In article , d () wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:34:32 -0600
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In article ,
(Richard) wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:55:53 +0000 (UTC), d wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:30:32 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message 982695317.507114532.580857.recliner.ng-btinternet.com@
news.eternal-september.org, at 09:08:01 on Thu, 26 Jan 2017,
Recliner remarked:
Double articulated trolleybuses have been in use in Switzerland
for some time. Dunno what sort of streets they use them on.

Ones with not huge amounts of other traffic, quite a lot of
mopeds buzzing around, and very few cyclists.

Everywhere? Some Swiss cities have lots of cyclists.

To be honest, I've only seen a couple of Swiss cities that have
such trolleybuses, but they are hilly, and thus not much fun to
cycle in.

I don't think that lakeside Lucerne is particularly hilly?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/reclin...57655400441705

Never been there but Geneva and Lausanne are both hilly (the latter
having a specialty railway from the shore to the town centre).

Either way, the cyclists in europe seem to cope with bendy buses
without a problem. Its only the cyclists in this country who were
determined to see them banned despite them being a godsend for the
disabled and parents with buggies. Tells you all you need to know
about a lot of the self righteous snowflakes on bikes we have here.

It always seemed to me that the major risk to bikes was from HGVs, and
the bus thing was the imagination of a mayoral candidate who's grasp
of even what his own opinions were was less than firm and would do
anything for election (to be repeated later).

You never cycled amongst them as I did then. Their length made them a
nightmare to cycle around.

So how do you cope with HGVs? If you feel unsafe cycling around a large
vehicle - then don't. Simple.

They aren't as long and there are far fewer in the bits of central London I
tend to cycle in.

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Colin Rosenstiel