Cyclists slam “victim blaming” road safety video advising “improve visibility” so drivers don’t hit you; Bike rack vs drunk man; Chris Boardman calls for end to “relentlessly hostile rhetoric” about cyclists; New bikes + more on the live blog
SUMMARY
"You won't find your bike in there": Bizarre coiled bike rack captures (presumably drunk) man who climbed in for a laugh, only to get stuck
It’s a pretty decent summary of humanity that you’ve got the one mate giving a hand, at least trying to help the man who’s made the questionable choice to climb into this coiled bike rack, only to (very predictably) get stuck. Meanwhile, the other mate is simply trying not to cause himself any damage by laughing too hard or falling over while filming his pal’s predicament.
— Dubs life (@dubslife1) May 27, 2024
Reason #2,701 why Sheffield Stands should be the universal cycle parking design. Obviously, simple and practical racks to lock your bike to would be number one, but preventing drunk people using them as a tunnel only to get stuck is at least on the list somewhere, even if a bit further down the priority hierarchy.
We’ve got no idea where this happened, or which unimpressed fire service was asked to attend. Maybe he was just confused by the design and went looking for his bike? Okay, fair enough, that’s too generous — always remember to enjoy alcohol responsibly. Otherwise you might end up stuck inside a Turkey Twizzler bike rack… enough to give Jamie Oliver nightmares.
We’ve seen these god-awful bike racks before, namely outside a Lidl branch in Dublin and they got a shout-out in our appropriately titled feature:
> Worst bike racks — from the useless to utterly unusable places to park your bicycle
You’d do well to get stuck in any of those other ones, although I guess the middle one up top (‘the toast rack’ as it was dubbed) has potential.
Fans of Always Sunny might think they’ve seen this one before:
Frank, is that you? pic.twitter.com/LDE0oa7buD
— D Naylor (@R3DLFC) May 28, 2024
Another in the comments declared that “stupid springs to mind”… ba dum tss…
Chris Boardman calls for end to "relentlessly hostile rhetoric" about cyclists
Active Travel Commissioner Chris Boardman has penned a comment piece in the Evening Standard calling for an end to the “relentlessly hostile rhetoric” about cyclists, arguing that the “hate-mongers offer no solutions”.
Referencing his own family tragedy — Boardman’s mother was hit and killed by a driver in July 2016 — the active travel chief said it upset him to read “certain parts of the media continue their relentless campaign against cyclists”, meanwhile “more than 1,700 people are killed each year by motor vehicles”.
“In 2016, one of them was my mother, Keith’s life partner, gone, crushed to death by a law-breaking driver,” he wrote. “A vibrant, elderly woman in great health because of her passion, wiped off the face of the earth. What makes this even more horrific, if that was possible, is she was one five people who died on our roads that day. Five mothers, sons and daughters killed every day, without national headlines or calls for changes in the law.
“Allowing such uniformly negative, data-barren and blatantly false accusations to continually go unchallenged does people like my dad, and the vast majority of cyclists, a terrible disservice.”
He later concluded: “At a time we desperately need to decarbonise, to improve public health and ensure everyone has affordable transport choices, we cannot afford this relentlessly hostile rhetoric.
“You’ll notice the hate-mongers offer no solutions, they don’t take responsibility for their actions, they just peddle hate (excuse the pun). So I for one am going to speak up for my dad and my kids, for the things that will lead to a better life for them. I hope others will stand with me, be brave and speak up for their family’s future.
“Whether walking, wheeling or riding, our streets would be a nicer place if we stopped persecuting the vulnerable and instead directed our energies to ensuring everyone has the choice to be a bit more Keith.”
BIKES!
SHOCKING EXCLUSIVE: Lots of bike news on bike website… would have guessed it?
First up, is this an unreleased Canyon Aeroad that F1’s Valtteri Bottas was seen riding at the Monaco Grand Prix?
Next up, leaks have emerged online showing a new Trek road bike with an ‘IsoFlow’ seat tube hole, leaving our tech team to ask, is it a new Émonda or revamped Madone?
And finally, Jamie’s travelled back to 2012 to take an in-depth look at the bike that arguably signalled the beginning of the end for rim brakes (*smiles as he looks away from his desk at the lovely rim brake bike still serving him well*)…
Tour de Suisse outlines tributes to Gino Mäder at upcoming 2024 edition
With the Tour de Suisse just a couple of weeks away the race’s organisers have announced a series of tributes that will be made to Gino Mäder, the Swiss rider who tragically died in a crash at last year’s race. Mäder crashed on a high-speed descent at the end of stage five, falling into a ravine and was airlifted to hospital, his Bahrain Victorious team later revealing the worst possible news that the 26-year-old had not survived.
