I’m not even surprised. People seem to have lost all sense of self-preservation on motorways. A couple of years ago I was driving on the M1 at night and there was a guy on an e-scooter, dressed in black head to toe, riding in lane 1. Luckily I spotted him but he would have been easy to miss.
ClaphamOmnibusDriver on
Motorways have the best bike lanes in the country after all!
Massive wide lane, few potholes, no traffic, albeit with a very occasional parked car.
wolfie-thompson on
Not surprising. People are just getting dumber in England. I once saw someone on the M4 with a child’s scooter.
Slapped91 on
Cylists doing illegal things on roads and selfishly riding without any due care or attention – what an absolutely shocking surprise.
toastedipod on
> “In 2023, a Deliveroo rider was arrested on the M6. He was later detained for immigration offences.”
I think that sums up the issue
Impossible-Bar8099 on
I would be willing to bet a proportion responsible for the increase are delivering for apps, given that over the years the use of them has increased a lot but cycling numbers generally have gone back to pre-pandemic levels in most places outside London.
Although unfortunately this theory does align me with the majority of the absolutely rabid commenters on the article who are somehow even shoe-horning the anti-immigration stuff including rape gangs into the issue alongside the usual anti-cycling rhetoric.
unaubisque on
As long as you are only going one exit, and so can always stay in the hard shoulder, I imagine that motorways are significantly safer than most A-roads and a lot of B-roads where it’s legal to cycle.
It would have been interesting for the article to investigate why people chose to ride on the motorway. Was it by mistake, was it recklessness (short cut/flatter route?), or was it because they judged it to be actually safer than the alternatives?
sjpllyon on
I’ve accidentally nearly ended up on the motorway on my bike before. Thank goodness a cap car saw me and escorted me out of the situation.
The city I live in has a motorway going through it. Unfamiliar with the area I took the wrong exit of a roundabout and ended up on the slip road. Thankfully it was all congested, but I still didn’t have a clue what to do. Do I turn around and cycle in the wrong direction? Didn’t seem like a safe idea to me. Do I continue and get off at the first exit I see? Still didn’t seem safe to me.
Apparently someone saw me and phoned the police. Copper was understandably about the situation and made it safe for me to get off the motorway. Why on earth would anyone willingly cycle next to fart moving cars, even at 40mph it’s bloody scary, is beyond my understanding. Bloody morons doing that. We really need to allow Darwinism to have more of a say in society.
TopBodger91 on
I’ve seen this a lot lately on 50mph dual carriageways..
Every occurrence I’ve seen has been an Asian migrant, it really is bizarre. I nearly ran one over the other evening as it was a very dark 50mph road with limited lighting and the migrant had no lights on the bike.
alphacentaurai on
During the summer I was driving home on the M6 and to my left, merging on to the motorway on the hard shoulder, was a deliveroo rider on an e-scooter… one of the most bizarre things ive seen on the motorway
FancyMigrant on
Fewer than three a day, nationally. I wonder if there are bigger safety issues on motorways…
bars_and_plates on
The other day I was driving on a three lane dual carriageway (speed limit 50) and a moped on L plates was doing 29-30 in the right side lane and wouldn’t budge over so everyone started undertaking them.
My best guess is that someone has passed their test / done a CBT / etc and then they’re renting out or just letting their mates use the bike. So it’s someone who doesn’t understand how to drive on the left side of the road.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is more of the same.
LungHeadZ on
I haven’t looked at the article but my immediate assumption is that there is clearly a need for alternative routes for cyclists whom can travel longer distances quicker, cheaper and safer. The cost of living and transport these days is ever-increasing.
We’ve all seen the options available in places such as the Netherlands.
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I’m not even surprised. People seem to have lost all sense of self-preservation on motorways. A couple of years ago I was driving on the M1 at night and there was a guy on an e-scooter, dressed in black head to toe, riding in lane 1. Luckily I spotted him but he would have been easy to miss.
Motorways have the best bike lanes in the country after all!
Massive wide lane, few potholes, no traffic, albeit with a very occasional parked car.
Not surprising. People are just getting dumber in England. I once saw someone on the M4 with a child’s scooter.
Cylists doing illegal things on roads and selfishly riding without any due care or attention – what an absolutely shocking surprise.
> “In 2023, a Deliveroo rider was arrested on the M6. He was later detained for immigration offences.”
I think that sums up the issue
I would be willing to bet a proportion responsible for the increase are delivering for apps, given that over the years the use of them has increased a lot but cycling numbers generally have gone back to pre-pandemic levels in most places outside London.
Although unfortunately this theory does align me with the majority of the absolutely rabid commenters on the article who are somehow even shoe-horning the anti-immigration stuff including rape gangs into the issue alongside the usual anti-cycling rhetoric.
As long as you are only going one exit, and so can always stay in the hard shoulder, I imagine that motorways are significantly safer than most A-roads and a lot of B-roads where it’s legal to cycle.
It would have been interesting for the article to investigate why people chose to ride on the motorway. Was it by mistake, was it recklessness (short cut/flatter route?), or was it because they judged it to be actually safer than the alternatives?
I’ve accidentally nearly ended up on the motorway on my bike before. Thank goodness a cap car saw me and escorted me out of the situation.
The city I live in has a motorway going through it. Unfamiliar with the area I took the wrong exit of a roundabout and ended up on the slip road. Thankfully it was all congested, but I still didn’t have a clue what to do. Do I turn around and cycle in the wrong direction? Didn’t seem like a safe idea to me. Do I continue and get off at the first exit I see? Still didn’t seem safe to me.
Apparently someone saw me and phoned the police. Copper was understandably about the situation and made it safe for me to get off the motorway. Why on earth would anyone willingly cycle next to fart moving cars, even at 40mph it’s bloody scary, is beyond my understanding. Bloody morons doing that. We really need to allow Darwinism to have more of a say in society.
I’ve seen this a lot lately on 50mph dual carriageways..
Every occurrence I’ve seen has been an Asian migrant, it really is bizarre. I nearly ran one over the other evening as it was a very dark 50mph road with limited lighting and the migrant had no lights on the bike.
During the summer I was driving home on the M6 and to my left, merging on to the motorway on the hard shoulder, was a deliveroo rider on an e-scooter… one of the most bizarre things ive seen on the motorway
Fewer than three a day, nationally. I wonder if there are bigger safety issues on motorways…
The other day I was driving on a three lane dual carriageway (speed limit 50) and a moped on L plates was doing 29-30 in the right side lane and wouldn’t budge over so everyone started undertaking them.
My best guess is that someone has passed their test / done a CBT / etc and then they’re renting out or just letting their mates use the bike. So it’s someone who doesn’t understand how to drive on the left side of the road.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this is more of the same.
I haven’t looked at the article but my immediate assumption is that there is clearly a need for alternative routes for cyclists whom can travel longer distances quicker, cheaper and safer. The cost of living and transport these days is ever-increasing.
We’ve all seen the options available in places such as the Netherlands.