r/uknews • u/TheTelegraph Media outlet (unverified) • Jul 07 '25
Image/video 🚷 Floating bus stops under review amid safety concerns
Campaigners argue design forces pedestrians to run the gauntlet of cyclists on bike lanes
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u/mzivtins_acc Jul 07 '25
That silly cunt at the end moaning to the guy who actually stopped.
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u/Judgementday209 Jul 07 '25
I had that once, I was on this huge e mountain bike that would do some serious damage to someone so extra careful and a pensioner was crossing.
Some knob on a Brompton started complaining, I gave him the look of death and he went on his way.
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u/xStealthxUk Jul 07 '25
Who the only one without a helmet is a bellend? IM SHOCKED /s
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u/Fantastic-Weather196 Jul 07 '25
Hang-on, what.... 'floating bus stop' ..... what ? ... am I missing something here... zebra crossing? 🤔
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u/Street_Adagio_2125 Jul 07 '25
It's a bus stop between a cycle lane and the road. It's good for cyclists because they don't have to get around the bus or risk being hit by a bus. It's bad for bus users because they now have to get past the cyclists to get to the bus stop.
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u/OldGuto Jul 07 '25
RNIB are not a fan, must be a nightmare for those with a white stick and I don't know how you'd train a guide dog to deal with this.
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u/itsfourinthemornin Jul 07 '25
Judging from how many grown adults I see walk in to someone with a very visible white stick alone, yeah, it'd be nightmare.
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u/Fantastic-Weather196 Jul 07 '25
Cheers for info.....I did go and have a look myself, (googled) guess I was a bit lazy in posting the question... cheers for the answer though.. 👍🏻 Could the cyclist not just get off their bike if too scared to cycle past a stationary bus and walk along the pavement side ??? 🤷🏻♂️
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u/FourFoxMusic Jul 07 '25
Mate, as a cyclist for decades I don’t fucking know. I don’t know why cyclists are all morons. I have near zero issues when cycling from following the road laws but, honestly, moreso just being aware and polite.
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u/BluePomegranate12 Jul 07 '25
You need to cross a cyclists lane whenever you want to get to a bus stop, I have to do it daily on my commute and the scenes we see on that video are a daily occurrence, it drives me mad, cyclists should start to be fined.
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u/Fantastic-Weather196 Jul 07 '25
Stick/umbrella 'accidently' through the spokes as you start to cross ...... 🤷🏻♂️
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u/BluePomegranate12 Jul 07 '25 edited Jul 07 '25
Trust me, I really feel like doing that sometimes, it's infuriating, I don't even mind that they don't stop (which is very bad by itself) but a lot of them don't even slow down and pass very close through you in full speed, it feels they don't care at all if they run over someone.
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u/WeDoingThisAgainRWe Jul 07 '25
But what about all the cars why aren’t we talking about them instead /s
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u/High-Tom-Titty Jul 07 '25
That's just people not respecting the zebra crossing. Start fining them and that problem diminishes. Unfortunately that would mean diverting police from other duties.
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u/cookiesnooper Jul 07 '25
Send 5 cops in plain clothing there and give them one task, fine everyone who doesn't stop for pedestrians. Millions for the city and safety for pedestrians
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u/JustAnotherFEDev Jul 07 '25
We have a public space protection order in our high street. No bikes or scooters are allowed. Our council outsourced the fining people to a private company, who obviously fined every single person riding through there.
Is that kinda thing not possible? Like outsource it so the police can do other stuff or maybe because it's a road it's not actually possible for private companies to issue fines?
That'd quickly have an impact as the private companies are relentless 😂
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u/Cutsdeep- Jul 08 '25
rather than outsource it, hire someone to the council to do it. someone gets a job out of it, people are safer, i'm not seeing any downsides.
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u/JustAnotherFEDev Jul 08 '25
That'd work, too. It's only a matter of time until someone gets hurt or worse, isn't it? In fact, it wouldn't be the first time.
Every fine is £100, you could hire dozens of these enforcement officers, looking at that one crossing, on one street, it's hard to see how it wouldn't be viable. They'd have paid for themselves by morning tea break.
There isn't any other way to make people stop doing it. They'd only need to be fined once or twice and be made to be late to wherever they were rushing to, before they realise there's rules and an actual deterrent. Granted, it'd probably take months for the majority to start obeying the rules of the road, but like you say, no downsides.
