Helmet cam footage of disputes between cyclists and drivers isn’t exactly thin on the ground these days, but this is a particularly striking example. After a close pass, an extraordinary volume of swearing, a pavement pursuit and a kick at the cyclist’s rear wheel, the driver involved takes a face-first swan dive into the road.
The video, shot in Reading, begins with the familiar scene of a car passing dangerously closely to a cyclist. A short distance later, the uploader, uphillfreewheeler, stops next to the driver and tells him he’d been too close when overtaking. This elicits a quite spectacular barrage of swearing from the driver, the gist of which is that he feels the cyclist should have pulled to the side to let him past. He also has an interesting view on what the Highway Code says about cyclists.
After a short debate about the finer points of road safety, the dispute escalates from swearing to threats before culminating in the driver chasing the cyclist down the pavement and launching a kick at his rear wheel. This causes him to lose balance, after which he stumbles, soars through the air and lands face first in the road.
Please note, unless you mute it, this video’s not remotely safe for work.
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I hope the police have been
I hope the police have been informed idiots like that need to be off the road!
And yes knowing how many drivers respond to being challenged, the cyclist questioning the drivers ability was only going to end one way.
mrmo wrote:
And yes knowing
That’s the driver’s problem. I don’t lose my rag with every driver that tells me how I should be cycling (and it happens with monotonous regularity). Just because someone tells you that your skills on the road are sub-par that doesn’t mean that you attack them. So, I completely disagree with you, it wasn’t “only going to end one way”.
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Should have been wearing a
Should have been wearing a helmet!
I hope both learned something
I hope both learned something positive from that encounter.
(Sadly, I confess to enjoying the pratfall – I’m a bad person.)
Clearly not an old Etonian.
Clearly not an old Etonian. Probably from the other school.
I’ll be wary of this car!
The
I’ll be wary of this car!
The slo-mo bit at the end has really brightened up my day, I do hope his glasses were ruined 😀
I can’t help but think that
I can’t help but think that in a large number of these videos the cyclist has made things worse. This can be either unintentional, they also lose the plot, or intentional, they goad the driver into a worse state to make a better video.
The cyclist here had the close pass on video. Was there a need to even talk to the driver in the first place? Let’s say he felt compelled to say something to the driver. The initial outburst from him would have made me cease further contact and ride away. Why the need to keep engaging him? Then to laugh at him? The end result of a physical confrontation was entirely predictable.
the_mth – In a civilised
the_mth – In a civilised society, why should anyone be afraid of discussing opposing views? If someone turns violent after an exchange of views, then the problem is entirely with the violent person for not having self-control and maybe they should be kept away from polite society for a while. I don’t think that as a group, cyclists should be afraid or wary of pointing out dangerous driving.
In a civilised society the
In a civilised society the car driver wouldn’t react like that. He’d also likely not pass the cyclist so closely or if he did so by apologise for his mistake.
Exchange views by all means but if the person opposing is reacting like the driver what useful purpose is served?
the_mth wrote:I can’t help
I disagree entirely. This @#$% of a motorist is now documented as a violent, dangerous person. When he knocks down you or one of the other “let’s not say anything” people then your widowed partner and children will have a tiny little bit of proof that “someone should have done something”. Who knows… he might even get a couple of months inside?
I find it really sad that we
I find it really sad that we are entering into this black and white “cyclists vs car drivers” war.
Most cyclists are also car drivers and most car drivers, at some point in their life, rode a bicycle.
In this video, if it’s clear that the car driver is acting crazy, I find that the cyclist is throwing water on the fire for no reason. After the first sentence, it should have been obvious that the situation was escalating and the cyclist should just leave instead of trying to argue and threat the guys of reporting to the police.
I hope the guy on the bike is
I hope the guy on the bike is proud of needlessly escalating a situation that should have ended with 3 points on a licence and a stern talking-to into a court case for assault.
He should not have chased the guy down, he should not have then followed him across the road, filmed him some more and handed out more antagonism to a clearly rage-filled violence-prone moron. Then ride off at speed along a footpath.
No doubt this motorist and his mates will now take a lot more care around other people on bikes.
Just as the guy in the car is not typical of ‘motorists’, the guy on the bike is not typical of ‘cyclists’. Can’t wait until mass-media gets hold of this.
FFS.
