On 16 May, 18:17, "John Rowland"
wrote:
wrote:
In article . li,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

On Fri, 15 May 2009, wrote:

In article . li,
(Tom Anderson) wrote:

Ah, i'd shamelessly filtered to near the front, and then found that
i couldn't take a secondary position, and chickened out of scooting
out in front of the head of the queue to take primary. In the end i
just pedalled like mad and prayed.

I find I have no problem getting away at the front at lights and
my bike is pretty ordinary.

How is that relevant?

No pedalling like mad or praying required.

The performance of a human-propelled vehicle is somewhat dependent on the
performance of the propellor.-


I think the discussion was of the approach to the junction at Deptford
Broadway.

You have to come off the small roundabout by Creekmouth and get into
the right lane in order to go straight ahead at the junction. But
then the trouble is that the lanes are very narrow. To be on the left
side of the right lane, you have to block that lane for 100 yards or
more. The other option is to be on the right of the left lane, but
that's risky if there is left-turning stuff overtaking. The left-
turning lane will often be moving while the straight ahead lane on the
right is slow or stopped, because of the filtering sequence.

There's no particular problem if you are at the front at the junction
when the lights clear. I wouldn't fancy nipping in from the left to
squeeze between the traffic island (between left filter and straight
ahead) and a moving car though. Luckily, the lights are green for
such a short time that this is rarely necessary,