[Talk-GB] Oneway assumes cars?

[Dave Stubbs]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Steve Hill <steve at nexusuk.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, Dave Stubbs wrote:
>
>> whether you can just cycle the wrong way down
>> the road avoiding any on coming cars.
>
> I _think_ that is illegal in the UK anyway isn't it?  Cycles generally have
> to follow the normal rules of the road unless there is a sign explicitly
> making some exception (I've never seen a "one-way for everyone except
> cycles" sign in the UK).


They were experimenting with it in Kensington & Chelsea:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/news/article4061323.ece

No idea how that's coming along.

There's also quite a few very confusing roads out there which /look/
like they're oneway roads that you're permitted to cycle in either
direction... most of these probably aren't really and will just be
plugs etc.

Dave