RLJ’ers... a popular misconception

[BentMikey]

Yeah, and while you're at it give one to the OP about Zebra crossings

LOL, the irony of video critique coming from you!

 

[Eat MY Dust]

The pedestrian was not actually on the crossing, so Rog didn't have to stop. It would have been manners and tolerant to stop, but is not required.

That's kind of why I put the winky in. TBH I think the OP was more interested in catching up with pinky than manners!

 

[Jake]

Yeah, and while you're at it give one to the OP about Zebra crossings

lol - borris should give them out to everyone i;'ve had my fair share of people walk out into me and accuse me of bad cycling

 

[rog]

So, just to be clear then Lee. I was in the wrong because I didn't anchor on the brakes for a ped that decided to cross the road just as I got level with him but the girl who hurtled through two sets of reds is fine?

Bit rich to quote the HC and then go on to justify RLJ'ing in the same post. You cant have it both ways!

 

[hackbike 6]

LOL, the irony of video critique coming from you!

Will you two get a room?

 

[hackbike 6]

Wind up.

 

[Twiggy]

IMO, just not worth the risk for 5-10 seconds difference

actually, nearer a minute for rog to catch up, and he's cycling faster overall (as shown by the fact he does catch up)
So in fact the cyclist saved herself over a minute of travel time, by going through on amber+red rather than stopping.

Though I'd say the second set of lights just seems too risky for my tastes.

To your point about some driver going through on red, they can just as easily go through on red at any time, you tend to get one or two going through just after the lights change to red, but after that people tend to come to a stop, esp if other drivers are stopped at the lights.

 

[rog]

The difference between a RLJ and a zebra crossing is who you have a collision with should the shoot hit the fan. RLJing is more then likely to be a vehicle where as a zebra crossing it will be a ped.

what about the peds who are using the green-man crossing at the second set of lights? do they not count?

 

[Bollo]

Not at all, just annoyed and amused by some of the dumb vids that get posted on here and the perception of bad cycling.

I just find it ironic that the OP posts a vid of RLJing yet runs through a zebra crossing. Then comes out with some half arsed reply saying that the he was level with the crossing when this clearly is not the case.

Easy to spot when Lee's on a wind-up. Because he's typing.

BUUUUUT - I must admit I raised a bushy greying eyebrow at the zebra crossing bit, and that was before reading on from the OP. I'd hold my hand up to that one Rog (welcome BTW) so we can get on with the matter in hand and Lee can go on his huff ride (which usually happens on Page 7).

 

[hackbike 6]

what about the peds who are using the green-man crossing at the second set of lights? do they not count?

Good point.

 

[ferret fur]

rog, just ignore the troll. sadly even then he still doesn't go away

 

[ferret fur]

Actually , what is relevant about the ped at the zebra is that while roj is well out into the road,the moron in the pink makes no attempt to move out of the gutter so she would have smacked straight into him had he stepped out.

 

[ferret fur]

rog, just ignore the troll. sadly even then he still doesn't go away

 

[rog]

i didnt post this vid to provoke an argument or expect comments on my riding. guess that what happens here though?

i am typically ambivalent to RLJ'ers - i don't have a big axe to grind about it as i ride a lot and see it everyday but this example really shocked me. simple as that really.

however, i have encountered a lot more dangerous motorists over recent months which is why i bought the camera in the first place!

time to move on eh?

 

[swee'pea99]

I think of myself as a supremely considerate rider when it comes to pedestrians, but there's no way I would've stopped at that zebra. Face it, the traffic was constant, and when it's like that, the ped's ability to cross is determined by motor vehicles, not by bikes. If the OP had stopped, the ped still wouldn't have been able to cross without being mown down by the Porsche.

And my take on it, HC nit-picking notwithstanding, is that if the ped has a foot on the crossing, you have to stop, otherwise you don't. As someone said, it would be nice, but it's not in any way required...or even expected. If I'd been that ped and a cycle stopped, I think I'd have been more baffled than anything else. (And the Porsche certainly wouldn't have.)

As for the RLJs, the first looked fine to me, the second idiotic.

As for the time it took the OP on what looked a proper racer to catch up with a pick-clad girlie on a hybrid, for shame sir, for shame....