Compliance rates among amateur operators tend to be equal across all modes.
 Not that professional drivers don't have their moments, but that's the
only group on the road that has a higher compliance rate than amateur
motorists and bicyclists.


On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Jonathan <bigfatfro...@gmail.com> wrote:

> :-)  This whole discussion assumes cyclists obey traffic rules!  In the UK
> cyclists ride where they like!  :-)
>
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>
> On 01/12/2013 21:38, Matthijs Melissen wrote:
>
>> On 1 December 2013 10:04, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I mean that bicycle=no bans  bicycles from the road, while the actual
>>> situation is that you have to use the cycleway if it leads where you are
>>> going (and nothing bans you from using the road). If you want to turn
>>> left
>>> for instance but the cycleway goes straight, you can use the road. There
>>> is
>>> no ban of bikes on the road.
>>>
>> I don't think this is true in the Netherlands. Situations like you
>> describe are quite rare in the Netherlands, but I did find one:
>>
>> https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Marconibaan,+Nieuwegein,+
>> The+Netherlands&hl=en&ll=52.02938,5.101267&spn=0.001149,0.
>> 004823&sll=51.566277,5.062965&sspn=0.002574,0.004823&oq=
>> marconibaan&t=h&hnear=Marconibaan,+Nieuwegein,+The+
>> Netherlands&z=18&layer=c&cbll=52.029299,5.10157&panoid=
>> 3G1tWOtoUdO_1hUBl5deXw&cbp=11,219.58,,0,2.4
>>
>> I would expect that cyclists are not allowed to turn left on this
>> crossing at all, and I don't think they would be allowed to use the
>> main road here.
>>
>> I'm also not sure why you think it is like you describe in Germany. It
>> certainly is not explicitly written like that in the law. Could you
>> point me to an example of such a crossing in Germany?
>>
>> Perhaps the answer depends on the meaning of 'leading into the same
>> direction' in the convention: does making a turn qualifies as going in
>> a different direction, or does it just refer to forward and backward?
>>
>> -- Matthijs
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