Bikes and Red Routes

URGENT ACTION NEEDED - by YOU!

Apparently Transport for London are receiving very few comments from
motorcyclists about the new London-wide TfL trial of motorcycles in
red-route bus lanes.

The latest news is that as part of the evaluation of the scheme 'users
views' will be taken into account and 'numbers responding' will play a
part in this.

Clearly none of us want to see a situation where 5,000 cyclists have
protested and 200 motorcyclists support. It's this kind of thing that
would shift the political balance against us.

However, cyclists campaign groups are steadily orchestrating a build
up of resistance to the measure, being well organised at grass roots
level in the capital and elsewhere. Tfl have already received large
numbers of submissions from cyclists, opposing motorcycles in bus
lanes.

We risk losing the scheme at the end of the 18 month period unless the
motorcycle world demonstrates widespread support for the measure.

We urge all of you who read this to use this link to visit the TfL
'user views' website and complete the response form, which will take
only about two minutes.

https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/roadusers/finesandregulations/motorcycleinbuslanes/default.aspx
All, if you're a member of any other bikers social networking site,
could you start a thread on this? Please also use whatever other
avenues for publicity that you have (owners clubs, other social
networks, word of mouth, forward this email, etc).

The cycle lobby groups are motivated and determined. They see denying
motorcycles access to bus lanes as a number one key goal. They have a
strong and well motivated campaigning local network. They will do all
they can to achieve their goal. Unless we respond to this, we risk
seeing this hard won concession denied to us after the experimental
period has finished.

The TfL scheme is being keenly watched outside London. Failure of the
scheme in London will be likely to cripple our chances of getting
motorcycles into bus lanes elsewhere.

 

Response submitted.

 

Fucking lycra-esed wankers.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Grimly Curmudgeon

Oh, fair play, they pay plenty of road tax so they're entitl...

Oh. Wait...

 

Yup, £396 quid last year.

 

Gosh, it's possible for someone who's never even been to London to
complete that form...

 

my goodness so it is.
However,
who would do such a thing?

 

Someone who's never been to London... obviously.

 

As a result of this trial I have *Cycled* a lot more.

That'll teach 'em.

 

Some.
Five days a week on me m'bike in the bus lanes, though.

 

Not me.

<says he, lying>

--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

Or someone that's not living in the UK. Wow.

 

Yebbut you do NOT want to leave the nice free flowing London traffic
and get involved in Brizzel's jams.
Officially the worst in the UK and a true international contender.

 

I work in Mayfair. What less shitty areas would you suggest?

 

Kensington and Chelsea.

 

Yeah, North Kensington is fucking lovely.

--
ogden

RGV250 VJ22
GSXR1000 K4 (incoming)
GSXR750 K4 (outgoing)

 

well, yeah, but the fact remains that London's most expensive property
is in Kensington and Chelsea.

 

Wait for you to read up on taxes and realise "Road Tax" was abolished
in the '30's by Churchill and find out that it's now called Vehicle
Excise Duty and none of the money goes directly on roads?

 

Still London innit.

 

and in other news, hoovers are actually correctly referred to as vacuum
cleaners and are rarely, if ever, made by anyone called hoover.