This really annoyed me

[col]

Shows what you know, as I have had mine for well over a year.

Its like fishing gear,you WILL get a bite no matter what

 

[col]

Even if he was, he shouldn't have been.
I've already said there wasn't time to completely stop before the cars, and I did pull off out of the way.

No you didnt, you wobbled a bit and waved at him while still moving passed him

 

[benb]

Lets just assume for arguments sake the driver didnt see you at the point he was swinging out, because he was watching the parked car so as not to clip it, then as he is looking ahead he does see you, but he is already out. Could you not look at it another way? You saw a bus was moving out, you had a choice of pushing a tight spot or holding back, why not hold back?

So he wasn't checking that the way ahead was clear before he pulled out? That's great driving.

I have said several times that I slowed considerably, but that there wasn't time to completely stop before the cars. I pulled over and gave him as much room as possible, but I'm rightly annoyed that he put me in that position.

 

[benb]

No you didnt, you wobbled a bit and waved at him while still moving passed him

I pulled over to the side as much as possible. I was on the yellow line. I didn't completely stop, you're right.

I can't understand why you're defending such poor driving.

 

[Cubist]

benb, I think the bus driver was a complete c*nt for what it's worth.

It wasn't 50/50, you had priority. He either didn't see you, and was simply waiting until the car had cleared the one sided stretch, or saw you and chose to impose his might.

Anyone on here defending the bus driver in order to make a point that they disagree with headcams is twisting the argument for trolling's sake.

 

[col]

So he wasn't checking that the way ahead was clear before he pulled out? That's great driving.

I have said several times that I slowed considerably, but that there wasn't time to completely stop before the cars. I pulled over and gave him as much room as possible, but I'm rightly annoyed that he put me in that position.

YOU put you in that position, and relooking at your catch you didnt slow at all, you carried on knowing full well a bus was swinging out, you had plenty of time to stop if you wanted to, but you didnt want to did you?
You must have seen the bus was swinging out well before you entered the narrow stretch.If you cant stop a bike in the distance you had, you need to get some practice in.
In fact it looked like you increased your speed when you saw the bus pulling out, at about 8 seconds in the vid.

 

[col]

I pulled over to the side as much as possible. I was on the yellow line. I didn't completely stop, you're right.

I can't understand why you're defending such poor driving.

It wasnt poor driving really, it was a simple pass of parked cars when there was a gap.He was where he had to be to do that. You were in the right because you were on the right side of the road, but in the wrong of your choice on how you handled this.

 

[Wankelschrauben]

Personally, I would have stopped, be it in the car or on bike.

When it comes to a bus, or any other large vehicle, there simply is no arguing.

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

You werent in the wrong, the driver was. Just instead of making the most of the drivers mistake , you could have done things a different way and had no problem at all. Which is it seems, the way of a lot of cam users. Its Like going fishing, when a bite comes along make the most of it. There has been, and probably still is cam users who do just that, and even makes a situation seem worse just to get a good vid on the tube. Now before you start taking offence, Im not say you are, just you had a choice and you chose to catch that fish.

Sometimes here, it feels like I'm reading the comments below a Daily Mail article.

 

[col]

benb, I think the bus driver was a complete c*nt for what it's worth.

It wasn't 50/50, you had priority. He either didn't see you, and was simply waiting until the car had cleared the one sided stretch, or saw you and chose to impose his might.

Anyone on here defending the bus driver in order to make a point that they disagree with headcams is twisting the argument for trolling's sake.

You seem to be contradicting yourself, saying he was simply waiting for the car to clear, or also he did see you and imposed his might. You call him a complete runt for what its worth too. Seems to me you already dislike him, not knowing him or even not knowing the facts of his decision to move out. So in actual fact your discriminating because its a bus. Mmmmm anger classes needed methinks

 

[col]

Personally, I would have stopped, be it in the car or on bike.

When it comes to a bus, or any other large vehicle, there simply is no arguing.

When you look at the vid, its not actually a do or die situation, he had time to stop, but he decided to carry on. The bus was making reasonable progress. Now if the cyclist was already in the narrow stretch The bus probably wouldnt have moved till he passed.

 

[Origamist]

Col, you still driving a bus?

 

[col]

Col, you still driving a bus?

Fraid so

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Hmm, I see - well, hear - the cyclist slowing down and I see the bus accelerating on the wrong side of the road towards an oncoming cyclist.

 

[benb]

YOU put you in that position, and relooking at your catch you didnt slow at all, you carried on knowing full well a bus was swinging out, you had plenty of time to stop if you wanted to, but you didnt want to did you?
You must have seen the bus was swinging out well before you entered the narrow stretch.If you cant stop a bike in the distance you had, you need to get some practice in.
In fact it looked like you increased your speed when you saw the bus pulling out, at about 8 seconds in the vid.

You're flat wrong. You can't tell the exact situation from the video, but there wasn't plenty of time to stop. I definitely slowed down, and most certainly didn't increase speed. He is the one that pulled out into the opposite side, not me, so the responsibility for the situation is his.

It wasnt poor driving really, it was a simple pass of parked cars when there was a gap.He was where he had to be to do that. You were in the right because you were on the right side of the road, but in the wrong of your choice on how you handled this.

If you don't think that pulling out into the opposite side of the road when there is oncoming traffic isn't bad driving, then you are an idiot.