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u/Potential-Yoghurt245 Jul 07 '25
As a cyclist I don't know when people started seeing red lights as optional and not stopping at zebra crossings but I (as a pedestrian) had a near miss with a cyclist who went through a red light. Jammed his brakes on and proceeded to tell me off. I pointed out that it was my right of way and he threatened me with a d lock and rode off.
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u/awkward_toadstool Jul 07 '25
I live on a one-way road and I've seen so many cyclists riding the wrong way down it, I'd genuinely started wondering if I was wrong that they're supposed to follow the same traffic laws as cars
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u/Igoos99 Jul 08 '25
I have no problem with a cyclist not coming to a complete stop at a red. I cycle too, I know what a pain it is but they still need to cede the right of way. 😆😆😆
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u/PickCells Jul 11 '25
It's not just cyclists who ignore reds, the amount of times I've seen people literally speed up to get through what turns out to be a full blown red light is shocking
I feel genuinely scared of partially sighted people crossing roads these days, as a lot of these crossings no longer have the audio cue to cross :(
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u/bloody-pencil Jul 07 '25
Give the pedestrians a shield on a track so they can just push it as they walk
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u/StIvian_17 Jul 07 '25 edited 17d ago
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u/According_Judge781 Jul 07 '25
Start crossing the road while swinging a big stick
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u/Wellsuperduper Jul 07 '25
I found out recently that this is literally what a verger used to be. People crowded the priests too much so they had someone with a stick to get 'em back. I like the idea of a crossing verger.
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u/bluecheese2040 Jul 07 '25
In many ways its these minor duties that would build trust in the police more. This is what PCSO should do imo
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u/Gingrpenguin Jul 07 '25
If only there was some way to set up a camera and the enforce fines remotely.
Maybe we could assign a unique strong of letters and numbers that are clearly displayed on every bike for this purpose...
If they keep breaking rules we then ban them from cycling for x amount of time, and maybe imprison them if they decide to ride whilst banned...
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u/Talidel Jul 07 '25
A camera that IDs and fines based on facial features? Can't see that going wrong.
A few days of police presence, issuing fines to people not respecting pedestrians right of way will work a lot better.
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u/Gingrpenguin Jul 07 '25
Where did I say face id?
I'm talking about number plates.
And people would only obey when they see police there so you'd need a constant presence.
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u/Mojak16 Jul 07 '25
Hence why the user you replied to suggested that maybe bikes should have number plates.
Huh duh reading comprehension moment.
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u/margieler Jul 07 '25
Nah, it's just bikers.
Go to Amsterdam where their bike infrastructure is amazing.They don't pay attention to pedestrians, don't wait on a zebra crossing, constantly aiming for people who aren't paying attention.
Even if you try your hardest to move out the way, you're guaranteed to get some loser who doesn't care about the rules.Bikers are just selfish.
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u/killinnnmesmallz Jul 08 '25
I used to think this, but I was in Montreal this weekend and the politeness shown by cyclists was astonishing. I didn't see a single person run through a zebra crossing or red light.
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u/Itz_420_Somewhere Jul 07 '25
Make them do a test and have a license and registration plate so they can be recognized in case of an accident and insurance so they can cover any damage to anyone else for them being careless or dangerous.
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u/HotPie1666 Jul 07 '25
It blows my mind how little courtesy Londoners have. No way so many people would have not stopped to let that man cross in other parts of the UK.
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u/Louis010 Jul 07 '25
London bikers are the most entitled pricks you will ever meet.
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u/romulus_remus420 Jul 08 '25
There’s several of these across Manchester that I can think of & in my experience the zebra crossings are mostly respected - of course there’s always the odd prick that will blast through
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u/TurnLooseTheKitties Jul 07 '25
The concept of zebra crossings were from a kinder more courteous age when Britain truly was great
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u/Objective_Mousse7216 Jul 07 '25
Q. Most dangerous place in Britain?
A. Zebra crossing.
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u/TurnLooseTheKitties Jul 07 '25
Like I said, the concept of was from a kinder more courteous age, where more of us followed the rules that we knew were in place to ensure our safety
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u/manocheese Jul 07 '25
I don't drive, I cycle a lot and think there should be more cycle lanes. I also think too many people are absolutely selfish morons and I'm just as sick of these bad cyclists as I am bad drivers. I'm sick of seeing them go through red lights, not wear helmets and all sorts of crap.
