This Red Pickup got pwned

[02GF74]

very strange - unless the cyclist had rear view mirror - didn't spot that - how could he prepare his batton?

the driver was very restrained despite having his vehicle hit and probably damaged.

 

[rich p]

3 out of 4 letters are correct

Ducé?
fascist barstard.

 

[PK99]

The video would have been fun if the guy in the truck had run over his bike when it was on the floor.

or if he had had a gun in his glovebox......

 

[HovR]

In a country where you are permitted to carry weapons for self-defence, wouldn't you want to take advantage of that? I know that attaching pepper spray to the handlebars seems to be pretty popular there.

Guy in the video overreacted a bit, though. I don't think the driver left with any idea what went wrong.

Carrying a baton around to whack cars with and carrying a baton around for self defence are two completely different things. If you made a mistake when out on the roads on your bike would you expect to have your top tube bashed in by a baton wielding motorist?

 

[SS Retro]

American cyclist maybe he's on drugs.

 

[Cycling Dan]

People seem to stick with this was planned, how about the other side.

This could be a regular occurrence.
This is a chest mounted camera so its unclear if he looked.
When he moved into primary its possible the truck was some way back.
The fact he could reach him with the rod suggests he's too close. I would say he passed around .8ms he claims the rod is 22 or so inches
The cyclist then may have made the video to make a point that passing close is not acceptable.
Rod or not this would have still been a close pass i suspect.
Its like pinchpoints, you can take primary but people will still try and get past.

Anyhow no one seemed to voice this so i thought it worth adding.

 

[PK99]

People seem to stick with this was planned, how about the other side.

This could be a regular occurrence.
This is a chest mounted camera so its unclear if he looked.
When he moved into primary its possible the truck was some way back.
The fact he could reach him with the rod suggests he's too close. I would say he passed around .8ms he claims the rod is 22 or so inches
The cyclist then may have made the video to make a point that passing close is not acceptable.
Rod or not this would have still been a close pass i suspect.
Its like pinchpoints, you can take primary but people will still try and get past.

Anyhow no one seemed to voice this so i thought it worth adding.

cyclists regularly cycle across ped crossings in wimbledon when i am crossing. If you are correct, then following this guys example, I'm tempted to carry a brolly and shove it through their spokes!

 

[Cycling Dan]

cyclists regularly cycle across ped crossings in wimbledon when i am crossing. If you are correct, then following this guys example, I'm tempted to carry a brolly and shove it through their spokes!

i guess its up to what you deem appropriate. Also Pk99 stick with the event at hand. There is no common ground in the event you brought up expect the fact you are going to use the same style to try and resolve the problem.
This person could have exhausted every other option available to him to resolve this occurance. Howeverpeople claiming it was premeditated to damage a persons car and me saying he was exploring solutions its all speculation.
No right or wrong answers.

 

[Cycling Dan]

[QUOTE 2269939, member: 45"]The correct option is for him to take the lane earlier, instead he allowed himself to be squashed out.[/quote]
Its an option but no guarantee it would stop a close pass.
I agree his road positioning is less than desirable.

 

[PK99]

People seem to stick with this was planned, how about the other side.

This could be a regular occurrence.
This is a chest mounted camera so its unclear if he looked.
.

Unless he can swivel his head like a owl, he did not look back

 

[Cycling Dan]

Unless he can swivel his head like a owl, he did not look back

i didn't know you have to twist your body to do a should check. I can turn my head without moving my chests position

 

[Cycling Dan]

Meh, im not saying anymore... i voiced the other side of this argument. Maybe wrong maybe right. All superficial speculation.
Bear im mind just as i said a interpretation to this video does not mean i hold this interpretation by the way.(just covering my bases)
Just creating a possible analogy .

 

[ianrauk]

What is pwned and what does it mean? (and no smart arse look it up on google comments)

 

[Cycling Dan]

What is pwned and what does it mean? (and no smart arse look it up on google comments)

A corruption of the word "Owned." This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled "owned." When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so "has been owned."

Instead, it said, so-and-so "has been pwned."

It basically means "to own" or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.

It took a few years but now its a commonly used term.

 

[ianrauk]

A corruption of the word "Owned."

Thanks.
I don't do computer games so have never heard of it.
So it's like a internet made up word like 'Meh'.
Not that common as it's the first I have heard or seen it.
I thought it was just a spelling mistake.