Road "Pinch Points"

[Markymark]

One near me. The speed cushion was placed under one scheme. The pinch point under another. They knew there was something wrong, but couldn't work out what. The cycle lanes either side had the bollards nearer the kerbs when first placed, with two on each island.
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Perfect. Either use the cycle lane or use the speed-bump ramp to jump the oncoming car.

 

[Milkfloat]

We have a few here (not on my usual commute though) but they have a lane for bicycles to bypass them. They have bollards to stop people parking on them too.

You would need to be pretty accurate to bypass your example

 

[classic33]

We have a few here (not on my usual commute though) but they have a lane for bicycles to bypass them. They have bollards to stop people parking on them too.

There used to be two bollards on each island, but they were taken out by car drivers.

 

[Markymark]

Here's an example

http://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.74...4!1sf9r3JbwHLHiIgIFPEVimrA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Typical poster form Wales, can't help but post a Google Streetview with a couple of naked hotties lying in the grass next to the road.

 

[gaijintendo]

These examples are making me feel blessed for the minimally awful design choice locally. They don't click traffic like a chicane/traffic calming measure, just every inch short of the two lanes... squeezing everything together...

 

[guitarpete247]

I know someone who suggested that cyclists should be using that narrow gap, twixt kerb and island, (2" gap). Till I pointed out it was just for rain drainage.

 

[Drago]

You would need to be pretty accurate to bypass your example

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Blind summit.
Blind left hand curve.
Road junction.

All that clutter and hazard and they put yet another hazard there? I'll have what some of their highways engineers are sniffing please.

 

[Leaway2]

Posted before in another thread. From my commute.

 

[Threevok]

You would need to be pretty accurate to bypass your example

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Yeah, sorry about that. Here's an example with the cycle lane, not too far from there actually

http://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.75...4!1s6E6wl2rsTuLAJTXpUpwmlA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

[Threevok]

You would need to be pretty accurate to bypass your example

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Incidentally, fans of the BBC Wales comedy series "High Hopes" should recognise this road from the opening credits

 

[mjr]

Yeah, sorry about that. Here's an example with the cycle lane, not too far from there actually

Oh I just love such inconsistency so I either have to wait until I can see whether the gutter is intended to be a cycle lane... or more likely, just take primary through the carriageway lane and fark the motorists.

I thought the OP was describing shoot like this one in Cambridge except that the OP's does it from both sides instead of only the left. Cambridge Cycling Campaign have been complaining about the pictured one since at least 1996 https://www.camcycle.org.uk/campaigning/papers/buildouts.html - it's disappointing if some backwards local governments are still building more of them.

It's a motoring supremacist design intended to reduce the amount of time that motorists have to wait for people on the crossing, at the expense of some safety for anyone using the left lane (not many in Cambridge because parked cars usually fill it until the crossing zigzags) and pedestrians waiting to cross who are now stood waiting out in traffic.

 

[Jenkins]

Oh I just love such inconsistency so I either have to wait until I can see whether the gutter is intended to be a cycle lane... or more likely, just take primary through the carriageway lane and fark the motorists.

I thought the OP was describing shoot like this one in Cambridge except that the OP's does it from both sides instead of only the left. Cambridge Cycling Campaign have been complaining about the pictured one since at least 1996 https://www.camcycle.org.uk/campaigning/papers/buildouts.html - it's disappointing if some backwards local governments are still building more of them.
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It's a motoring supremacist design intended to reduce the amount of time that motorists have to wait for people on the crossing, at the expense of some safety for anyone using the left lane (not many in Cambridge because parked cars usually fill it until the crossing zigzags) and pedestrians waiting to cross who are now stood waiting out in traffic.

That's a more extreme version of one I have on the way to work at a pedestrian crossing https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.9...4!1sWA0xPc17zHoZLROylhjdmw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
However, when it was first built, the bollard was a plain (non-reflective) one, the kerb was much taller AND was at 90° to the pavement with no warning that it was there!

 

[Drago]

Yeah, sorry about that. Here's an example with the cycle lane, not too far from there actually

http://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.75...4!1s6E6wl2rsTuLAJTXpUpwmlA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I love the old boy sat in his chair, just waiting for the days head on carnage to begin.

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[vickster]

Posted before in another thread. From my commute.
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That's pretty standard around here

 

[mjr]

That's pretty standard around here

Have you tried reporting them to local parking enforcement (usually council, sometimes police)? It looks like easy money for them.