Oh. My. God! Who's to blame?

[Angelfishsolo]

Is that the same courier who has posted videos of himself jumping red lights and generally behaving like a bell end? Either way the cyclist is most certainly in the wrong and if I was the truck driver I would have f'ing chinned him (out of camera shot as I would have been )

 

[Simba]

When will people learn to not try and squeeze a tenth of a second off their journey by taking suicidal risks is beyond me. Cyclist 100% at fault there.

 

[Chilternrides]

Another vote for the plum on a bike; his minimal check before sweeping out into the outside of the traffic had me worried to begin with, and then to go for an ever-diminishing gap at that speed...well it's all been said already.

I'd rather not think about the slow learner who had just witnessed that and went for the same route anyway; obviously keen to occupy a wooden box sooner rather than later...

 

[Andrew_P]

When will people learn to not try and squeeze a tenth of a second off their journey by taking suicidal risks is beyond me. Cyclist 100% at fault there.

This why I stopped racing the Garmin, I found myself taking a few risks (nothing like that twat though)

 

[mog35]

Another vote for the plum on a bike; his minimal check before sweeping out into the outside of the traffic had me worried to begin with

That's what I thought, that he'd collide headlong with a bus coming the other way.

But as others have said, entirely his fault. I really don't understand why people take such risks, whether they're on a bike or in a car. Is it really worth it? And I couldn't believe the other rider who also decided to take that route.

At 0:47 you see him prop his bike up against that black building on the corner. His front wheel looks pretty mangled. Hopefully he's learned his lesson.

 

[zacklaws]

This why I stopped racing the Garmin, I found myself taking a few risks (nothing like that twat though)

The cyclists a complete idiot to take a risk like that, but is it also the culture of many cyclists of "racing" others on your commute to work and this childish mentality of scalping, that you may be "scalped" or try to "scalp" others that can make cyclists take risks that way. Was he trying to race the cyclist with the camera?

Before the incident with the bus, what would have happened if a pedestrian suddenly appeared from between the vehicles crossing the road, or even pedestrians in the gap between the vehicles he cut through, or even a passenger door opening in his face. Undertaking traffic, even though it may be a cycle lane is a perilous undertaking at times, only this year I had a car pull into the cycle lane in front of me unexepectantly which gave me a fright, but in towns and cities, I always keep my speeds low for the conditions and just stick with the flow.

 

[Jezston]

Hopefully he's learned his lesson.

That or he'll be down the pub afterwards with all his fakenger mates going on about how awesome it was and how hardcore he is and they'll all slap each other on the backs and continue riding like c***s.

 

[GrasB]

What a twat! But that said I see people taking similar risks every time I go into town.

One thing that interests me is that the fastest cyclists always seem to be overtaking the same slower cyclists when riding across town.

 

[HLaB]

Bejesus, I thought I was seeing a death there, I was amazed and glad to see them reappearing, even if it was completely stupid nobody deserves to be hurt. I'm also relieved for the bus & truck drivers, through no fault of theirs they were almost wrapped up in something that would have haunted them for the rest of their lives.

 

[Asprilla]

The cyclists a complete idiot to take a risk like that, but is it also the culture of many cyclists of "racing" others on your commute to work and this childish mentality of scalping, that you may be "scalped" or try to "scalp" others that can make cyclists take risks that way. Was he trying to race the cyclist with the camera?

Are you a subscriber to the Daily Mail or one of their actual journalists?

 

[ThePainInSpain]

The bloke is total twat and should be shot.

What about the trauma caused to the drivers and witness. Inconsiderate moron.

As a cyclist, Motorist (NOT moton, thank you) and a scooterist I sometimes find it satisfying to see things like this, to show some of you out there, it's NOT ALWAYS the fault of somebody else.

 

[Origamist]

The guy made a serious error (the gap was only going to get smaller), but I'm glad he was able to walk away from the incident.

 

[zacklaws]

Are you a subscriber to the Daily Mail or one of their actual journalists?

Neither, don't buy papers as they are usually full of shite, but why do you ask?

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

I sometimes find it satisfying to see things like this, to show some of you out there, it's NOT ALWAYS the fault of somebody else.

Good grief, you may be onto something there!

 

[LosingFocus]

What's a "fakenger"?