Sharrow Road Markings Christchurch I Full Version

Sharrows (share arrows) are road markings to show shared traffic lane environments for people on bikes and in cars. Find out more at ccc.govt.nz/tr...

[@cmpatrick0]

some green paint on the road is not safe bike infrastructure

[@maxrburgess]

I don't think it's supposed to be.

[@zacw4480]

It’s been proven that sharrows are not safe for cyclists. It’s a short cut to make it appear as that you’re building cycle infrastructure. It seems like you’re using this as an excuse to put speed bumps on residential streets where they are not needed.

[@xaiano794]

It's to encourage cyclists to take the centre of the lane, something they can already do and should be doing. But yes, it changes nothing and isn't cycle infrastructure

[@godooffme7747]

@@xaiano794 cyclist should never take the center of the lane, it just makes it harder to overtake them

[@xaiano794]

@godooffme7747 OK now I'm certain you don't know how to drive. Road positioning is something you learn early on when learning to drive and it applies to cars just as much as it does to cyclists.

[@godooffme7747]

@@xaiano794 cyclists shouldn't be on the road, and definitely shouldn't be in the middle where it's harder to overtake them I know for certain you don't have a license, otherwise you wouldn't defend cyclists being on the road.

[@xaiano794]

@godooffme7747 I'm a professional driver and have been for many years, if you struggle to safely pass a cyclist then you aren't a competent driver, period. Any competent driver knows that cyclists are easy to negotiate exactly because they travel slowly, it means that the time taken to pass them is short, the joke is that people like you who are not competent drivers constantly campaign to take cyclists off roads and put them in cars, more cars to hold you up, more cars to cause more traffic, to delay your journeys. It's kind of comical that you're such an incompetent driver that you would actually want to cause more traffic.

[@mymemeplex]

0:08 never understood why the give way sign is point down, but your sharks teeth are point up.

[@xaiano794]

There are no sharks teeth, those have a different meaning. They are to warn of a speed bump and illustrate the change in height

[@elongated_muskrat_is_my_name]

the give way sign is the other way up so you can recognise it even if it's snowed over or you can barely see it

[@Suranfox]

Why do they ask bike users to indicate a turn when they move towards the center of the lane they occupy? With 1.5m minimum distance (2m outside cities) including the side mirrors, any car would need to properly change lanes to overtake a bike just like overtaking a motorcycle.

[@nbartlett6538]

How the heck does a bit of paint on the road make the road "way safer"??

[@xaiano794]

Because before people overtook bikes on roundabouts and caused accidents

[@lukyboi999]

So by your logic, I guess we can remove the markings on the highway too? Since a bit of paint apparently doesn't do anything...

[@maxrburgess]

It encourages cyclists to move to the centre of the lane

[@godooffme7747]

@@xaiano794 maybe just remove the bikes from the roundabouts? It sounds like they are going way too slow.

[@xaiano794]

@godooffme7747 I find it strange that you are admitting that you can't deal with vehicles travelling different speeds, you don't sound like a very competent driver. Do you have a licence at all?

[@ccityplanner1217]

Sharrows! 😆 Ōtautahi? More like Autotahi!

[@saifraeef]

Hello ..I am 29 years old and I can work. I want to work and live in New Zealand . It is big and it will not become crowded if I work there...ok

[@Dann-]

replying to a youtube video won't get you a visa.

[@xaiano794]

Honest answer: unless you're a doctor with many years of experience there isn't much in the way of jobs for you to do

[@saifraeef]

@@Dann- ok

[@saifraeef]

@@xaiano794 I want to work in any job

[@xaiano794]

@@saifraeef they don't accept people for jobs that there are enough locals to do already. Train to be a doctor in your current country and you'll be able to move there

[@godooffme7747]

Bikes don't belong on roads.

[@stevesutcliffe5805]

if that's what you really think, then neither do you.

[@xaiano794]

Why do you think that? I have never been stuck behind a bike for more than 60s before I could safely pass, I've been held up by cats for far, far longer than that. I mean do you really struggle to pass bicycles? Is that something you find extremely difficult?

[@maxrburgess]

Why?

[@godooffme7747]

@@stevesutcliffe5805 nope, bikes are too slow

[@godooffme7747]

@@xaiano794 what are you even talking about? You realize that there are women driving that refuse to pass anything, ever? And most cities in Europe are badly designed so there is no place to overtake a car inside the city. Bikes create long lines of traffic, usually don't know the road rules because they can't even get a car license, and their speed and weight is closer to a pedestrian.