Oooo, I wonder how many of those filmed in their cars would think the same of their driving.I wouldn't care. I think i'm a relatively good cyclist who makes clear signals and is courteous to other road users.
Oooo, I wonder how many of those filmed in their cars would think the same of their driving.I wouldn't care. I think i'm a relatively good cyclist who makes clear signals and is courteous to other road users.
No problem at all, provided they can quote the sources of their supposed wisdom and don't make up their own imaginary highway code rules like most of the motorists featured in video clips do. Even better if they can honestly say that they have sufficient experience of cycling themselves to back up their assertions. (In my case, I have about 400,000 miles of driving experience, including 50,000 miles on a motorcycle.)I wonder how us cyclists would feel if motorists started routinely filming us and confronting us at junctions over what they perceive to be bad cycling?
I wonder how us cyclists would feel if motorists started routinely filming us and confronting us at junctions over what they perceive to be bad cycling?
No problem at all, provided they can quote the sources of their supposed wisdom and don't make up their own imaginary highway code rules like most of the motorists featured in video clips do. Even better if they can honestly say that they have sufficient experience of cycling themselves to back up their assertions. (In my case, I have about 400,000 miles of driving experience, including 50,000 miles on a motorcycle.)
In that case I have almost 400,000 miles as a cyclist so you better start listening !
In that case I have almost 400,000 miles as a cyclist so you'd better start listening !
It is strange how figures are thrown around like that as if bigger numbers do mean anything.In that case I have almost 400,000 miles as a cyclist so you better start listening !
I think attitudes changed with regard to drink driving, are changing with regard to speeding, and crucially have changed out of sight in those parts of London where cyclists predominate. I'm suggesting that while individuals vary, the body politic of driving is moving with the times and can be moved further.The question was actually about whether it changed their attitudes.
I agree that speeding is becoming more unacceptable but I suggest that speeding and speed cameras are not particularly relevant points when considering helmet cams.
There is a perception that there are fewer traffic police, with the "jam / honey sandwiches" having been replaced by speed cameras and Traffic Wombles. There have also been comments that fewer traffic police has led to a drop in driving standards.
The only things that speed cameras catch is speeding and they are completely useless for spotting, amongst other things, SMIDSYs, close passes and tailgating.
Cyclecams, however, are pretty good at capturing, amongst other things, SMIDSYs, close passes and tailgating, although they are un-calibrated so completely useless at capturing speeding.
I agree, then, that these cameras change their driving as well as their attitudes, although I don't agree with the idea of a High Court of YouTube and wish that there were some easier way of pursuing due process through the legal system.
1611722 said:That would have to be the punishment of last resort.
I did suggest Milton Keynes, (being barred from the town myself) but Fab Foodie thought that was too harsh.1611722 said:That would have to be the punishment of last resort.
I did suggest Milton Keynes, (being barred from the town myself) but Fab Foodie thought that was too harsh.
have an ex-wife there. (I should say that this is not a court injunction, but one enacted by the present and for all time Mrs. DZ)I'm jealous. I want to be barred from Milton Keynes. What do I need to do?
Not sure why it has to be a p155ing competition. It's simply about answering the point when the driver assumes that any cyclist has never driven a car and says "what do you know about driving?". Most drivers have never ridden a bike since they were a child, so actually talk from a position of ignorance, whereas most adult cyclists are probably also experienced motorists.It is strange how figures are thrown around like that as if bigger numbers do mean anything.
IME, people who have only recently got their qualifications have few miles but have the greatest knowledge of what they should be doing and the least aggression and attitude in their approach. However, that doesn't make a very high damp patch on a wall.