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In reply to Stealth:

I noticed this comment
"It's a space cyclists need to get away safely from traffic lights."

They never had those boxes in Denmark, but did a trial and found they actually caused a lot of accidents!

In reply to Mikkel:

That would explain why they are starting to appear in Norway... they usually wait until something is proved not to work before going ahead regardless.

In reply to Mikkel:


Not sure where you got that from but they have loads of ASLs in Denmark.

In reply to yesbutnobutyesbut:
From Danish newspaper article some time last year.

In reply to Mikkel:

I had just selected the exact same line for my post.

Whilst you would hope the driver would have known better than to rant, I abhor these boxes as both a cyclist and a motorist. If the cyclist can't get safely away from the lights without a box like this he should put his stabilisers back on and play on the driveway.

I don't tend to use them as the last thing I want to do is sail up the inside of a load of cars (with all the hazards that invites) and then rub their noses in it by holding them up moving off from the lights.

In reply to Stealth: i wonder if any action was taken against the policeman . if he has crossed the stop line and entered the box hasn`t he run a red light . wasn`t there a cyclist done for this last week.

In reply to wintertree: not my experience at all - gives you somewhere to sit in front of the cars without having to go over the stop line (there's usually a cycle lane up to it, but i sometimes filter up the right) and i can get across a junction safely without the risk of getting side swiped by a car turning left. I can get away over the first ten yards quicker than a car, so having an extra start means i'm safely away from the junction before i get overtaken.

In reply to Stealth: plus 1 ^^^

In reply to andy:


All this, and they also mean you can wait without having to breathe in quite so much exhaust.

I got the heavy treatment once for cycling in a bus, taxi and bike only lane. It got quite nasty when I pointed to the sign - time to back down on the cornered rat principle. Quite a lesson.