Object
Mitcham's Corner Development Framework SPD
Representation ID: 31379
Received: 15/10/2016
Respondent: Dr Robert Izzard
I would recommend you try the Histon Road/Victoria road junction on a bike for an example of how drivers react to a narrowing street. They do not slow down when overtaking bicycles, they accelerate to get through before the road narrows. This means overtaking with only centimetres or, sometimes, NO space (I know of cases of cyclists being hit where the road narrows, and I suffer near misses almost daily). Given he level of bad, ignorant, aggressive driving currently in Cambridge, I am very skeptical that this is going to work without accidents.
I would recommend you try the Histon Road/Victoria road junction on a bike for an example of how drivers react to a narrowing street. They do not slow down when overtaking bicycles, they accelerate to get through before the road narrows. This means overtaking with only centimetres or, sometimes, NO space (I know of cases of cyclists being hit where the road narrows, and I suffer near misses almost daily). Given he level of bad, ignorant, aggressive driving currently in Cambridge, I am very skeptical that this is going to work without accidents.