Is this the smallest cycle lane ever? Residents baffled by 'ridiculous' 7 foot ... trends now
A father has been left baffled after his local council installed 'the smallest cycle lane ever' on a busy main road.
Ray McSharry was walking along King Cross Street in his hometown of Calderdale, Halifax, on January 17 when he thought he spotted 'graffiti' on the side of the road.
However, upon closer inspection, Mr McSharry realised that he was looking at what appeared to be a shrunken bicycle lane, or the cyclist's version of a lay-by, which was only around seven-foot long.
The puzzled 65-year-old uploaded a photo of the bizarre roadside addition in a local Facebook group asking if 'any members of the council' could elaborate on this 'ridiculous scheme'.
Ray McSharry was left baffled after seeing this tiny seven-foot bicycle lane on King Cross Street in Halifax
Originally the father-of-three thought it was graffiti on the street but upon closer inspection it appears to be a shrunken bicycle lane
Instead, the retired father-of-three received responses from bewildered residents, who suggested everything from 'pram parking' to 'a semi-circle bike track'.
Meanwhile, others joked that artist Banksy had paid a visit as some kind of prank.
However Calderdale Council defended the tiny markings as a 'dropped kerb that allows cyclists to safely leave the carriageway' - but admitted its 'effectiveness' would be reviewed in the coming months.
Mr McSharry said: 'I was walking down King Cross, and I did a double-take. I thought, 'what was that?'
'I thought it was graffiti at first. Then I realised that it's not graffiti; someone has actually done this professionally.
Mr McSharry described the new bicycle lane renovations down King Cross Street as 'an accident waiting to happen' because there is nothing to separate cyclists from pedestrians
'I have no idea what it's supposed to be. Nobody has ever seen these signs before. It looks like the smallest cycle lane ever.'
Ray claims that the tiny semi-circle sits opposite a larger, 200-metre bike lane, that was installed by widening the pavement on an already narrow road.
This has resulted in King Cross becoming increasingly more 'dangerous', according to Ray, as there is no separation between
