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I got a ticket there once, some years ago when new to the area.


I've never done it since.


E2A: I cycle up/down rye lane every day and quite often still see motorists going straight on. I used to gently tap on their windows and advise them but got too many drivers giving a mouthful of abuse or aggressively asking me what I was doing "banging" on their window, that I now think "Fuck 'em".

if you were following a bus up the road and missed the signs then you were obviously to clos to the bus,busses stop suddenly and you wont see the bus stop coming either....you should really have had a distance between you where you could see the bus wing mirrors,accordingly the bus driver would be able to see you behind him,and here is the best bit,he might not even indicate that he is stopping ,let alone right or left.......another reason to stay further behind....I know the road and I know the turnings involvedand have no problem with it and never have,but as a cyclist a few years ago I learnt the route and signs.....no point arguing ,ive been caught for less before and u just wont win..but you might be lucky

It's not always like that though - I live above his junction and its chaos

(And noisy) all day. People who have never driven in this area get

caught out all the time - more often northbound now.


Rye lane itself would be strange to a newcomer - I remember walking down it

For the first time years ago.


You see the panic as they see the signs late and sometimes reverse.


Sometimes people used to get out of cars to argue.


The biggest issue is just stats, so many people do it so something

in the design is wrong IMHO.


Edit: and the whistlers back :(



likansuk269 Wrote:

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> if you were following a bus up the road and missed

> the signs then you were obviously to clos to the

> bus,busses stop suddenly and you wont see the bus

> stop coming either....you should really have had a

> distance between you where you could see the bus

> wing mirrors,accordingly the bus driver would be

> able to see you behind him,and here is the best

> bit,he might not even indicate that he is stopping

> ,let alone right or left.......another reason to

> stay further behind....I know the road and

> I know the turnings involvedand have no problem

> with it and never have,but as a cyclist a few

> years ago I learnt the route and signs.....no

> point arguing ,ive been caught for less before and

> u just wont win..but you might be lucky

I agree with JohnL


" if you were following a bus up the road and missed the signs then you were obviously to clos to the bus "


it's really not as simple as that , with the height of a double decker and the positioning of the signs it is possible for the bus to obscure the signs .


It's difficult to drive up Rye Lane and leave the distance between you and the bus that would be necessary to easily spot the signs .

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