DCC have previous
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They certainly have. Locally I have to cope with several examples of dangerous and badly designed roads and junctions:
- chicanes, which encourage 'give way lottery' and don't have a bypass for cycles
- a new traffic light junction, completed only two years ago, without even something as basic as advanced stop lines for cycles
- a major road proposal to create a dangerous left turning lane and make an already difficult traffic light crossroads (again, no advance stop lines for cyclists) even more risky
My understanding is that design guidelines for vulnerable road users are advisory, so old fashioned highways departments such as that in DCC can continue to ignore them.