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CarefulCyclist - how not to change your jacket while riding a bike.pngVideo: Cyclists behaving badly - helmetcam cyclist turns his lens on other cyclists
Cyclists’ helmet cam videos of reckless road users behaving badly or breaking the law are a Youtube staple, but here’s one with a difference those caught on camera are cyclists and it ends with a truly spectacular demonstration of how not to take your jacket off while cycling.
York Cyclists Episode 1, shot over a three week period was posted to Youtube on April 1st ago by a long time cycle commuter calling himself CarefulCyclist, but it's no joke.
Red light jumping, pavement cycling, red light jumping, riding no handed, red light jumping, texting while cycling, phoning while cycling and red light jumping (a bit like Groundhog Day) are all here.
It’s a catalogue of the sort of behaviour that irritates and angers other road users and that divides opinion amongst cyclists between those who believe that the rules of the road apply to everyone and those who say they are the product of a car-centric approach to traffic management and that as long as no-one is harmed the independent minded cyclist should be free to ignore them. Watch the video and judge for yourself.
“Cyclists are taking more risks”, CarefulCyclist told YorkMix explaining his reason for posting his films to Youtube: “I hope the families of those cyclists will see what those cyclists are doing, putting themselves and other road users at risk and prevent them.
“The cyclists involved should stop and think, is this risk I am taking worth it?”
He also explained why he started filming his journeys.
“I have, on a number of occasions nearly been hit by inattentive or poor drivers. if you combine poor driving with reckless cycling more and more people are going to get injured. Some fatally.”
He described those riding badly as “a small proportion of repeat offenders, I see the same faces over and over again.
“Young men seem prepared to take the greatest risks, but all types of road users flout the Highway Code.
“I see cyclists running red lights, weaving in and out of traffic, but even the most minor indiscretions like cycling on the pavement can have potentially severe consequences if the cyclist is in collision with someone elderly or a child.
“Pedestrians have been killed by cyclists.”
While some of the cycling on display is certainly of the eye-brow raising variety some may also raise an eyebrow at the inclusion of a woman using her mobile phone while cycling along a near empty bike path - on the other hand the chap briefly glimpsed riding no handed on the pavement was lucky a hapless pedestrian didn’t step out of a doorway.
The penultimate incident would seem to be an example of both rider and driver inattention although had things played out differently it is certainly the cyclist who would have paid the higher price, and that last crash? Well, according to CarefulCyclist the man got up afterwards apparently unharmed.
While his film highlights some risk taking individual in his conversation with YorkMix CarefulCyclist reserves some of the blame for poor cycling infrastructure too:
“Some of the cycling infrastructure is poorly designed and poorly maintained, cycle lanes are too narrow and sometimes bring road users in to conflict”.
The recklessness of York’s drivers and pedestrians are the subjects of his next two videos.
road.cc's founder and first editor, nowadays to be found riding a spreadsheet. Tony's journey in cycling media started in 1997 as production editor and then deputy editor of Total Bike, acting editor of Total Mountain Bike and then seven years as editor of Cycling Plus. He launched his first cycling website - the Cycling Plus Forum at the turn of the century. In 2006 he left C+ to head up the launch team for Bike Radar which he edited until 2008, when he co-launched the multi-award winning road.cc - finally handing on the reins in 2021 to Jack Sexty. His favourite ride is his ‘commute’ - which he does most days inc weekends and he’s been cycle-commuting since 1994. His favourite bikes are titanium and have disc brakes, though he'd like to own a carbon bike one day.
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Frankly I think anyone who believes the law applies to me but not to them is an ar$e and whether either of us is driving a car, riding a bike or sitting on a sofa is irrelevant.
Not passing the buck, better infrastructure for cyclists will benefit everyone by removing conflict.
Maybe I'm an anarchist, but I don't blindly follow rules if they put people at risk.
My son and I frequently ride the pavement where the road is unsafe, we doi it without causing risk or inconvenience to others. If we can't, we get off and walk.
To put ourselves at risk for no reason whatsoever other than blindly obeying the law would be stupid.
Are the risks worth it? Probably.
And it's not illegal to use your phone whilst cycling. It's a non-motorised vehicle. Also cycling on pavements is not against the law in some areas of Scotland.
Liberty
undoubtedly as cycling becomes more popular, so will the number of idiot cyclists increase. The only solution will be to police cycling more. If necessary create new laws to criminalize obviously dangerous behaviour. Just because there are bad drivers this does not excuse bad cyclists. Those who love cycling should condemn , not condone, the wanton acts of stupidity this person has filmed. I'm glad the guy taking his coat off wasn't badly hurt, eg run over. I hope he wont be so dumb again.
That helmet guy is a pleb, thanks for jacket guy though
Anyone else notice how the jacket guy hits his head really hard, and WASNT wearing a helmet?
I'm taking this as "proof" and counter argument to the usual anecdote garbage from some cyclists that have hit their head, but the helmet *definitely* saved their life
You MUST be seeing things.
However, you can't take it as proof. You can take it as part of evidence to support your case....
He isn't seeing anything, he's right.
To me it looks like he lands more on his upper back / neck area so debate that away helmet worshippers...
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Fucking prick filming everything like a cunt. Get a life.
Maybe they were all going for KOMs. No one gets in the way of a KOM.
Stupid video, common sense prevails, I live in Bridgwater, Somerset.
I ride a lot, generally most cars drive too fast and attitudes to cyclist is poor to aggressive. Regardless how you ride.
I cycle a main trunk road to work Bristol Road (every week people are hit off there, several in work have been knocked off, one hurt badly, the driver didn't stop and was never caught) its a death trap for cyclists, as is Taunton Road. The pavement is usually the only safe place...
The more aggressive you are as a rider or positive, the safer you are, I always wear a helmet, ride with a bright yellow reflective jacket and lights and still get swiped( I don't mean generally aggressive)
I'm not going to be bait or a statistic.
Mark
Stupid video, common sense prevails, I live in Bridgwater, Somerset.
I ride a lot, generally most cars drive too fast and attitudes to cyclist is poor to aggressive. Regardless how you ride.
I cycle a main trunk road to work Bristol Road (every week people are hit off there, several in work have been knocked off, one hurt badly, the driver didn't stop and was never caught) its a death trap for cyclists, as is Taunton Road. The pavement is usually the only safe place...
The more aggressive you are as a rider or positive, the safer you are, I always wear a helmet, ride with a bright yellow reflective jacket and lights and still get swiped( I don't mean generally aggressive)
I'm not going to be bait or a statistic.
So bollox to gentlemanly conduct, you jeopodise my safety you be getting it
Mark
Salmoning - wrong-way cycling has become widespread. It's stupid and dangerous. I'm quite happy for the Police to stop any stupidity by cyclists, but they mustn't just focus on cyclists. They need to pull and prosecute all those incompetent-dangerous drivers out there.
Having recently seen a TV programme about drivers who have obtained a licence other than by the traditional and official route - education, training, and examination, but instead via deception / impersonation etc., I would like to see all motorists involved in traffic violations subjected to compulsory testing.
This might explain why I encounter so many utterly clueless-incompetent drivers out there.
zzzzz
Brilliant! It's like a crazy urban circus and certainly like any day on the streets of Bristol.
On a positive note, it's great to see so many people choosing to get around by bike. If 1 RLJing pavement cyclist = 1 less car that can only be considered a good thing. Lets not get too distracted by minor infringments of the law.
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