A clown takes a pratfall

[Johnnytheboy]

Ghibli said:

http://youtu.be/cawXdgL5cwg

Does anyone have any views on this ^ ?

Vandalism.

If that's ok then it's ok for anyone to deface signs they don't agree with.

I assume it would be ok to rip yellow jackets with arsy messages off horse riders' backs?

[anonymous-user]

Oh look, another cyclist going around with a camera deliberately winding up motorists in the hope something like this will happen.

[mybrainhurts]

Wonder if he'll post up the video when he creates an incident with an unmarked police car?

[mybrainhurts]

swerni said:

mybrainhurts said:

Wonder if he'll post up the video when he creates an incident with an unmarked police car?

Not sure the occupants of an unmarked police car would threaten to kill and try to assault a cyclist.

But hey, it's a strange world out there.

Here, have this week's Statin' The Bleedin' Obvious Award...

I'm suggesting plod would have something to say about his deliberate provocation.

[johnxjsc1985]

the driver left his vehicle end of story only one person guilty

[anonymous-user]

johnxjsc1985 said:

the driver left his vehicle end of story only one person guilty

Agreed - it's the cyclist.

[StottyEvo]

Joey Ramone said:

I watched it again this morning and was fking pissing myself laughing most of the way through

People should stop apportioning blame and enjoy it for the comedy show that it is.

When idiots meet, there are no winners.

I agree, but I disagree with your last statement.

We're the winners, we get a couple minutes of entertainment

[ma9mwah]

[sticks090460]

I'm beginning to wonder if this site needs to be renamed "Cycleheads". Yet another video from a "holier than thou" road captain with two Go-Pros. The overtake doesn't even look that close.

[johnxjsc1985]

sticks090460 said:

I'm beginning to wonder if this site needs to be renamed "Cycleheads". Yet another video from a "holier than thou" road captain with two Go-Pros. The overtake doesn't even look that close.

think again.
Advice from Her maj Gov."give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car"
.

[anonymous-user]

johnxjsc1985 said:

sticks090460 said:

I'm beginning to wonder if this site needs to be renamed "Cycleheads". Yet another video from a "holier than thou" road captain with two Go-Pros. The overtake doesn't even look that close.

think again.
Advice from Her maj Gov."give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car"
.

Unless you have that exact model camera its's impossible to tell. Things can appear closer/further away dependent on the type of lens.

[Artey]

johnxjsc1985 said:

think again.
Advice from Her maj Gov."give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car"
.

Now if I was to give another car 1 metre of space I would most likely end up in a ditch. How does that work. Also when mamils filter they don't seem to be bothered being 0.5mm away from cars, more often than not two cars at the same time many times going in opposite direction. And how does this work also? Do as I say, not as I do is it?

[johnxjsc1985]

Artey said:

Now if I was to give another car 1 metre of space I would most likely end up in a ditch. How does that work. Also when mamils filter they don't seem to be bothered being 0.5mm away from cars, more often than not two cars at the same time many times going in opposite direction. And how does this work also? Do as I say, not as I do is it?

Not my advice its Gov advice. If a cyclists looks back they will veer into the lane somewhat and the advice is so some poor motorist doesn't end up decapitating someone.
I have seen a few cyclists with Cameras who obviously delight in posting stuff but I cant believe anyone would give that overweight thug the time of day.

[Mave]

St John Smythe said:

Unless you have that exact model camera its's impossible to tell. Things can appear closer/further away dependent on the type of lens.

I disagree. If you look at the rear view at about 8 seconds you can judge how much space there is by scaling from the width of the car. At about 11 seconds you can see what proportion of that gap is to the left of the camera, and what proportion is to the right. I'd estimate at most 50cm from the camera to the car.

[anonymous-user]

Mave said:

St John Smythe said:

Unless you have that exact model camera its's impossible to tell. Things can appear closer/further away dependent on the type of lens.

I disagree. If you look at the rear view at about 8 seconds you can judge how much space there is by scaling from the width of the car. At about 11 seconds you can see what proportion of that gap is to the left of the camera, and what proportion is to the right. I'd estimate at most 50cm from the camera to the car.

You're estimating. Which means you don't really know.

[Mave]

Artey said:

Now if I was to give another car 1 metre of space I would most likely end up in a ditch. How does that work. Also when mamils filter they don't seem to be bothered being 0.5mm away from cars, more often than not two cars at the same time many times going in opposite direction. And how does this work also? Do as I say, not as I do is it?

Maybe because it's easier to control your position when you can see the things that might deflect you than when you can't? And if you get it wrong, the energies involved being light and doing 20mph are much less dramatic than doing twice the speed with twenty times the mass.

[anonymous-user]

Artey said:

Now if I was to give another car 1 metre of space I would most likely end up in a ditch. How does that work. Also when mamils filter they don't seem to be bothered being 0.5mm away from cars

Never been riding a bicycle and had a car suddenly whizz past at 5 times the speed you're travelling, 6 inches from your handlebars have you? If the wind is blowing, the cyclist can't hear anything but wind. The cyclist doesn't know the car is coming, and it's effing terrifying. That's why you need to leave space when you pass a bike, and it's a totally different thing to a bike filtering close to stationary cars.

But as I have said before, the pass in this video is not that bad.

Edit: Imagine you are jogging down a shared pathway and cycleway at 6mph, and a cyclist travelling at 30mph passes your right elbow with a 6 inch gap. You had no idea it was coming, it just happens. You probably wouldn't enjoy that happening a number of times per day. Both of you had the right to use the area, and there is lots more width on the path for the cyclist to give you more space. You'd probably like it if the cyclist was a bit more courteous to you as the slower moving object.

Edited by RenOHH on Sunday 2nd August 22:24

[Mave]

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St John Smythe said:

Mave said:

St John Smythe said:

Unless you have that exact model camera its's impossible to tell. Things can appear closer/further away dependent on the type of lens.

I disagree. If you look at the rear view at about 8 seconds you can judge how much space there is by scaling from the width of the car. At about 11 seconds you can see what proportion of that gap is to the left of the camera, and what proportion is to the right. I'd estimate at most 50cm from the camera to the car.

You're estimating. Which means you don't really know.

No measurement is 100% accurate, except the one that defines it. Everything else is an estimate.

The comment you responded to suggested the pass was too close. What distance do you think is too close? Because I am confident that pass was too close by my definition.

[Tomo1971]

What is it with people with dash or bike cams that think they are some sort of roads police. OK, IF the car was too close (only the people there can say for sure as the camera POV doesnt really show it) then just report it or move on. The cyclist actually went out his way to wind up the motorist and got the desired reaction.

Dash cameras are been misused in my opinion, may a youtube clip that says "Your on camera".... its as if they all go looking for trouble to post in youtube.

Use them as they were meant - to produce as 'evidence' of a mishap etc.

I had a dash cam well before they were the latest in-car accessory and have only ever posted three or four things to youtube or facebook but only as they were funny or stupid - certainly not to ridicule anyone. For every mistake my dash cam catches im sure I make many more, after all, im human.

[FourWheelDrift]

Tomo1971 said:

What is it with people with dash or bike cams that think they are some sort of roads police. OK, IF the car was too close (only the people there can say for sure as the camera POV doesnt really show it) then just report it or move on. The cyclist actually went out his way to wind up the motorist and got the desired reaction.

I've said it before, monetised youtube accounts. Provoke a reaction on film, upload it, get views, get paid. Upgrade bike/buy more Go-Pros. If you get enough views you can buy a new car.