Very close pass...

[magnatom]

I came across this close pass video. Looks pretty nasty to me. Do you think the cyclist could have done anything to discourage it?

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]View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3FKYhThG4[/media]

 

[HLaB]

Rather them than me cycling on that road, those Concrete Barriers/ Slots in the Road looks like deathtraps!

 

[magnatom]

Rather them than me cycling on that road, those Concrete Barriers/ Slots in the Road looks like deathtraps!

Aye, your right. I think cycling along that road, you must be looking for trouble.......

 

[ManiaMuse]

What country is that? I presume somewhere in Southeast Asia going by the script on the sign and the fact that they are driving on the left.

Anyway nasty little hill to ride up on a busy road. I'm going to make a couple of assumptions if it is a Southeast Asian country, 1. that the bike ridden is probably quite heavy and old given that the rider wobbles a lot after the overtake and 2. that the bike might have been quite heavily loaded.

I would suggest find an alternative route - you really can't insist on taking primary or whatever going at that speed where the traffic is so busy and there is no escape room.

 

[Origamist]

I'm guessing it's Thailand and it's Mr Hippo?

 

[DrSquirrel]

Thailand.

 

[crumpetman]

I am sure have seen that clip on here before, posted in response to someone else's close pass to be used as a comparison.

 

[magnatom]

I'm guessing it's Thailand and it's Mr Hippo?

It could well be.....

 

[crumpetman]

The video is from youtube user hipponokloo so we know it is MrHippo and it is Thailand. So enough of the mystery, what's this all about?

 

[magnatom]

Actually, no mystery at all. I was just surprised to see this video from someone who is so anti helmet camera cyclists posting incidents.

It looked like a nasty incident, in a horrible location and when I saw it I wondered if cycling a little further out would be safer, especially with the concrete barrier to the left.

To me it just shows that even those who are anti youtube posting cyclists find a use for it.

Oh and I found it a bit funny considering everything he has said to me in the past!

 

[HLaB]

But it wasn't a nasty incident, the whole thing was a set up and they paid the lorry driver to do that

 

[magnatom]

But it wasn't a nasty incident, the whole thing was a set up and they paid the lorry driver to do that

Now, now!

 

[Origamist]

Actually, no mystery at all. I was just surprised to see this video from someone who is so anti helmet camera cyclists posting incidents.

It looked like a nasty incident, in a horrible location and when I saw it I wondered if cycling a little further out would be safer, especially with the concrete barrier to the left.

To me it just shows that even those who are anti youtube posting cyclists find a use for it.

Oh and I found it a bit funny considering everything he has said to me in the past!

I would not want to cycle further out on that road - there is a unspoken rule that slower cyclists/mopeds keep to the far left. What's more, I think that road could well have a 120km limit and it's likley not to be less than 90km.

 

[mr_cellophane]

 It looks like it is a flyover so the obvious move to avoid that is to keep to street level.

 

[magnatom]

I would not want to cycle further out on that road - there is a unspoken rule that slower cyclists/mopeds keep to the far left. What's more, I think that road could well have a 120km limit and it's likley not to be less than 90km.

Actually, that's a fair point. Things will be different in Thailand, i.e. the rules of the road will be different. If that road were in the UK though, would you ride further out?