Bare bones here… The car
Bare bones here… The car driver was wrong. Fair enough. He recorded it, read out the registration and that should have been the end.
Pursuing the driver through back streets and purposely winding him up is just unnecessary. Prime example of why cyclists with cameras are getting a very jaded reputation…
Pursuing the close pass all
Pursuing the close pass all over town was a bit much.
If you do that every time someone passes a bit close you would never get anywhere; (gratuitous semi-colon) would he do this if he was not making a “Y’Tube” video?
Outstanding swan dive though!
What a massive f#cking prick.
What a massive f#cking prick. With his kid in the car too.
Needless escalation from the
Needless escalation from the cyclist. If I mouthed off like that at every driver who passed me that close I’d never get anywhere.
But that fall is proper comedy. Hard to say the driver didn’t deserve that after all his abuse.
vonhelmet wrote:Needless
Yeah, you reserve your mouthing off for other cyclists on the internet.
Ush wrote:vonhelmet
Eh? Calm down, dear. I’m not really in the habit of mouthing off at anyone.
vonhelmet wrote:Ush
Eh? Calm down, dear. I’m not really in the habit of mouthing off at anyone.— vonhelmet
Stop chasing me down in the comments. Next you’ll be videotaping it.
And here come the scores:
And here come the scores:
5.9, 5.9, 6.0, 6.0, 6.0, 5.7 from the Russian judge, predictably, 5.9 & 6.0.
Agree, that sort of close
Agree, that sort of close pass happens every day and this cyclist seemed intent on antagonising and escalating the situation, with a person who clearly didn’t have a career in the diplomatic corps. Should have recorded and moved on.
The swan dive is outstanding though, I am a bad person too
just watching the video
just watching the video again, the driver tried to park at about 43secs. wonder what made him abort the manoeuvre?
Almost oh sh** the cyclist chased me down time to do a runner, fight or flight scenario.
And why did the cyclist bother chasing, If he had caught up at a later junction then it escalated one thing, but actively chasing, as said earlier many drivers don’t appreciate being told they are crap drivers.
The fall was pretty funny but
The fall was pretty funny but it shouldn’t have got to that point.
Holier than thou antagonistic cyclists make city riding worse for the rest of us.
Broady. wrote:The fall was
Why are cyclists expected to hold themselves accountable for the actions of other cyclists? We’re very different people that choose to ride bikes. “makes city riding worse for the rest of us” – that’s not the cyclists’ problem, the problem lies with people who stereotype cyclists. If you replace “cyclists” with any ethnic minority, the whole thing is termed racism! Racism is not allowed, of course, but apparently stereotyping cyclists is de rigeur?!
Vlad Levachyov wrote:Broady.
Why are cyclists expected to hold themselves accountable for the actions of other cyclists? We’re very different people that choose to ride bikes. “makes city riding worse for the rest of us” – that’s not the cyclists’ problem, the problem lies with people who stereotype cyclists. If you replace “cyclists” with any ethnic minority, the whole thing is termed racism! Racism is not allowed, of course, but apparently stereotyping cyclists is de rigeur?!— Broady.
Because now this driver guy will probably act like a prick to every cyclist he sees. I’m not stereotyping cyclists but a dickhead like this driver will.
Broady. wrote:Vlad Levachyov
Why are cyclists expected to hold themselves accountable for the actions of other cyclists? We’re very different people that choose to ride bikes. “makes city riding worse for the rest of us” – that’s not the cyclists’ problem, the problem lies with people who stereotype cyclists. If you replace “cyclists” with any ethnic minority, the whole thing is termed racism! Racism is not allowed, of course, but apparently stereotyping cyclists is de rigeur?!— Vlad Levachyov
Because now this driver guy will probably act like a prick to every cyclist he sees. I’m not stereotyping cyclists but a dickhead like this driver will.— Broady.
What do you mean probably?
He did act a prick to a cyclist then assaulted him, threatened to kill him, then went to assault him again, causing criminal damage to his bike in the process.
Or did you watch a different video?
Broady. wrote:Vlad Levachyov
Because now this driver guy will probably act like a prick to every cyclist he sees. I’m not stereotyping cyclists but a dickhead like this driver will.— Vlad Levachyov
Um, just putting this out there… I suspect the driver already does?
