Comments on: Flashback Friday – Clever Cycling Stuff: Hook Turn Boxes

By: Maia H

Maia H — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:58:29 +0000

There’s a local video on how to use hook turn boxes, for the more visual people among us: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2002323426474261

By: LennyBoy

LennyBoy — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 02:52:45 +0000

In reply to C Kilgour. There is an advance information sign now available to let people know that a hook turn box exists at the approaching intersection. They should always be located so that they are clear of any through traffic lanes and cycle lanes, and these days I would not expect any new cycle lane to disappear before the intersection. At many busy intersections where the right turn queue takes longer to discharge than just one traffic signal cycle, it is definitely quicker to use a hook turn box.

By: C Kilgour

C Kilgour — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 21:49:34 +0000

I was a volunteer cyclist for a study done in Christchurch a few years ago and encountered one then. The cycle lane disappeared before the intersection and the hook box paint was faded and I didn’t get the feeling that it would be a safe place to wait to cross the intersection from. So seeing as it was the weekend and traffic was light I went throught the intersection the same way I would if I were driving a car. Actually I didn’t even see the hook turn box until I had started moving across to the right turn lane. I didn’t have much time to make a decision of which way to go and it sure is heck didn’t grab me as a safe space worth using considering I would then take twice as long as a car to get through the intersection.

If council really want cyclists to use them then cycle lanes can’t just disappear when near an intersection and hook boxes need to be well maintaned so they look safer than the alternatives.