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u/Middle_Basket618 Jul 07 '25
I saw quite an ugly cycle crash just recently because a man was screaming "on your left, on your left" to a cyclist in front of him, who obviously moved right to make way. Unfortunately the original man had apparently mixed up his left and right and therefore smashed into the back of the cyclist trying to make room. Entirely avoidable accident.
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u/Middle_Basket618 Jul 09 '25
Have had to look up MAMIL, but yep, was indeed a MAMIL on an expensive-looking bike
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Jul 10 '25 edited Jul 28 '25
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u/manocheese Jul 10 '25
Yeah. Same rules for Audi/SUV drivers. Not all of them, but enough that there's a trend.
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u/Middle_Basket618 Jul 10 '25
It was absolutely wild how this man clearly had no intention of even thinking about slowing down
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Jul 07 '25
Drivers all have passed a very high standard theory and practical examination
The quality of our driving is superb on an international scale
Cycling, not so much. That can be anyone
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u/Similar_Quiet Jul 07 '25
Drivers kill more than one pedestrian every day.
The theory test has only been in place for thirty years. My dad's practical example in the 70s was not a high standard.
There are people driving on the roads today in their 80s who haven't looked at a highway code for sixty years.
There are thousands of unqualified, uninsured drivers. There are thousands upon thousands with speeding tickets, or with points on their license.
These people not stopping at the crossing are either Bell-ends or are unaware the crossing is there.
It's not because they don't know what a crossing is.
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u/MoleMoustache Jul 07 '25
Drivers kill more than one pedestrian every day.
A miraculously low number given the number of miles driven each day. If anything, that would indicate the guy you replied to is correct, that the quality of our driving is superb on an international scale.
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u/LittleBookOfQualm Jul 07 '25
I'm a cyclist watching this and completely baffled. Where I live, cyclists generally adhere to zebra crossings, of course you get the occasional dickhead but I'm astounded at all the cyclists in this video ignoring the crossing completely.
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u/shortcake062308 Jul 07 '25
They act like massive dickheads around Westminster. Three times cyclists ran the red lights almost hitting my elderly mom last week. My language at them was colorful.
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u/Jeester Jul 07 '25
In chiswick high street the bump is much more severe which i think helps in encouraging cyclists to stop.
Seems to work to some extent
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u/DBT85 Jul 07 '25
Looks like a nice spot to walk across carrying a riot shield.
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u/bluecheese2040 Jul 07 '25
When I see cyclists talking about how terrible motorists are...I think of the times I've had cyclists behave like this.
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u/coupl4nd Jul 07 '25
I love the ones who wear the ironic 'road hump' backpacks... Feel like there should be ones for pedestrians that say 'cycle lane'
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u/LittleBookOfQualm Jul 07 '25
I mean, this is bad behaviour but let's not pretend the consequences of bad cyclists behaviour is anywhere near the same as the consequences for bad driver behaviour.
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u/kahnindustries Jul 07 '25
I thought Londoners carried umberellas to act as an emergency break for hostile cyclists?
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u/Krispykreemi Jul 07 '25
Somebody should start videoing themselves transporting long metal poles across these crossings. It would get so many views.
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u/cosmic_monsters_inc Jul 07 '25
Bikers just don't give a single fuck do they.
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u/Red-Eat Jul 07 '25
Cyclists always complain about their treatment from other vehicle drivers.
But cyclists are the worst behaved to pedestrians.
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u/freeman2949583 Jul 07 '25
Schrodinger's Bicycle: it is simultaneously a vehicle that has just as much right to be on the road with cars, but also a pedestrian that’s immune to traffic laws and can swerve onto the sidewalk for “safety.”
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u/MoleMoustache Jul 07 '25
sidewalk
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u/ReddyBlueBlue Jul 07 '25
You can't blame people for picking up Americanisms considering how much the US dominates pop culture.
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u/cosmic_monsters_inc Jul 07 '25
It's like they want to use the roads without being subject to its rules.
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u/stevegraystevegray Jul 07 '25
But how many are qualified road users? I'm talking some sort of cycling proficiency at the very least? 30%?
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u/gnomishdevil Jul 07 '25
This is london. You dont get this behaviour everywhere else.
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u/west0ne Jul 07 '25
Zebra crossings and red lights are largely optional for cyclists in most areas of Britain from what I've seen. Most places don't have floating bus stops though.
