| Comment | Edinburgh bypass is a bit of a funny one. I would forgive a cyclist making a genuine mistake by riding on it if they genuinely didn't know better.
It is officially an 'A road', which a cyclist would ordinarily be allowed to ride. It doesn't have an 'M' designation like the M8 or M73 or whatever, thus is not officially a motorway.
It does, however, have 'special road' designation, which is a weird and little known set of rules, sort of in the middle,where it's not a motorway with an 'M' number, but is an 'A' road with motorway rules. Genuine mistakes should be forgiven (and the power that be really should just get the bypass a motorway designation and change it from A to M). |
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