Cyclist films other cyclists antics.....

[wedgeinald]

Not sure if anyone else has seen...

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/angry-cyclist-films-law-...

I'd be interested to hear comments from all sides (cyclists, non cyclists, BiB etc) I'm mainly a car driver but do occasionally cycle (a few times a year max), so I can kinda see some of it from both sides.

It does SEEM there is a growing element of cyclists who think the rules of the road don't apply to them. Not sure if this is just a perceived thing or if there are statistics to back up this trend.

The guy taking his jacket off made me laugh, I'm sure he won't do that again in a hurry...

[Motorrad]

Cyclists are utter assholes. Likewise all other road users.

Hang the fkers!

Please keep in mind I'm A:

A: cyclist

B: a motorcycle rider

C: a car driver

and ever so occasionally

D: A truck driver

If I spent my life filming the petty transgressions of other road users I wouldn't have much of it left to do stuff.

[ALBA MELV]

Epic faceplant. My laugh may have alerted my colleagues that I am not actually working at the moment.

[grumbledoak]

He saved the best 'til last.

Incoming unidimensional two-wheeled apologist(s) in 6, 5, 4...

[rossi1]

hahaha Absolute quality, well done to this jobsworth cyclist

[TheInternet]

Purity14 said:

Quality faceplant at the end, 10/10.

It's the only bit worth watching, at 2:35, the rest is utterly, utterly tedious. What manner of palmist decides to publish such rubbish? Nobody is angry at it, nobody has any emotional response to it at all, it's fking dull.

[heebeegeetee]

I'm struggling to see how any of these antics are going to effect or inconvenience me as a driver in any way. Its just a bunch of wheeled pedestrians behaving like wheeled pedestrians.

[Tribal Chestnut]

Well, apart from the last one, that was all a bit pointless.

Cycling with no hands!!!! Oh my gosh!!

[richie99]

The moron jousting with the Saab turning left is a good case study in how best to get killed. His mistake was not to choose a lorry to joust with.

[TankRizzo]

People slowly cycling down a quiet pathway talking on the phone, so fking what. Guy needs to get a life.

[cheeky]

wedgeinald said:

Not sure if anyone else has seen...

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/angry-cyclist-films-law-...

I'd be interested to hear comments from all sides (cyclists, non cyclists, BiB etc) I'm mainly a car driver but do occasionally cycle (a few times a year max), so I can kinda see some of it from both sides.

It does SEEM there is a growing element of cyclists who think the rules of the road don't apply to them. Not sure if this is just a perceived thing or if there are statistics to back up this trend.

The guy taking his jacket off made me laugh, I'm sure he won't do that again in a hurry...

While some of it was cyclists being a bit thick, mostly in a non dangerous albeit annoying way, a lot of it was instances of cyclists having the intelligence to avoid a busy and potentially dangerous junction, or to take off at a time when nothing else was moving, in a manner that kept them out of the way of other vehicles AND saved them time. Perhaps the guy with the cam was jealous.

The jacket guy was hilarious though.

[DJFish]

Seems to me that whenever people strap cameras to themselves or their vehicles their outlook & demeanour changes, generally for the worse.

Face plant was hilarious though!

[deltashad]

Agree, just looking for an excuse to post something utterly 'SHOCKING' on the interweb. Fame seekers or nobends, not sure, maybe both.

Anyhow, you're right about the guy with the jacket.... that was great.

[dal2litrefrogeye]

The only one I dont mind bending/breaking the rules is the Postie , I dont care if hes pulling one handed wheelies down the white line whilst sorting his playlist on his Ipod , if it means my Post might just get to me by late afternoon on the day its ment to arrive

[tbc]

I don't see a problem cycling on the footpath if it's a good width and not many people walk along it.

[red997]

it amazes me as to why some cyclists feel they are above the law.

Running red lights is just plain daft.

Given the current std of riding I witness everyday in London I'm surprised there aren't more deaths on the roads.

You can't really run a red light then complain that someones knocked you off !!

(and Im a daily cyclist too)

[creampuff]

That was a fine faceplant.

[anonymous-user]

red997 said:

it amazes me as to why some cyclists feel they are above the law.

Running red lights is just plain daft.

Given the current std of riding I witness everyday in London I'm surprised there aren't more deaths on the roads.

You can't really run a red light then complain that someones knocked you off !!

(and Im a daily cyclist too)

Come to Cambridge. It happens constantly. One old fool regularly arms himself with a camera, and rides around looking for car drivers to be scared/insulted/killed by, on other people's behalf.

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/Reckless-driv...

I remember witnessing this one. I laughed at the cyclist when it happened, IMO he deserved exactly what he got (his bike run over). The news article below doesn't really give you any sort of hint at just how pompous and gobby the cyclist was. A proper "warrior" - willing to be right and dead rather than alive and slightly more respectful of 2tonne MPVs.

[wedgeinald]

tbc said:

I don't see a problem cycling on the footpath if it's a good width and not many people walk along it.

I agree, obviously if there is a dedicated "cycle lane" it would be preferable for the bikes to use that.

What annoys me is the cyclists who cycle on a path or in a pedestiran area at "full pelt", and then constantly ring their bell and expect pedestrians to leap out of their path.

Cycling at a reasonable speed (not walking pace - but something sensible so you can stop relatively quickly if required) and being prepared to slow down/avoid pedestrians as required, is what I would prefer to see.

To my mind it's about having respect for other road users and the rules of the road. Some cyclists seem to think as they are a "green form of transport" they are above all this and can do what they like. Rightly or worngly I tend to think of this (growing?) minority as "eco mentalists" most of whom seem to have some form of death wish.

I recently purchased an in car DVR, mainly for filming an up coming driving holiday in France and things like the London-Brighton run and the motoring Demonstration Runway runs at Dunsfold Wings and Wheels, but I have taken the descision to leave it in my everyday car (its not one of the obvious ones, it looks just like a rear view mirror) and have it film every journey, whilst i have picked up some poor driving from others it has also allowed me to look back at incidents I was concerned about and think if the problem was as bad as I'd thought whilst driving. On a number of occasions I have realised that maybe things were not as bad as I might have thought at the time. So it is actually helping me improve my driving as well.

[Mr Will]

wedgeinald said:

To my mind it's about having respect for other road users and the rules of the road.

I think that a lot of the problems stem from the fact that the rules (and the road design) are designed for motor vehicles and are inappropriate for cyclists. This erodes the respect for the rules and I can see why a lot of people end up ignoring them. It's like when they slap a 30mph limit on an empty stretch of motorway - you'll struggle to spot a single car that obeys the limit.