Shoved off bike by double decker bus !!!

[Mawsley]

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My wifes been on about getting a helmet cam for some time. generally ive shied away.

Guess it depends on how often you cycle and the frequency with which you meet problems.

When I was commuting daily in Birmingham I'd have had one because the standard of driving was aggressive and frequently dangerous whereas the intensity I'm meeting it now in the country simply doesn't warrant one.

There again, I've stopped wearing a helmet and don't see the same value as having it on the bars. It'd never catch the aftermath.

 

[BentMikey]

TBH I rarely meet problems in London, but I do see quite a few drivers that I feel need educating. I see the rate of Roadsafe reports being submitted is increasing steadily.

They chose to prosecute one driver I reported recently, ran a red pedestrian light.

 

[Becs]

just had my leg whacked by the pannier of a motorbike as it forced its way up the bicycle lane at a good 35mph (I was doing mid 20s), luckily I wobbled and stayed on but I missed the plate. After being swerved into deliberatly last month (and then threatened at the next lights) and being called a fat c-word 4 times in the last 2 months I think it's definitely time to get a camera!

 

[Shaun]

I've removed the tit-for-tat posts - please keep it civil and on-topic.

Thanks,
Shaun

 

[Goto10]

just had my leg whacked by the pannier of a motorbike as it forced its way up the bicycle lane at a good 35mph (I was doing mid 20s), luckily I wobbled and stayed on but I missed the plate. After being swerved into deliberatly last month (and then threatened at the next lights) and being called a fat c-word 4 times in the last 2 months I think it's definitely time to get a camera!

...and start the slim fast

 

[Bottom Bracket]

Oh agreed, but i just use a different method. Which is why i always say i reserve the right to berate a bad driver. Puts them in a slightly embarrassing position if nothing else. Why should they get away with it scot free.

Do you have some special qualification or power which entitles you to decide unilaterally about whether or not another road user is 'good or bad'?

Do you recognise the 'right' of other road users to come to a similar conclusion about your own behaviour on the road?

Bottom Bracket

 

[400bhp]

Are you deliberately obtuse?

 

[DrSquirrel]

Its true, it is a double edged sword. Had i been wearing one, i would have absolute proof of the drivers actions, closeness etc.
But generally wearing one, i dont think its for me. As said, its a matter of degree, one mans close pass is anothers shrug of the shoulders. I'm here to enjoy cycling, and ive done ok so far for god knows how many years by berating the very very occasional driver that does something stupid. If i think about it, situations like this come along maybe twice a year for me at the most.
I'm not against cams, but will either a cam or berating a driver change his attitudes, maybe, maybe not. But i'll not dwell a second too long on a negative incident and let it spoil my cycling.

"Maybe, maybe not."

Doing nothing = nothing will happen.

Doing something = nothing or something will happen.

 

[downfader]

Are you deliberately obtuse?

Well put it this way, I dont think "Botton Bracket" refers to a part on his bike.

 

[Bottom Bracket]

Well put it this way, I dont think "Botton Bracket" refers to a part on his bike.

Not funny, not clever, mis-spelt

I am not anti-cyclist, I am pro-roadsafety

I ride a bike, I drive a truck - I understand the difference

BB

 

[BentMikey]

Are you Lee by another name?

 

[downfader]

Not funny, not clever, mis-spelt

I am not anti-cyclist, I am pro-roadsafety

I ride a bike, I drive a truck - I understand the difference

BB

TBH I couldnt care less. Every other post you've written on here has been a provocation, you certainly havent demonstrated any interest in road safety on here and for these reasons I will now ignore you (as I'm sure others have been starting to do so)

 

[Bottom Bracket]

I will now ignore you (as I'm sure others have been starting to do so)

That is fairly typical of a cyclist's response to other road users

BB

 

[BSRU]

That is fairly typical of a cyclist's response to other road users

BB

That's a very anti-cyclist response from someone claiming not to be anti-cyclist.

 

[Bottom Bracket]

I drive trucks

My colleague complained that it took 14 miles to get past another truck (because both trucks were restricted to 56mph)

In the meantime, a convoy of 3 foreign trucks moved to the outside lane, and obstructed the entire motorway

Who was at fault?

BB