Not sure what the cyclist
Not sure what the cyclist achieved here other than making himself look as big a wally as the driver. I’d say both of them have anger-management issues. Was the pass close? Yes, a little, but if I yelled at everyone who passed that close to me I’d end up with a very croaky voice and in therapy. In his pursuit the cyclist also came rather too close when weaving between a crossing pedestrian and a woman crossing the road on her bike – always best to practice what you preach.
why do people seem to go
why do people seem to go antagonise the drivers after they have already got the evidence they need.
Needless confrontation, especial cycling away like a school boy. What do you think is going to happen when you go up to someone and point out their mistakes.
Just make them aware an more on, do we think that these poor drives are going to change their ways after a telling off?
starting to think cameras are for people actively looking to aggravate, makes the rest of us look like narcs
alistairkings wrote:why do
Evidence that they need for what? Is there much history of the 5-0 / CPS doing anything at all with footage of a driver close-passing a cyclist? I’ve not seen many reports of points being handed out and I had the impression that it’s largely ignored by the justice system.
The only time I ever reported a (bus) driver to the police (for a faster and closer pass than that shown in the video), they suggested that I should complain to the bus company, rather than showing any interest in taking action themselves.
Jez Ash wrote:alistairkings
Sadly you’re right. The police/CPS take no notice of video footage of relatively minor road infractions, especially if no harm was done in the end. Even when harm is done, drivers harming cyclists are largely let of scot-free. “I was blinded by the sun, sorry I killed him”
For example, the CPS have openly said that they aren’t and never will be interested in pursuing legal action against drivers that stop in front of ASL (advanced stop lines), despite the fact that they’ve technically just run a red light.
Front tire @ 3:06 looks like
Front tire @ 3:06 looks like there’s minimal tread left on it… hope it’s road worthy
Agree with above comments that the cyclist should have walked away sooner.
Fair enough saying to the driver that he passed too close but then the cyclist should have left it at that
That driver was scarily quick
That driver was scarily quick to anger… the original point the cyclist made about the driver passing to close was correct and not in any way antagonistic.
The driver certainly needs a bit of education in respect of best practice for cycling… in that situation, narrow road, close to a junction, parked cars both sides the cyclist would have been far better off riding primary and therefore preventing the dangerous overtake in the first place.
That said, if you make a comment to a driver that they were too close and they come back with a barrage of ignorance and anger, you’re unlikely to change their view on the matter and IMO best off just riding away and leaving them to their unhappy lives.
After the trying to grab his camera and then trying to take it off him I think this case should be reported to the Police. Maybe they can point out just how ill-informed he is about the rights cyclists have and about cycling best practice.
Mind you, if this goes viral, the response he’ll get from any friends he has will probably be punishment enough 🙂
Brooess wrote:
Mind you, if
Sadly I’m willing to bet that this particular driver’s friends are very likely to be closed-minded morons just like him and will side with him all the way… convincing him that he’s in the right. He is unlikely to ever change his ways, even after the pavement belly flop…
Sadly I doubt the Police
Sadly I doubt the Police would do anything about the close pass in isolation – not sure video is enough. They *should* do something about the threatening behaviour, driving without a seatbelt and Battery (or whatever that physical attack was?). He says on YT that he isn’t going to report it though…
lol….”put your fucking
lol….”put your fucking mouth shut!” – what a brilliant line.
Did the car run you over, NO
Did the car run you over, NO so just carry on with your ride!
Maybe I’m being cynical but I
Maybe I’m being cynical but I can easily imagine the scenario where the incident gets reported the police and the driver blames it all on the cyclist and claims the cyclist assaulted him and caused facial injuries
At least having it on camera protects him against that; even it it does show that he’s a bit of a prat who went looking for a confrontation.
Needless escalation of the
Needless escalation of the situation from the rider’s side me think.
But that fall… =D> =)) . Uncharitable I know.
Yes he should have worn a helmet and some high-viz.
Indeed it might have saved
Indeed it might have saved his head as he fell into the gutter. I agree, compulsory helmets and hi viz for all drivers, although neither would have prevented his tumle into the gutter
Thing is if you bait the bear
Thing is if you bait the bear it ‘will’ get you!
Victor Norris wrote:Thing is
bear? =)) Excellent one word descriptor for that obese, hairy buffoon!
