I am not colour blind - my RAF officer and aircrew selection results can confirm this (for the avoidance of doubt, I never went on to join the RAF, but I did pass all the physical and aptitude tests necessary to be a pilot, navigator or fighter controller).
I don't think I am thick - I have a scientific honours degree and work in a scientific and engineering capacity.
I am not trolling, I am dispassionately using the evidence at hand (provided by your own video and subsequent discussion) to make points based on observation.
( the light’s green ) so I didn’t “ run a red”
You did run a red. You keep posting heavily cropped images of traffics lights that remove the context of the video. The image I posted of your own video clearly shows that you are past the ASL and the light is still red. You admit that you positioned yourself ahead of the car and we can see that the car has stopped at the ASL. Ergo, you "ran a red light". You might not like that you did this, you might not have meant to do this, but the evidence clearly shows that you did this.
If you think you don’t have to position yourself as I did, in that scenario, you clearly don’t have a clue about urban riding / riding in general, so I think all you post on this ‘cycle forum’ is completely invalidated.
I, and other correspondents here, do indeed think that you didn't have to position yourself like this. You didn't have to go to the front. You didn't have to run the red light. You could have held back, behind the lead car where you would be clear of its manoeuvres and also clearly visible to the 2nd car in the queue.
I am also unclear why making statements that you disagree with in one post means that everything I put in this forum is invalidated? Maybe those photos I posted of my bike
weren't in front of a church/thatch/memorial? Perhaps the false perspective fooled me?
I admit that I am not a frequent urban cyclist, but I am an urban driver, motorcyclist, occasional cyclist and pedestrian. I am also a keen follower of the laws and regulations that apply to these situations. Regardless of my experience in urban riding one thing is irrefutable: riding a bicycle past the ASL when the traffic light is red is an offence. You have provided evidence that clearly shows you committing this offence. You have then lambasted a driver for committing the very same offence. You have subsequently taken down the evidence whilst also selectively cropping frames to support your own belief - that you are always right and everybody else is wrong.
As an aside, I did find it slightly amusing that at first you accused the driver of violating a "YSL" - nice to see that Yves Saint Laurent is foremost in your mind when approaching a high risk situation.