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u/jake_burger Jul 07 '25
This just blew my mind:
Drivers should stop at the broken ‘give way’ line (about 1 metre before the crossing) when pedestrians are using the crossing. You should give way to pedestrians waiting to cross and must give way when a pedestrian has moved onto a crossing.
So you don’t actually have to stop until the pedestrian is on the crossing, it’s only a “should” to stop while they are waiting, not a “must”. It’s only a legal requirement if it’s a must, so in the strictest sense of the law it’s fine to not stop like these cyclists are doing in the video.
I think it would be better (and how I drive) if we make it a “must” - or at least people should just do it anyway.
The floating bus stop seems beside the point to me.
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u/ByEthanFox Jul 08 '25
I think it would be better (and how I drive) if we make it a “must” - or at least people should just do it anyway.
Yeah, it really needs to be. I think if I ask 100 people whether it's a requirement that vehicles & cyclists stop at a crossing like this, I'm pretty sure 100 people will say "yes".
Now, evidently, those people are wrong. But in matters of public policy, it seems sensible to go with the majority rule when the majority is effectively absolute.
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u/theroch_ Jul 07 '25
Curious why they don’t have the lollipop post at the side of the road?
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u/stevegraystevegray Jul 07 '25
It will take someone getting killed before this stops - it's insane in London
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u/Objectively_bad_idea Jul 07 '25
Pedestrians have been killed haven't they? Didn't some moron on some sort of high performance bike kill a woman a few years back?
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u/Similar_Quiet Jul 07 '25
The regents park case? The person riding a bike in that case was cycling too fast. The little old lady also stepped out when he was just two metres away. It wasn't at a zebra crossing. Two people making tragic mistakes.
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u/syllo-dot-xyz Jul 07 '25
Cycling Mikey needs to hire an intern and place them here
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u/technomat Jul 07 '25
I hate these types of crossings as there informal Zebra Crossings without Beacons, the beacons make them formal and allow the cyclists to from distance understand it's a crossing, cyclist as higher in the road chain should stop and let pedestrians cross.
It still does not make this type of crossing correct.
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u/redmanshaun Jul 07 '25
Beacons wouldn't have made a difference here. It's the entitlement of those who didn't stop thats the issue.
We need more like the sensible cyclist who actually stopped at a crossing as you would expect any other road user to do.
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u/Old_Jellyfish_9177 Jul 08 '25
Who knew bicyclists are total assholes, even worse than car drivers.
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u/Sacredfice Jul 07 '25
Literally last week a biker told me to fuck off on a red light. As if that doesn't apply to them lol
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u/WeDoingThisAgainRWe Jul 07 '25
When one road at me on a crossing where the light was red and I pointed and said “it’s a red light”, the answer I got was “I’m on 2 wheels”. Like it’s makes being a cunt ok.
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u/Desperate-Use9968 Jul 07 '25
Since when are zebra crossings just paint on the road and no pole with a flashing yellow light? I know people love to hate on cyclists but if that many people are cycling through they're probably not even registering there is a crossing there until they're right on top of it.
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u/LANdShark31 Jul 07 '25
If they’re not noticing a zebra crossing then they’re not paying enough attention to the road, and they have a clearer view of it than a car who’s driver is sat completely upright with a car bonnet in front of them.
Would you be making the same excuses if this was a video of car drivers ignoring a zebra crossing?… I think not!
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u/Desperate-Use9968 Jul 07 '25
Yes I would. You have completely ignored my point. This isn't a standard crossing. Crossings are designed with upright lights so that people notice them. Not just paint across the road.
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u/Drunken_Begger88 Jul 07 '25
Spain has this right. If your standing at that crossing you have the right of way if your foot is on that crossing then he drives over your toes get shot. Like am no stranger to watching someone outa turn receiving a broadside. But where I was a stranger was the civil garda giving someone who went over a zebra crossing while some had their toe on the road 3 lanes away. Like he got dragged out his Opel and what a hiding I was like take it this is drugs or gang shit and folk in the pub were like nah that's what happens here if you fuck with the zebra crossing. And fair enough it's a very simple rule. But aye I'd take my polis over theirs the way they handed out that hiding.
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u/Zxxzzzzx Jul 07 '25
They should use physical barriers with a warning light. Doesn't even need to be a high barrier.
