[NOtotheEU]

The first bicycle video from the driving instructor I really rate but most of you love to hate! He gets left hooked (but not hit) by a German SUV, who’d have guessed?

To be fair I can see why most people on here don’t think much of him as in another recent video video he says

“You have to look after cyclists because they don’t really read the traffic and read the roads as well as they could do” which is an odd take given that 99% of his ‘driving fails’ are drivers.

On the plus side he then goes on a rant about how mobile use while driving is getting to “ridiculous levels” and “I think it’s about time we had some harsher penelties . . . . as 6 points & £200 doesn’t seem to be working” so I’m sure he’s now going to support Cycling Mikey. OK, I won’t hold my breath.

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[chrisonabike]

Lots of people have got their

Lots of people have got their noses in the trough joined in the fun though – didn’t a certain euroskeptic N. Farage and some of his party take the Brussels euro?  (Detail: I know in 2017 he’d didn’t deny he’d also take their pension as well as the other benefits – and in 2020 he was saying he wouldn’t.  Can’t find which way it went.)

[Rich_cb]

Thatcher was a big supporter
Thatcher was a big supporter of the EU’s precursor and the Kinnocks went on to very lucrative ‘careers’ within that very organisation so maybe you’re right…

[NOtotheEU]

Rich_cb wrote:

Rich_cb wrote:

Conversely I admire politicians who can put political differences aside and treat each other with civility. The alternative is far worse.

I admire and support anyone who can put political differences aside and treat others with civility.

My problem was with the show of having contempt for each other that they put on for the public. If they were honest they would have said they were friends and colleagues working in support of the same corrupt system.

[brooksby]

AlsoSomniloquism wrote:

The person is suing for loss of business and damage to character. 

Could he countersue for “You were driving like a ****”?

[Rich_cb]

Conversely I admire
Conversely I admire politicians who can put political differences aside and treat each other with civility.

The alternative is far worse.

[Rich_cb]

The removal of tactical
The removal of tactical voting alone would provide a huge boost to UK democracy.

It would force parties to broaden their appeal beyond their own bases reducing the partisan nature of our politics.

[mdavidford]

wycombewheeler wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

Totally agree about political parties and I think we should bin them and the first-past-the-post system. 

How do you ban both FPTP and politcal parties? If each individual is standing on their own merits and not as part of a party then proportional representation is not valid.

You could still have an alternative / transferable vote or run-off type system, though.

[HoarseMann]

chrisonatrike wrote:

I wonder if he’s benefitting financially in any way from this vigilantism?

Ashley Neal doesn’t confront law breaking drivers like Cycling Mikey does. He just records it, doesn’t bother reporting to the police, and uses it to make money educate drivers on youtube.

Imagine for instance if he, as a trainer of driving instructors, remonstrated with a driving instructor. The resentment and animosity that would be created between those two groups! It would be terrible when we should all just be trying to get along and create the best flow. oh wait… https://youtu.be/ZurmspspUSQ?t=552

[AlsoSomniloquism]

Shhh, he doesn’t report them

Shhh, he doesn’t report them to the police so it is fine in PBU eyes. If these were actually recorded by Ashley and reported to the Police, then I’m sure he would have been hated by Socratic and boo, especially if he was more accepted by the rest of us as well. 

[chrisonabike]

Wait – did Ashley Neal put up

Wait – did Ashley Neal put up a video of someone possibly committing an offense?

Isn’t that just inciting division / fostering road rage?  He could just have passed it to the police!  I wonder if he’s benefitting financially in any way from this vigilantism?

BTW I’m glad he’s continuing to point out crap driving.  I disagree with some of his cycling opinions but on driving in general he seems to have good points, present them well and isn’t afraid to call out unwise or dangerous behaviour even when doing so is clearly unpopular.

[wycombewheeler]

hawkinspeter wrote:

Totally agree about political parties and I think we should bin them and the first-past-the-post system. 

How do you ban both FPTP and politcal parties? If each individual is standing on their own merits and not as part of a party then proportional representation is not valid.

[wycombewheeler]

brooksby wrote:

OldRidgeback wrote:

Yes indeed, I’m aware of this. I remember when I first got my car licence and being pressed by my friends to overtake more.

I’ve been driving for nearly eighteen years, and I can count on one hand the number of times i have overtaken another car while driving a car on anything other than a motorway…

no A road dual carriageways where you live?

[wycombewheeler]

OldRidgeback wrote:

According to a peer reviewed paper published by the Transport Research Laboratory, cyclists also make better drivers. . 

I seem to recall the same applying to cyclists (although the intereference ffrom non cyclists tries to suggest otherwsie). Who would have thought, using the roads where the consequences of a collision are serious injury makes people more aware of the hazards around them?

[AlsoSomniloquism]

It seems Ashley neal is being

It seems Ashley neal is being sued because he showed a video of a livered plumbing van seemingly deliberately trurning back into and punishment passing a cyclist.  He also pointed out that the driver seemed to have a young child on the passenger seat and called him out for “teaching his child bad ideas”. The person is suing for loss of business and damage to character. 

[IanMSpencer]

One of the pleasures of

One of the pleasures of driving in Weardale was being able to do a proper overtake within the speed limit, plenty of visibility, going through the full Roadcraft process. Totally uneventful, yet it seems that to pass a cyclist it is imperative to use full throttle, break the speed limit and ignore the principles applied when overtaking motor traffic (including checking for oncoming traffic). There are few roads around where I am where it is even legal to overtake, and where it is it rare that a driver ahead will be driving far enough below the speed limit to make an overtake safe and legitimate. 

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