[Talk-GB] Cycling, the law and traffic signs

[Richard Mann]

I doubt there are any instances in the UK where there's a TRO supporting a
No Pedestrians sign on a cycle track (welcome to be proved wrong!). The
possibility exists in the legislation, but you'd have to explicitly sign it
(the white-bike-on-blue-circle does not of itself exclude pedestrians in
the UK).

The confusion arises because the european standard is that that sign really
does exclude pedestrians (and is very commonly used in Germany, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Austria...), but well, we do things differently.

Richard

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Shaun McDonald
<shaun at shaunmcdonald.me.uk>wrote:

>
> On 16 May 2012, at 01:05, Jason Cunningham wrote:
>
> On 15 May 2012 23:32, <rob.j.nickerson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> As I am not a regular cyclist I must admit that I don't pay much
>> attention to these signs. So my question is do Local Authorities use the
>> cycle and foot signs (segregated or otherwise) and reserve the cycle sign
>> for cases where traffic regulation prevents foot access (in which case
>> foot=no would be correct), or is use mixed?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rob
>>
>
> Unless it's been recently changed..... the Cycle Only sign could never
> prohibit 'pedestrian access' because use of the sign is defined by the
> Department for Transports "Traffic Signs Manual (chapter 3) [1].
>
> The DFT guidance confirms the signs can be used for routes where cycles
> can travel and all other vehicular traffic is prohibited. Therefore this
> sign must not be used to prohibit pedestrian access. The Manual also points
> out usefulness of a convenient footway or footpath to lure pedestrians away
> from this intended 'cycle only' way.
>
>
> I find the cycle only sign is used in cases where there is also a separate
> pavement, thus the pedestrians can use that. They can in some cases be used
> where there is no pavement and it's not recommended for pedestrians to go
> that route. If cyclists are allowed and pedestrians are prohibited then a
> separate no pedestrians sign will be used.
>
> Shaun
>
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