Postby bychosis » Thu Jun 02, 2016 2:09 pm

jules21 wrote: bychosis wrote: Just goes to show that cyclists are forgotten. You would hope that if this gets a bit more media (incl social) attention that it might be considered in the future. The particular traffic controller probably wasn't aware that it is a legal lane (assuming it is a legal lane) and shouldn't be obstructed, or council is liable just like all the motor vehicle lane and the pedestrian path. sorry mate, I disagree. it's obvious what the impact of placing the sign there is and some people just think it's funny to wind cyclists up. doing it under the guise of official business is part of the lark. he needs a kicking. or the sign, at least. sorry mate, I disagree. it's obvious what the impact of placing the sign there is and some people just think it's funny to wind cyclists up. doing it under the guise of official business is part of the lark. he needs a kicking. or the sign, at least.

Fair enough. I think the other way. I've worked with enough traffic controllers and council operations to have the opinion that the guy was stuck between a rock and a hard place and chose poorly, but not deliberately. It's a few years ago now, but I don't recall anything much about bike lanes being green in the traffic control course I did and from a lot longer ago I don't remeber green bike lanes in traffic rules.We need better education for people working the streets, but somehow not to the level that is now required in NSW for traffic controllers - getting the ticket has got to stupidly hard.It also goes to show the stupidity of our regulators that require a traffic cone to be placed either side of a great big hi-vis sign. Why do we need a sign for a sign? Why is it even necessary to warn people that far in advance for works in a side street? And no, I'm not particularly aware of the actual site in this instance, nor of the works going on.As an example of our over signed mentality I walked up the footpath at lunch time today where two council workers were grinding off the humps in the footpath with a petrol powered noisy, dusty machine. They both had hi-vis clothing on, and yet head to have a sign out either side to say someone was working there. The sign formed more of a trip hazard than a warning there were people working, and yet I attended a meeting with reps from an insurance company a few weeks ago that would have thought we didn't warn people enough in that instance.