

Going around the bend safely
Something has bothered me about cycling infrastructure design for some time: when designing roads additional width is provided on tight corners to accommodate longer vehicles. This is needed because at low speed on tight bends the back wheels track inside the front wheel tracks - the longer the vehicle and the tighter the bend, the more width is required to ensure the rear wheels don't fall off the edge of the road. I was reminded of this on Friday on my ride home where a mis