Jeremy Vine.

[glasgowcyclist]

And yet the rider in blue in front of the police rider had zero problems with it

Where does he say that?

 

[Twilkes]

Where does he say that?

You can tell by looking, he had very little reaction to it, because he was a reasonable distance away from the white line, he reacted more to the police rider behind him shouting.

And I'm out.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

The driver didn't have a lot of room because the road was narrow and from what i could see he didn't cross the broken line.
now the driver is probably going to get a reprimand from his company and might even lose his job

 

[T4tomo]

Bloody cops need to learn to ride bikes they should be all booked in for @Drago's cycle craft courses...

Even as they pulled away at the end he was wobbling into an adjacent lane.

Definitely cycle in the centre of the lane, as you don't want to encourage anyone to overtake you in your lane, but don.t ride almost encroaching into the outside lane, where you should be expecting cars buses and trucks moving at a different speed to you.

 

[ianrauk]

Bloody cops need to learn to ride bikes they should be all booked in for @Drago's cycle craft courses...

Thats the reason why it's crap riding more like. they probably did.
I see a good few cycle cops on my London commute.
Haven't seen a decent cyclist among them.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Are they not in a compulsory left turn lane & then go straight forward?

 

[classic33]

Were the police acting as outriders?

 

[T4tomo]

Thats the reason why it's crap riding more like. they probably did.
I see a good few cycle cops on my London commute.
Haven't seen a decent cyclist among them.

But he was the greatest cyclist who ever lived @ianrauk.

 

[iandg]

If it's the one with a bunch of high viz cyclists, their road positioning was shocking - the HGV was in it's lane, the cyclists all over the inside lane.

Cyclist (police) appears to drift closer to the outside of his lane as the lorry starts to pass - he needs to learn how to hold his line.

 

[Milkfloat]

Are they not in a compulsory left turn lane & then go straight forward?

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Look a few frames before and it shows straight on as well as left. Seems to be crap markings all around.

 

[Milkfloat]

The poor cycling from the Police does not excuse the poor driving from the lorry driver. However, I think we all know that if the cyclist was not a policeman there would be no prosecution.

 

[nickb]

Saddle way too low on that first copper's bike

 

[presta]

It seems to me that in a busy city centre, there's no point in making the lorry wait when the cyclists have ample room to keep away from the line, and the lorry doesn't. It's not a country lane.
Regarding due care & attention, the cop was wobbling right up to the line whilst he was gassing with Vine.

 

[DCBassman]

The driver of the large rigid HGV ahead of the Waitrose driver managed it fine.

My take is that the truck DOES edge closer to the line when there's no obvious need, as above. The cop also drifts right slightly, so 50-50...

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Saddle way too low on that first copper's bike

The angle of the camera makes it look like he's riding a kid's bike