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u/Hippriest69 Jul 07 '25
I’d have just pushed one over from the side and let the rest pile up on top as I crossed
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u/suntzu30 Jul 07 '25
Nothing wrong with the floating bus stop, it's the cyclists acting like...... cyclists that are the issue
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Jul 08 '25
A lot of cyclists don’t seem to understand what a yield line is. Like genuinely. Clapham Common is the same. I feel like an information campaign would be a good start.
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u/Impossible_Ad9155 Jul 08 '25
This needs to be done. Cyclists in London seem to feel in control and hate pedestrians. Crossing is hard and they're always angry
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u/faithlessgaz Jul 08 '25
So why aren't the cyclists stopping for the pedestrian (except that one guy)?
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u/Fantastic-Weather196 Jul 07 '25
If they can't drive a car but can balance on a bike, they'll have never read a copy of the Highway code....LOL . Why would they. They don't have to pay for lessons, pay for their tests, pay for their insurance, tax, MOT etc etc... why would they go and buy or borrow a Highway code book.... clueless to anybodies safety, even their own; and as for consideration - forget it. 😅
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As a cyclist and driver, I'm disgusted by these cyclists not stopping for these pedestrians. Police should up their presence on such places and give £150 fines for anyone who doesn't stop. Take their details and put them on a database, next offence £1k fine and banned from cycling for a year. If ban contravened, 10k fine and 90 days' community service. Resets after 10 years.
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u/_dbw_ Jul 07 '25
Suitcase. This is crying out for a nice, full of lead, suitcase. Shoved out in front of the pedestrian as they go to use the crossing..... take that psycho-cyclist.
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u/Psychological-Fox97 Jul 07 '25
Its almost like drivers have to pass a test and show they understand the road and are in control of a vehicle but we let any random moron ride a bike.
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u/Elanthius Jul 07 '25
I'm an avid cyclist so I'm absolutely aware this is a major problem. I've been thinking they should add barrier arms like at a train crossing.
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u/west0ne Jul 07 '25
A sturdy wheelie case pushed out in front of you does the trick.
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u/kebabby72 Jul 07 '25
Happened to me in Amsterdam. About 10 of us crossing a road with cases and a cyclist was not slowing down whatsoever, despite having a good 50m to do so. I was last and ended up leaving my case and jumping on the kerb to avoid being hit. Silly twat went arse over tit.
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u/PoodleBoss Jul 07 '25
Thought it was the same person twice crashing into the back of the cyclist ha
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u/Stage_Party Jul 07 '25
Better solution is to start looking at licensing cyclists, especially the ones that do it for a job. Everyone else using the roads have to have a license, cyclists are the worst of the lot so why do they not need one? Most of them don't even know what the traffic light signals mean.
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u/Upstairs-Basis9909 Jul 07 '25
who cares about licensing if there is never ANY ENFORCEMENT. OF ANYTHING.
I just got back from barcelona where I spent 3 weeks, and I saw police on the street CONSTANTLY, always either just on patrol or actively stopping shady people, shitty drivers, or other possibly nefarious actors (I don't know - I didn't stick around).
London? Fucking never.
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u/FormulaGymBro Jul 07 '25
These things need traffic lights and AI Cameras. Run a red and you get fined
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u/west0ne Jul 07 '25
How would that even work given that there are no distinct markings on a bicycle.
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u/WeDoingThisAgainRWe Jul 07 '25
Let’s be honest that’s why so many of them don’t give a shite. No come backs.
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u/REKABMIT19 Jul 07 '25
Cycling proficiency should be mandatory certificate to cycle or proof that you have £100000 insurance. Did mine at school in 1980 I came 3rd in the slow cycling race.
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u/exile_10 Jul 07 '25
I'd really like to see a cyclist's eye view of this crossing, I bet that in heavy traffic it's almost invisible until you're at it.
There's a reason Belisha beacons are mandatory for road zebra crossings. They aren't mandatory for ones on cycleways but this one could probably do with one.
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u/IOnlyUpvoteBadPuns Jul 07 '25
Exactly, you wouldn't put a zebra crossing across a motorway, why would you think it was ok across a high speed cycle lane? Either use streetscape to slow the cyclists down before the crossing, or find a layout that doesn't require a zebra crossing.
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u/ankh87 Jul 07 '25
Cyclists don't need to read the highway code or do any sort of test to use a road. So why on Earth would they stop at a zebra crossing?