Unnecessary escalation from
Unnecessary escalation from cyclist-two wrongs don’t make a right-this overweight,angry,middle aged driver running down the street could have banged his head on the road as he fell and died-it happens,think of all the one punch deaths we hear of
Then where is the cyclist? Answering police questions and replaying his own actions for the rest of his life
I know the cyclist was wronged,but it happens to us allthe time-fair enough,challenge the driver if you happen to catch up with him,but once the initial exchange occurs and it becomes obvious what kind of twat he was dealing with,just ride off-the cameras captured enough sweary stuff and threats to go the cops with if you want to ,but continuing a row is just escalating the situation
Takes a bigger man to rise above it and ride off
tonylen wrote:…this
Bike riders often feel that the police are siding against them, but as far as I am aware the action of “riding off while an attacker tries to catch you” is not an offence in law, in England and Wales.
As far as replaying his own actions goes, would you rather that he had stood still and allowed the irate pursuer to catch him? Is that an action which you would more happily replay in your head for the rest of your life?
I refute the implication that being pursued on foot with intent to carry out a violent assault was the bike rider’s fault.
Is this in London by any
Is this in London by any chance? Remind me never to visit again. Shithole.
J90 wrote:Is this in London
The clue is in the second paragraph “The video, shot in Reading”.
In London, most of us can read.
So the cyclist should have
So the cyclist should have let the driver carry on driving that manner unchallenged? Until the next time when that driver accidentally “clips” one of us and puts us in hospital? ****shit.
That cyclist did nothing wrong, though I’d not have ridden away myself. I’d have got off the bike and shown the overweight dickhead how a cyclists cardio-vascular system can be used for more than just pedalling.
Richard D wrote: I’d not have
The only thing that comes to mind is running away. Why do that when you can ride?
nowasps wrote:Richard D
Because you need to show him what a cadio-vascular system can be used for!
zanf wrote:nowasps
Because you need to show him what a cadio-vascular system can be used for!— Richard D
Ah, yes. Good point.
I just don’t get some
I just don’t get some commenters’ emphasis on the cyclist’s actions.
I wouldn’t have done what he did (and I watched the video with the sound off so I probably missed much of the interaction).
But some people behave recklessly and others lose their tempers in the face of dangerous behaviour, that’s just human nature.
Mostly it surely just shows the utter crapness of our street designs and the problem with ‘taking primary’ and the vehicular-cycling stuff.
When you have motorists with an inflated sense of entitlement and anger-management issues whizzing at speed along narrow roads with cars parked on both sides, there are going to be bad outcomes. Even if they sometimes lead to video stills that look as if someone’s mastered the art of levitation.
FluffyKittenofTindalos
I understand that the trick is to fall over and miss the ground 😀
Always be mindful that the
Always be mindful that the driver could turn out to be a proper psycho who is tooled up! Sometimes it’s better to report it rather than chases them down.
cba watching the foreplay but
cba watching the foreplay but the money shot is classic work.
what a bellend
I really don’t think the car
I really don’t think the car passed that closely! At the speeds involved and given the street and the nature of the parking I wouldn’t even register that car as passing too closely. I may be opening myself up for criticism saying that on here but, really, I think that cyclist is a camera-equipped evangelist allowing/wanting a situation to arise which needn’t.
psling wrote:I really don’t
Agreed.
Most people manage to commute every day without this sort of thing and others manage to attract it on a regular basis – which suggests it is a factor of personalities not standards.
Some – drivers and cyclists – seem to go out looking for confrontations. They both got one. And now there’s another driver who really hates cyclists instead of just having a general disregard.
psling wrote:I really don’t
Bike-cam footage often distorts perspective due to the use of very wide-angle lenses. Distances from the viewpoint outwards are “magnified”. Telephoto lenses do the opposite.
In other words, the car passes much more closely than you would guess from this footage.
Compare with the moment that the violent oaf tumbles as he tries to kick the bike. He looks like he is way, way too far away to successfully kick the bike… why did he even try? It is because he is much nearer than he looks.
I’m sorry but I thoroughly
I’m sorry but I thoroughly enjoyed all of that =)) :”( =D> :))
With you psling. These things
With you psling. These things happen, not really sure exactly what people are expecting the police to do if he took the initial close pass video to them – imagine if every minor traffic infringement got recorded and sent to them every day…
PS – what a tumble!
geargrinderbeard wrote:With
Looking again at the rear facing camera I am certain that the pass was too close and too fast. Look at about 11 seconds, and assuming the camera is pointing straight backwards (it seems to be) I think that the car is within 6″ of the centre line of the cyclist when he is perhaps 1m behind. Admittedly by the time he’s on the front camera he’s further away, but I think that if the cyclist hadn’t wobbled left he would have been hit. The end of the video shows that this chap is happy knocking people off bikes after all.
