Is this right?

[superbadger]

driving on a 70mph road would sh*t me up couldnt bring myself to do that haha

A17 was scary as hell when i went along it..... And they were ALL doing more than 70mph!!!

 

[subaqua]

So what about one way street signs? Blue and rectangular, but I'm guessing not merely advisory.

yes they are merely advisory. they provide advise on what route to follow, as the prohibition will be the red circular sign with the horizontal white bar through the centre. even at a split there will be a "no entry" sign on the prohibited route. hence the need for so many signs on one way systems.

 

[400bhp]

This one says "No cycling for 20 yards" but I never follow it - am I breaking the law?

You should be beaten with a shitty stick.

I have no idea whether it's illegal or not

 

[Mad at urage]

So what about one way street signs? Blue and rectangular, but I'm guessing not merely advisory.

yes they are merely advisory. they provide advise on what route to follow, as the prohibition will be the red circular sign with the horizontal white bar through the centre. even at a split there will be a "no entry" sign on the prohibited route. hence the need for so many signs on one way systems.

What he said.
At no-entry end, there's the no-entry sign of course: Circular and orders drivers of vehicles not to enter.
At the end where you can enter in the correct direction, there's an informational sign (rectangular) to say "If you go down this road, it is one-way". If it were circular it would be saying "You must go down this road".
This is contrasted with the sign displayed at any side-road entering the one-way street, which is circular to order the driver (now they are entering the one-way and have no choice except a u-turn) to turn in the correct direction.

The Bus Lane signs however are rectangular, but some are included in the 'Signs giving orders', others are in the informational signs though - I guess on the grounds they are informing you of when entering the bus lane is an offence.

 

[Cyclopathic]

It's only illegal to ride on motorways.

And runways.

 

[Cyclopathic]

I quite often ride on dual carriageways, such as the A14 and the A505.

I quite like cycling on dual carriageways. They tend to have good sightlines and drivers have another lane to ovetake in (which they do tend to do).

I think the scariest 20 minutes I've ever had on a bike was on a dual carriage way with national speed limit (70). It was raining quite hard and far from go into the other lane to overtake I had big lorries passing me at speed and far too close for comfort. I got absolutely covered in road muck and for the most part had to ride to the left of the thick white line on the scraggy couple of feet of tarmac that were at the edge of the road. I'm not keen to repeat the experience any time soon.

Motorway riding is probably ok if you stick in the middle lane.

 

[Bicycle]

A section of the A40 between Gloucester and Cheltenham used (briefly) to have restrictions that meant cyclists were not allowed to use it.

The restrictions were lifted years ago, but I still get honked and yelled at for riding on it.

I fear that brain action is not as rapid in some regions as in others.

The people who honk and shout might still be preparing to vote Heath and learn the new decimal system.

 

[superbadger]

I think the scariest 20 minutes I've ever had on a bike was on a dual carriage way with national speed limit (70). It was raining quite hard and far from go into the other lane to overtake I had big lorries passing me at speed and far too close for comfort. I got absolutely covered in road muck and for the most part had to ride to the left of the thick white line on the scraggy couple of feet of tarmac that were at the edge of the road. I'm not keen to repeat the experience any time soon.

Motorway riding is probably ok if you stick in the middle lane.

Thats what happened to me on the A17..... I was getting blown all over the place! Nasty road thats full of trucks and 'roadkill'....