Re: While were at it....
And then you'll pull out and be in their way again. Why exactly do you feel that you are entitled to get in the way of a faster vehicle and make a nuisance of yourself? At the same time, you get so uppity that somebody is in your way when it's a faster vehicle that will be gone and out of your way and waste far less of your time than you would of theirs?
As a non-lycra wearing cyclist, I'd ask you to read the background and reasoning for advanced stop lines. It also makes sense when they're not in place:
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/design_portfolio_advanced_stop_linesa09.pdf
In addition, a cyclist will travel slower, but usually are able to move off faster, but it is also harder to control direction when moving off than when travelling at steady speed. This means that it's safer to have the cyclists at the front, where they can move off and thin out, than trying to start off alongside cars. As to who's time is being 'wasted', cyclists travel slower than cars, so the extra time a cyclist will spend travelling if they have to wait at the back of a long line of stationary cars is going to be longer than the time a car needs to get up to speed and find room to pass. One of the advantages of cycling as a mode of transport is it takes up much less road room, cyclists can use space motorists can't. A person on a bike is a person who is not making the queue in front of you one car longer or taking up parking spaces.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
