dcbwhaley wrote:
Quote:
or we can infer that the majority of lazy cyclists who do go through red lights do so cautiously enough to avoid any direct conflict.
certainly the majority i've observed dont fly through with no regard for their own safety but slow.... cross the line having a good look for traffic and then continue through an appropriate gap.
And many motorists would do that if the penalties were not so severe. And I often see motorists disobeying temporay traffic lights on the all red phase when they can see that the traffic in the other direction is halted. Though I am not sure if that is a specific offence
So given that mags can endorse a licence or load a ghost licence with said offence - usually if the person caused/almost caused accident (especially if an injury to a third party resulted) or has been stopped repeatedly for this offence - we can endorse a cyclist's licence if the court judges that the behaviour warrants such - this may deter quite a few idiots out there
Failing to stop at a temporary red light or the little workman with his reversable signs - is also a Traffic Signal offence and carries the same penalty.
If the lights are stuck - you will find a phone number on the tempo lights to notify the authorities. Similalry you report normal lights if they stick. Once you have done so and the fault logged - the crossing becomes "as a normal junction with a
sign .. which means you stop.. apply handbrake and take a good look-see instead of simply treating as a "Give Way" junction
If nothing is coming or you can cross the junction safely - then you may proceed.
Quote:
Making a vehicle wait at a red light when there is no traffic on the other roads and no pedestrians is a most pointless and irritating piece of traffic managment. PCs and red traffic lights are the only inanimate objects at which I routinely curse
But you do no know what may be approaching at speed.
We are not allowed to simply blat through on a "shout". We are trained to slow up.. LOOK around carefully.. and so long as the public give way to us .. we then cross and carry on at .. err.. " on urgent shout speed"
Sometimes late at night - we do not sound sirens as we actually want to catch your burglar "at it"
.. complete with his SWAG Bag
So you cannot always be so sure that "no one is around"
Login
Register
FAQ
Search
Members
My father happens to be the Wild 
's mother's big brother! 
One Friday afternoon, I had just left my workplace. One step out onto the pavement and this moron of a pavement cyclist rushes past me, missing me by a couple of inches. The imbecile wasn't even looking where he was going. He was looking at the pavement. If he'd hit me, he wouldn't have a leg to stand on legally. The collision would have been caught on CCTV.
BIKE OFF THE PAVEMENT YOU STUPID 