Swiss journalist Pascal Ritter reports that this year’s race will honour Mäder with a series of tributes. The race number 44 will be retired and the highest KOM climb of the week will be named ‘Ride for Gino’, the slogan also appearing on all of the leaders’ jerseys. There will be a memorial ride in Aigle on 16 June. Mäder’s family requested that no minute’s silence is held.
Politicians on bikes
Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey, Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader Jane Dodds and local candidate David Chadwick riding bikes during a visit to Knighton, Wales, while on the General Election campaign trail.
Image ID: 2X94NNT / Jacob King / PA Wire#generalelection pic.twitter.com/QYFKL03Qlj
— Alamy Editorial (@Alamy_Editorial) May 29, 2024
"The message about riding defensively is fair enough, they've just framed it pretty poorly in my opinion": In the comments section today
A few of you have had your say on the Surrey RoadSafe video…
Clem Fandango: “I mean, the message about riding defensively is fair enough, they’ve just framed it pretty poorly in my opinion.
“Doesn’t matter where you ride if the drivist isn’t looking or paying attention & in this example, it’s still not the cyclists fault if there is a collision (which you could argue is being implied – certainly the rabid anti-cyclists & Loophole lawyers would no doubt jump on it that way & put all accountability on the rider). Surely they could have found a better way of educating all road users that cyclists taking primary in certain circumstances is a good option? At least it’s not a party election broadcast…..”
hawkinspeter: “Considering that the majority of bike/car collisions are unavoidable and the fault of the driver, it would be far more effective to lecture drivers about actually looking for bikes and paying attention to what they’re doing. Experienced cyclists will generally ride defensively anyhow, so they’re just targeting the inexperienced cyclists.”
AidanR: “I can’t help but think that the illustrated collision could have been avoided by the driver actually stopping at the junction, rather than rolling through it.”
FionaJJ: “I don’t mind advice on better road positioning to improve visibility, as there are still some cyclists, as well as drivers, who for a variety of reasons think bikes should hug the pavement, or think that’s the considerate or even safest thing to do. Anything that explains why it isn’t, or gives permission to more deferential cyclists to take the right position on the road for them is good IMO.
“However, if I were in charge I would pitch it differently. I’d aim the clip at drivers, using it to explain why it’s the safest road position for cyclists, and ultimately makes life easier for them, then hope that it clicks for cyclists that don’t already realise this.”
Elsewhere there has been praise for Chris Boardman and a call for Jo Shiner to be given a particularly loud megaphone to spread her message. We can hope…
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Chris Froome is back in the peloton — and finishes 18 minutes down on return to racing
A FIFTH win of the season for Lenny Martinez 🇫🇷
The 20-year-old continues his sensational early season form, as he takes his fifth win of the year at the Mercan’Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes 🔥
An attack in the final kilometre was enough to secure a gap and glide to victory 💪 pic.twitter.com/ZGmchsCMa2
— Eurosport (@eurosport) May 29, 2024
17 minutes and 40 seconds later Chris Froome crossed the line in 47th place. Maybe we’ll get some disc brake excuses later? Maybe the four-time Tour de France winner was riding for his teammates today on his return? After all, George Bennett and Matthew Riccitello were both in the top 10, while rising star Stephen Williams and Mason Hollyman finished just a minute up the road from Froome. Anyway, we’ll cross our fingers for disc brake excuses…
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Cyclists slam "victim blaming" road safety video advising "improve visibility on the road" so drivers don't hit you
Surrey RoadSafe is a partnership between the county’s police force and council “working to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on Surrey roads”. So, what are we focusing on today? Speeding? Drink driving? Mobile phone use? Anti-social behaviour on the roads? Oh, right… telling cyclists how to ride to help improve visibility so… they don’t get hit by drivers…
Cyclists improve your visibility on the road.
Watch our series of animations illustrating common car/bike collision scenarios and how to avoid them.
#1 DRIVE OUT #HabitsForLife pic.twitter.com/kGNWlm8LuJ
— Surrey RoadSafe (@SurreyRS) May 29, 2024
“Car/bike collisions can be avoided,” we’re told. “Use defensive action to ride safer!” the video continues. Because, as the graphic goes on to imply, if someone fails to give way and pulls out in front of you, causing a collision, the action we should all be seeking, to avoid such incidents is… cyclists riding in the middle of their lane so they are more visible.
