So... I've realised I actually hate bike lanes.

I'm not against the concept. It's just the theory and the reality don't match.

On roads, I expect idiot car brains and so I'm always on alert for them.

On cycle lanes, I expect to be more safe. But I'm not. The part of my commute where I'm on the high road is fine. As soon as I get to the part with dedicated cycle lanes, I'll encounter idiot cyclists who cycle in the wrong lane (there are lanes on each side of the road for cycles, so there's no excuse) almost leading to collisions. Idiots on illegal mopeds (they are not e-bikes, they are mopeds, whatever they want to claim) think they have a right to use their frickin throttle powered bike on the cycle lane. There will be pedestrians strolling along the cycle lane claiming right of way (I had to avoid one man with a freaking baby in a pushchair walking right towards me, even though there was plenty of space on the pavement, because he refused to move). Or a few weeks ago, an actual freaking car driving at right angles actually totally over the cycle lane right as I was about to go past. I wish I'd kicked his car, absolute car-brained prick. The pic shows where it happened. The man with the pushchair was around the same area.

Idiots upon idiots.

And this is why I have stopped cycling to work.

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