Cycling related signs - good/bad/ugly

[BenGr]

If cyclist dismount signs were only put in places were it's necessary (very slow speed) they would likely be followed. As is it seems like the go to thing to improve safety.

On my commute there's dismount signs along a bikepath at road crossings.

[Alex Simmons/RST]

I ignore dismount signs. As an amputee cyclist it's far safer for me and others that I remain on the bike.

[Mulger bill]

The stench of insurance companies is strong here.
Any problems involving riders in the area and the council has an out.
Makes ignoring maintenance issues a lot easier too

[Ross]

[CXCommuter]

I want this as a jersey

[antigee]

telling it like it is in Albert Park, Melbourne (actually I was out walking the dog!)

[Aushiker]

Bike Parking by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

[mikesbytes]

Well slowing down is a good idea but I'm not too sure about keeping left.

That's been fixed, the council have done a good job

[mikesbytes]

It defeats me how a bicycle can be more dangerous to the workers than a car traveling at 40kph

[Hergest]

Well slowing down is a good idea but I'm not too sure about keeping left.

That's been fixed, the council have done a good job

Indeed. I've been through a few times since the work was done and hopefully the flooding is a thing of the past.

[human909]

No bicycle on the ramp, only on the stair apparently.

At a train station in Vic. Mitcham or nearby....

[Ross]

[Ross]

Not sure if this qualifies as a cycliing sign...

[redsonic]

Not sure if this qualifies as a cycliing sign...

Looks like the Koala knows what is good for it and is getting out of the way fast!

[PA]

Happy Koala.

[Ross]

[mikesbytes]

Interesting pole. Instead of simply using a straight one placed in directly below the place they wanted the traffic light, they have had the thought to have the base in alignment with the other poles

[find_bruce]

It would never happen in Drunken's NSW - Victoria Rd Rozelle just as an example



Then add a slippery steel plate & idiots pulling out from the servo without giving way & it is just a joy to behold
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& people wonder why I ride downhill on the road surface.

[tcdev]

That's easily fixed - with a "Cyclists Dismount" sign each side of the poles!

[Ross]

[P!N20]

Not my photo, but these were placed at regular intervals along Sydney Rd, Brunswick in the wake of Alberto Paulon's death in 2015.

So who exactly should be looking?



(Sorry if already posted...it's a long thread.)

[Ross]

[antigee]

^^^^loving it but thing that worries me about those signs is that some drivers will eventually use a very limited number of brain cells to decide that if the sign is absent then cyclists can't take the lane...followed by a rant that wastes more time than slowing for 2 seconds

meanwhile



.....an event celebrating what is great about Australia



upholding community values?

[BenGr]

^^^^loving it but thing that worries me about those signs is that some drivers will eventually use a very limited number of brain cells to decide that if the sign is absent then cyclists can't take the lane...followed by a rant that wastes more time than slowing for 2 seconds

meanwhile



.....an event celebrating what is great about Australia



upholding community values?

I don't have a problem with that sign. Roads get closed for public events, so why not bike paths?

I do have a problem with the same sign still being active on Friday though...

[wellington_street]

It defeats me how a bicycle can be more dangerous to the workers than a car traveling at 40kph

and walking a bike through there! How does that pass risk assessment?
Lucky those 'Cyclist Dismount' signs are guide signs only, not regulatory.