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Mikey-two-Names
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:43 am Subject: How's your traffic sense? |
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Try this quiz on road positioning. It's obviously cycling, but I think quite a few of the situations apply to skating in the road too.
http://www.mopoc.com/m3/v1/cycling/qstart.php
I'll bet some of you are surprised. |
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Gav
Former British Record Holder
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
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Location: Maida Vale
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:10 am Subject: |
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| LOL!! 3 out of 9! I'm a hazard... |
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Erika
Joined: 09 Oct 2004
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Location: Lambeth/New Cross
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:45 am Subject: |
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| Gav wrote: |
| LOL!! 3 out of 9! I'm a hazard... |
Ditto! |
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Mikey-two-Names
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 8:58 am Subject: |
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I got 7 out of 9 on a beta test of this quiz some months ago, but that was only because I read Cyclecraft by John Franklin, plus had the benefit of reading lots of very experienced cyclists posts about riding in traffic.
If you do cycle, I can't recommend cyclecraft strongly enough:
http://www.lesberries.co.uk/ccraft/ccraft.htm |
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lemming
Joined: 05 Jan 2005
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Location: Reading, UK
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:33 am Subject: |
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| I was 3 / 9 too. Maybe it's something odd like that. I've read the motorcycle roadcraft book which is probably a similar thing to your book Mike. Fantastic. |
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Hans
Former British Record Holder
Joined: 20 Sep 2004
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Location: Camberley
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:41 pm Subject: |
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| Too dangerous to be let out |
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Natasha
Joined: 09 Jul 2004
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Location: Basingstoke
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 12:48 pm Subject: |
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| I got a 6, thanks to the winter training I did with Mike in Beckenham. My main danger to myself and other road users is my zero sense of direction, however! |
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Tim
Joined: 26 Jul 2004
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Location: leytonstone E11
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:08 pm Subject: cycling |
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Ok now i know why i keep getting knocked off  |
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Rick
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:58 pm Subject: |
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| Have to say that if you are an experienced traffic cylcist, by which I mean have biked for years in all types of traffic and weather conditions, then the advice given out here isn't going to change what you do as you know what works for you. However, if you don't then the read the reasoning behind the answers. It's not comprehensive but it is basically pretty sound advice. |
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brandbarth
Joined: 21 Feb 2005
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Location: 30 km NW of Hamburg
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 3:01 pm Subject: |
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0 out of 9 first time, 8 out of 9 after switching to the "maximum road blocking" option. Cycle like that in germany and you will be eaten alive.
For example: cycling in the middle of the lane -> Police will stop you and ask if you are drunk... |
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merten
Joined: 05 Oct 2004
Posts: 1376
Location: Hamburg, N. Germany
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:58 pm Subject: |
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| 2 of 9. Seems German cycling rules don't apply in the UK, huh? |
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Christophe
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:05 pm Subject: |
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ditto. Ooops... |
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Etienne
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
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Location: Central Paris
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:14 pm Subject: |
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5 out of 9.
Cycling path mandatory or not... Am I wrong to think these are mandatory in France ? Or maybe there is a difference between a path separated from the road and a sidelane.... |
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Mikey-two-Names
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:28 pm Subject: |
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| Cycle lanes are not mandatory for cyclists to use here in the UK. In fact since the accident rate is largely 3 times that of cycling on roads, it's usually best not to use the cycle lanes here. |
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Duracell
Joined: 26 Feb 2004
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Location: ShepherdsBush (Work - Paddington/Heathrow)
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| Cycle lanes are not mandatory for cyclists to use here in the UK. |
That's the ONLY question that I got 'right'. 
I'm not sure that the advice to 'claim your lane' is so sound for skaters. While you don't want to be within car-door-opening distance of parked cars* in the view of both most drivers and the law, we have less right to be there than cyclists, and you're more likely to get someone deliberately trying to run you off the road or obstruct you than a bike is, if you stay right out in the centre of a lane. I'm also partial to taking to the pavement when it's reasonably empty and the road is more dangerous than usual. (For instance, narrow roads, especially busy ones, rough surfaces etc.) Not an option you (legally) have on a bike. So our 'grey' position in law has both advantages and disadvantages...
*You REALLY don't (unless, perhaps, your speed is low enough for the 'catch manoeuvre' to work, and you're supremely confident of your reflexes...) |
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