Needless to say the Surrey RoadSafe partnership got plenty of feedback under the post… from those calling the advice “victim blaming”, through to people pointing out it might be slightly useful to instead ask the cause of the collision pictured not to… well, you know… crash into cyclists because you didn’t look properly to see an oncoming road user when pulling out at a junction?
Bob From Accounts called the video “victim blaming 101” and suggested “separate infrastructure is the only solution”. VNS added that as cyclists we already know about riding in primary position in certain situations as it can be safer. Rather, he said, “It’s drivers who think cyclists are being inconsiderate for doing this. Please also educate drivers. Drivers being the ones who are responsible for collisions like this.”
Matthew: “Yeah, because it’s definitely not the drivers failing to look properly. All you’re doing is empowering drivers to blame cyclists for ‘not riding correctly, so I couldn’t see them’.”
RedLaser4000: “Is this real? That was the fault of the driver pulling out without looking!”
Mustapha Cycle: “Nothing wrong with cyclists improving their visibility but maybe focus on the real offenders and less on the victims. Enforce the Highway Code rigidly and get the standard of driving back on track to an acceptable level.”
Tim Pryce: “Problem is drivers then yell at you and close pass you for being ‘in the middle of the road’.”
Ian Bradbury: “We know and we do. The people you should direct this at are the drivers screaming ‘get out of the middle of the road’ and the eejits who paint murder strips at the side of the road and pretend they are cycle provision.”
Incidentally, the UK’s head of roads policing recently spoke at-length about her wishes for making the roads safer, highlighting the key areas of concern that addressing would bring about real-world change and a reduction in the number of deaths and serious injuries.
Jo Shiner urged stricter sentences for driving offences and warned that the “basic standard of driving has reduced” and puts cyclists and pedestrians at risk. She also suggested that deaths on the UK’s roads have become “unseen” due to their frequency.
“We have over 1,700 deaths a year on our roads, we have got to look at it differently,” she said. “Sometimes the reporting of those people who are killed or seriously injured barely features in the local papers anymore.
“Anti-social driving is really prevalent on our roads at the moment and we know that it is causing a lot of collisions and I think that’s where in terms of the punishment fitting the crime we do need greater deterrence.
“So one of our focuses within our portfolio is on greater sentencing, so the ability for us to be able to actually increase the sentences which both magistrates and other courts can give, but also greater sentences.
“What I mean by that is that if you actually compare some of the sentences the drivers who do kill people because of the way in which they’ve drive on the roads versus maybe some other crimes in society, predominantly you see that those sentences are lower and that’s just one example where I think families are not feeling that they do get the justice that sometimes they deserve.
“I think the basic standard of driving on our roads has reduced,” she continued. “Using an indicator, being in the correct lane, actually knowing what the Highway Code says, knowing which lane to go in when you’re going around a roundabout and also just calming down on our roads.
“You know, sometimes I see behaviours where people are just utterly impatient to get where they want to go, really not recognising the risks that are around them, that they’re both creating for others but also that others are then potentially creating for them.
“So I think changing behaviours and changing minds is really, really important in terms of just calming people down and also trying to reinforce just how much damage a vehicle can do, particularly to other vulnerable road users, whether that’s a pedestrian, a pedal cyclist, a horse rider, it’s really important that people take responsibility for the risk that they could pose to others when they’re behind the wheel.”
We must have missed the bit about cyclists being more visible so they don’t get hit.
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Ferguson's rant about the definition of culture makes him sound like he has the type of sociopathic traits endemic to top level management of any sport or business. At least Brailsford could back up being a questionable human with sporting success. I can't tell if it's honest naivety or willful delusion, but there is clearly a history of poor communication, so either there was legacy he needed to address, or more likely given the lack of evidence of any corrective actions, the toxic culture still persists. "The beatings will continue untill morale improves"
New research provides yet more evidence that water is wet. A separate new study providing meta analysis of the prior water-is-wet studies indicates that a disturbingly large demographic is *still* surprised by the findings of the water-is-wet studies, and are suffering significant cognitive dissonance.
@the little onion It hardly matters. Trump, Farage etc. show that where their anti-cyclist, anti-active travel, anti-LTN, anti-climate change, anti-immigrant, anti- traffic law, pro-drive and park everywhere at all times nutters are concerned, the criminality of their heroes is of no concern.
Is that convicted corrupt criminal Luftar Rahman?
