Video: Was this cyclist right to take this motorist to task?

Makes me cringe to watch it...........the bloke is a complete tw*t

I'd like to see him try that on Ronnie Pickering!!!

If he thinks that's dangerou he should give up cycling.  To be honest he needs to look at his skills and abilities first.  Should hae had ahigher road position with those traffic islands, and 5 seconds I countedfrom her turning until he got to the turn in.

Some people shouldn't have a bike but if they must then don't let them have a camera as well!

Bikebikebike says something fishy. No. This was just a pollock of a cyclist who I suspect was having a bad day. She did not turn on top of him at all. He did need to slow down. Period.

Personally the vehicle may have been slightly close to the bike but it was signalling it's intention and the guy on the bike should have had proper road awareness to realise this. It was obvious that the lady driver intended to turn left and she made the manouvre with plenty of space. Biker is totally out of order and so much for him saying "I will delete this when i get home."

It's people like him to give the rest of us a bad rep.

When the car went past I was thinking "It's obviously not this one that's going to annoy him..."

But then, oh, it was.

He's well out of order and the driver handled it far more reasonably than he deserved.

She comes across really well in this! Seems like a very cool person. It's hard to judge from the camera, but it didn't really look like he was cut up in this at all.

He's an offensive bully who forced the driver to apologise. Nasty, nasty bully.

He was clearly over the top with his reaction. On the other hand, it wouldn't have hurt the driver to wait 5 seconds. Most of us would have ignored it, but maybe his rant might make her think a tiny bit next time.

If it's real (and it probably is) then the cyclist is a sanctimonious tosser.

That cyclist was a massive bellend, she was about 100 yards ahead of him!

Surely this has to be a parody?  Of all the bits of driving to choose to call out he chooses this one?  Weird.

The car drive didn't cause the cyclist to brake or to change direction and no offence was committed by the driver on this occasion. Had the left turn taken place a few seconds later (and this often happens) then driving without due care and attention would have been the appropriate offence or, perhaps, reckless driving. Cyclist needs to be careful with language, however, as that may constitute a public order offence.

i am a cyclist and i get much more "close calls" on people overtaking and turning , especially those who have their side mirrors folded...

the dangerous bit i thought would be the overtaking while next to a crossing island...

that guy needs to chill...and yeah i don't like that he said he will delete it , and he hasnt (and of course there is teh possibility of this being a total fake again) 

Nasty bloke. Cashing in on YouTube eh?!

Why is this person videoing himself riding  down a high street? I just don't understand it. Is it sexual frustration or something? 

Why is this person videoing himself riding  down a high street? I just don't understand it. Is it sexual frustration or something? 

Erm - no, he shouldn't have taken the motorist to task. Rubbish overtaking by the traffic island, but not dangerous and not *really* a left hook. Unless I've just got some motoring version of Stockholm syndrome...

That can't be genuine !

Absolute class A doooooooooshhhhh bag.

I coulda been in hospital and I coulda also been a magical fairy panzy-pie.

The video has been removed by the user. Better late than never.

I would love it for this woman to be an off duty police officer.

I suspect he's actually a petrolhead who borrowed a bike then rode 100m or so with a friend driving past playing the role of 'much put upon and needlessly harrowed motorist poor us' just to troll cyclists who do actually have to put up with passes that are scary and reckless.

Just think, if the sort of crap we have to put up with happened between pedestrians walking down the street it would look like a mass brawl requiring police intervention.  Put it on the roads however and it's called a 'transport system'.

Seems it may have been genuine !

http://road.cc/content/news/172308-was-cyclist-right-take-motorist-task-...

At first look, there appeared to be plenty of room and enough space for the car to turn left. After watching a second time, I'd maybe be concerned (if I was the cyclist) about the left turn being a bit close, but the overtake looked safe enough to me.

Disagree folks. I think that overtake is totally unnecessary. She is indicating left as she overtakes. If i am driving and decide to indicate to make a turn, i dont overtake something moving to do it......that is just dangerous and stupid. Fair enough, it might not be a "left hook" but that shouldnt be standard that we apply to safe/unsafe overtakes.

He reacts as if but for his superhuman braking he would have been pranged right into the side of the nice girl's car.

If he really believes that is what happened I think I would be asking questions of his spatial awareness and general suitability to be on the public road at all.

We've all had some close (or worse) incidents but this wasn't one of them - and it does make one wonder how many cyclists, with the twin cameras fitted, are now so heightened it's distorting their reality.