60 Cyclists To Sue Edinburgh Council

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50 60 cyclists are to sue Edinburgh council after accidents crossing the tram tracks at a poorly thought junction.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...-fife-30951833

The picture does seem to show an accident waiting to happen, do street designers need to go on a common sense course ?

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• Wow, are these the cycle paths that certain posters on here insist that cyclist should be legally forced to use.
• https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/N...g-05122014.htm
  It does seem that a cycle route is a "must have", if a few cyclists get killed / injured in the name of being "green" then so be it A busy winding hill road 4m wide total including a cycle lane each side, makes you wonder at the intelligence of these planners.
• No doubt this is the lycra brigade on their skinny tyred racing bikes, we get the same sort moaning in my area about the gravel/chippings on the canal towpaths giving them punctures. Perhaps if they are successful at screwing money out of the council they might use it to buy bikes that are fit for purpose.
  What will we have next, sports car owners suing the council because speed humps are damaging the underside of their vehicles.
• So after your first spill on the tracks you didn't modify your behaviour and avoid them?
  Well good luck to those getting the money, which I hope will come out of the council's cycling budget. Anyway I'm sure if these cases are successful the council will as a result prohibit cycling in the vicinity of the tracks on the grounds of health and safety.
• Surely the council are simply going to stop the cycle path before & after the tracks and put up a sign saying dismount & walk through them.
  And then the cyclists will ignore it & still fall on the tracks etc.
• Looks like that corner could easily be taken with a little counter steering.
  Seems a bit much to be sueing the council.
• If they can not see a set of tram tracks they might be better staying away from anything with wheels.
• The alternative is to ban other motor vehicles and create a pedestrian/cycling/tram zone. What's not to like?
  https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.co...-ban-1-3135232
• Perfect example of a cycling infrastructure designed by a car driver, too dangerous for cyclists, who are then forced to use the road and come into conflict with drivers who don't see the danger.