Once people have got used to living with less motor vehicle traffic (and maybe even fewer parked vehicles) ... it's always found they don't want to go back. BUT how does the chicken/egg problem get solved? Interesting line here: "Change" is easiest when it's really spelling out what's already happening. This made me think of Amsterdam and their recent trial of putting a modal filter on a fairly major road. Of course that was probably only possible because this is Amsterdam - where public transport is great and cycling is mainstream AND the city voted in favour of removing on-street parking spaces! While the people on the road were really in favour, traffic went up on other streets (not by as much but still up). And those people were outraged, because they'd got used to low traffic, and didn't want it back. ... so at the end of the trial they *partially* rolled this back (there may be some road narrowing instead - but the idea was "not ready yet").
No doubt incoming - something like: Not *our* proposed local traffic neighbourhood, it doesn't! Works everywhere else but for some reason it would be utter idiocy to do it *here*, would never work because (unique local reasons) and besides not a single person wants it, they just want better roads... Continuing with all the favourite arguments, most addressed above, up to and including "deep state conspiracy".
I have the 300 and it’s a good light. Unfortunately I’m on my second one. I bought the genuine saddle mount bracket for Bontrager/Trek saddles (I hate rubber strap mounts) and the road vibration of the daily commute made it snap after about 3 months. A clean break with no warning and I lost the light to the gutter/passing cars. This time, I’ve made a safety tether from a short length of wire and ring terminals so that it at least stays attached to the bike when it happens again.
@mdavidford You'll need a strong arm to carry that lance...
Bus lanes are a good point. I doubt the signs do much initially. BUT since that sometimes leads to very salient stories about "bonkers greedy council makes x thousands from trapping honest drivers in bus gate scam" i think locals get educated quickly! As we know it's almost impossible to imagine such a story about cycle infra... (likely because it wouldn't lead to education, but mobs of baying taxi drivers, double -parkers etc. marching on the council offices)
300 looks the better buy: cheaper and longer lasting for real-world use, while the 400 seems to trade endurance for a load of ANT+ features most riders won't use - 300 on the right
54 thoughts on “Cyclists slam “victim blaming” road safety video advising “improve visibility” so drivers don’t hit you; Bike rack vs drunk man; Chris Boardman calls for end to “relentlessly hostile rhetoric” about cyclists; New bikes + more on the live blog”
” As expected @transportgovuk
” As expected @transportgovuk refused my FOI to release specific draft versions of the Managing Pavement Parking report. “
“We won’t release the drafts
“We won’t release the drafts of the cancelled report to you because they were produced to be published as a report, even if that report has been cancelled.”
Bloody Vogons!
They’ve got to beware of
They’ve got to be beware of leopards.
Quote:
Well, it’s described as ‘Dubs Life’, it’s on an account called ‘Dubs Life’ that has it’s location set to ‘Dublin’, and it looks like a rack that you’ve seen before “in Dublin”.
I’m going to have to go with ‘Dublin’ here.
Breaking Bad Hank Hank
Meh… Just because the
Meh… Just because the account’s location is Dublin, they seem to post “funny” videos from anywhere – the majority in UK/Ireland but some certainly appear to be from even further afield. And I’m not convinced a similar (not identical) rack that happened to be in Dublin provides much additional credence to your theory.
Chris Boardman is a such an
Chris Boardman is a such an asset to cycling. What an absolutely top bloke he is.
HKR wrote:
Shame that he isn’t in the running for Prime Minister.
If the goal of politics was
If the goal of politics was to find the best person for the top job then we’d have a radically different system to the one we have.
ubercurmudgeon wrote:
…and I’d like to disqualify anyone that actually wants the job.
hawkinspeter wrote:
I suppose they could have brain surgery so that they’d forget that they wanted the job…
That’s what George Monbiot
That’s what George Monbiot said somewhere (something along the lines that anyone seeking power should have compulsory psychotherapy first).
P S : https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/12/prime-minister-therapy
I’m sure it’s not a new idea.
I’m sure it’s not a new idea. Douglas Adams was giving it a spin back when and he won’t be the first…
https://thedailyzen.org/2015/05/27/the-ruler-of-the-universe/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/RPVK2VZqX2qv6tQPTsLchK/man-in-the-shack
He’s probably over qualified
He’s probably over qualified
jaymack wrote:
Well, he certainly knows what he’s talking about
I don’t mind advice on better
I don’t mind advice on better road positioning to improve visibility, as there are still some cyclists, as well as drivers, who for a variety of reasons think bikes should hug the pavement, or think that’s the considerate or even safest thing to do. Anything that explains why it isn’t, or gives permission to more deferential cyclists to take the right position on the road for them is good IMO.