From my experience of what scary close passes look like on camera afterwards, the wide angle view does make it look further away.
Agreed about the tumble though! =D
i can’t stop laughing
:)) :)) :)) i can’t stop laughing =)) =)) =))
Before the confrontation
Before the confrontation there was evidence that the driver was a standard-issue rubbish driver. Roughly 5% of them out there, using a statistic I’ve plucked out of the air.
After the confrontation there is evidence that the driver is violent, and if this is taken further hopefully some action can be taken to get him off the road / have something on his record, so that if he does it again then he’ll get a bigger (some?) punishment.
So I’d say well done to the cyclist, really.
The guy is already driving dangerously: can’t see how confronting him is going to make him drive any worse.
Bikebikebike wrote:Before the
Sadly, I agree.
Assaulting someone with a car generally doesn’t qualify as assault at all. Thus, the only way to charge someone with assault seems to be to piss them off until they get out of the car and actually assault you in the flesh.
If the rider HADN’T escalated things, he’d probably have no evidence of anything the police would likely be interested in.
Which is… stupid.
“Sadly, I agree.
Assaulting
“Sadly, I agree.
Assaulting someone with a car generally doesn’t qualify as assault at all. Thus, the only way to charge someone with assault seems to be to piss them off until they get out of the car and actually assault you in the flesh.
If the rider HADN’T escalated things, he’d probably have no evidence of anything the police would likely be interested in.
Which is… stupid.”
Actually this comment is so wrong, assaulting someone with a car is taken extremely seriously and anyone doing it would be dealt with in a court of law. There is a difference with driving too close, which could be called Driving Without Due Care (S3 Road Traffic Act 1988) and actually using a car as a weapon which would almost certainly result in the driver being dealt with for assault or worse.
The former is harder to prove and the police will normally ask for some other form of evidence such as, in this case, video or and independent witness. Then they will prosecute for the driving if that evidence is strong enough.
In this case the bike rider chasing the car doesn’t help his cause, that said, he calmly spoke to the driver and was greeted with a tirade of abuse. I would hand this to the police if I was the rider and make sure that it is dealt with. But, this video would need to be taken down or it might prejudice any case in a court of law.
I got threatened in very similar circumstances the other day, but I didn’t chase the driver down, or even say anything. He just overtook on the final approach to a T Juntion, so close that I had to snatch my arm back in or he’d have hit it. He slammed on his breaks and started. When I asked him to stop swearing, nice and calmly, he screamed, “What are you going to f****** going to do about it.” He got out of his car can got into my personal space, all he could say was, “F*** off” at the top of his lungs, he kept saying I shouldn’t have signaled to turn – I hadn’t moved from the edge of the road, just put my arm out. He backed down in the end and drove off screaming, nearly causing an RTC as he drove at speed out of the junction.
It did make me giggle to see how frustrated he’d got, the more he swore the more I told him to calm down and drive off, the more he swore…..I thought he was going to have a heart attack.
Can you imagine how angry he
Can you imagine how angry he would have been just after he hit the deck? Would have liked to see that bit.
pmsl both a couple of dicks,
pmsl both a couple of dicks, classic arse over tit example.
top line…
” is that what it says in the highway code?”
” no its says run you cunts over!”
Has anyone ever corrected a
Has anyone ever corrected a driver and had them acknowledge the mistake with good grace? Anyone? Ever? With that in mind, what are people hoping will happen when they get into altercations like this? At best, you don’t get thumped. That’s about as much as you can hope for.
vonhelmet wrote:Has anyone
Surely the best outcome you could ever hope for would be for the driver to come running out of his car,swing a kick, miss and fall on his head and you catch the whole thing on camera?
Oddly enough yes. The driver
Oddly enough yes. The driver said, “sorry my mistake”. Unfortunately this example may be a rarity.
