Boris bike lanes ?

[WILDECELT]

So what do you all think ?
Will Boris stick to his word and allow bikers in the big smoke ( London ) to use bus lanes ?. A plus for general safety i think
Or will the cyclist lobby be up in arms crying into their green eco one armed peruvian lesbian made scarf's, that bikers pose a threat to law abiding cyclists and maybe in mass protest they will start staying at traffic lights when red, rather than jumping them at any opportunity and crossing lanes when they feel like it and cutting other road users up ?
Ps I'm not anti cyclist I just feel as a motorcyclist we are bottom of the pecking order when it comes to safety and common sense in London due to the image of promoting London as a green eco city

[WildGoose]

Be fantastic to be a motorcyclist in London with free run of the bus lanes with no equivocation, so I am definately hoping he will.

As far as I am concerned, until cyclists start abiding by the highway code, they have no rights to demand anything, bollocks to them.
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[Skudd]

Gve him 12 months to sort out the logistics/signs/rules of it all. If he does do it and does it well then there can be no excuse for ALL bus lanes around the country to be used by Bikers.
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[Misc]

I can see the hate for bikers going up a notch if this was to take place. Everyone sweating in their cars, in a long line of traffic & the bikers have their lane getting home at a nice time.

[Mister James]

I doubt it would make anyone hate bikers if they didn't already - their annoyance at our fast transit will be balance by their chuckles of glee when it starts raining, and they're sitting in their nice warm/dry/music-filled cars.
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[JonB]

To be fair, I can only see minimal advantage of being able to ride in a bus lane.

You are sharing a lane with big diesel buses. Higher chance of diesel spills if you ask me. We all know that is a bikers favourite excuse for crashing.

Also, you are aware that buses stop every 100 metres or so? So anytime you are following one, you will then have the ballache of passing it, whilst hoping some dumb pedestrian isn't running out in front of the bus to cross the road.

Add into this the fact that when buses pull out they believe that as soon as their right indicator is flicked on they are automatically allowed to pull out and carry on with their own business.

Bus lanes are used quite a lot by buses and taxis in Coventry, so can't imagine what it is like in London, but I can't really see many benefits from being able to use a bus lane.
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[AngelGrinder]

Alot of the bus lanes on the A41 (London) can be used by motorbikes, and it rush hour, is definately the quickest way, if a bus is stopped, you move to the other lane, pass it, carry on to next bus.

Alot quicker than pootling past all the cars!
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[WildGoose]

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[WildGoose]

Fairly certain that isnt what they are telling their drivers, nor in accordance with the stickers on the back of the bus.

The amount of buses that dangerously cut out on people seems to be on the rise. I have had buses pull out on me mid overtake leaving me nowhere to go, bloody nightmare in a semi large vehicle.

Maybe they just have to be more aggresive otherwise those stupid bendi buses would never move anywhere.
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

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