Some people think it's pefectly legal to run lights on a bike.
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You should give more room then.
Lol, typical cyclist answer. I shouldnt have to expect a cyclist to come hurtling down the left of my car! If he cant get past he should wait like everyone else. Oh, hang on, sorry mate i forgot, different rules for cyclists.
What? That's exactly what you should expect, that's where cyclists are.
Oh, i should expect a cyclist to undertake me on the left hand side at any given moment in time? I should be prepared for it at all times while on the road? Quick, wheres my stinger!
In the same way you should be prepared to emergency stop if someone walks into the road, yeah. But you should already know they're coming because you have mirrors.
Only when you're in the cycle lane or right next to the kerb. We got people complaining about cyclists not being in the cycle lane (even though they don't have to be) and when they are we got more complaints. Seems there's no reasoning with you.
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Fake photo matey, I' ve never run a red in my life .... well, not unless you count the times when I'm driving a Fire Engine.
I would respect motorists more if they got off their asses and actually found out what it was like to cycle on the roads in busy traffic. This video illustrates what it is like perfectly.
I would respect motorists more if they got off their asses and actually found out what it was like to cycle on the roads in busy traffic. This video illustrates what it is like perfectly.
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I just get the impression that guy goes out looking for trouble!
I get the impression he gets angry very easily and would complain about the smallest of things. Like coffee being too hot!
Some-one in Ediburgh has also done the same thing.
Unless it's the camera angle does look like he does cycle too far out or out of the cycle lane anyway.
I get the impression he gets angry very easily and would complain about the smallest of things. Like coffee being too hot!
Some-one in Ediburgh has also done the same thing.
Unless it's the camera angle does look like he does cycle too far out or out of the cycle lane anyway.
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TBH yes, as you have mirrors, but when i'm riding my bike i also expect every car to at any moment drive into me for now particular reason whatsoever, so i tend to only overtake traffic on the right hand side, like a motorbike would.
Running red lights is completely situation based imo. If it's a pedestrian crossing and there is clearly no people crossing then i would treat it like a zebra crossing. If it's a red light because of traffic management then i doubt i would go through it seeing as it would just put my life in danger.
I have a driving license and car though so i understand both sides of the argument. In a perfect world where money and time are not important i would make both sides swap for a week. Drivers become cyclists for a week and vice versa. I think cyclists would stop being nobheads and drivers would stop being arrogant. Probably same goes for motorbikes, lorries and buses.
I cycle the Same roads as that guy in the video and have only once had an incident like those and watching that, he himself is a bit of a plank cyclist IMO. Half of those he is making a mountain out of a molehill, some of them however are appalling.
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It's true though, if you can reach out and touch a car then he's too close. Again, we can go back to the Highway Code for that one.
I've been clipped numerous times by wing mirrors while cycling on 60mph roads. I think I'll need to get me a camera and air horn too.
I've been clipped numerous times by wing mirrors while cycling on 60mph roads. I think I'll need to get me a camera and air horn too.
He's just tapping every car that's overtaking him with less than perfect space.
Yeh they shouldn't be doing it. Also in one situation he just refused to yield to a car overtaking him. Any car driver would have yielded.
The people not seeing the bike, are the ones to be concerned about.
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http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/edinburgh/it_s_candid_helmet_cam_1_1817573
Article, also while searching for that found a porpotion of articles with cyclists breaking laws and a couple about cyclists performing hit and runs!
Article, also while searching for that found a porpotion of articles with cyclists breaking laws and a couple about cyclists performing hit and runs!
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I can count on one hand the number of times I've had to not cross a road because a car is stretching the time allowed between amber to red signals. If I'm to count the number of times where a cycle has forced me to change course on a crossing or stop, well I'd have a couple every day.
99.9% is probably too low.
Also "not as many as I do cyclists" is a massive understatement. What is the ratio? 1:2? 1:10? 1:50?
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