Thank you camera, just got hit

[Linford]

All things said and done (and I've had bottles of drink poured over me by teenage passengers in passing cars on my cycle), I'd still be loath to carry a cam and record everything on my rides be them cycle or motorcycle. It would I fear make the whole thing too adversarial....that said, it is very common in Russia for people to record their commutes/drives etc......

What a sad state of affairs that really is

 

[Leodis]

I have been toying with the idea of getting a Contour Roam 2, just so I know I am covered really.

 

[Bromptonaut]

I pulled up to a junction behind an Octavia, and just off to the right of it and near the centreline of the side road as I'm looking to turn right (as are they and they indicating). Catch a look at the driver in the door mirror who turned out to be a very attractive 20 something woman. Sit there for literally about 20 seconds as the traffic is busy in both directions. Then all of a sudden, she bangs the car into reverse and shunts back in a slight arc about 5 or 6 feet to turn left until the back of the car is level with my swingarm pivot and brushes my boot and elbow

Close to rear offside is not a place for a 2wheel user to hang about. This one obviously should have seen you but it might have needed a bit of movement in the seat to catch full field of vision in her mirror.

I live just off the A5 in Northants, much used by weekend bikers and more so if there's something on at Silverstone. Also my route to shops in Towcester or Dav.

Quite common to have a biker lurking in my rear quarter waiting an overtake opportunity. I, and any other motorist should both see and hear. If not and motorist moves out and/or brakes then, like the nearside of a truck, the trap can spring closed very sharply.

 

[jarlrmai]

that really is down to you, yes you probably will focus on stuff when you 1st put the camera on, but eventually you just get used to it and stop focussing on every bad pass and use the camera for when you really need to, I've only acted on repeated bad driving by council/commercial vehicles (the coach that KEPT on overtaking me closely) I've never sent anything to the police as I believe it would be a waste of time, I also ride through the border of 2 counties so they would probably pass the buck.

The rule seems to be you will get bad driving whatever, you will get physically/verbally assaulted only if you react to the bad driving (airzound, shouting, knocking on windows etc) and it will be worse if you ride through bad estates and react to boyracers/single middle-aged men/van men. Also if there are loads of cyclists you blend in, on my route I'm the only one, riding a predictable route at the same time I stand out.

If you have access to Roadsafe things are a little different, you can just ignore them and send the footage in.

 

[Matthew_T]

I am being taught at the moment to keep a look out for cyclists whenever I do any kind of manouvre (Probably because we are both cyclists). When you pull away, look for cyclists. When you slow down, look for cyclists. When you turn either direction, look out for cyclists. When pulling out of a junction, look out for cyclists.
Its just good practice to look in your mirrors all the time anyway (something I do even when trundling along at the same speed).

Whilst learning to drive, I havent had the chance to overtake a cyclists yet. Its something I would like to do to get a feeling for what should go through peoples minds when they overtake me.

 

[gavroche]

I am being taught at the moment to keep a look out for cyclists whenever I do any kind of manouvre (Probably because we are both cyclists). When you pull away, look for cyclists. When you slow down, look for cyclists. When you turn either direction, look out for cyclists. When pulling out of a junction, look out for cyclists.
Its just good practice to look in your mirrors all the time anyway (something I do even when trundling along at the same speed).

Whilst learning to drive, I havent had the chance to overtake a cyclists yet. Its something I would like to do to get a feeling for what should go through peoples minds when they overtake me.

It will come!

 

[jarlrmai]

not gonna lie, doing less than 20 in a modern car feels SO slow, it's what you do about it that matters.

 

[BSRU]

not gonna lie, doing less than 20 in a modern car feels SO slow, it's what you do about it that matters.

It's all relative, come off a motorway onto a road that is 50 or 40 then even that seems slow.

 

[mcshroom]

not gonna lie, doing less than 20 in a modern car feels SO slow, it's what you do about it that matters.

It's about what you are used to. 20mph doesn't feel slow round our site because it's been 20 for so lang that people are just used to it. 30mph coming off the 60mph bypass near home, however, feels glacial.

 

[Matthew_T]

not gonna lie, doing less than 20 in a modern car feels SO slow, it's what you do about it that matters.

TBH 30mph feels slow. After pulling out from a junction and speeding up to 30, I have had to watch my speed as I have just crept over 30 without realising it. It isnt being impatient, just that you cannot really sense how fast you are going. On a bike, 30 feels fast.

 

[jarlrmai]

Yeah in modern cars it's more prevalent, even more so in modern luxury cars; they are a bubble that isolate you from your external effects of your driving this helps create the driver/cyclist psychological dichotomy.

30 is fast on a human scale.

 

[400bhp]

Why are you thanking your camera?

A little presumptuous isn't it.

 

[Sore Thumb]

Why are you thanking your camera?

A little presumptuous isn't it.

Because last time I got hit I had no camera. Even though it was the drivers fault he was blaming me. I have had to go through almost a year of stress because I have no witnesses.

I thank the camera because if I came of badly because of this incident, at least I would have some evidence rather than my word against his.

 

[markharry66]

I am being taught at the moment to keep a look out for cyclists whenever I do any kind of manouvre (Probably because we are both cyclists). When you pull away, look for cyclists. When you slow down, look for cyclists. When you turn either direction, look out for cyclists. When pulling out of a junction, look out for cyclists.
Its just good practice to look in your mirrors all the time anyway (something I do even when trundling along at the same speed).

Whilst learning to drive, I havent had the chance to overtake a cyclists yet. Its something I would like to do to get a feeling for what should go through peoples minds when they overtake me.

Time to retire all road activities then if Matthew is driving

 

[Matthew_T]

Time to retire all road activities then if Matthew is driving

Why does everyone keep saying things like this? Am I really that much of a danger on the roads? I must be doing something right if my parents are proud of my driving and parking skills.