With regard to the new Dobbies on Lang Stracht and the lack of thought as to how this integrates with the cycle lane:
Ignoring the fact that the construction was allowed to close the cycle lane for over 2 months, leaving cyclists to find a way of turning right across the path of traffic doing 50 mph without getting killed...there seems to have been no thought given as to how cyclists are meant to get across the entrance to the new Dobbies. During the day and early evening there is often a line of tightly packed cars waiting to come out (who don't see why they should let a cyclist through) and a steady stream of cars turning in (who don't even notice a cyclist and see no reason not to seize the opportunity of a gap in the traffic to blast in at speed). Between the two of us, we received lengthy 3 blasts of a horn crossing this today (1 possibly warranted)
Whilst neither cyclists not drivers are overly familiar with the highway code, this does appear to be an accident waiting to happen, as drivers and cyclists get more belligerent about their supposed rights. Can KCC and ACC please clarify what they expect to happen at this junction and whether they really think taking a quiet cycle lane, and turning it into a confrontation with traffic every day, contributes to a policy which claims to encourage people not using their cars?
Thanks