Thinking about a new video directory

[markharry66]

I have some spare space on my web hosting. Thinking about creating a website directory for you tube videos.
If anyone would like to embed their recent bad driving videos etc from you tube I am hoping it helps to get more traffic to website videos also generate some interest in road safety.

Just wondered what everyone thought of the idea.

 

[steveindenmark]

How about clips of bad cycling. There are plenty of those on Youtube. We cannot teach anything to drivers, but we might be able to teach something to our own.

Showing bad driving clips only perpetuates the animosity.

 

[markharry66]

True cant see why cant do both. Might not be a good idea given level of interest.

 

[glenn forger]

Bad cycling is irritating. It doesnt usually feature in rtcs. Bad driving does and is lethal. Best to focus on the source of danger.

 

[classic33]

One can often be the knock-on cause of another.
Cyclist swerves to avoid small hole in the road, driver then has to correct, without knowing why.

 

[mjr]

One can often be the knock-on cause of another.
Cyclist swerves to avoid small hole in the road, driver then has to correct, without knowing why.

Do you think avoiding potholes is bad cycling?

 

[nickr]

Brilliant idea, or it could just be a sub forum on this site. I've only had a camera for two weeks and have
two lovely car turning left incidents to post.

 

[vickster]

We all know bad driving exists, many of us have witnessed it or come a cropper as a result, don't need to see other people's videos, unless the cyclist is seeking advice about their riding to avoid similar happening again. Use as evidence if required followwing an accident but near misses really aren't very interesting. Just fume for a few minutes and get over it . I had three near SMIDSYs in about 3 minutes last Sunday, two incidents in two weeks sounds pretty good assuming you are riding for more than 5 minutes!

Frankly several of the prolific YouTube cycle cammers come across as sad bitter little men with nothing better to do!

 

[classic33]

Do you think avoiding potholes is bad cycling?

The action taken to avoid hazards that wouldn't bother something larger is often seen as poor cycling by the driver of the following vehicle.

 

[mjr]

The action taken to avoid hazards that wouldn't bother something larger is often seen as poor cycling by the driver of the following vehicle.

Then they're a nobber, but are you?

 

[nickr]

I don't react when someone does something stupid, no shouting, no tantrums but I still want revenge - posting a video with a clear registration number, time and date location will satisfy that.


Actually a side effect of having a camera is that I ride more safely, I don't want my own crap riding recording.

 

[vickster]

How will you get revenge? The likelihood of a driver actually seeing your video, giving a toss and changing their behaviour is basically nil

Maybe just concentrate on your own actions, can't see why you need a camera to make you do that

 

[ianrauk]

posting a video with a clear registration number, time and date location will satisfy that.

That's what You Tube is for.

 

[vickster]

That's what You Tube is for.

So we can avoid looking at it

 

[mjr]

I don't react when someone does something stupid, no shouting, no tantrums but I still want revenge - posting a video with a clear registration number, time and date location will satisfy that.

I tried not reacting and the problem with that is that an uncertain driver behind will often copy the nobber driver's misbehaviour and turn an irritating one-off close pass into a sequence of them. So I signal, usually the right arm sideways but bent down at the elbow with palm flat. In the past, I've tried pushing palm flat outwards to the right but that seems to get abuse in reply from the dangerous motorist more often and the "I'm this wide" more static signal seems to result in as good behaviour from following motorists. I forget who told me about it.

Of course, I do sometimes lose my cool and start gesticulating a "what the hell was that" or "you're nuts" for particularly bad passes - usually the ones so close that I could have grabbed the wing mirror and done a Nibali.

Actually a side effect of having a camera is that I ride more safely, I don't want my own crap riding recording.

I usually ride where I know too many people who might tell me I was riding poorly (it has happened when I've made mistakes), so I tend not to do anything I can't defend as sensible riding - not that that's stopped an occasional police officer from querying it. No fines yet, though