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classic33
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Its not his only one either. Forces a taxi to stop at a junction in one of his others.
Close pass, cycling style
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Accy cyclist
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- The hills of Accrington
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classic33
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First thoughts as well, but that would mean the car would be "travelling faster" as well.
subaqua
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- Leytonstone
the white car that pulls out and he does a little shimmy ? This one
View: http://youtu.be/nZV4QWXoA4M
Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Hope he carries a donor card. I feel sorry for the poor bloke that get his brain though.
Drago
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Not that dangerous? He's all over his side of the carriageway, pays no regard to door zones, overtakes at ridiculous pinch points, takes no account of hazards such as side turnings, and rides in an urban environment that minimises his chance of being able to safely take action if things go a bit bobby. It's hard to say from the footage but I suspect his head never moved more than 5 degrees either side of pointed straight ahead.
I'm sure it's great fun, but he needs to think about the difference between fast riding and fast risk taking if he wants a long and healthy life.
I'm sure it's great fun, but he needs to think about the difference between fast riding and fast risk taking if he wants a long and healthy life.
@Drago the cam is obviously on the handlebars....
My boyfriend (long ago, when he was young and foolish) was pulled over by the police for overtaking a truck in a 30kph (i.e. 20mph) zone on his bike. I'm not sure if he got anything more than a good telling off (and obviously this wasn't in the UK so the details of the road traffic law would be different).
My boyfriend (long ago, when he was young and foolish) was pulled over by the police for overtaking a truck in a 30kph (i.e. 20mph) zone on his bike. I'm not sure if he got anything more than a good telling off (and obviously this wasn't in the UK so the details of the road traffic law would be different).
Drago
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Yes, I guessed the cam is on the bars or stem...?
Drago
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Yes, that's why I stated its hard to say what his head was up to. He's riding like a chump in most other ways so it's not unreasonable to suppose he making the most common safety related error as well.
Drago
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Not in the door zones? In the first video he's right in the zone of the parked corsa he passes close to the end.
In the second he's wobbling all over and he's edging progressively closer to the first row of parked cars, and there little doubt he's right in there on the last in the row.
As he builds up speed and he's hammering the cranks he's all over the place, deviating across a corridor 4 or 5 feet wide in places. When the taxi pulls out and there's the hint of wobble because he either wasn't looking or wasn't thinking and left it almost too late to act. That's not supremacy and confidence - that's lack of situational awareness and control. It's idiocy, and we'd be quick to condemn a car driver moving among cyclists with such wild abandon and disregard. How many times have our brothers and sisters on here complained about a close pass from a car at a pinch point?
In the second he's wobbling all over and he's edging progressively closer to the first row of parked cars, and there little doubt he's right in there on the last in the row.
As he builds up speed and he's hammering the cranks he's all over the place, deviating across a corridor 4 or 5 feet wide in places. When the taxi pulls out and there's the hint of wobble because he either wasn't looking or wasn't thinking and left it almost too late to act. That's not supremacy and confidence - that's lack of situational awareness and control. It's idiocy, and we'd be quick to condemn a car driver moving among cyclists with such wild abandon and disregard. How many times have our brothers and sisters on here complained about a close pass from a car at a pinch point?
paddypete
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- cumbernauld
it looks like an electric bike of some sort
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classic33
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Plenty of roads like that round here.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
The video looks sped up.
I know the area; it's Burley Road coming down from Headingley into Leeds - built up and not the safest area to be doing that.
I know the area; it's Burley Road coming down from Headingley into Leeds - built up and not the safest area to be doing that.
