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This is highly annoying. Captured along the Clap’ham Road during the weekend, the lorry below was blocking the CS7 Cycle Superhighway all day on Saturday.

The regulations governing CS7 makes them a mandatory cycling route, and therefore being out of bounds for other road users, either moving or stationary. Flexibility is of course needed from cyclists and all other road users. But parking and blocking CS7 all day?

The workmen were carrying out repairs to a property along the Clap’ham Road. I appreciate that access to the property is required, but not at the cost of blocking a dedicated cycling lane.

Any approaching cyclist had to swerve way over to the right, and then run the risk of being bumped from behind by oncoming cars that weren’t expecting such a move.

I’m still broadly in favour of CS7. It has made cycling along the Clap’ham Road at least a more visible experience, if not offering total protection.

Time to educate other road users though.

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