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Originally Posted by flecc
Our new Mayor of London now wants to allow motorcycles in bus lanes as well as bicycles. Already 3000 cyclists have signed a petition against this and it will be presented next week, saying it's a dangerous mix due to motorcycle speeds.
That's my view as well, but what do you think?
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This issue has been around a while and Ken Livingstone dismissed the idea. The selfish side of me says no but I have to accept that all the trials say it has proved a safe mix, even safer overall than them not using them. You cannot argue with that except Ken Livingstone said the trials in London were flawed (but they seem to work elsewhere in Bristol etc). I suppose we should consider the safety of motorcyclists as well.
In general I find motorcyclist very selfish in London with more than 90% deliberately moving into the advanced stop lanes and thus making it less safe for us. The other negative side is it does remove the advantage we have (as I heard a few motorcyclists at work discuss) and thus encouraging more onto the road.