tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805138158441245701.post312736454508167310..comments2023-11-16T10:44:22.206+00:00Comments on The Mind of a Helmet Camera Cyclist: ASLs: A SimpleTruthmagnatomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14920774671676488322noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805138158441245701.post-69247674577319206972013-11-23T20:06:13.761+00:002013-11-23T20:06:13.761+00:00I live in Utrecht and sometimes cycle through the ...I live in Utrecht and sometimes cycle through the Albatrosstraat. I'm 54 and cycle about 5.000 km/year, so I consider myself an experienced cyclist. The Albatrosstraat needs a cycle path, it is on the whole length dangerous with too much cars (11.000/day, of which 150 heavy trucks) riding too fast (50 km/hour). I try to prevent using this street, even if it takes me longer.<br />The problem with this street is not the ASL of the feeder lane. The accident did not happen at the feeder lane.<br />Both directions have green light at the same time. If you want to turn left, you must cross before the cars of the other direction reach you. Waiting halfway, in the middle of the crossing, for the cars to pass, is not something I dare to do. I won't turn left here.<br /><br />The women went straight on, the truck took a turn. The driver had not seen the women, but she did have right of way. If there had been a cycle path ending in a ASL the accident might have happened as well, as both were past the ASL and already on the crossing itself. She was in the blind spot of a truck, a dangerous place to be.<br /><br />The donwside of not having ASL's is that then there are bycicle paths. They have a separate green fase at the traffic lights. Cars have green for ages and bikes for a few seconds. That's not fair...<br />We need separate cycling infrastructure, separate from car infrastructure. Cycling through residential streets, along waterways and railway lines, through parks etcetera. Not noisy, not polluted, relaxed, pleasant, socially safe and very quick as there are hardly traffic lights.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805138158441245701.post-52078255382431432972013-11-22T08:12:55.729+00:002013-11-22T08:12:55.729+00:00I wouldn't be so defensive, I'm firmly in ...I wouldn't be so defensive, I'm firmly in the "spawn of Satan" camp :)<br /><br />To my mind, 90% of the problems with ASLs would disappear if they all had an advance light phase as well. But without that... Satan.Bezhttp://beyondthekerb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3805138158441245701.post-29800517587813676622013-11-22T07:15:01.240+00:002013-11-22T07:15:01.240+00:00For those who find it hard to read the Google tran...For those who find it hard to read the Google translation, the main translation errors are:<br />"bike star" should be "female cyclist"<br />"saw on the head" should be "overlooked"<br />"drive. Gansstraat the" should be "drive into Gansstraat"Andre Engelsnoreply@blogger.com