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General Discussion Area / Re: Answer is ....
« on: 16 December 2016, 17:00:14 »
The whole reason for using two-wheeled vehicles in traffic is to filter through it. If you're not going to do that, you might as well be in a car. But anyone who does it must accept the risks involved: other road users may not realise that you can still be moving past them even if they are stationary.
As for cycles only passing on the right, that would mean far more, and dangerous, movements through the traffic. It can be hard enough moving over just to turn right.
The real problem here is that traffic incidents are actually uncommon enough to make most road users(drivers, cyclists, motor-cyclists, truck/bus drivers, pedestrians - ALL of them) complacent about their actions. And there is no cure for this.
As for cycles only passing on the right, that would mean far more, and dangerous, movements through the traffic. It can be hard enough moving over just to turn right.
The real problem here is that traffic incidents are actually uncommon enough to make most road users(drivers, cyclists, motor-cyclists, truck/bus drivers, pedestrians - ALL of them) complacent about their actions. And there is no cure for this.
Ive never really seen the point of them to be honest. 
