Official Closest pass video

[rnscotch]

Ohh dear all one can say is.....

 

[magnatom]

Anyone???

I thought this would have been obvious, but it might not have been. We were coming off a roundabout (fairly tight) so he would be accelerating away from it. To stay behind me he would only have to stop accelerating, not to slow down as such. I reckon when he passed me I would have been doing about 18mph. Not amazingly fast, but not too slow either. the speed limit is 30mph for reference.

 

[magnatom]

Ohh dear all one can say is.....

True, but he is entitled to his opinion. He thinks I am attention seeking, and in need of some publicity. Fair enough.

What he doesn't know is that if something I and my fellow collegues are working on at work at the moment works as we hope it will, I will get much greater fame and fortune from that. Of course if I told you what it was, I'd have to shoot you!

 

[Rhythm Thief]

[quote name='swee'pea99']"I don't find Magna indignant"

And I don't find Lee trolly. I think he makes points that need to be made without pulling his punches, and that ruffles feathers, but so be it. Don't forget that this whole 18 page discussion effectively began when Lee was the first to step out of line after a page and a half of 'ooh poor you, what a swine' consensus and say 'well, hang on just a minute...' Thereby, in my view at least, stimulating a debate, which seems worthwhile. Can't see much point being here if all anyone does is agree how beastly non-cyclists are (while we, of course, are beyond reproach).[/QUOTE]

+1. One of the things I don't like about this forum is that anyone who posts anything even slightly off message usually gets dismissed as a troll, no matter how good the points they're making are. It's better now Spindrift is gone but it still happens.

 

[johnnyh]

What he doesn't know is that if something I and my fellow collegues are working on at work at the moment works as we hope it will, I will get much greater fame and fortune from that. Of course if I told you what it was, I'd have to shoot you!

is it the missing bit to make the LHC work?

 

[tdr1nka]

BM did you post that second vid of your ride with Lee?

 

[magnatom]

+1. One of the things I don't like about this forum is that anyone who posts anything even slightly off message usually gets dismissed as a troll, no matter how good the points they're making are. It's better now Spindrift is gone but it still happens.

RT, I'm not trying to stir, but in your comments, do you mean me? I am always open to critisism. Otherwise, why would I post my videos. I certainly don't expect a lot of back slapping!

Lee may well make some valid points under all of the chaff, but he constantly picks and picks and picks. The example of looking back is a good one. He claims I didn't. I prove I did. He then claims that I couldn't have looked right, I explain that I knew that the car was there, but at the first look, did not in my opinion look like it posed a threat. He then goes back later to claim that I hadn't looked correctly, when I have since suggested that I had seen him, and my mistake was not seeing the threat. This goes on and on. He does this with the hitting as well. I explain it was a reaction, but that isn't good enough!

That in my book is trolling.

Look back and pre lee threads. On many occasions, I have disagreed with other posters on here and (apart from Lee, Mr Hippo and Col), we have always had good debate, not slagging matches!

 

[mr_hippo]

LOL at Mr Hippo, who if I recall correctly, edited out a bit of his video showing him about to undertake a big coach.

Are you referring to Bqangkok Traffic Part ! (
View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=99XaRuD7Y1U)?
I also posted the uncut version -
View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cNiJhk-lG58

Have you ever cycled in Bangkok? Are you familiar with traffic patterns here?
Those lights (Lat Phrao Road/Chok Chai IV) have a countdown timer and I had enough time to get to the ASL before the lights changed.

 

[magnatom]

Are you referring to Bqangkok Traffic Part ! (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=99XaRuD7Y1U)? I also posted the uncut version -
View: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cNiJhk-lG58

Have you ever cycled in Bangkok? Are you familiar with traffic patterns here?
Those lights (Lat Phrao Road/Chok Chai IV) have a countdown timer and I had enough time to get to the ASL before the lights changed.

Have you ever cycled in Glasgow? Are you familiar with the traffic patterns here......

 

[magnatom]

 

[magnatom]

Well, you need to be careful how you write your questions as these two (second one isn't even a question!)

Would you not check over your shoulder though?

No need, look over your shoulder

strongly suggest that you are claiming that I didn't look over my shoulder.

 

[BADGER.BRAD]

IT'S GOT TO BE A DANGEROUS DRIVING CHARGE

Does the Driver say you were in the middle of the road ? That's what it sounds like anyway! This means he admits to seeing you but still deliberately trys to push passed head on to the other driver knowing he stands a chance of either hitting you or the on coming car. That's got to be a dangerous driving charge, this was not accidental, It was a deliberately dangerous act. I accept that all of us make mistakes but get rally pissed off when someone deliberately puts your life at risk. If I was you I would contact The council,police and the Taxi firm and the local paper, although I really doubt the police or the taxi firm will be interested. ( If the police are anything like they are here anyway)

 

[BentMikey]

BM did you post that second vid of your ride with Lee?

Never got round to it mate. TBH it's mostly more of the same, except for some bits where Lee couldn't keep up.

 

[4F]

Mags if you just cycled a little faster then you would not have had this problem

 

[magnatom]

Mags if you just cycled a little faster then you would not have had this problem

Aye, this is why I have my heart set on a new non-lead plated bike!