However, if I were in charge I would pitch it differently. I’d aim the clip at drivers, using it to explain why it’s the safest road position for cyclists, and ultimately makes life easier for them, then hope that it clicks for cyclists that don’t already realise this.
That Surrey RoadSafe video —
That Surrey RoadSafe video — I mean, the message about riding defensively is fair enough, they’ve just framed it pretty poorly in my opinion.
Doesn’t matter where you ride if the drivist isn’t looking or paying attention & in this example, it’s still not the cyclists fault if there is a collision (which you could argue is being implied – certainly the rabid anti-cyclists & Loophole lawyers would no doubt jump on it that way & put all accountability on the rider). Surely they could have found a better way of educating all road users that cyclists taking primary in certain circumstances is a good option? At least it’s not a party election broadcast…..
Clem Fandango wrote:
Considering that the majority of bike/car collisions are unavoidable and the fault of the driver, it would be far more effective to lecture drivers about actually looking for bikes and paying attention to what they’re doing. Experienced cyclists will generally ride defensively anyhow, so they’re just targetting the inexperienced cyclists.
I can’t help but think that
I can’t help but think that the illustrated collision could have been avoided by the driver actually stopping at the junction, rather than rolling through it.
my point exactly.
my point exactly.
What would really help the
What would really help the visibility at junctions is cars not parked close to them. Has anyone ever run a campaign telling drivers to park at least 10m from junctions. No…. I thought not.
Licenced drivers should
Licenced drivers should continue to follow Highway Code rule 243 when parking near junctions, as they learned for their driving test. Whatever happened to Traffic Wardens?
I love my bike wrote:
Can you imagine the hate if Traffic Wardens rode bicycles.
I love my bike wrote:
Oh – does that one still exist? I assumed that it had been retired, given the behaviour of pretty much every f-ing motorist in my village
Can someone get Jo Shiner:
Can someone get Jo Shiner:
a) a medal;
b) the world’s biggest megaphone so she can shout that message out loud and clear in as many places as possible?
Jo Shiner “”Anti-social
Jo Shiner “”Anti-social driving is really prevalent on our roads at the moment and we know that it is causing a lot of collisions and I think that’s where in terms of the punishment fitting the crime we do need greater deterrence.”
Comprehensive review of road laws, 2014, anyone?
Politician rides bike
Politician rides bike
Providing an example of
Providing an example of dangerous cycling that they want to legislate against?
He’s hoping to stay in his
He’s hoping to stay in his seat…
Nice to see a dynamo on a bike as well (in contrast to the rider). Very practical!
… and trys to make it look
… and tries to make it look ridiculous…
Look at that though. Out of
Look at that though. Out of touch politcal class type gets on bike. Has fun. That’s awesome.
Obvs I’ve suspended my innate cynicism that it’s no more than an electioneering photo op, but at least he’s not in a Chelsea tractor whining about dangerous cycling laws and hi-viz tabards.
Not sure how much more
Not sure how much more visible I could have been here…
This driver should have paused at the give way to allow for their view of me being temporarily blocked by the pedestrian crossing the road.
The road markings and “cycle lane” bollards should have been a big indicator that someone might be coming along on a bike and not to use those cycle lane markings as a give way line.
Most cyclists are faster than me and even with decent brakes might have ended up t-boning the driver’s door.
https://youtu.be/vEeljHmz6KA
mitsky wrote:
Can’t work out whether the driver was only looking for cars or knew full well there might be a cyclist and didn’t give a sh!t. Not great either way.
I think most drivers would be
I think most drivers would be wary of doing anything that might damage their own vehicles and be even more concerned if someone else was to do so.
So to put their own vehicle in “harms way” indicates that she simply didn’t look, given she use the cycle lane marking as a give way line.
I’m hoping the slight startle she got when seeing me so close would hopefully prevent it happening again.
But I won’t hold my breath.
“What I mean by that is that
“What I mean by that is that if you actually compare some of the sentences the drivers who do kill people because of the way in which they’ve drive on the roads versus maybe some other crimes in society, predominantly you see that those sentences are lower and that’s just one example where I think families are not feeling that they do get the justice that sometimes they deserve.”
M. Briggs, and with him the government and the opposition apparently couldn’t care less…
Maybe the videos are pitched
Maybe the videos are pitched at cyclists because they know we’ll actually view them.
Although, as I’m not on Shitter or Turdagram, I wouldn’t have known about them without Road.cc
The witch that did the cable
The witch that did the cable tie frayed cable thing should be burned at the stake because obviously they are in league with the devil!
