You could be forgiven for thinking it is open season on Britain’s cyclists at the moment, with the Charlie Alliston case sparking a slew of highly opinionated and often ill-informed commentary across the media as well as the government promising an “urgent review” of “cycling safety” in the wake of that case.
Here’s a video posted to YouTube by heelmetcam user 4ChordsNoNet though that casts cyclists, especially those in the capital, in a much more favourable light than you might imagine had you read, say, this piece yesterday from The Economist’s 1843 Magazine.
A motorist’s car has broken down on a Cycle SSuperhighway on Harleyford Road by The Oval cricket ground in South London and while other drivers pass by, it’s four cyclists who stop and together help get it off the road.
Chapeau, gents – perhaps some motorists might have helped too had the car been blocking the road itself?
18 thoughts on “Video: Cyclists come to aid of London motorist who had broken down … while others drive by”
The very pillars of society.
The very pillars of society.
White people helping black
White people helping black people …
Valbrona wrote:
Fixed that for you.
CygnusX1 wrote:
+1
Valbrona wrote:
WT-actual-F??
I wonder if you’d make that comment if your full name was attached to it
Valbrona wrote:
You, sir – and I don’t say this lightly – are a cunt
Valbrona wrote:
I think the reaction to this comment raises some very interesting points. Why are we so offended by segregation by skin colour but fine with segregation by transport mode. There are no complaints from anyone saying that it should be “road users helping road users”! Are we adding to the us verses them mentality by segregating ourselves in stories like this?
ClubSmed wrote:
Yes. But we are segregated.
Slice and dice it whichever way you want, you can’t really help feeling segregated when the nth impatient twat of a driver nudges past your elbow just to get ahead of you.
The stats, say, of drivers killing cyclists vs cyclists killing drivers, are pretty segregated, too.
I’m all for us just getting along, but you can’t just shout ‘ceasefire’ and everything will be OK, not when one side has tanks and is addicted to them, and the other is completely unarmed.
I’ve done this – was leading
I’ve done this – was leading a club run and an old Buick had broken down right in the middle of the roundabout. I called a stop to help the guy.
I really enjoyed it as he appeared to be the type to loathe cyclists and it really hurt him to mutter thanks to all of us.
A bit sad that this should be
A bit sad that this should be considered ‘news-worthy’. Don’t you think?
Done this twice at least.
Done this twice at least. Other car drivers kept on driving.
Do you think this is because
Do you think this is because motorists are insulated/isolated inside their boxes, so everything outside-even a broken down “fellow motorist” – is just Somebody Else’s Problem?
While out running we came
While out running we came across a car blocking half of the road. It appeared that it’s handbrake had broken and it had rolled down the drive. Motorists were just driving round it so we pushed it out of the way and chocked the wheel.
Whilst I’m fixing things, it
Whilst I’m fixing things, it’s “helmetcam” not “heelmetcam” and “Superhighway” not “SSuperhighway” (I could argue whether these are even words, but that’s a discussion for a cold night in front of a roaring fire witrh a bottle of single malt).
CygnusX1 wrote:
FTFY
beezus fufoon wrote:
Touché (although I’m not the one publishing articles on the web)
The parable of the Good
The parable of the Good Samaritan springs to mind.
You lot arguing!
You lot arguing!
I did this a few months back. Bloody hard pushing a car in cleats. Car drivers drove by.
Ps I’m white and the driver was Asian.
Just in case anymore wants to carry on the argument