Design. So if...
Richard, I would agree with Nich in as much as I wouldn't favour the Motorcycle warning sign and I don't believe it wouldn't alert motorists to filtering bikes...
Hi Tony, I know of the IHIE guidelines, because I visited their conference on the 14th of april. Nevertheless thank you for your reply. As for now I am taking ...
Hi Ross, I am writing these guidelines for the ACEM. The scope of the guidelines isn't focused on a minimum cc size. All motorcycles should be taken into ...
all the information on GB bike licenses is at http://www.dsa.gov.uk/bikes.asp moped entitlements used to be given with a full (car) driving license, but that...
Johan, My plea would be to avoid going down the path of engineering in obstacle which: a) cause instability and discomfort - e.g. vicious road humps, humps...
a motorcyclist makes an appeal re sunken block paved flush rumble strips. His local council (Whitley Bay) installed them in the road surface and his...
... accept the argument(put by one IHIE road engineer at the IHIE workshop on engineering roads for motorcycles) that 'engineering in conflict to slow ...
I have uploaded some photos of the offending block paving in Whitley Road (Streetmap OS grid reference is 435750,572250), Peoples Democratic Republic of North...
... lanes under a Conservative government] and use bus lanes widely. [An] email on this was read out on LBC recently and [it] named Jamaica Road, SE16 as being...
TRL is conducting a 3 year research project investigating current training courses in order to identify examples of good practice and provide guidelines for...
from http://www.traffic-answers.com/forum/index.php?topic=1330.0 ... 30mph (honest). The road to the beach is on the left and I swing the bike over to turn the...
In an effort to stimulate debate on this site/list, below is a response to Jeff Stone's letter in Transporation Professional May 2005: Jeff Stone makes a valid...
Hi, Sure, the use of bus lanes is, if seen from a certain point of view (the PTW user), a valid alternative. But if seen from the viewpoint of pedestrians or ...
We are in danger of losing sight of the real issue, which is about risk and risk-management rather than comfort and convenience. When Bus Lanes were first...
'Would the BMF support a campaign to discourage PTW users from illegally abusing ASLs?' To stimulate the debate further. If the above question is asked I think...
Well said Nich, I was becoming seriously concerned about the way this debate was moving. In the interests of improved safety I would beg that all consider...
... think the following question should be asked, 'Would cycling organisations, such as the CTC, be prepared to support a campaign to discourage cyclists from...
... ASLs ... ASLs ... From my own experience of uirban cycling I can state with some certainty that even a fully respected ASL is neither blissfully peaceful...
n1chb asked ... no thanks. both modes have two (or more) wheels but there the similarity ends. they should not be lumped together in theory or in practice. the...
Ross's insight is interesting, but as an experienced user of both modes I should point out that both modes are single-track vehicles sensitive to road design,...
Interesting comments from Nich on bus lane and London-- even more interesting-- the link to the report has vanished (404)...coincidentally, beside it is an...
Ive just noticed Ross's post... I can supply him with one or two of the(published) reports on performance based standards for compatibility and otherwise...
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