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David Hansen gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

You'll note I didn't say rid of _all_ TrafPol. Just the vast majority.


That may or may not be the case down south. However, in this country the
figures I have seen indicated that this was not the case.


Umm, you're in the same country I am - and by "down south", I presume
you're meaning the portion of that country which houses somewhere more
than 90% of the population of the country?

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Adrian wrote:
David Hansen gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

You'll note I didn't say rid of _all_ TrafPol. Just the vast
majority.


That may or may not be the case down south. However, in this country
the figures I have seen indicated that this was not the case.


Umm, you're in the same country I am - and by "down south", I presume
you're meaning the portion of that country which houses somewhere more
than 90% of the population of the country?


Errrr, not if he's in Edinburgh. That's in a different country to where you
say you live (somewhere on the outer reaches of the (sadly truncated)
Metropolitan Railway IIRC).




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"Brimstone" gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

That may or may not be the case down south. However, in this country
the figures I have seen indicated that this was not the case.


Umm, you're in the same country I am - and by "down south", I presume
you're meaning the portion of that country which houses somewhere more
than 90% of the population of the country?


Errrr, not if he's in Edinburgh. That's in a different country to where
you say you live (somewhere on the outer reaches of the (sadly
truncated) Metropolitan Railway IIRC).


Funny. I thought both were definitely in the United Kingdom.
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In article ,
(David Cantrell) wrote:

very few car drivers jump red lights, fewer do it deliberately, and
fewer still do it regularly. Which is really rather different from
cyclists, at least in London.


You are joking! I will concede that cyclists ignore lights more often than
motorists do but otherwise you are deluded.

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In article , (Daniel Barlow)
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Tony Dragon writes:

Cyclist, mandatory cycle lane, do the two things go together?


A mandatory cycle lane is a lane in which other types of vehicle are not
allowed, and is marked by a solid white line at its edge. As distinct
from the other kind ("discretionary?" "optional?" can't remember the
word) which has a dashed line and in which you are allowed to drive if
you feel like it.


"Advisory" is the word you were searching for. The signs by the side of
the road are different too.

I'm not particularly wild about the idea as they will inevitably be
painted in the gutter and so encourage gutter cycling. I do wonder,
though, if the planned law changes for ASLs (to make it legal for cycles
to enter the reservoir without using the suicide lane) could also be
used to permit left-turn-on-red for cyclists.


If they are an adequate width I don't see the objection myself.

There are some appallingly narrow examples in London though. The worst I
can think of is outside Battersea Dogs' Home which is ludicrously narrow
and has a sunken drain across nearly all of it as well, making it unusable.

But yes you are probably correct, but there should still be a stop
line, other cycles could be using the road.


A "give way" marking would suffice for that.


Or a divided box. There's a new example in Whitehall at the junction with
Parliament Square, though without turn left on red facilities.

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Adrian wrote:
"Brimstone" gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

That may or may not be the case down south. However, in this
country the figures I have seen indicated that this was not the
case.


Umm, you're in the same country I am - and by "down south", I
presume you're meaning the portion of that country which houses
somewhere more than 90% of the population of the country?


Errrr, not if he's in Edinburgh. That's in a different country to
where you say you live (somewhere on the outer reaches of the (sadly
truncated) Metropolitan Railway IIRC).


Funny. I thought both were definitely in the United Kingdom.


They are, but Sotland and England are different countries. The clue is in
the the fact that they have different names and different legal structures.


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"Brimstone" gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

That may or may not be the case down south. However, in this country
the figures I have seen indicated that this was not the case.


Umm, you're in the same country I am - and by "down south", I presume
you're meaning the portion of that country which houses somewhere
more than 90% of the population of the country?


Errrr, not if he's in Edinburgh. That's in a different country to
where you say you live (somewhere on the outer reaches of the (sadly
truncated) Metropolitan Railway IIRC).


Funny. I thought both were definitely in the United Kingdom.


They are, but Sotland and England are different countries. The clue is
in the the fact that they have different names and different legal
structures.


Ah, right. So California and Florida are different countries, too?
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