Official Close Pass Licencing response

[purplepolly]

 

[magnatom]

No, he probably does it himself .

Out of interest and completely off topic, a wise man once said:

Judo is like dancing, except there is no choreography, no music and the dancers try to knock each other down.


So there you have it.

Now I will conduct the orchestra...

Da da da da da da da daaa da da, boom tish, da da da da da da da daaa boom tish.....

 

[col]

Out of interest and completely off topic, a wise man once said:

Judo is like dancing, except there is no choreography, no music and the dancers try to knock each other down.


So there you have it.

Now I will conduct the orchestra...

Da da da da da da da daaa da da, boom tish, da da da da da da da daaa boom tish.....

Its only like a dance in some clubs.
Da da da da da da da daaa da da, boom tish, da da da da da da da daaa boom tish

 

[classic33]

Why oh why the slagging match.

Incident brought down to basics:
Cyclist has to follow a line on the road, so as to avoid injury that could be caused by hitting obstruction to his left.
Approaching a "pinch point" he has a vehicle pass him at a point on the road where to do so would be unsafe.
Vehicle passed close enough for the cyclist to actually touch the vehicle passing him.
Complaint made against the driver, to the local licensing department.

At this stage the complaint would have been the cyclist against the "professional driver". Normally the driver would have had the only say on the matter.
This time however the cyclist was able to back up his complaint with video evidence.

This is still something new to many & I'd say the initial response reflects that fact.
Cyclist not willing to accept the first answer given & pursues the matter.

Maybe if more pursued the matter beyond the first response something would be done.
As for driving in accordance with the regulations, basic regulations state that they obey the highway code at all times. Driver chose to overtake, his mistake. Possible that he'd done many times before, but now he he's been caught on camera.

 

[John the Monkey]

You're missing the point, classic - it was all magnatom's fault, see? He deliberately provoked the driver by being on the road, wot is for cars, as any fule kno.

 

[classic33]

You're missing the point, classic - it was all magnatom's fault, see? He deliberately provoked the driver by being on the road, wot is for cars, as any fule kno.

I thought it was Magnatom's fault soley because he uses a camera.

 

[magnatom]

I approached a zebra crosing today in our local sports centre car park. My son and I stopped and saw some cars approaching, so I pointed out to my son that we would have to wait until the cars stopped before we crossed. The first car didn't stop and kept on driving (plenty of time to stop). He stopped just in front of the building and I looked back with mild annoyance only to discover that it was a private taxi. However, what struck me the most was the taxi's plate number 2266.

Most disturbingly as I pointed this out to my wife who was just behind me, the chap looked over at me and waved whilst smiling. Either he had heard me say it (I doubt it as his window was closed), he was waving because he knew I was annoyed at him (he didn't care), or he recognised me.

I of course did the right thing and carried on into the sports centre.

Next time I will take this type of incident (when as serious as this) straight to the police. Obviously the licencing board made no difference to his attitude....

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

I approached a zebra crosing today in our local sports centre car park. My son and I stopped and saw some cars approaching, so I pointed out to my son that we would have to wait until the cars stopped before we crossed.

Technically they're not obliged to stop until you set foot on the crossing (IIRC) but in this day and age it'd be madness to step out before they've stopped... most drivers will stop when they know you want to cross... of course there are some that don't, and we call these people c*cks.

 

[Origamist]

I often step out before cars stop on zebra crossings - it tends to make them stop.

 

[HLaB]

I often step out before cars stop on zebra crossings - it tends to make them stop.

I've personally not got that faith in Motons but Ive found in larger cities like Dublin folk just walk out in front of car regardless of what type of crossing it is.

 

[col]

You only need to take one step onto it, you dont have to carry on walking, and one step shows them what you want to do, which most seem to stop for.

 

[Origamist]

You only need to take one step onto it, you dont have to carry on walking, and one step shows them what you want to do, which most seem to stop for.

I agree with Col and I can't quite believe it. I'm not a student of eschatology, but have the four cyclists of the apocalypse been sighted?

 

[HLaB]

I guess its all down to location (culture) I wouldn't fancy putting a foot out here but in Dublin I'd have no real qualms.

 

[col]

Yes I see cars swerving to hit pedestrians who have put one foot on the crossing all the time

 

[purplepolly]

Maybe not swerving but they'll certainly hit the accelerator if they're approaching from the other side of the road, even if that means going through the crossing when the ped's almost at the centre. I've even seen drivers do illegal left turns which takes them through crossings and shunt pedestrians out of the way.