Transport for London (TfL) has told a London cyclist who complained about
the danger posed by motorists jumping red lights at Bow Roundabout that
its strategy and planning team is considering suggestions he made about
how to improve safety there.
QUOTE: TfL has now told Mr Redpath, who had supplied it with links to
videos shot by cyclists that showed drivers at Bow ignoring traffic
signals, sometimes putting bike riders at risk, that his suggestions were
now being looked at by its strategy and planning team.
It said they would “investigate deterrent options for drivers going
through red traffic light at this junction.” ENDS
Far more broken laws to go at.
Speeding, parking the wrong way at night, on yellow lines, on zig zags, outside schools, pavement parking, obstructing traffic by inconsiderate parking, driving while drunk, on mobile phones, with no car tax, no
licence, no insurance, no MOT, illegal plates, overtaking on double
lines, due care, bald tyres, faulty brakes, one eyed monsters, no rear lights, no brake lights, no indicators, fog light abuse, faulty steering, windscreen obscuration, darkly tinted windows, child seat abuse, no seatbelts, insecure load, one way street abuse, amber/red light jumping, cycle box abuse, bus lane abuse, box junction abuse, death by dangerous driving, excess smoke and noise from exhaust, duff suspension, leaking
oil, cash for crash fiddles, underage child in front, lights causing
glare, over weight limit, ignoring no entry signs, parking without
permit, not having control of your vehicle, improper use of horn, using
horn at night, no in date photo licence, no licence application after
long ban, without prescribed eyewear, failing to stop for police/lollipop/zebra etc - ran out of space.
QUOTE: TfL has now told Mr Redpath, who had supplied it with links to
videos shot by cyclists that showed drivers at Bow ignoring traffic
signals, sometimes putting bike riders at risk, that his suggestions were
now being looked at by its strategy and planning team.
It said they would “investigate deterrent options for drivers going
through red traffic light at this junction.” ENDS
Far more broken laws to go at.
Speeding, parking the wrong way at night, on yellow lines, on zig zags, outside schools, pavement parking, obstructing traffic by inconsiderate parking, driving while drunk, on mobile phones, with no car tax, no
licence, no insurance, no MOT, illegal plates, overtaking on double
lines, due care, bald tyres, faulty brakes, one eyed monsters, no rear lights, no brake lights, no indicators, fog light abuse, faulty steering, windscreen obscuration, darkly tinted windows, child seat abuse, no seatbelts, insecure load, one way street abuse, amber/red light jumping, cycle box abuse, bus lane abuse, box junction abuse, death by dangerous driving, excess smoke and noise from exhaust, duff suspension, leaking
oil, cash for crash fiddles, underage child in front, lights causing
glare, over weight limit, ignoring no entry signs, parking without
permit, not having control of your vehicle, improper use of horn, using
horn at night, no in date photo licence, no licence application after
long ban, without prescribed eyewear, failing to stop for police/lollipop/zebra etc - ran out of space.
QUOTE: TfL has now told Mr Redpath, who had supplied it with links to videos shot by cyclists that showed drivers at Bow ignoring traffic signals, sometimes putting bike riders at risk, that his suggestions were now being looked at by its strategy andplanning team.
It said they would “investigate deterrent options for drivers going through red traffic light at this junction.” ENDS
Mason seems to be saying that cyclists should be brought in to the full
reach of motor-vehicle law.
Bring it on…
Aside from the most important cost – the safety of you and other road users – if caught, you'll be required to pay a fine. The current penalty for failing to stop for a red light is usually an £100 fine and 3 points on your licence. The pointswill stay on record for four years.
Here is the problem writ large.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FwzSA0KXsAATHr7?format=jpg&name=medium
As far as I am concerned stick cameras on every set of traffic lights,
but also have a copper on duty to catch those who do not have registration numbers.
Exactly. Driving standards are so abysmal that TfL should just
automatically build in a camera at every traffic light they install - and then retrofit all the old ones.
