According to The Times, Kensington and Chelsea appear to be about to trial a scheme to allow cyclists to legally travel the wrong way up one-way streets. The scheme will initially only involve six quiet residential roads.
This seems like a fabulous bit of common sense for, as the article points out:
The alternative to cycling the wrong way down a one-way street is often to use a much less safe busy road.
Which is certainly true on the commute of several close friends. They do, however acknowledge a downside:
Motorists, however, might be taken by surprise after failing to spot new signs at entry points and could find themselves being held liable for a collision with a bicycle.
Yes, well, it would be a shame to be found liable for a collision that could have been averted by, oh, I don’t know, looking where they were going?
Image stolen from The Nowtopian.
