Second opinion needed

[Boris Bajic]

Gosh! There is a lot of anger out there.

In the OP clip, the cyclist was mentally elsewhere (or just mentally dull) and the motorist ought to have signalled.

In the van/bus squashie clip, the cyclist was quite staggeringly stupid, aggressive and may have had issues with his educational prowess.

In the shouty roundabout one, I thought the motorist a little careless in his passing (I would not have enjoyed being subjected to that) but the cyclist was massively OTT in his response and not the best-ever-ever-ever in terms of his roadcraft.

These are great clips.

 

[I like Skol]

I've posted yet another dull YouTube clip about some tosh that happened to somebody I don't know and it just goes to show that stuff happens and people are dumb, but I'm not because I posted the vid right?

Why do you keep churning out this carp!

 

[400bhp]

 

[I like Skol]

Aww, That's not fair Dan, you deleted your reply before I could quote it, but in answer to it I will say I won't GTFO because I like to see slightly mad people argue with their keyboards

 

[Hip Priest]

Ha. This is funny. "I've got Lance Armstrong's bike!"

 

[Cycling Dan]

Aww, That's not fair Dan, you deleted your reply before I could quote it, but in answer to it I will say I won't GTFO because I like to see slightly mad people argue with their keyboards

Didn't think it came across well. Feel free to GTFO if its not a thread your interested in, rather than sulking about it no doubt we will see a few pages of this sulk

 

[stowie]

OK, so slightly off topic and probably not constructive, but I stumbled across this video



I would certainly have a look until at least 35-40 seconds in. I am not sure whether to be concerned about his cycling or applaud the fact that he seems to be able to headbutt iron girders and continue on as if nothing has happened.

 

[Hip Priest]

OK, so slightly off topic and probably not constructive, but I stumbled across this video



I would certainly have a look until at least 35-40 seconds in. I am not sure whether to be concerned about his cycling or applaud the fact that he seems to be able to headbutt iron girders and continue on as if nothing has happened.

I say! If I were the driver of the heavy goods vehicle in question, then I'd have briefly increased my speed, before immediately reducing it by means of the brake pedal, in order that I may teach the eager veloped a much-needed lesson! What?

 

[Cycling Dan]

OK, so slightly off topic and probably not constructive, but I stumbled across this video



I would certainly have a look until at least 35-40 seconds in. I am not sure whether to be concerned about his cycling or applaud the fact that he seems to be able to headbutt iron girders and continue on as if nothing has happened.

After this event it was reported that a weird fly entered his head through his ear in an attempt to eat his brain. The fly starved later that day.
Also was this filmed on potato camera?

 

[gaz]

Filtering on the right is legal, for one.

Is filtering on the left illegal?

 

[stowie]

Ha. This is funny. "I've got Lance Armstrong's bike!"

Did he nick it? Won't Lance Amstrong be annoyed? One wonders the thinking process that links "I've got Lance Armstrong's bike" to "I can therefore drive like a tit".

Another driver in a huge hurry to overtake yet seems to have all the time in the world to talk bollox to complete strangers.

I remember a flat bed truck accelerate hard and overtake me as I signalled to turn right . I gave the thumbs up as he passed to which he stopped and yelled at me "what was I supposed to do, stop in the middle of the road?" - me pointing out that was exactly what he had just done, albeit 20 yards too late to be useful to me just confused him.

 

[Hip Priest]

Is filtering on the left illegal?

I don't know if we can call it filtering. He was undertaking moving traffic. Illegal? I'm prepared to stand corrected on that one. But it's certainly ill-advised.

 

[Tyke]

Or maybe it was good driving, because they were alert enough to spot the muppet move from the cyclist

Should have seen it coming. If the car had indicated the rider would not see it once at side of car so was asking for problems road narrowing left no escape.

 

[Boris Bajic]

I say! If I were the driver of the heavy goods vehicle in question, then I'd have briefly increased my speed, before immediately reducing it by means of the brake pedal, in order that I may teach the eager veloped a much-needed lesson! What?

I think this is the right approach. Firm, but restrained. Done with authority and within a wider moral framework of further actions, it should achieve a positive outcome.

We in the west cannot afford simply to sit idly by whilst this sort of outrage is unleashed on an innocent population.

The braking must be firm, but surgical in its targetting and limited in scope.

A jolly good post by a chap who sems to understand what's needed.

Brake hard, brake early, brake often!

 

[Dan B]

Is filtering on the left illegal?

No.

(As you well know already, but for the benefit of anyone reading along who doesn't)