Apologies if someone’s mentioned it before, but it appears that the Department of Transport are having a study/trial into allowing bikes to use the advanced stop lines at traffic lights, currently only available to pedal cycles…
very cool
Great news. Although I guess we should expect cyclists to lobby hard against it as per bus lanes.
They will have a fit!
It’s good news but will be make much difference? I’d say the majority of bikers are ahead of this possible legislation (and the Stop Line) already 
Well I certainly use it already… but it would be nice for it to be legal, it’s actually contravening a red traffic light - £60 + 3points
I thought that’s what the green box was for.
I know the pictogram of the motorcycle is a bit iffy, but surely it is meant to be us?
Never knew it would incur points as well as a fine - I would of racked up a ban within one mornings ride to work, gulp.
You would be very unfortunate to find someone who actually cared enough to give you a ticket. Most people in Central London are just grateful if you make some kind of effort to stop at a red light, regardless of where the stop line is:D
It would be nice to have the option without facing a penalty, but often I’d rather stay out the green box. That way the cyclists are in front of you and you get a better view of just what the unpredictable buggers are going to do without being amongst them.
I prefer to keep them, and indeed everyone else behind me…
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So true!
It’s good to see a potentially common-sense move for a change. Slightly worried that the example road marking layouts they show would seem to allow motobikes to use the ‘gutter’ approach to the box on the left hand side of the traffic. IMO it would be better if we were only allowed to approach the box by overtaking/filtering past traffic on the right. That way there would be less of a risk of unwanted motorbike/pushbike interfaces :).
The pedalphiles will just complain and this will go the way of the bus lane statements that the Mayor uttered while he was trying to get elected.
I stopped in one on Trafalgar Square and immediately got told off by some guy on a bike without an engine!!!:w00t:
I told him the day they stop for red lights and get insurance is the day I’ll stop using the advance stop lines.:crazy: