BBC helmet cam film to explore cyclist-motorist conflict

[musa]

but credit where due Gaz did mention that looking back now his reaction wasnt exactly the best and he did over cook it...
for those that say someone goes out looking for trouble i cant understand
you mean you purposely confront people for what?

 

[Fab Foodie]

To us guys outside the smoke, it certainly looks chaotic. Up here I never see anywhere near that number of cyclists or volume of traffic. Everyone always seems to be in so much of a hurry!

I'm with ianrauk, London's a great place to cycle and nowhere near as bad a people might imagine. It's my fave cycle place!

 

[addictfreak]

Manchester isn't that manic...which is why I said I'm, sooooooo glad I don't commute in London.

Newcastle is certainly nowhere near as manic.

 

[ianrauk]

Anyone who knows Gaz knows he doesn't go out looking for trouble or to intentionally antagonise other road users. Trafficdroid though..hmmmmmm

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

I'm with ianrauk, London's a great place to cycle and nowhere near as bad a people might imagine. It's my fave cycle place!

Too flat for starters.... I like my hills and greenery and open landscape. I'd feel trapped in. But I'm a country bumpkin.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

And not a single mention of R04d T*x. Remarkable.

Oh, I thought one of the cabbies did have a go at that one.

 

[musa]

I agree with Ianrauk....for every phone user a calling card and thats how far as it goes....if he wanted to make a change then I suggest he quit his job and as telecomms eng and become a cop on bikes

the pompous little shoots are those go on the inside of lorries or feel the need to jump on the pavement to get to the front plus more

now thats a pompous little shoot looking for trouble when shoot goes belly up
but hey thats only my view

 

[locker]

Well done Gaz but shame they didn`t show my interview saying how regretful I was knocking down the pedestrians, but at least the didn`t dwell on my clips which really did no good at all as the couiers racing clip did no good either, the producer rang me a hour before to let me know that my clip of me getting knocked off by the woman driver couldn`t be used for legal reasons.

 

[addictfreak]

I'm with ianrauk, London's a great place to cycle and nowhere near as bad a people might imagine. It's my fave cycle place!

I don't disagree with either of you, and that volume of traffic certainly doesn't worry me in any way. But my daily experiences are nowhere near as 'chaotic', and I know I prefer the less hurried pace of life up north.

 

[gaz]

I'm disappointed, I don't think the edit on my self was a fair reflection on the person I am or the work that I do.
Unfortunately I'm the only one that knows exactly what I said on interviews and I know exactly how they cut things to take them out of context.

 

[PaulSB]

Anyone who knows Gaz knows he doesn't go out looking for trouble or to intentionally antagonise other road users. Trafficdroid though..hmmmmmm

I'm quite happy to believe that. Unfortunately that won't be the impression gained by several million people. His contribution often came over as self-satisfied and close to smirking in places.

He said on reflection he could have reacted better - I'm sure the majority will remember what they saw not what he said.

The only women in the programme was magnificent. Dave from Glasgow really good as was Simon the lawyer and his friend.

 

[CopperCyclist]

Well done Gaz but shame they didn`t show my interview saying how regretful I was knocking down the pedestrians, but at least the didn`t dwell on my clips which really did no good at all as the couiers racing clip did no good either, the producer rang me a hour before to let me know that my clip of me getting knocked off by the woman driver couldn`t be used for legal reasons.

Shame really. I think a couple of the 'bad cyclists' clip, yours included (sorry!) could have shown that afterwards, the cyclists learnt something from it... whereas cold the same be said for any of the drivers? The only one we saw was the taxi driver, and the answer to that is a clear 'No'.

 

[gaz]

You did it right before you licked your lips, although you did seem to be licking them a lot.



I'm not sure that was the most flattering cut...

Unfortunately I was doing a lot of talking in that interview (around 3 hours worth) and my mouth got rather dry.

 

[mr_cellophane]

Droid saying that he got the camera to "trap" bad drivers was very ill judged. But then his road positioning at times is not the best, especially when that van and trailer squeezed him.

 

[SportMonkey]

Well done Gaz but shame they didn`t show my interview saying how regretful I was knocking down the pedestrians, but at least the didn`t dwell on my clips which really did no good at all as the couiers racing clip did no good either, the producer rang me a hour before to let me know that my clip of me getting knocked off by the woman driver couldn`t be used for legal reasons.

Shafted, get permission for the bad by promising to show something else.