Why is pointy cycle woman not wearing something more visible than a dark blue top and grey helmet if she wants to be seen easier?
A right-hand twist, but seems
A right-hand twist, but seems to be a follower of the left-hand path at work…
Visability is key the number
Visability is key the number of bikers we see riding after dark wearing dark clothing and having no lights or reflectors also riding on the wrong side of the road at night dosen’t help much . It doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence in bikers when we see them riding on a main road hands free because their texting . A few weeks ago I saw a group of youngsters traning for their proficiency there was no a single light or reflector on any of their bikes not the best of starts
Visibility is *good* but
Visibility is *good* but looking where you’re going is key, no?
Apparently you’re someone who’s always getting ridden into by cyclists and is mentioning screen use here. I imagine you’d be less than thrilled if someone suggested you really need a wheelchair with more lights, reflectives and fluorescent material. Or that you should work on you situational awareness…
Still I’m glad to hear they’re doing cycle training where you are. A good start. Next – if you’re in the UK that is – they need to make places safer for them to cycle, and more convenient so there’s a chance they continue.
It’s a bot account. You can
It’s a bot account. You can tell by late night posts, lack of context, vague descriptions of events and fixation on a single topic.
Possibly. That campaign
Possibly. That campaign suggests we should be safer if we try to engage the attention of drivers though and it’s possible it’s in control of a Tesla by day, so…
Cycling in the dark on the
Cycling in the dark on the road with no lights especially on unlit roads is a mugs game. In daylight I would say not necessary, unless you have a road coloured bike and clothing then a little twinkle from a light might be a good idea.
However regarding their terrible infomercial I can tell you from painfull experience that the odd driver still pulls out even when they say they saw you. Then blames you for hitting them. So being seen is good, driving like a self righteous wrecking machine not so much.
Yeah, I know looking but not
Yeah, I know looking but not seeing alright. I’m a bit fatalistic now. I make an effort so I feel I have tried but don’t expect I’m not invisible.
I also saw a group of
I also saw a group of youngsters training for their proficiency. 1966 I think it was. On a Tuesday.
Wheelywheelygood wrote:
just think how much easier it is to see those of us with lights, and they still don’t see. Aside from the issue with cyclists not using lights when legally required. I find that seeing cyclists without lights or hi vis is not hard. Excepting when the weather is really bad (foggy/heavy rain/so overcast it might as well be dark). Most drivers will see you regardless of lights (in the day) and some just don’t look at all.
In fact on sunny days It’s normal to see a cyclist long before you can see their lights when approaching from behind.
they were doing cycle training after dark?
wycombewheeler wrote:
Yes. This. As a driver you are told to look for hazards. What if, instead of a cyclist, it was a black cat running from underneath parked cars? Much smaller, and less visible, even than a cyclist in all black. And good drivers can still successfully avoid them. And we don’t tell cats they should wear hi-viz and lights!
Matthew Acton-Varian wrote:
https://road.cc/content/news/174381-hi-vis-paint-new-forest-ponies
Well, they rely on their eyes
Well, they rely on their eyes !
Since you were able to spot
Since you were able to spot these youngsters on bikes even thought they did not have lights or reflectors, I’m going to eschew high-viz clothing when riding my bike from now on and simply strap a youngster to my handlebars.
Just when I thought cyclists
Just when I thought cyclists couldn’t sink lower in public esteem.
So…. To follow their logic,
So…. To follow their logic, any individual who is a victim of crime or is injured/killed by the actions or inaction of another person is to blame?
And pedestrians must wear hi-viz when crossing
any road?
And dark coloured vehicles must have hi-vis bonnets and boots/tailgates?
Perhaps just shorten the video to state, “don’t ride a bike and you reduce your risk of being involved in a collision by 100%, oh – unless you’re a pedestrian or driving another vehicle. Erm… maybe just stay at home and don’t go out at all?”
I was cycling to work in
I was cycling to work in London a few years ago, I was going past Harrods when a car pulled out in front of me – lucky for me there was a big red bus in front of me, the car crashed into the bus – how can somebody in a car not see a big red bus in daylight and pull out in front of it!
My local council, Wandsworth,
My local council, Wandsworth, moved some stop lines for motor traffic from before a cycle path to after the cycle path at some road junctions, now the traffic pulls across the cycle path and stops, making these junctions very dangerous for cyclists. Again, the needs of people in cars first, the safety of cyclists a distant second.