diff --git a/client/src/components/lanes/AddLaneModal.tsx b/client/src/components/lanes/AddLaneModal.tsx
index 52549bc6..c542fa5e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/lanes/AddLaneModal.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/lanes/AddLaneModal.tsx
@@ -475,22 +475,31 @@ export function AddLaneModal({
               ] as const
             ).map((option) => {
               const active = option.value === "native" ? router === "native" : router !== "native";
+              // Clicking "AI Router" before the list lands would resolve back to
+              // Native and read as a dead control.
+              const disabled = option.value === "router" && !routersLoaded;
               return (
                 <label
                   key={option.value}
-                  className={`flex flex-1 cursor-pointer items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border p-2.5 text-xs shadow-sm transition-colors ${
-                    active
-                      ? "border-accent bg-accent/10 text-accent"
-                      : "border-border bg-surface-2 text-fg-secondary hover:border-border-light hover:bg-surface-3"
+                  // No radio dot: the card itself lights up when selected. That
+                  // leaves the DISABLED state with nothing to show it, since the
+                  // greyed-out dot was carrying it — hence the explicit branch.
+                  // The input only goes visually hidden, so keyboard and screen
+                  // readers still get a real radio group, and the card carries
+                  // its focus ring.
+                  className={`block flex-1 rounded-lg border p-2.5 text-center text-xs shadow-sm transition-colors focus-within:ring-2 focus-within:ring-accent/50 ${
+                    disabled
+                      ? "cursor-not-allowed border-border bg-surface-2 text-fg-muted opacity-60"
+                      : active
+                        ? "cursor-pointer border-accent bg-accent/10 text-accent"
+                        : "cursor-pointer border-border bg-surface-2 text-fg-secondary hover:border-border-light hover:bg-surface-3"
                   }`}
                 >
                   <input
                     type="radio"
                     name="add-lane-router"
-                    className="h-3.5 w-3.5 accent-accent"
-                    // Clicking "AI Router" before the list lands would resolve
-                    // back to Native and read as a dead control.
-                    disabled={option.value === "router" && !routersLoaded}
+                    className="sr-only"
+                    disabled={disabled}
                     checked={active}
                     onChange={() =>
                       // Switching to "AI Router" lands on the first saved
@@ -536,9 +545,12 @@ export function AddLaneModal({
 
         {tool === "claude" && (
           <label
-            // Card that lights up when ticked, matching LaneStripCard's
-            // selected/unselected treatment.
-            className={`flex cursor-pointer items-start gap-2.5 rounded-lg border p-3 shadow-sm transition-colors ${
+            // No tick box: the card itself lights up when selected, the same
+            // treatment LaneStripCard uses, which makes a second indicator of
+            // the same state redundant. The input stays and only goes visually
+            // hidden — it is still what a keyboard toggles and what a screen
+            // reader announces — so the card carries the focus ring for it.
+            className={`block cursor-pointer rounded-lg border p-3 shadow-sm transition-colors focus-within:ring-2 focus-within:ring-accent/50 ${
               writeDocs
                 ? "border-accent bg-accent/10"
                 : "border-border bg-surface-2 hover:border-border-light hover:bg-surface-3"
@@ -551,17 +563,15 @@ export function AddLaneModal({
               aria-label={t("addLaneWriteDocsLabel")}
               checked={writeDocs}
               onChange={(e) => setWriteDocs(e.target.checked)}
-              className="mt-0.5 h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0 accent-accent"
+              className="sr-only"
             />
-            <span>
-              <span
-                className={`block text-xs font-medium ${writeDocs ? "text-accent" : "text-fg-secondary"}`}
-              >
-                {t("addLaneWriteDocsLabel")}
-              </span>
-              <span className="mt-1 block text-[10px] text-fg-muted">
-                {t("addLaneWriteDocsHint")}
-              </span>
+            <span
+              className={`block text-xs font-medium ${writeDocs ? "text-accent" : "text-fg-secondary"}`}
+            >
+              {t("addLaneWriteDocsLabel")}
+            </span>
+            <span className="mt-1 block text-[10px] text-fg-muted">
+              {t("addLaneWriteDocsHint")}
             </span>
           </label>
         )}