My first confrontation and why it will be my last.

[Cycling Dan]

I see this everyday. He was a bit close but you were making a mountain out of a mole hill. All people with head cams seem to do this. What's the point of reacting like that. When you think of British soldiers who hear the snap crackle & pop of enemy bullets shooting past their ears, I bet even they don't react as much.

There reaction to being shot at is to shoot back and kill the farker shooting at them. A bit more than just shouting at them.. Sadly I cant drive a car into people who close pass me or nearly knock me off.... Not to mention they are trained for such a situation and thats part of the job. Getting close passes and some ignorant nobber trying to pass on his stupidness is not part of cycling.

 

[Milzy]

Difference being they can shoot back and kill the f***er shooting at them. Sadly I cant drive a car into them.... Not to mention they are trained for such a situation and thats part of the job. Getting close passes and some ignorant nobber trying to pass on his stupidness is not part of cycling.

I hear you & techone but I've only been back cycling for a few weeks & i'm just getting used to close passes. It's totally ***t as I used to go MTB off road before & only used the roads for a small % of the journey. I will save my reaction for when I'm knocked off then I'll probably punch them hard in the jaw. Then again two wrongs don't make a right but heat of the moment things happen. I believe every body in the country should be taking driving re-tests every few years. If you look at gas safe fitters & coded welders, they have periodical exams/tests to pass. We need to get more bad motorists off the road simple as.

 

[Cycling Dan]

I hear you & techone but I've only been back cycling for a few weeks & i'm just getting used to close passes. It's totally *hit as I used to go MTB off road before & only used the roads for a small % of the journey. I will save my reaction for when I'm knocked off then I'll probably punch them hard in the jaw. Then again two wrongs don't make a right but heat of the moment things happen. I believe every body in the country should be taking driving re-tests every few years. If you look at gas safe fitters & coded welders, they have periodical exams/tests to pass. We need to get more bad motorists off the road simple as.

We can hope. However when you hit them if you give them 3 lefts it makes a right
I'm use to close passes but I think that's a rather sad thing. I shouldn't have to be use to it or expect it when every car is going to overtake..

 

[Matthew_T]

I am not allowed to be a tosser when driving. The only thing I do now is just sigh and be hesitant as to what the person is doing (i.e. give them room).

 

[Cycling Dan]

Cams are great yeah, if he had hit you then you'd have the t0$$er by the balls. My point is some people with cams make something out of nothing. There's a guy on youtube from London with stacks of vids & he's just shouting wooooaaah at every car that goes past. Yes he did have a few moments when he rightly should have done, but loads of stuff he could have ignored.

Sonofthewind lol

 

[Cycling Dan]

I am not allowed to be a tosser when driving. The only thing I do now is just sigh and be hesitant as to what the person is doing (i.e. give them room).

Off on a tangent here but when you drive do you have your cameras mounted in the car?

 

[Milzy]

Look at Dr.Harold Shipman in the white van at the end. Awesome!

 

[Matthew_T]

Off on a tangent here but when you drive do you have your cameras mounted in the car?

Not in my instructors car. Dont think he would like that. When I get my own car I probably will.

 

[Cycling Dan]

Not in my instructors car. Dont think he would like that. When I get my own car I probably will.

You could ask him for a kinda look back on lessons and see what was done wrong see again what was said etc. Unless its a sticky mount or something you cant put there and remove.

 

[Matthew_T]

You could ask him for a kinda look back on lessons and see what was done wrong see again what was said etc. Unless its a sticky mount or something you cant put there and remove.

I would probably just use some tape to secure it in place, so that it doesnt damage the car. I dont know if @gavroche is reading this though. It would be good to be able to watch back the footage and review where I went wrong. I probably wouldnt upload anything to YT though.

 

[Dave Davenport]

Look at Dr.Harold Shipman in the white van at the end. Awesome!

Yes, why does he use a helmet cam? None of the drivers in any of those clips will change their behaviour because he filmed them. Whereas if he'd dragged some of them out of their windows and beat the sh1t out of them..........

 

[Deleted member 20519]

Give us a link to your Youtube channel when the video is online

 

[Matthew_T]

Give us a link to your Youtube channel when the video is online

As I said before, I probably wouldnt upload anything. Nothing worth uploading really.

 

[Cycling Dan]

As I said before, I probably wouldnt upload anything. Nothing worth uploading really.

You making mistakes while driving a car. I think that's a gold mine. Maybe not for you but a gold mine it is.

 

[Crankarm]

I hear you & techone but I've only been back cycling for a few weeks & i'm just getting used to close passes. It's totally *hit as I used to go MTB off road before & only used the roads for a small % of the journey. I will save my reaction for when I'm knocked off then I'll probably punch them hard in the jaw. Then again two wrongs don't make a right but heat of the moment things happen. I believe every body in the country should be taking driving re-tests every few years. If you look at gas safe fitters & coded welders, they have periodical exams/tests to pass. We need to get more bad motorists off the road simple as.

This. You are new to some thing, find you don't like it or can't get on with it so want to change everything as it is every one elses' fault. Get real.