UK's first car pool lane: Allows Solo motorcyclists!

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Finally a good piece of biking news!

This rubbish government have seen fit to start introducing 'car share' lanes as they call them.

The upside of this is that they will allow solo motorcycles in them as well! Very Happy

Its the monkeys and typewriters theory. Sooner or later they were bound to get /something/ right!! Smile

https://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=7853918
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ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Karma :

The only problem is how are they going to regulate it. There will be a lot of people with only themselves in the car going down them for sure.

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vfr800 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Karma :

Yes cameras, more bluddy cameras, no doubt they will be able to check your speed aswell.
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Pffft

The solution isn't gimmicky car sharing lanes, the real solution (as in one that will actually be a long term improvement rather than just a cheap & easy attempt to win votes) is to increase the capacity of the UK's road network!

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Skudd · Super Spammer Joined: 01 Oct 2006 Karma :

You can bet the sales of blow up dolls will go through the roof.
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iooi · Super Spammer Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Karma :

This is the 2nd one in the area, the other has been running for a few years now, in Leeds. Seems to work quite well and you don't see many flouting the lane.
The camera point is a good one as many parents will carry a kid in a car seat and they will not be picked up very well, if at all. To that end you often see a PC parked up and watching the lane.

Good idea, but its not going to make more people car share.
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Kickstart · The Oracle Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Hi

Seems that they have turned the hard shoulder into a car share lane. At least (unlike the M4 bus lane) it isn't removing a lane from everyone else. Down side is the lack of any hope of getting to a safe refuge in the event of a machanical emergency.

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Crunchy nut pass ftw!

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deanoet · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Karma :

They prob allow bikes in because they will be using forward facing cameras so no way to track the bike as no front number plate. Smile

Not that i am cinical or anything. Smile

Bikes dont tend to add to traffic because most filter to the front and then disappear into the distance. Even if they cant filter in standing traffic on motorways they tend to be in the middle of two lanes waiting till they can, so no extra space used.
Allowing them into the lane stops them filtering reducing the risk to the rider due to poor obs from car drivers and poor decisions from the rider.

Good decision by them, bet it is more due to the front facing cameras that regulate them than choice though Mr. Green

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bazza · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Karma :

Great 1.7 miles of lane. That's what - 2 minutes tops?

Oh thank you wise and glorious Broon. Rolling Eyes

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Kris · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Feb 2002 Karma :

Going live in Leeds very soon... Neutral

Roadside cameras that detect BLOOD will catch lone drivers who abuse car-sharing lanes

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=517849&in_page_id=1770

"The cameras work by sending an infrared beam through the windscreen of vehicles which detects the unique make-up of blood and water content in human skin.

The system's inventors believe it will catch out motorists who try to fool existing CCTV road cameras by placing mannequins in passenger seats or fixing photographs to windscreens.

It will at first be used to police car-sharing lanes in Leeds, but councils across the country have already expressed an interest in using them. "
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