Drivers, Example of why a cyclist don't like to cycle close to parked cars!

[DWiggy]

Scary stuff!

http://road.cc/content/news/159991-video-doored-cyclist-falls-path-black-cab

 

[Lonestar]

Jaysus firking christ.Good on the cabbie for posting this.I cycle that route and it's a nightmare for everyone at the moment with all the works going on.

 

[Dan B]

Perhaps the people in the "Road ragers ..." thread claiming that the cyclist should have been further over to the left might want to watch this video.

 

[MontyVeda]

already posted in the Roadragers thread

 

[Markymark]

Fair play to taxi who held back from overtaking and evidently left enough breaking distance not to smash into cyclist.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Perhaps the people in the "Road ragers ..." thread claiming that the cyclist should have been further over to the left might want to watch this video.

Unlikely, they haven't even watched the road rager video properly. They claim the cyclist should have moved over when the only gap was a car length at six seconds in. The rager had gone past by 11 seconds, and at the start of the video wasn't even behind the cyclist.

 

[Mugshot]

Unlikely, they haven't even watched the road rager video properly. They claim the cyclist should have moved over when the only gap was a car length at six seconds in. The rager had gone past by 11 seconds, and at the start of the video wasn't even behind the cyclist.

I'm pretty sure some people watched it with the sound off.

 

[User482]

I hope they reported the driver of the parked car. Clear offence under Regulation 105 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986.

I think we both know what the police are likely to do...

 

[Markymark]

But it's the cabbie's video so they might get off their lard arses and pursue it.

Why? I've seen some fairly clear cut videos which have apparently no further action taken.

 

[Markymark]

Very often the police won't do anything if the person whose recording it is was the cyclist - because they stupidly suggested it could have been doctored, etc. Yet they'll accept video from third parties.

The Met are notorious for this...

Ah, yes. Do they really think the footage I've seen is embellished in any way?

 

[Markymark]

That's depressing.

 

[User482]

I don't know? But it's an excuse that is often trotted out. I've had it myself. I've also been told I can't be an independent witness to an incident involving another cyclist as I was a cyclist too.

Barmy!

With logic like that...

 

[Origamist]

I hope it wasn't anyone on here.

 

[User482]

I pointed out that they didn't seem to apply that logic to motorists... and basically got told to shut up or they'd nick me.

And people wonder why cyclists film their commutes and load footage on Youtube.

 

[Dan B]

I'm pretty sure some people watched it with the sound off.

I'm not sure some people weren't watching with the video turned off, going on the difference between what I saw and what they claimed to see