[IanMSpencer]

https://twitter.com/PudseyPedaller/status/1743566923617476671?t=M7rR7_ARjMt0VFn7WQSm7A&s=19

If you want a hint of the quality of the analysis, medical expert Ashley Neal considers a bleed on the brain as not life threatening so unworthy of mention.

I haven’t brought myself to watch it. Thanks to Pudsey Pedaller for taking one for the team.

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[chrisonabike]

It’s OK to watch the first
It’s OK to watch the first half, albeit he leans heavily on the negative effects of this (criminal record, “will have to live with this for the rest of his life”). Taking a sympathetic view perhaps he’s trying to emphasise the seriousness of this action. Otherwise he’s just reflecting the common view this will ruin the driver’s life. Maybe. I bet plenty of people get over it and get on…

He’s correct about not trusting other drivers. As normal for the couple of his videos I’ve seen (with a slight exception for his Edinburgh video that appeared here) he leaves it there. Well, he’s not a road designer but an instructor….

However that is an issue – because much of our road infra has some assumptions designed in that people WILL follow the rules. If your mindset is “trust nobody ” some becomes less functionally usable. Especially on a bike – many junctions would be inconvenient if not unusable (too cautious and those *behind you* will hit you).

That’s why the Dutch have the sustainable safety principles and their infra continues to evolve. It aims to avoid cyclists having to rely on motorists getting it right. And it doesn’t trade all the convenience for safety.

[HoarseMann]

Yes, it’s quite interesting.

Yes, it’s quite interesting. I saw a lot of people commenting that the cyclist was travelling way too fast and that there was a blue car that came past much more slowly. But in actual fact, it appears the slow blue car was going a smidge quicker than the cyclist.

[Hirsute]

From the original item

From the original item

HoarseMann wrote:

I wondered if the blue car was actually going any slower than the cyclist, so I overlaid the video. This shows the blue car is travelling at a very similar speed to the cyclist, yet nobody is calling out the driver of the blue car for travelling too quickly past the scene of a collision…

 

[chrisonabike]

I braved the comments – and
I braved the comments – and mostly NOT terrible. Although they tend towards thoughtful “yeah it’s dangerous and we should all take more care” rather than “bloody driver” of course. Maybe more cyclists were attracted?

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