Car is dead, so back to cycling!

[ianrauk]

I dont understand why people keep going on about the videos. Even my family are happy with me uploading stuff, it is just certain types of things they dont want on there.

Because you drive like a nobber and brag about it.
Like some of the nobbers you used to film and preach about when you had a bike and cam.
Is that too hard to understand?

 

[Mugshot]

I dont understand why people keep going on about the videos. Even my family are happy with me uploading stuff, it is just certain types of things they dont want on there.

We're going on about your crap driving and your unbelievable hypocrisy.
You once posted a video on here bemoaning the fact that a van had done a little wheel spin as he pulled away from a set of lights. The intro to your video channel is you wheel spinning!!! Can you not see the issue?

 

[AndyRM]

I dont understand why people keep going on about the videos. Even my family are happy with me uploading stuff, it is just certain types of things they dont want on there.

Maybe because you behave as badly, if not worse, than many of the drivers in your cycling videos?

Beaten to it by Ian! And Mugshot. D'oh. Must type quicker!

 

[Globalti]

Something which will probably change my attitude towards driving.

The driver who killed his pal here in Lancashire (see my post above) got three years in prison. I bet that changed his attitude towards driving.

 

[coffeejo]

I dont understand why people keep going on about the videos. Even my family are happy with me uploading stuff, it is just certain types of things they dont want on there.

Ian answered your question before you asked it, Matthew.

Now if you was on your bike (remember what a bike is?) with your cam and you saw a car do that you would have taken great delight in pasting the vehicle registration all over you tube. Hypocritical behaviour.

Please have a long hard think about your driving and the potential consequences before you get back behind the wheel.

 

[AndyRM]

The next car I get is going to be a normal one, one which isnt a yellow Fiat. Something which will probably change my attitude towards driving.

I've got a yellow Fiat and I don't drive it like a weapon.

 

[Mugshot]

The driver who killed his pal here in Lancashire (see my post above) got three years in prison. I bet that changed his attitude towards driving.

One of Matts videos shows him driving at speed along what appears to be a narrow coast road, Matts passengers are asking him to slow down and Matt is replying that he knows the road and it's one way so it's fine. It's more than a little concerning.

 

[Matthew_T]

The car you had was a normal one, you just drove it like a nobber.

GC

Fair enough.

A yellow Fiat is a perfectly normal car, it's not the car which will change your attitude towards driving, it's you.

I think it does. Having a cheap car which you know will be scrapped soon, means you are more likely to drive it without care. A brand new car which will need to last you quite a few years, will be more looked after.

I had a guy once who was reversing out of a parking space and hit my car. He came into the shop and notified me (which I was very appreciative of). I checked out the car and there was a tiny bit of damage. But I just told him that the car wasnt worth claiming on insurance and he was happy to just leave it. However, if I had a new car, I would have been more inclined to ask for his details so that I could get a new bumper or have it repaired, so it is in a perfect state.

 

[Mugshot]

Fair enough.

I think it does. Having a cheap car which you know will be scrapped soon, means you are more likely to drive it without care. A brand new car which will need to last you quite a few years, will be more looked after.

I had a guy once who was reversing out of a parking space and hit my car. He came into the shop and notified me (which I was very appreciative of). I checked out the car and there was a tiny bit of damage. But I just told him that the car wasnt worth claiming on insurance and he was happy to just leave it. However, if I had a new car, I would have been more inclined to ask for his details so that I could get a new bumper or have it repaired, so it is in a perfect state.

The way you value your car has NOTHING to do with the way you value other road users or your passengers safety or your license.

 

[Globalti]

When Matt first appeared on this forum as an inexperienced cyclist I felt sympathetic towards him and even offered advice and defended him on a couple of occasions because I was once that age and I have a son aged 15 so I remember what it's like as a young man trying to get yourself sorted out. I remember the mistakes, the awkwardness, the uncertainty and the bravado of late teenage years.

Now, having seen Matt's driving videos, all feelings of sympathy have evaporated and I'm forced to agree with the others on here that our friend Matt needs a dose of reality to bring him to his senses. I just hope that doesn't involve any harm or injury to anybody else.

 

[Matthew_T]

One of Matts videos shows him driving at speed along what appears to be a narrow coast road, Matts passengers are asking him to slow down and Matt is replying that he knows the road and it's one way so it's fine. It's more than a little concerning.

They were not asking me to slow down. They were asking me to explain how I know I can go that fast. The road was one way, the official entrance was shut, so the only way onto the road is from the hill above. It is a national speed limit road (which I definately didnt even get near to, I was doing 40mph max), and it is one way.

I will only take risks when it is safe to do so and there is noone around.

I have asked my friends if I am a bad driver, and they have said that I can be a little silly at times, but I have more skill than anyone they know. I dont really know what type of skill that is, because there are many more people who can handle a car better than me, and I havent even been driving that long. However my friends feel that I am an okay driver, as why would they get in the car if they thought I was dangerous?

My mates actually once asked me to drive like I do with my family in the car, and straight away they got bored. I can drive sensibly (because I have to), however when anyone gets their first car, they just want to have fun in it.

I dont use a mobile phone whilst driving, even for texts I have pulled over to read them. I dont eat or drink whilst driving. I control my passengers well and make sure they dont distract me. And 9/10 miles I drive as a sensible person. Its just these odd little things which I do which annoy people.

 

[ianrauk]

They were not blah blah blah blah blah.

You just don't get it do you?

 

[Mugshot]

They were not asking me to slow down. They were asking me to explain how I know I can go that fast. <snip>

What they actually say when you tell them that nothing is going to come the other way is "But how do you know?" The intimation is "Please slow down."
Also worth noting that on that particular day that you were driving along a potentially dangerous road is that visibility was reduced due to fog.

 

[Saluki]

My mates actually once asked me to drive like I do with my family in the car, and straight away they got bored.

Bored? With driving from A to B?
A trip in a car is not supposed to be exciting! Why are you worrying about whether or not your mates are 'bored' when you are driving?
I have a nasty feeling that if you are trying not to 'bore' your friends and driving in a 'non boring' manner that some other poor road user is going to be killed by you before very long.
I, for one, am very glad that I am the other side of the country.

 

[GetAGrip]

I dont understand why people keep going on about the videos. Even my family are happy with me uploading stuff, it is just certain types of things they dont want on there.

It's not the fact that you upload your videos at all. It's the CONTENT of these videos, which shows the ATTITUDE of the driver - YOU.
You show total disregard for other road users, and/or the meaning of the law/highway code.
Had you been witness to such behaviours that you've uploaded 12 months ago, they're reg. nos. would've been passed on to the police along their vids being uploaded for all to see how NOT to drive on the highway.

Sorry to shout @Matthew_T but, I've been known to defend your somewhat 'obsessive' need to upload vids where you vent at all sinners of the road in the past. I was convinced that your need to chase people down with your popup soapbox would mellow with the coming of adulthood, but your belief in right and wrong would never waiver.
Although maybe he was a little, shall I say, over enthusiastic at times, I think I preferred the old Matthew.
But, there again, maybe I'm being a bit enthusiastic myself on presuming that adulthood is something you've actually reached yet!