Nice and bad drivers

[P_Dalen]

A few footages from recent commuting in Oslo (I apologize for the right-hand driving...)

A considerate bus driver

Hey, this is not a roundabout!

A very wide and considerate overtake

A fierce pickup driver (warning: includes swearing in Norwegian).

 

[aembleton]

Their roads do look a lot quieter than London which must help.

 

[P_Dalen]

Indeed! Oslo' traffic is not that peaceful at all times and locations, though. These videos may not show the entire picture...

 

[BentMikey]

To be fair in London, almost all drivers are very nice. It's only a bad few that spoil it. I think I might put up perhaps 1 in 5000 driver interactions, it just doesn't take very long to encounter that many drivers on my longish commute.

 

[P_Dalen]

I fully agree that the vast majority of car drivers behave well. Of course. If it wasn't so, I wouldn't dare cycling at all.

But only 1 of 5000? Isn't that underrated? Where I ride, I would estimate that about one percent or so of the drivers show a bad beaviour against cyclists. It depend of course on what you consider as good and bad...

 

[BentMikey]

Yeah, I guess it depends on where you define the cut-off. For me it's feeling enough irritation to put them up on my youtube channel. That's far less than a serious incident, but more than a minor mistake.

 

[Jezston]

How does that 'not a roundabout' work then?

Oh and you should have let that pedestrian finish crossing after that douchebag pickup driver beeped you, but I guess you were in a bad mood so I'll let you off What did you say? I'm guessing it wasn't in english but my brain intepreted it as "I'm going to kick! Your arse".

 

[benb]

5-10% are a bit useless, and overtake too close.
0.5% are worse, and overtake very close
0.1% are homicidal

Numbers were plucked from my @rse.

 

[P_Dalen]

How does that 'not a roundabout' work then?

Oh and you should have let that pedestrian finish crossing after that douchebag pickup driver beeped you, but I guess you were in a bad mood so I'll let you off What did you say? I'm guessing it wasn't in english but my brain intepreted it as "I'm going to kick! Your arse".

That roundabout is probably more an example of bad traffic engineering than bad driving. It may look like a roundabout, but there are no signs indicating yield or priority. Hence, you should yield for traffic from the right just as in an ordinary intersection. I was a little pig-headed there, I had no hard feelings for the driver indeed.

I thought I let the pedestrian cross without interfering , didn't I? I must admit i tried to catch up the Chevy to capture the driver's face on camera in the next junction, but I was too slow...

What I said? I won't translate it directly, but it was one word associated with male reproductive organ, and another word associated with the personification of evil power...!

 

[benb]

What I said? I won't translate it directly, but it was one word associated with male reproductive organ, and another word associated with the personification of evil power...!

Cock Hitler?

 

[P_Dalen]

On my way home tonight I met this tow truck overtaking a tram.
Poor, poor driver. Obviously an entirely unsuccessful human being.

 

[jefmcg]

Rain and tram tracks? Where did the fierce driver expect you to go? Cock Hitler indeed!

 

[P_Dalen]

Another incident on my commute a couple of weeks ago.
Despite the reduced speed limit (30 km/h due to roadwork), the driver has nothing on his mind except from overtaking this bloody cyclist (me). He obviously completely ignores the kids that are about to cross at the pedestrian crossing.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=jixGPDJvjis

 

[Rebel Ian]

On the roundabout one you could see the second car was going to go. I'd have backed off irrespective of who had right of way.

 

[P_Dalen]

On the roundabout one you could see the second car was going to go. I'd have backed off irrespective of who had right of way.

As already mentioned, I agree that I was a little pig-headed in that situation.