Stealth right hook

[Tynan]

this happened on Monday on a long straight stretch of the Mile End Road, I was rather watching the silver car pulling out a bit more than was called for but in a cycle lane, noodling as the traffic was appalling and I'd already seen some terrible driving, it was very close and them braking at the last minute and me swerving into the turning (I remember that although you can't tell). At the time I had no idea where that car had come from, but you can see an opening appear at the moment I arrive, does anyone else think they'd realistically have seen that coming? I warn the sensitive/at work/easily offended there's some loud and obscene language immediately after I've stopped, the driver stopped and gave me the evil like he ws the injured party, and I'd had a very sudden fright

[media]http://www.ruedelagare.co.uk/CAM/Noname.avi[/media]

 

[Chutzpah]

Let us know when it's good to go

Tried taking the comma out of the URL but still getting a 404.

 

[Tynan]

Let us know when it's good to go

Tried taking the comma out of the URL but still getting a 404.

good to go

I must not try anything tricky before bed time, the comma and a cap N on the filename, sorry

There's little to see other than the begining of the hazard, that and me swearing for the East End

 

[Chutzpah]

Nice use of the Queen's English..........

Was it the green Fiesta that clipped you? He didn't look like he was going anywhere - if so I assume he saw the traffic and lights about to turn and decided to head left without checking his mirror?

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

It looks like you are getting very upset with somone a few floors upstairs in one of the flats/offices above Tesco

 

[Tynan]

you can see a red car waiting to turn right early on, that's the later object of abuse, a gap opens and they somehow squirt through it as I start to cross the turning, the camera looks quite a way ahead but belive me that there was very little to spare, the green one was merely in the area

 

[Tynan]

It looks like you are getting very upset with somone a few floors upstairs in one of the flats/offices above Tesco

yes, it's very annoying that the camera doesn't follow eyeline

 

[hackbike 666]

Was it the blue car which turned in that was the problem?

No it wasn't I can see that from slow mo...

Was it a left hook?

Sorry im confused...

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

There's a maroon car red mondeo BEFORE the blue avensis that makes the right turn and gets the hump? (video is slightly confused by a different maroon car also appearing AFTER the avensis)

Is that it?

 

[Tynan]

sorry, it wasn't meant to be difficult, about halfway in you can see a red car wating to turn right behind the white truck at 5s

that one

 

[Chutzpah]

Damn, spot him now.

More worried about utilising the gap than seeing a head bobbing along over the top of the stationary vehicles....

How dare you touch his car.

 

[Tynan]

no contact, not quite, even looking for it, it's tricky I think, I do watch for that but i thought two lanes of stopped traffic was going to prevent anything like that

only now do I notice that he turns into the wrong/right lane of the side road because the green car is stopped across the left side, I recall at the time beng very suprised, in a bad way

 

[hackbike 666]

You can't spot everything can you?

I didn't spot that land rover which almost wiped me out a few months back...

Yes I see the red car is only visible briefly so I see the problem.

 

[2Loose]

Can see the red car in the oncoming lane and then when you look right it is missing...from that I can guess the rest.
He didn't hang around and creep across either did he, must have shot through that gap!

Glad he missed you, sounds like a close thing tbh.

 

[mad despot]

Shocking language!! What if any polite citizens had been around to hear that?!

I'm afraid that appalling language and improper bahaviour are all too common these days.

And I'm afraid I think you were partly to blame tbh - you were coming to a side road on your left and the car to your right stopped to let that red car across, you might have realised had you exercised better observation. + the lights ahead were red so it wouldn't have done any harm to let that poor chap go into that side road.

I hope he didn't have any children in his car to hear that tirade, even I had to cover my ears!