Saw a cyclist getting pulled over by an unmarked car last night

[CopperBrompton]

Maybe it was just to show you have a webcam.

You'd need a pretty long USB lead to film a cycle ride with a webcam.

 

[gaz]

Whatever I watch them for there is no doubt that yours was a waste of time.

No different to all of your posts then. I guess we have something in common.

 

[triangles]

Sorry to be so off-topic but I've been thinking about getting some sort of camera for commuting myself, is there a thread where you have discussed what you use with its various pros & cons gaz?

 

[glenn forger]

Good discussion in the "have you seen any bargains?" thread triangle.

 

[CopperBrompton]

I've just swapped my VIO POV HD for a Garmin VIRB Elite, and am impressed so far. Will post a review when I've used it a bit more.

 

[PK99]

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Or maybe I will see a clip where some plank is not shouting out registration numbers where he thinks another vehicle has committed some misdemeanor, while all the time not concentrating on his own riding.

Picking up on that point:

In a recent thread re passing parked cars/stopped busses etc and the need to signal. the argument was put that it is better to keep full control of the bike by keeping two hands on the bars - an arguable point of view. Ironic therefore to see in so many cycle cam videos the camera cyclist pointing vigourously at their head cam (or hear the tapping thereon)

 

[gaz]

Picking up on that point:

In a recent thread re passing parked cars/stopped busses etc and the need to signal. the argument was put that it is better to keep full control of the bike by keeping two hands on the bars - an arguable point of view. Ironic therefore to see in so many cycle cam videos the camera cyclist pointing vigourously at their head cam (or hear the tapping thereon)

If you have trouble controlling your bicycle with one hand for a few seconds whilst you indicate your intentions, then you need some more practice at bicycle control!

 

[gaz]

Sorry to be so off-topic but I've been thinking about getting some sort of camera for commuting myself, is there a thread where you have discussed what you use with its various pros & cons gaz?

Have a read of this http://www.cyclecamera.tv/guide-to-buying-a-helmet-camera/

 

[triangles]

Cheers gaz

 

[fabregas485]

Don't like it? Don't watch it then...

Gaz was, in my eyes, doing a favour for the cyclist in recording the situation in case something did happen.

 

[Adam4868]

Don't like it? Don't watch it then...

Gaz was, in my eyes, doing a favour for the cyclist in recording the situation in case something did happen.

Remind me to not ask for a favour then

 

[Roadrider48]

You previewed it and could see that we couldn't hear it or see and still you posted it on here and on Youtube.

Then you added your own commentary.

I don't even think you can explain why you posted a clip which you knew we couldn't see or hear. Maybe it was just to show you have a webcam.

Just for future reference. Policemen are used to dealing with gobby members of the public. I should know. It is not film worthy, especially when you can't see anything.

I watch them in the hope that one day a web cammer will post something other than traffic doing what it does every day. Or maybe I will see a clip where some plank is not shouting out registration numbers where he thinks another vehicle has committed some misdemeanor, while all the time not concentrating on his own riding.

Whatever I watch them for there is no doubt that yours was a waste of time.

Steve

There is this one fella on YouTube (sonofthewindsinc) who cycles around London day and night.
I get the fact that he's been knocked down before, so I see why he cams. But all he does is indescriminatly shout out car number plates and when he is at the lights or sometimes moving, he produces a red card like a football referee and shows it to the driver.
Also, he very often taps on car windscreens and tells people to put their seat belt on or stop talking on their phone, then shows a red card and cycles off...sorry, but it is really comical.

 

[glenn forger]

He also catches some appalling driving:


View: http://youtu.be/SEArYeFfMbQ

 

[Roadrider48]

He also catches some appalling driving:


View: http://youtu.be/SEArYeFfMbQ

You're dead right, he does. But that is a very small minority of what he does on the road.
I just find it very amusing, and I wonder what he thinks gives him the right to approach cars that are not anything to do with him(close pass wise and the like) he does infact seem like a nice sort of a bloke. But when he cycles past a car and starts waving that red card that he produces from his bag strap, it just makes me laugh.

 

[L14M]

Yeah "traffic droid" makes me cringe but he seems like a nice guy!
Liam