BBC helmet cam film to explore cyclist-motorist conflict

[Pat "5mph"]

Well, if I get smidsy by a taxi tomorrow I'll blame the BBC
The programme was focused less on the sensational than one would suspect by reading the title.
I just wanna ride about my business in peace. Glad here it's not London, though.

 

[davefb]

lcc has posted that the courier stuff was cut down...

still shown though... suppose it makes a nice and exciting tv show..

 

[RAYMOND]

Very interesting documentary.Enjoyed it alot,laughed alot aswell as squirmed.
Just goes to show you its the person behind the wheel/bike.
The individual.Blame on both parties.I guess its down to what we all do
as individuals that counts.
I know i for 1 will take better care when cycling even though i already do.
Glad i don't live in london though.

 

[Matthew_T]

Well it wasnt as bad as I thought it would be. Still, managed to make my mother hold my hand and say "Be safe on the roads".

 

[jdtate101]

I thought it was fairly balanced actually, and the final message of trying to get along together was the correct one.

 

[Sittingduck]

Had seen much of the footage before but shocking stuff, nonetheless. Worst part was the CCTV footage from the cement mixer fatality. One frame she is there, then gone. Terrible.

 

[ianrauk]

Well, if I get smidsy by a taxi tomorrow I'll blame the BBC
The programme was focused less on the sensational than one would suspect by reading the title.
I just wanna ride about my business in peace. Glad here it's not London, though.

You can cycle in London in peace.
I do and thousands of other cyclists in London do.
London is far safer for cycling then a lot of other cities in the UK.

 

[Matthew_T]

lcc has posted that the courier stuff was cut down...

still shown though... suppose it makes a nice and exciting tv show..

I think that the last minute changes were to state that it was an organised race at the end.

 

[ianrauk]

Very interesting documentary.Enjoyed it alot,laughed alot aswell as squirmed.
Just goes to show you its the person behind the wheel/bike.
The individual.Blame on both parties.I guess its down to what we all do
as individuals that counts.
I know i for 1 will take better care when cycling even though i already do.
Glad i don't live in london though.

Mags vid was in Glasgow, Twatpets vid was in Bristol.
Are you glad you don't cycle in those cities also?

 

[davefb]

Bit disappointed by the cycle policeman telling the cyclist off for slapping the guy's cab, telling him to get a whistle instead. WTF?

whistle?

cycle with something in your mouth?

is he mad ?

 

[musa]

credit to the mother who didnt give up
buying shares in the company to attend the agm

london isnt half bad to be honest...unless you come and cycle then you wont know really

 

[400bhp]

I understand why Trafficdroid is the way that he is now.

Him grabbing the cyclist - awesome!

Copper telling the cyclist to get a whilstle


Magnaton - very contrite.

The lady whose daughter was killed - humbling.

Pretty disjointed show though.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

But it's not.

Compared to my rural roads it is....bury and Manchester can be busy at times. All the footage of London showed so much traffic.


I bet colinj is palpitating just watching it..

 

[addictfreak]

But it's not.

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!

 

[ianrauk]

Compared to my rural roads it is....bury and Manchester can be busy at times. All the footage of London showed so much traffic.

Same as any big city.