Reading earlier comments about there not having been any reported accidents involving cyclists going the wrong way up Salisbury Road, I think my view is perhaps a little black and white in that all users of that road (pedestrians, bikes, cars) should all be following the Highway Code. It's a relief that no one has been hurt yet, but it doesn't mean they won't. Can't we all just obey the rules that are supposed to be there for everyone's benefit?
I got really cross when, as a pedestrian, a bike recently went straight through a red light and nearly took me out as I crossed on a green man just round the corner from Salisbury Road.
It incenses me both as a pedestrian and a cyclist the amount of drivers going through red lights at the junctions along Strathearn, Beaufort and Grange Roads. I know it's not limited to that area, but that road seems to be terrible for it.
It doesn't however bother me that, as a cyclist, to do my commute from Strathearn Road to the Commie Pool that I have to take a quick detour up Causewayside and the Streets Preston. I certainly wouldn't dream of going straight across the junction from Salisbury Place to Road, presumably against oncoming traffic, and then past a no entry sign just to save a minute or so.
I quite like the idea of a cycle lane up there against the flow. Not quite sure how one would exit at the Commie Pool junction, it's a b* that one, for all users.
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