Strangely enough, I have had
Strangely enough, I have had a driver acknowledge his mistake and apologise when challenged about a close pass. He then proceeded to ask me for directions!
vonhelmet wrote:Has anyone
Strangely enough, I have had a driver acknowledge his mistake and apologise when challenged about a close pass. He then proceeded to ask me for directions!
vonhelmet wrote:Has anyone
Yes I have – driving at night with lights I confronted driver – I was angry and rather aggressive, which I regret. Driver was polite and apologetic, and explained how they had made mistake, which has led me to stop using a helmet mounted light.
I have maybe a couple of
I have maybe a couple of times had people express contrition or apologise – albeit probably just to end the conversation. I’ve had more threats of violence or actual attempts to drive at me or confront me in other ways than polite responses, however.
vonhelmet wrote:Has anyone
I haven’t reprimanded many people about passing too close, cutting me up or otherwise trying to kill me (probably because I don’t live in a city), but whenever I have done it’s been met with a fairly sheepish ‘sorry’.
Hahahah proof Fat Cunts can
=)) Hahahah proof Fat Cunts can fly. Wwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee <:P
Worth it for the comedy
Worth it for the comedy ending
Splendid.
Splendid. :H
Should at least be 3 points
Should at least be 3 points for no seat belt.
And 9.0 for the triple salchow.
Funny as hell ending to the
Funny as hell ending to the video.
I’m not sure why some people try and string us up as a collective, 9 times of out 10 other cyclists ignore each other on the roads, most will cycle past a cyclist having a mech issue without even a word said.
Leodis wrote:Funny as hell
Which part of the country do you live? I think that it’s noteworthy here in Lancashire as it’s uncommon to be ignored.
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I’m sorry, but I’m clearly
I’m sorry, but I’m clearly completed jaded, but I really don’t see the problem with the pass in the first place. As other people on here have already said, that is a typical pass when within the city boundaries (Bristol, in my case), and I get even closer ones from time to time. Never felt the need to chase the driver down and remonstrate with them, as I cannot imagine a situation where anyone ever takes advice or criticism from a complete stranger with good grace…
brooksby wrote:I’m sorry, but
I guess the wide camera lenses doesn’t do the closeness of the pass justice
brooksby wrote:I’m sorry, but
Brooksby I’m a mild mannered cyclist in Bristol too but a pass that dangerously close would have raised an “Oi!” from me too. Not so sure I’d have chased him down and pointed out the error of his ways but kudos to this guy for doing it, remaining calm throughout and filming the result for everyone to enjoy.
I’d score that 7/6 to the
I’d score that 7/6 to the cyclist. They were both looking pretty foolish until the tie breaker 🙂
Honestly, what did the cyclist want to achieve by chasing down the motorist and then yelling at him? If you’re going to “confront” someone with poor driving you need to approach it much more carefully than that – even the police don’t just rock up and start shouting.
This sort of thing really
This sort of thing really annoys me. Yes the car got a bit close, but not so that someone with an ounce of bike handling skills could deal with.
The way the cyclist has chosen to react is completely out of order. I can see the value in riding with a camera but it should not become about try to record drivers getting angry and abusive.
This sort of think is getting more common. Cyclist constantly complain about drivers but things like this does nothing to help anyone or anything.
This is not how the cycling community should react to this type of situation. A little word to the driver at the next set of lights would have been enough but not chasing down the car and yelling at him.
The rider has let down all cyclist with his behaviour.
will.penn wrote:The rider has
What, becoming angry because he was subjected to near-death/serious injury by someone who obviously doesn’t care whether other road users live or die?
That would make anyone angry. This isn’t a “letting down other cyclists” thing. There is no “universal cyclist behaviour code”. It is just a human reaction – being subjected to unnecessary, potentially lethal danger makes a person angry, so he chases after the perpetrator and shouts at them.
That’s all this video would have been; there are dozens like it on the net. The only difference here is that the driver got out to attempt to physically attack the bike rider. And in doing so, fell over.
If anyone has let anyone down, it is the driver in allowing anger to become an attempt at a physical assault. If it had carried on being “angry person 1” and “angry person 2” shouting at one another, this would simply have been a study in boiling emotions, and would not have made the news.
will.penn wrote:
The rider
He hasn’t. And the car driver hasn’t let down car drivers, Peugeot drivers, bald drivers or Reading drivers with his.
will.penn wrote:This sort of
Fuck off troll
Plasterer’s Radio
Fuck off troll— will.penn
I don’t think that Mr Penn is even a real cyclist. He has let down all drivers with his comments.
