On one of my regular rides, there have been temporary traffic lights for some time; gas working I believe. They move along the road gradually.
In their present iteration they are about 300 metres between lights. To make things worse, the one end is just around a corner, so traffic stopped there cannot see any still oncoming vehicles etc.
This time around, the stagger is very short, certainly not long enough for a reasonably able cyclist to get through before the green shows for the oncoming ( unsighted) traffic.
Twice I’ve been badly caught out, even though I’ve gone through my side seconds after the green has started. The first time an oncoming car deliberately drove at me. I told him I’d come through on green, but he didn’t care. I sought out an orange clad doozer, and told him that there wasn’t time for cyclists to get through, could he alter the stagger. His answer was that I should ride on the pavement!
Today, same scenario. Different doozer. Quite aggressive and told me that cyclists should dismount at lights. Any lights - yes apparently!
Is it worth a letter - they’re obviously sub contractors to sub contractors etc. Probably not then .
Where do people get these weird ideas about what cyclists “ should” do though?