On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 02:36:49 +0100, Pyromancer
wrote in message
:

Anyone who deliberately rides through a red light in anything other than
a dire emergency is a complete moron and should be put off the road.

Example: main road to industrial estate, traffic light which exists to
control a side turning into a power station service road, very lightly
trafficked. By default the light is red for traffic heading from the
estate into town, and the green phase can be as short as ten seconds.
It is galling to approach this light, be able to clearly see that
there is no other traffic on either of the roads controlled, and still
have to stop. It is even more galling to be behind the third car in
the queue and find the light red when you reach the line. And worst
of all is to be detected by the first induction loop, have the lights
go green in front of you, and go red again before you reach the line
because they have assumed that all traffic will be travelling at 30mph
or more.

Large numbers of motorists fail to stop at that light, and they don't
have to work hard to get their speed back. Most cyclists do stop.

The council's view is that cyclists should be on the pavement at this
point. They are evidently convinced that crossing the main road twice
at busy roundabouts and picking your way along a narrow pavement
overhung with trees is safer than riding along the road...

Guy
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