Fank faaaark I don’t live
Fank faaaark I don’t live Daaaaarn Saaaaaaarf you slaaaaaaag!!!
Right bunch of miserable potty mouths.
That was hilarious.
Be interesting to know what The Sweeney make of it.
#instantkarma
I had a
#instantkarma
I had a wonderful encounter yesterday. A car waited to turn right as I was on a bit of a charge in the opposite direction (22mph or so). I recognised that many drivers would have pulled across me so held my hand up to acknowledge that they’d waited. They leaned out of the window and shouted “Why didn’t you fucking move”.
I considered for a moment the art of levitation or the ability to teleport but could only respond with a shaking of the beans style ‘nescafe’ gesture!
That is AMAZING!
That is AMAZING!
=D>
Should’ve worn a helmet.
Should’ve worn a helmet. B-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmRXzVrue14
You heard all that at 22mph, impressive.
Quote:Quote:They leaned out
I find my hearing, like most folk’s stills works at various speeds, including 22mph.
The pass wasn’t exactly
The pass wasn’t exactly considerate, but also not so bad that the police would care. The threatening to kill him though and then the physical assault. That should definitely generate a police charge and court appearance. You can shout at people about their driving and be a complete dick with a camera, but you can’t threaten to kill someone or actually physically assault them. The ending though, that was brilliant, I only wish he’d broken his arm or something, so he’d then have to walk around with it in plaster for a couple of months and have to explain to his mates that he broke his own arm when he tried to run after a cyclist … what a twat.
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Confronting drivers always
Confronting drivers always ends with both parties going away furious and no satisfaction, so there has to be a better way. thinking that I might carry a few notices to stick to their car and ride off satisfied instead.. pick the one that will p**s them off the most… for example this guy might appreciate “National Transvestite Trust – I’m not afraid to wear my dress” or some such ;). The notes would be superglued and laminated =D>
Please note this is meant to be light hearted and that I’m not seriously advocating this approach.
I switched off during the
I switched off during the Benny Hill style chase scene. Whilst I am sympathetic about the close pass and the red mist. There is very little point chasing someone to get even. Normally they are too stupid to understand what they’ve done anyway.
Why not just swear at them, shake some beans and take a deep breath before going on your way?
The only way that could have
The only way that could have been funnier is if fatty had had a cream cake in his hand as he fell over.
The cyclist was polite at all times during the video despite an assault and a threat to kill. You should be able to have an interaction with another human being without the driver reacting this way, just because “all motorists” react badly to being called out on their bad drive doesn’t mean we should stop doing it.
Housecathst wrote:The only
+1
Stolen from singletrack …
Stolen from singletrack … Brilliant …. Big up Milkie
Is this what happens when
Is this what happens when Halfords build your VooDoo up for you ?
Cycling on the pavement???
Cycling on the pavement??? Straight to jail, c**t! ~X(
Duncann wrote:Cycling on the
The alternatives being:
A) To move the bike to the road before setting off, by which time fatty has assaulted you or smashed your camera.
B) Assuming A is possible without getting assaulted, to ride away on the road and get run over by fatty, who has already threatened to do so.
Cyclist was using the road to start with.
I say “meh” to the pass, it
I say “meh” to the pass, it almost happens daily where I live. Yet I understand camera might not give it a proper perspective. Also, cyclists tolerances will vary on that. Thus, I respect the cyclist for making that decision – certainly his to make.
I don’t think the pass will merit any police action. The assault? That’s a different story. They guy got his due in the end and it’s caught on camera. Well done! He should be facing a fine as well I hope.
Let us know how it turns out in the end!
Wide angle lens at play
Wide angle lens at play there.
No mileage in the confrontation, but still a nice forward roly poly.
Pure gold! A total bell-end
Pure gold! A total bell-end of a self-righteous bike rider to get annoyed by, a fat tosser of a car driver (nice motor, btw) to be wound up by and the mother of all tumbles. It could only have been better if it’d had a slowed-down, low-pitched, “Noooooo!” on the slow-mo repeat. Oh, and if the cyclist had accidentally ridden off a cliff in his haste to escape.
Crazy angry driver, but going
Crazy angry driver, but going in for an argument like that is never going to improve the situation — people can’t back down if you confront them like that and it just pours fuel on the fire.
