Phil (ascentale)@cainmark asks:
Q5. What do you do if a route you planned is suddenly closed for repairs and no detour is marked?
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JF 
@ascentale
A5: first thing I will do is check whether it is actually closed. So many time "closed road" means closed for car but not for pedestrians or cyclists pushing their bike on the edge of the road
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David S@jfparis @ascentale @cainmark @bikenite yep. Grove heath Road (near Ripley) was "closed". It was super easy to get through, barely an inconvenience.
MJ Ray@Pionir @bikenite @jfparis @ascentale @cainmark that annoys me. At least in England, the legally-required code of practice for roadworks for over a decade has said to use "Road Closed Except Cycles" if it's passable by cycling, which most are. But nobody is enforcing the law. Even councils, who should be enforcing the law, are ignoring it for their own works!
@mjr
Takes ages to change habits (partly is also anchored by the good old copy pasting the previous work plan).
Over my 10 years cycling in London, I am pleased though to see that the "cyclists dismount" signs are now less common and replaced with the "narrow lanes do not overtake cyclists" (that's being ignored by many drivers but all you need is one complying and holding the flow)
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@jfparis @mjr @bikenite @ascentale @cainmark
I once reported a close pass through roadworks on the battersea embankment roadworks about 8 years ago. I actually got asked to go to the magistrates court and the driver didny bother to turn up, but the magistrates seemed swayed not only by the close pass but by the ignored don't overtake cyclists sign on my video, although I never heard what the outcome was.