Bus RLJ... and a classic reason

[Theseus]

Last time I rang up a coach company to complain about one of their drivers I found out I was talking to the driver in question. Obviously he had no intention of telling himself off.

 

[Scoosh]

Last time I rang up a coach company to complain about one of their drivers I found out I was talking to the driver in question. Obviously he had no intention of telling himself off.

Was the call being recorded for training purposes ??

 

[porteous]

Bus driving

As well as riding bikes I hold a normal car licence, an LGV rigid (Old HGV 2) licence and a full cat D (Bus) licence.

The bus driving test is comprehensive and running a red light is an instant fail. Bus driver candidates are taught to always drive at an appropriate speed, that means approaching lights so that you can stop safely (For both other road users AND passengers) if they turn red!

I think it very likely that drivers placed under unrealistic time constraints by bus operators sometimes forget the professional driving behaviour they should adhere to. Putting bad driving on video is a pretty good way of correcting that.

Sad that You Tube pulled the vid.

 

[stevie_b]

I've only just seen this thread, so I didn't get a chance to see the driver's response in the video, or peruse anyone's lycra-clad bum.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I've reuploaded the video with the slight amendment such that it no longer has some paused footage of the driver's face, but just the raw footage with text in between bits. Also updated the description to reflect this and to point out that it's not in contravention of Data Protection or any CCTV laws.

New version here.

 

[wafflycat]

Excellent!

 

[Vikeonabike]

Send it into the police, with time datelocation etc and say you are both willing to make a statement. They will deal with it...Just make sure you contact Traffic and not your locsl bobby!

 

[Tharg2007]

i will make a statement if they want one.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Not sure I can be bothered, tbh... hopefully he'll be a bit more alert in future after having his mugshot on youtube, and a flea in his ear from work.

On a lighter note, someone has left a delightful comment on the video:

"I wish he wuda run u over u bike ridin fuck you fuckers jump red lights 4 a joke the amount of times u fuckers have gone thru a red light wen mine r on green n I've nearly killed u dumbasses n NO I'm nt da driver in dis vid"

I'm sure there's some English in there somewhere...

 

[thomas]

Not sure I can be bothered, tbh... hopefully he'll be a bit more alert in future after having his mugshot on youtube, and a flea in his ear from work.

On a lighter note, someone has left a delightful comment on the video:

"I wish he wuda run u over u bike ridin fuck you fuckers jump red lights 4 a joke the amount of times u fuckers have gone thru a red light wen mine r on green n I've nearly killed u dumbasses n NO I'm nt da driver in dis vid"

I'm sure there's some English in there somewhere...

lol! Hopefully the driver has realised that his exploits might be posted on youtube....and hopefully he's complained about this to his work mates. If they think there is potentially a cyclist with a camera filming their driving, every time they see a cyclist they'll probably be on high alert.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

<sigh> this is getting tedious now... YouTube have received a complaint (wonder who that could be from!) and removed the video again, despite the fact I emailed them pointing/including text from the CCTV laws which seems to (not) cover this sort of thing...

The driver will think he's won now... which is depressing. I quite liked laughing at his stupidity when viewing the video.

I think I may now contact Arriva and ask what has happened, and then pursue it further with Police involvement as it really is dangerous driving. Looks like the game has now commenced.

 

[thomas]

I think I may now contact Arriva and ask what has happened, and then pursue it further with Police involvement as it really is dangerous driving. Looks like the game has now commenced.

I'm happy to upload the video to my account, but we should try to get as many other helmet camera people to upload the video as well

Try to piss the guy off with 10 copies of the video floating around...

or try to get the local paper to publish some video stills! You could also just upload the video elsewhere and link to it in your profile page....I'm happy to put it on my web server...with a contact address and more than happy to tell him to piss off if he emails me

annnd, go to the police with the video. I bet they'll fob you off because it's been too long after the incident now though....but I suppose, you could argue, that he is harrasing you!

 

[Tharg2007]

vimeo are a good one to use

oh and ill give a statement to the traffic police if need be.

 

[thomas]

vimeo are a good one to use

Yep, I've got some videos on there...high quality too (generally).

Also, megavideo seem to always have full series of TV shows and don't care, so he probably wouldn't get far with them

 

[Theseus]

Just to chip in with a thought ...

As well as posting a full version to another place, post an edited version that just shows the RLJ onto Youtube as well. Include text explaining the situation and referring interested veiwers to the full version.