The problem with cycling contraflows
People don’t look, you have to be aware and be prepared to stop.
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All road users should always look both ways at any T-Junction, even if it
is one way. It’s a very easy assumption to assume something isn’t coming
the other way. I’ve been hit once, and had to swerve any number of times
because of people not looking both ways. Laziness kills. I feel your pain!
People will eventually get used to it, don’t worry!
Ugh, I hate contraflows. And you didn’t even come head to head with any
drivers using the contraflow lane to park in or pass a cyclist going the
other way. That happens to me every time I use the contraflow lanes it
seems.
That just seems like terrible road planning. Making special rules for
classes of vehicle in terms of direction of traffic flow is needlessly
confusing. What does the signage look like on the give way? Is there any
reason for a driver to expect traffic to be coming from the right?
I much prefer the method of having cycle paths cut across joining roads
before the general give way and with priority. That way drivers can be made
aware of the need to check for cyclists as a separate concern from the main
road.
I avoid that one unless I’m going the same way, for the extra 2min cycling
I’ll go around the main road.
Any set up videos anytime soon?
I love how he stops to leave an impact path.
Unfortunately this is how a majority of the bike lanes here in Chicago are.
They recently introduced some of these in my neighborhood and it’s hell.
Not only with yielding, but also that there’s just no space for a vehicle
and a bike to pass each other safely. Sometimes, streets are one way for a
reason.
should rename them to deathlanes!!!
The problem with contraflows is that motorists don’t expect cyclists this
problem will reduce with increases in cycling.
Cycle lane should really be painted through too.
i think this had to do with the “white van man-mentality”… ;-( i would
have “parked” my mule in his side though.
Oh wow that’s a major accident waiting to happen :O I wonder what the
reasoning behind this arrangement is
Actually this is not a contraflow cycling problem. This is a
fuckinlearntodrive problem and it’s international. Even no need for
contraflow cycling…
Another problem is the direction the cars are parked gives the driver
almost no view of oncoming cyclists. The cycle lane should be segregated
and next to the pavement, between the pavement and parked cars.
I just had two similar encounters like that on back to back rides in the
past week. Scary how people can drive and simply not pay attention.