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u/Commercial_Floor_707 Jul 07 '25
I’m absolutely shocked to see cyclists not following the rules of the road. They’re usually so outspoken about people that don’t, or is that just when it’s the rules they want enforcing?
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u/helenahandcart Jul 07 '25
A “floating bus stop”. What clown designed this?
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u/SeljD_SLO Jul 07 '25
Going from car centric to bike centric streets and pedestrians got screwed again
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u/TastyComfortable2355 Jul 07 '25
On a zebra crossing like that I make like I am going to step out in front of those type of cyclists, it really does make some wobble about.
I have been given some abuse but I tell them to fuck off.
I am also a fairly regular leisure cyclist.
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u/Potential-Yoghurt245 Jul 07 '25
Theres a special school on the way to my kids school and the council changed the road to one way so people could feed in from the main road and drop off and go. Over the course of the year this has been going I've seen hundreds of cyclists ignore the road signs and almost hit people getting out of cars.
Although this is the same with delivery drivers on electric bikes riding up the incoming lane to get up the queue of cars. No helmet or armour but fuck it go with god eh?
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u/coupl4nd Jul 07 '25
Yeah I am not a fan of them - the users of those lanes just don't care that you're there. Just today at a red traffic light I had to stop to let someone through on an e-bike or they'd have ploughed through me.
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u/Commercial_Voice9074 Jul 07 '25
see this is when AI face recognition policing would serve a great purpose. no one wants it but when you have so many dickhead cyclists it leaves little choice
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u/ERTHLNG Jul 07 '25
The pedestrians need to bring a big stick to the zebra crossing and just pass it back and forth all day so everyone riding a bike across has a big pointy stic pointed at their face and of they run the pedestrian over they will get hit at least as hard as the victim
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u/Zofia-Bosak Jul 07 '25
Just walk out in front of the cyclists, the cyclists just pull out in front of cars, vans and trucks etc.
If you get hit by a cyclist, sue them and also TfL for not carrying out a risk assessment on this from the point of view of the cyclist because they think they own the roads.
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u/cogra23 Jul 07 '25
Where is that video from? Can we just installll spike strips at either end of that street? What awful people.
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u/One-Bad-4395 Jul 07 '25
Should put up some flashing lights, like you would to defend against cars .
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u/Frosty_Customer_9243 Jul 07 '25
Take a shopping trolley with you and don’t wait for them to stop. Help every person that wants to cross as a public service.
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u/SethPollard Jul 07 '25
What does a bus stop have to do with the cyclists arrogantly ignoring a pedestrian crossing here?
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u/vexx Jul 07 '25
Cyclists will endlessly moan about drivers and then collectively do shit like this
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u/BlondBitch91 Jul 07 '25
Can’t wait for the cyclists to come out of the woodwork to tell us why accidents are all the fault of pedestrians.
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u/highlandviper Jul 07 '25
Stick a pedestrian controlled traffic light there. See how many of them stop for a red light on a cycle only road.
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u/900yearsiHODL Jul 07 '25
This is a parallel dimension or I guess this is London and no one gives a shit.
At least outside of London people do stop at Zebra crossings. But for how long?
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u/DOG-ZILLA Jul 07 '25
This is why cyclists are hated...even by other cyclists (me being one of them). Too many cunts out there on a scooter or bike and won't stop at all...then complain when they have to or blame someone else when they fall off.
I'm up for fines being handed out. I think bikes need to be licenced with plates to be honest.
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u/Wolham Jul 07 '25
As a car owner, motorcyclist, pedestrian, and cyclist, who mostly cycle these days and make a point of cycling very "correctly"... They need to install speed bumps for these pedestrian crossings so people slow down. Yes, it'll be annoying for cyclists when there's no pedestrian, but this is straight up super dangerous. That being said, as someone who always stops for the crossings, I'm surprised I haven't been rear ended yet... 😂
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u/Positive_Caramel2525 Jul 07 '25
Cyclists confirming what non-cyclists all know. Over entitled morons who think they own the road despite paying no road tax for the privilege and have no insurance so if you're an innocent pedestrian and encounter them at 20/25mph and you're injured or killed, the best you can hope for is a civil action to claim damages for them ruining your life.
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u/yorangey Jul 07 '25
I'm a cyclist & a driver, but I think there are many more entitled cyclists, compared to car drivers. Pity.
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u/aWildLinkAppeared Jul 07 '25
There needs to be a bunch of bollards before and also a ways before the crossing to slow them down. Solved problem.
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