Lots of idiots on the road today.

[Accy cyclist]

Love the "look up look up". So patronising but also very effective!

 

[vernon]

I was in Amsterdam this week and was impressed at how trams, buses, motorcycles, mopeds, cars, trucks, bicycles and pedestrians shared space in delineated areas with equanimity and not a hostile toot, shout, gesture or helmet cam to be seen or heard. The Dutch seemed to be more relaxed about making forward progress. Perhaps the UK road and pavement users could learn something from them?

 

[Racing roadkill]

I encountered a couple as well.

 

[mjr]

Are the Dutch more relaxed about forward progress or have they realised collectively that flowing smoothly gets everyone there quicker than speeding along but standing on your nose occasionally?

 

[Sara_H]

I think you were lucky, I encounter that amount of muppets in my four mile ride to work.

 

[screenman]

I seldom encounter the sort of problems some of you seem to get.

 

[GrasB]

I mostly see 1 idiot getting very impatient with people for very little reason.\

I seldom encounter the sort of problems some of you seem to get.

A lot seem to be self-made problems.

 

[Hip Priest]

The pinch-point pass was bad. The rest was just fairly standard stuff. We're a load of imperfect human beings, and we've all got to rub along, and that involves a certain degree of tolerance.

I won't tolerate aggressive or dangerous driving (drunkenness, speeding, mobile phone use...etc) but people going slowly because they're lost, or people crossing the road without looking, I can live with.

 

[Jimmy Doug]

Most of the problems I see in this video are related to too many users, not enough space. I think you're being a bit harsh calling some of the people muppets. I certainly understand getting a bit stressed in those sorts of conditions, though. I hate cycling in the UK urban areas for precisely that reason. By the way, I know it's fashionable, but I hate your front strobe light. Perhaps it attracts attention, but it gives me a headache - I'm sure others feel the same.

 

[huwsparky]

In lucky that I never really need to ever ride through a town.

 

[nickyboy]

I mostly see 1 idiot getting very impatient with people for very little reason.\


A lot seem to be self-made problems.

Spot on. Some people seem to go out looking for "infringements" instead of just enjoying the ride

 

[paul04]

Just watching the video, and thinking, this is everyday life on the bike, I just enjoy the bike ride, if someone is walking across the road(and not looking), or they are in front of me, just a polite call out "just behind you" or "watch yourself" does the trick.

 

[martint235]

Just watching the video, and thinking, this is everyday life on the bike, I just enjoy the bike ride, if someone is walking across the road(and not looking), or they are in front of me, just a polite call out "just behind you" or "watch yourself" does the trick.

For the love of any deities, will you stop trying to bring common sense and reasoning into this? It's a video taken on a helmet cam. There are obviously heinous crimes being committed because otherwise the video would just be deleted and forgotten about

 

[GrasB]

For the love of any deities

Ohh! go mr. PC

Unfortunately some people see a helmet cam to be a tool of personal & almost vigilante type justice rather than a tool of a passive, unbiased observer in case something happens that really needs documenting.

 

[John the Monkey]

Would this help?

http://camdencyclists.org.uk/wp-con...aul-Gannon-May-1999-2014-Camden-Cyclists1.pdf