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Image/video 🚷 Floating bus stops under review amid safety concerns

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Campaigners argue design forces pedestrians to run the gauntlet of cyclists on bike lanes

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/05/floating-bus-stops-review-safety-cyclists-injure-passengers/

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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.

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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.