In the original consultation, the cycle track continued across this driveway so that cars had to give way as they turned in. We were told that there were concerns about turning cars being hit by unobservant drivers behind them, and so it was decided that the cycle track would have to give-way for the driveway. Breaking up the continuity of a cycle track like this reduces the attractiveness of it, and can reduce how many people use the cycle track. In addition, wide splayed junction mouths like this increase the distance that cycle users have to cross, as well as increasing the speed at which motor vehicles are driven in and out of the junction. At the least, the mouth of this driveway should have been narrowed, so that motor traffic turning in and out had to go more slowly, and so that people walking and cycling across this driveway had a smaller distance to cover.
