So how do you cope with these crossings?
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:18 pm
There's a crossing there, an uncontrolled one: https://goo.gl/maps/32j1hCqG5KB2
It's 80m away at this point, and you are travelling a the appropriate speed for the dual carriageway, not slowing before the off-slip so as to not invite a heavy (or indeed any vehicle) up your tail.
The uncontrolled crossing has just come into sight: See it? Anyone crossing? You have less than three seconds to react (and if you try to stop you are likely to overshoot by a few metres!). The crossing BTW is designed as suitable for the visually impaired (should they wish to stroll along the shared path to the side of the dual carriageway), so you cannot simply rely on the judgement of those trying to use it to have estimated your speed and course.
So why is this "in the news"? Pretty predictable really: http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/cyclist%20...%20story.html and http://singletrackworld.com/columns/2016/07/how-to-design-a-death/.
Relevance to this forum? Well that's in the title. Crossings like this are pretty ubiquitous, so how does an AD cope with them (other than trusting that people avoid using them)?
It's 80m away at this point, and you are travelling a the appropriate speed for the dual carriageway, not slowing before the off-slip so as to not invite a heavy (or indeed any vehicle) up your tail.
The uncontrolled crossing has just come into sight: See it? Anyone crossing? You have less than three seconds to react (and if you try to stop you are likely to overshoot by a few metres!). The crossing BTW is designed as suitable for the visually impaired (should they wish to stroll along the shared path to the side of the dual carriageway), so you cannot simply rely on the judgement of those trying to use it to have estimated your speed and course.
So why is this "in the news"? Pretty predictable really: http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/cyclist%20...%20story.html and http://singletrackworld.com/columns/2016/07/how-to-design-a-death/.
Relevance to this forum? Well that's in the title. Crossings like this are pretty ubiquitous, so how does an AD cope with them (other than trusting that people avoid using them)?