In the UK there is no obligation to use a parallel cycleway, in fact I know if roads with both parallel cycleways and cyclelanes.
Cycleways tend to force the cyclist to give way at ever road junction, whereas a cyclist using the road has right of way, and this is obviously preferred by many cyclists. Phil (trigpoint) -- Sent from my Nokia N9 On 13/11/2013 10:37 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2013/11/13 Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> The law in NL says that "cycles" wider than 75cm are not bound by the "obligation" to follow the "mandatory cycle track" and are allowed on the main carriageway; this includes trikes and some trailers (e.g. for carrying windsurfers). So why not tag the main road to reflect the width limit? bicycle:minwidth=0.75? that might fit for the NL, but in Germany the rules are different and more vague: you must use the cycleway if it runs along a road and is usable and is going where you are going and you are not encumbering other cyclists (i.e. big trailer). This is different from a bicycle=no on the road, there is no explicit minwidth but special conditions (like ice and snow or litter on the cycleway) might also allow you to use the road. cheers, Martin
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