I did warn potentially boring posts would follow...
These are stills taken from video of me just cycling by using the new section of CS7. As you approach the traffic light for cyclists turning left goes in and out of view obscured by the lamp posts. No council in it's right mind would do this to traffic signals for drivers so why allow it with cyclists?
With many cyclists using this cycle super highway route each day it won't be too long before a pedestrian is waiting for a green man to cross at the same time as a cyclist is approaching and is unlucky enough to have the lights change just as they vanish behind the lamp post. Pedestrian steps forward, cyclist hits them in the back/side and both are sure the light was green for them the whole time they could see it.
To add to the mix while the left lights are obscured from view the right lights that change independently are visible.
One possible solution would be to place both left and right lights in the middle. They then will both be visible for the entire approach and hopefully be more intuitive for cyclists to read. I have quickly mocked up an image, it's not that hard to picture.
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| 50 yards or so = obscured by lamp post |
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| 30 yards or so = visible again |
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| 15-20 yards = visible |
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| 15-10 yards obscured |
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| Less than 5 yards from stop line = visible again |
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| At the stop line = lower lights visible |
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| Possible solution? |
