For Gawd’s sake! So there I am, having filtered to the front I pull as far forward as possible to let other bikers around to the front too and not leave them stranded and queueing down the side of the traffic. So what happens a large percentage of the time? The first bloke comes up behind me and plugs the gap I have left behind me - thus defeating the whole object of allowing as many of us to the front of the waiting queue as possible.
Is this down to inexperience - or some riders being a bit dense??
Likewise, some riders refuse to pull around to the front (if there is room) when they are first in the queue, and leave the rest us forming a queue along side the traffic. A quick press of the horn sometimes works here.
My IAM training taught me to filter all the way through and then stop behind the first car. I alsoe believe its illegal to cross the white line, entering the red cycle zone and crossing the line is frownd upon strongly by the law.
Just a small point, the cycle bit is green isnt it Lewis? If I cant get on it its usually because there is a bus/4x4/addison lee minicab on it. Or maybe even a bicycle - on hold on, they dont wait do they…
Picked up a wheelchair user from the OXO tower, he asked to be dropped in a disabled vehicle area, it was raining and as the cab had a wheelchair ramp I thought it was classed as such, dropped the guy off and a week later got a PCN for entering the disabled area, I disputed the PCN but a court ruled I should of dropped the wheelchair user in the rain 50 meters from his door! nice.
I totally agree so annoying when you move over then the person behind just blocks them off. WHo filters to the front and stops short of the first car at a traffic light ? they must be very rare cause I cant remember seeing any bikes doing that.
