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    Driving instructors need to "L" learn.


    Why oh why do you get your learners to park across my drive?
    There is an "h" sign.
    Went shopping in the car today,,,,,,had to ask the learner driver and his instructor to move.
    It happens a lot.
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    Would like to know who instructs the instructors, as some clearly have no idea about the rules.....Riding my bike I came across one 'L' merchant chatting away quite happily with his student, neatly parked completely blocking a cycle-lane. Needless to say, I went to the window (passenger side) and informed the instructor of his mistake, lol!

    Highway Code Rule 140 clearly states: 'Do not park in a cycle-lane'.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The PNP View Post
    Highway Code Rule 140 clearly states: 'Do not park in a cycle-lane'.
    You can park in a cycle lane if the white line isn't a solid one, so parking on Preston New Road or roads with the same cycle lane isn't a problem.

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    This is rule 140. It is universally ignored by taxi drivers 'rank feeding' and parking on the cycle lane alongside the station in London St.
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taxi Driver View Post
    You can park in a cycle lane if the white line isn't a solid one, so parking on Preston New Road or roads with the same cycle lane isn't a problem.
    As posted by Lorquinho, it's only allowed when parking on a cycle-lane is unavoidable...Yet 9 times out of 10, the houses with cars parked outside on the PNR cycle-lanes have room for those cars up their drives.

    People who do it, obviously don't give a fig for riders safety. Then the same people turn round and complain about Churchtown lights being congested. Perhaps more residents of the area would leave the car at home and cycle, if they didn't have to keep pulling out into the line of fire to get past those unnecessary obstructions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The PNP View Post
    As posted by Lorquinho, it's only allowed when parking on a cycle-lane is unavoidable...Yet 9 times out of 10, the houses with cars parked outside on the PNR cycle-lanes have room for those cars up their drives.

    People who do it, obviously don't give a fig for riders safety. Then the same people turn round and complain about Churchtown lights being congested. Perhaps more residents of the area would leave the car at home and cycle, if they didn't have to keep pulling out into the line of fire to get past those unnecessary obstructions.
    Like I said, it's perfectly legal to park on the cycle lane on PRN as the white line isn't a solid one.

    How do riders manage to survive on other roads where there isn't a cycle lane?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taxi Driver View Post
    A) Like I said, it's perfectly legal to park on the cycle lane on PRN as the white line isn't a solid one.

    B) How do riders manage to survive on other roads where there isn't a cycle lane?
    A) I have no problem about picking up or dropping off on the cycle-lane, or elsewhere e.g. on H-bars, yellow lines etc. It's leaving vehicles on the lane for longer periods of time where there are alternatives like driveways available - that is the issue.

    While the police generally ignore this type of thing, the H.C. clearly states 'do not park on cycle-lanes unless it's unavoidable'. A cyclist could if he/she wanted, phone in to report a car causing an obstruction, resulting in a knock at the door of the property in question.

    B) On other roads, we take our chances - or preferably find a quieter (and therefore safer) route to our destination.
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    Why do cyclists riding on the pavement down PNR not get Fined the next time I see one in the cycle lane will be the FIRST.

    I have seen the grand total of ONE cyclist using the London St lane in HOW MANY years?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Little Londoner View Post
    A) Why do cyclists riding on the pavement down PNR not get Fined the next time I see one in the cycle lane will be the FIRST.

    B) I have seen the grand total of ONE cyclist using the London St lane in HOW MANY years?
    A) Many have been fined right here in S'port, particularly on Chapel St. Which really is not on in a so-called 'Cycling Town'.....There should be at least a cycle-lane painted-in to allow shoppers etc with bikes to use their machines for what they were designed i.e. riding to the shops.

    B) That'll be me then......Let's face it, once you have ridden down London St to Monument the cycle-lane runs out. Most potential cyclists wouldn't want to end up on Lord St in with all that traffic, so simply continue to use a car.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The PNP View Post
    Would like to know who instructs the instructors, as some clearly have no idea about the rules.....Riding my bike I came across one 'L' merchant chatting away quite happily with his student, neatly parked completely blocking a cycle-lane. Needless to say, I went to the window (passenger side) and informed the instructor of his mistake, lol!

    Highway Code Rule 140 clearly states: 'Do not park in a cycle-lane'.
    Unless things have changed the Cycle Lanes are unenforceable under Law. Sefton sent all the PAs out booking motorists parking on Cycle Lanes in Southport only to find out after 3 weeks that the Lines weren't covered under Law {although they made the PAs book Cars for another 2 - 3 weeks after finding out}. So unless that has changed, they are still unenforceable?
    Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants, they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.



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