Is this the unraveling of CyclingMikey?

Tram said:
i'll explain why. I’ve seen this many times, cyclists don’t stop behind the truck, but when they reach a red light, they cycle up and stop next to it. I’ve noticed the same behavior with buses. It’s not the drivers’ fault
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100% and I ALWAYS stop just behind the vehicle that's at the front which could be I'm behind 3 vehicles, I never move up.
However it is very rare that if I get to the lights first that a motorist offers the same courtesy but will drive straight up on my right side and start revving to hopefully beat me on a left hook.
At that point I learnt 14 years ago to hold back and just let them go.
 
What's with some traffic lights having carp sensors?

I arrive at a red light in the dark, I wait for 2+ rotations of lights at the crossroads without getting a green despite my bright front light, before I have to cautiously cross the road without a green.
 
UTmaniac said:
What's with some traffic lights having carp sensors?

I arrive at a red light in the dark, I wait for 2+ rotations of lights at the crossroads without getting a green despite my bright front light, before I have to cautiously cross the road without a green.
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Do you mean when you’re on a bike? Traffic light sensors often use magnetic things under the tarmac. That’s what the diamond shapes at the lights are. It’s very rare that they’ll pick up a bike. Fortunately rule 176 has got you:

“The Highway Code said:
If the traffic lights are not working, treat the situation as you would an unmarked junction and proceed with great care.
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So you’re doing the right thing by proceeding cautiously through the junction on red.
 
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UTmaniac said:
What's with some traffic lights having carp sensors?

I arrive at a red light in the dark, I wait for 2+ rotations of lights at the crossroads without getting a green despite my bright front light, before I have to cautiously cross the road without a green.
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IIRC they don't use any light sensor it's normally something like IR or radar.

And the answer is probably poor maintenance, poor positioning (especially with temporary ones) or a fault, or increasingly likely with the muppets that love to destroy anything the council puts up that could possibly be a "ulez"* style camera, it's been vandelised.
It should be reported to the local council as it's a potentially dangerous situation.

IIRC one on of the old boards (long since gone :() I was on, several serving traffic cops offered the advice for a faulty traffic light that was stuck on red along the lines of "if you are certain it is stuck and has not changed for several minutes/cycles when it should, proceed with extreme caution".

*Even if you're no where near any such scheme, the muppets don't care as long as they get their fun breaking stuff.
 
Carbon road bike last night, but same permanent lights have recently ignored me on my alloy ebike.

They could have behaved like this for years, I haven't done much outdoor cycling around sunset for 3+ years.
 
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He isn't the only cyclist like that. There are some who will do anything, or start arguments out of nowhere to capture some content on camera.

Luckily someone else caught him in the act this time. Not sure if this will go down as causing a collision or criminal damage. Or if he'll end up having to pay for damage to the car. It was clearly on purpose and there is no excuse for that.
 
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Nasher said:
He isn't the only cyclist like that. There are some who will do anything, or start arguments out of nowhere to capture some content on camera.

Luckily someone else caught him in the act this time. Not sure if this will go down as causing a collision or criminal damage. Or if he'll end up having to pay for damage to the car. It was clearly on purpose and there is no excuse for that.
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It's weird how you see it that way but I can't get over how the motorist was acting and then drove off at high speed, he definitely had something to worry about.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
It's weird how you see it that way but I can't get over how the motorist was acting and then drove off at high speed, he definitely had something to worry about.
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While I can’t condone his actions of leaving the scene or going through the no-entry sign, the fact there was some crazed muppet covered in go-pro’s stepping out in front on his car and throwing an expensive bike at him probably influenced his decision to say “**** this, I’m out” and worry about the consequences later.
 
Penfold101 said:
While I can’t condone his actions of leaving the scene or going through the no-entry sign, the fact there was some crazed muppet covered in go-pro’s stepping out in front on his car and throwing an expensive bike at him probably influenced his decision to say “**** this, I’m out” and worry about the consequences later.
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I posted a video above where he definitely 100% didn't throw a bike at him.
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SexyGreyFox said:
I posted a video above where he definitely 100% didn't throw a bike at him.
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We’ll probably never know whether he did or didn’t do that exactly, but he let go of the handle bar before the car hit it and still stepped out in front of a moving vahicle trying to make it do something on camera so I have zero sympathy.

He’s a muppet who thinks he’s far more important than he actually is.
 
SexyGreyFox said:
I posted a video above where he definitely 100% didn't throw a bike at him.
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SexyGreyFox said:
I've put a slowed down version of the original incident here, did he throw his bike at the car?
It doesn't look like it to me.

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Posting a copy of this video as a slowed down clip kinda changes the feel of the movement/speed. Sure, posting it this way supports your POV but it also alters the whole scene and displays it an inaccurate manner.
 
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Richie said:
Posting a copy of this video as a slowed down clip kinda changes the feel of the movement/speed. Sure, posting it this way supports your POV but it also alters the whole scene and displays it an inaccurate manner.
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I slowed it down because you really couldn't tell on the normal speed.
I'll put the original on after my Fish Fingers.

 
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SexyGreyFox said:
I slowed it down because you really couldn't tell on the normal speed.
I'll put the original on after my Fish Fingers.
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The slow-mo is good for extra details (see below) but it does alter the whole speed element which is required for other parts (the movement done by Mikey)

My take:
  • He is pushing his bike out with his left hand on the handlebar and, I presume, his other hand on the saddle (hard to tell but the slow mo seems to indicate this)
  • As he moves forward, he stops to prevent the car from hitting him
  • As he stops/moves back, he takes his hand off the handlebar but continues to push the bike forward using the saddle.
  • The disputed "push" is likely coming from the fact that, as he lets go of the handlebars, the bike continues forward and, when hit, you can see his right hand moving forward and up.
Its the last point that's important - why did his right hand/arm act in that way. Was it because he pushed the bike using his left hand on the saddle and into the path of the car (effectively a throw), or did the movement of the bike being hit cause his hand/arm to move like that. Why did his bike continue moving forward, quite considerably, when he stopped/potentially moved back.

Given his other, well documented escapades, my feeling is the former (pushed bike into path thinking the car would stop)
 
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