I am very clear that the Inquest for Venera M wrongly blamed her for
running the red light and being rear-ended (NOT SIDE SWIPED) by a truck
which had just about reached 13mph and then after hitting Venera took 49 metres to come to a stop.
A lot does not add up about the Police's responses to the Coroner's
questions and the claim that she shot through on the inside to end up in front of the truck - well as a fit cyclist, she would be making a move
like that at a speed of 15-20mph, hardly likely then to be rammed in the
back by a truck doing 13mph. To make the suggested move, she would have
had to pass within the range of the side detection system - tested, and working properly but not for the purposes of this inquest verdict (apparently) triggered by a cyclist passing on the nearside.
The Police were adamant that there was no STATIONARY traffic which could
have blocked Venera setting off with the green advance (2 seconds) on the motor traffic - but from a massive library of video evidence we know that circulating and MOVING traffic is blocking cyclists for up to 4 seconds
of the 2 second head-start (see the blindingly obvious issue here?).
Several videos confirm this issue, cyclists cannot get away when the
advance signals go green and faster motor vehicles barge through and cut
them off with a left turn.
The inquest heard that the truck that killed Venera was not the front
vehicle at the stop line. A light vehicle for which no details were
offered by the Police or others set off ahead of the truck, and with the usual blocking of the advance start Venera would I suspect have been
moving off as this untraced vehicle came upon her - perhaps forcing her
to swerve or stop. If that vehicle had been a small van Venera would not
have been visible to the truck driver - masked on the left side of the
van, to the driver on the right side of the truck cab, and this detail exacerbated by the sweeping left bend.
The untraced, mystery driver has I suspect forced Venera to swerve and
slow to get back on course to head for the City, leaving her exposed and directly in front of the accelerating truck, and having been masked by
the preceding vehicle she would then be well down below the screen line
for the truck driver to see her as the masking effect of that vehicle cleared.
The issue was clouded by the fact that when describing the traffic signal sequence, there was as far as I noted no mention of the fact that the circulating traffic phase preceded the cyclists early start, and what the overlap times were between the circulating traffic red signal appearing,
and the cyclist getting their green - all 2 seconds of advance start!
Many still use the far safer option of going over the flyover - on the roundabout 100% of the motor traffic WILL drive through the path of any cyclist on CS2 at least once, and the only way this is prevented is by
all parties complying with the traffic signals. On the flyover the risk
of any motor vehcle driving through the path of a cyclist is practically nil.
The CS2 works on Stratford High Street have actually made things more dangerous for both drivers AND cyclists, with a major motor vehicle crash Eastbound where the flyover and slip road merge about 2 months ago, and a huge morning risk of left hooks or rear ending where a lot of traffic
turns down Sugar Mill Lane and either charges through the CS2 lane or
stops sharply with a less alert driver behind, plus cyclists heading over
the flyover aslo move out to the outside lane (where previously they used the middle one.
QUOTE: “Maybe instead of handing out safety leaflets to cyclists, they could start giving them out to drivers instead,” he added. ENDS
Waste of time - they don't even read the HC.
QUOTE: Last month, we reported how Luke Redpath, who has to negotiate the roundabout by bike when travelling to and from his home in Romford to visit clients in the City, had been told by TfL that they were unable to take measures he suggested such asfitting cameras to catch motorists ignoring red lights. ENDS
RLJ cameras are all over the place now.
Ask Cycling Mikey.
QUOTE: Last month, we reported how Luke Redpath, who has to negotiate the roundabout by bike when travelling to and from his home in Romford to visit clients in the City, had been told by TfL that they were unable to take measures he suggested such asfitting cameras to catch motorists ignoring red lights. ENDS
RLJ cameras are all over the place now.
Ask Cycling Mikey.
QUOTE: Last month, we reported how Luke Redpath, who has to negotiate the roundabout by bike when travelling to and from his home in Romford to
visit clients in the City, had been told by TfL that they were unable to
take measures he suggested such as fitting cameras to catch motorists ignoring red lights. ENDS
RLJ cameras are all over the place now.
Ask Cycling Mikey.
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