Two-wheeled trolls...

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Crandoggler

Senior Member

This is exactly the people who feature in these clips. Get the fark over yourselves.
 

Levo-Lon

Guru
If i was on the bike id not have batted an eyelid,..
cant see a problem. In the same way people in tiny cars cant get through a gap a, well bus has just gone through

i hope the portland bloke dont have guns..
 

BEHMOTH66

Active Member
the cyclist has right of way as his lane is not obstructed by vehicles unlike the bus who is in the opposite lane. Now whether or not the cyclist was a bit bold is another question or was it the bus driver being a twot?
 
Whatever we think about the cyclist and his historical nobbery - the bus is 100% in the wrong. He had every opportunity to slow down or pull in. But decided to push on through regardless. He gambled that he'd left the cyclist 'enough' room. But squeezing the cyclist to the side like that shows an utter disregard and contempt his safety. It's every day low leverl aggression like this that makes our roads so toxic and unpleasant to ride a bike on.
 

DaveReading

Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
Location
Reading, obvs
Agreed,

If we accept the proposition that the bus was only an inch or two from the handlebars (hard to judge from the video, but certainly possible), then the driver is staking the cyclist's life on the former's ability to drive the bus with an extraordinary degree of precision.
 

bpsmith

Veteran
Rights of way only apply when starting a manoeuvre surely. The bus started passing the cars before or, arguably at the same time, as the cyclist deliberately accelerated to make a point. 50 : 50 for me tbh.

Much like guving way to the right at a roundabout, if you are there first then you have the right to pull out. You don't wait forever in case someone comes?

We SHARE the roads people!
 

Milkfloat

An Peanut
Location
Midlands
I like his "Van driver does nothing wrong at all"

He is parked on the pavement, stopping me cycling on it.
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Oh, you mean the other van :smile:
 

Origamist

Legendary Member
Ah, but the rider had a life saving camera and horn combo!

In reality, the bus was hardly that close to him and not at any speed either.

The bus was way too close and heavy vehicles even at lower speeds often lead to KSIs with vulnerable road users if there is a collision.
 
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