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Do you believe that motorists and/or cyclists should be prosecuted for going to the right of the left-hand "keep left" sign in this picture?

http://www.spod.org/~allyg/tmpimages/skeldergate.jpg

1. Yes, they should. By law, motorists must make a U-turn. Cyclists must either U-turn, turn left, or dismount and temporarily become pedestrians. Since it is possible to stay within the law here, road users should do so.

2. Motorists should be; cyclists shouldn't be, since they're using a morally superior form of transport.

3. Cyclists should be; motorists shouldn't be. [I put this in for the sake of completeness; I'm sure no-one thinks it.]

4. Neither motorists nor cyclists should be prosecuted. Common sense clearly indicates that the left-hand "keep left" sign is a mistake, and is only intended to apply to cyclists who are turning left. It is more important to determine what the intention behind a sign/ restriction is than it is to blindly and robotically obey every sign/ restriction without applying any intelligence whatsoever.

5. Something else (please state).