London Banter - View Single Post - Anti-bike signs on Bendibuses

Colin Rosenstiel · March 26th 06, 02:14 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article .com,
(Neil Williams) wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:

There has to be a duty on drivers of large vehicles to ensure no
other vehicles are in their way, no matter where they are going.

There is also a (moral) duty on the drivers of smaller vehicles to
have consideration for other vehicles on the road, including larger
ones.
This would include cyclists or motorcyclists not overtaking other
vehicles on the left where they are turning left, and it also
includes, for example, giving a lorry a wide berth on a roundabout. It
would include not blocking a faster vehicle from overtaking a slower
one. It would include many other courtesies.

I'm not sure where the left turning vehicle is coming from behind, how a
cyclist or anyone else is supposed to do that.

Sadly, many drivers (of vehicles of all kinds, large and small,
powered and unpowered, passenger and goods) do not drive with this in
mind. If they did, the roads would be a far more pleasant and far safer
place for everyone on them.

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Colin Rosenstiel