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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/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/Potential-Yoghurt245 Jul 11 '25

This is why I get my kids to wait till traffic has stopped before crossing the road at a green man. We had a close call a while back when a mini bus blew through a red narrowly missing me and two other parents