Zebra crossing footage

[Dave 123]

Apologies if this has been posted before.

Cyclist rides across crossing, then Mr Ped gets irate with him.

http://www.lbc.co.uk/hot-topics/cycling/furious-pedestrian-cyclist-races-through-crossing/

What's your opinion?

Clearly the cyclist was being a naughty boy, but the pedestrian was wearing a flat cap.... that's clearly bad.

 

[Markymark]

Taxi does pretty much the same thing on the opposite lane. Didn't see anyone jump in front of him(her)

 

[mjr]

As I understand it, both are wrong. Cyclist proceeds against precedence, pedestrian lingers on crossing. Some say there's assault but I've not actually watched it yet.

 

[jonny jeez]

Taxi does pretty much the same thing on the opposite lane. Didn't see anyone jump in front of him(her)

to the same fella too.

still the cyclist was trying it on and got caught out on this occasion

 

[Markymark]

to the same fella too.

still the cyclist was trying it on and got caught out on this occasion

I agree. All of the other cyclists had stopped. Like everything else you get the odd one. Luckily the odd bad cyclist barely ever hurts anyone seriously.

 

[winjim]

Nobber vs nobber.

Cyclist is a nobber for passing too close to the pedestrian. He did slow and move to the right to pass behind, so did technically give priority. IIRC the law doesn't require you to stop at a zebra, merely to give way. That said, it was a bit close for comfort so it would have been better to wait.

Pedestrian is a nobber for escalating the situation and deciding to play silly buggers in the middle of the road while gobbing off incorrectly (iirc) about the law.

 

[e-rider]

the cyclist should have slowed more and proceeded with more caution at a safer distance, however, the ped was a complete knob in his continued actions too
the fact he's been hailed a hero is just insane - this anticycling movement is just madness - does it exist in a similar form in any other country? British people have some very strange ideas sometimes

 

[ianrauk]

Both are nobbers.

 

[Firestorm]

I had a similar situation on a pelican crossing in Mansell street , lights went red and there was a bloke on a bike maybe 25 yards away , I started to cross but he kept going but was weaving a bit and obviously was not going to slow down.
I stopped but he appeared to be coming straight at me , I chose to step back, at the moment he decided to whip round behind me . He rode straight into my rucksack.
After he picked himself up he chased after me and made several attempts to kick me.

 

[Cuchilo]

Too many self-gratification artists looking for a fight these days . I guess they spent their youth playing computer games rather than getting a kicking at the local park so dont understand getting in someones face can hurt rather than win you points .

 

[raleighnut]

Why did the guy turn and walk back to get in the cyclists way, clearly decided the cyclist was someone he could bully unlike the taxi he'd just narrowly got out of the way of.

Mind you the cyclist is a dickhead too.

 

[theclaud]

Both are nobbers.

I've decided to endorse this view without bothering to watch the video.

 

[dim]

cyclist was at fault .... he never even slowed down. Had he hit the pedestrian, he would be working for many years paying the liability charges

 

[srw]

I agree with TC.

But it sounds from the descriptions that the pedestrian did something illegal, while the cyclist merely skated very close to doing so.

 

[Accy cyclist]

"A pedestrian has been hailed as a hero"

A hero for doing that?