AndyB said:
I'm a long time lurker on the cyclechat site.
I thought I should share my recent crash with you.
*warning it is a bit graphic and there is some blood*
http://vholdr.com/node/83183
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Ooch!
I had a similar SMIDSY on wednesday. Driver did a u-turn and immediate right across me into a junnction, after getting stuck at a level crossing in motspur park (SW London).
Bike is not good and most of me seems to be working with the help of heavy duty painkillers but his car will need new bonnet & wing and repairs to both doors on the offside! Plus i felt no guilt at lying in the middle of a very busy junction for 30 minutes or so at rush hour
Observations about my crash and your video:
1 In each case the driver was 100% at fault by failing to give way.
2 In each case we both failed to cycle defensively.
I assumed (as did the driver who hit me) that gridlocked traffic meant the yellow cross-hatched junction was, and would remain, empty. I would normally have slowed to almost a stop before crossing the hatched junction despite having right of way. i did slow, but not as much.
In your case, going through a roundabout at 20mph gives no margin of error if the oncoming driver makes the predictable mistake.