Anyway, it was a good fall, I like the way he roly-polied in to it. Cyclist was lucky to get away because that guy was unbelievably mad and looked like he really wanted to prove a point. Wonder if he’s the sort of guy that might put the boot in if you’re on the floor…
Who is this prick? Some one
Who is this prick? Some one must know who he is and where he lives? I would so have loved him to get out of his car and try and assault me as I would have decked him. When he fell over I would have ridden back to him and started laughing at him then back to his car, nicked his keys and taken them to the nearest cop shop for safe keeping. What a total moron.
This footage is easily worth £250 You’ve Been Framed.
fantastic
=)) fantastic
That fat mess of a driver
That fat mess of a driver would almost certainly be feeling the effects of his physical exertions for the next day or two, one suspects that the most energy he normally expends in a day is a gentle sojourn as he salivates his way around the inside of a Greggs (one which you can park outside, naturally).
In the words of Nelson Muntz: “Ha, ha!”. :))
Driver got exactly what he
Driver got exactly what he deserved. Yes, the cyclist goaded him a bit, but the driver was incredibly quick to fly off the handle.
Everyone on here saying “it was only a close pass, so what” should be ashamed of themselves. It’s passes like you see in this video that make a lot of people who would otherwise cycle decide that it’s too dangerous. Hopefully at least this moron will have some action taken against him, if not for the close pass then at least for assault. If the cyclist had just “let it go” and reported the pass to the police what do you think the outcome would be?
pamplemoose wrote:Driver got
+1! There are thousands of drivers like that, who think it is “just a little bike” so it is ok to squeeze by. It is bad driving, driving without due care and attention, etxc etc. It is not acceptable and we as cyclists should be screaming our heads off about it!
pamplemoose wrote:Driver got
Spot on Pamplemoose! Have a star from me!
The difference between a
The difference between a close pass and a driver “just clipping” the cyclist is often simply a matter of luck. A gust of wind, the appearance of a pothole etc and the gap of inches disappears, the cyclist is struck, and it’s a free ride in an ambulance. James Cracknell was “clipped” by a truck’s wing mirror during a too-close pass, which left him in a coma and with a significant brain injury.
All of which can be avoided by drivers obeying the Highway Code – as they are obliged to do. Rule 163 – “as much space as a small car”. Which, whatever you think of the camera angle, however many close passes you have to suffer yourselves, THAT clearly wasn’t.
YT have now posted a comment
YT have now posted a comment that they’ve received a privacy violation request (or however it’s worded) So i’m assuming the driver is trying to nip this in the bud. Might be too late though….
evil_breakfast wrote:YT have
Not sure the driver can get the video pulled.
1) Filmed in a public area.
2) All participants are in a public area.
3) Camera is clearly visible. Filming is not covert.
4) He is the architect of his own downfall.
He also doesn’t want to get the video pulled. If it goes to court for the close pass, death threats or the attempted assault then he can point to the video and claim that he can’t receive a fair trial.
All goes to show how stupid the driver is.
I wonder how many thousand
I wonder how many thousand copies there are by now.
The poor driver of that
The poor driver of that vehicle looked like he may have hit his head on the pavement. If he’s going to keep that up he should probably wear a helmet.
Queensland Police will now
Queensland Police will now accept video evidence for those who breach the new passing distance rule. The new Fly6 rear facing video camera can be used with a grid to measure distance. http://www.safecyclingaustralia.org/
I thought the fat prick was
I thought the fat prick was going to have a coronary, that would have been the best ending, his heart exploding in his chest after his gymnastics. Hilarious video =))
I wouldn’t normally condone
I wouldn’t normally condone confrontation, but sometimes I have been so pissed off by a close pass that I’ve wanted to tell the driver just how dangerous it was. Why? It might be the second or third incident in a single ride, or because it was deliberate, or because my adrenaline is pumping after nearly being knocked off. Between the wide angle lens and the cyclists move to the left that was very close, and I can understand the cyclist wanting to confront the driver about it. No, we shouldn’t really do it, but then we shouldn’t be subject to such dangerous driving.
The driver’s attitude was utterly shit from the start, and got even worse. I’d suggest that’s why the cyclist started goading him.
Did anyone notice it looks like there’s a young person in the passenger seat of the car? What a wonderful example of humanity he’s just witnessed!
I don’t like these videos at all, but have to admit that this one is bloody funny!
I wouldn’t normally condone
I wouldn’t normally condone confrontation, but sometimes I have been so pissed off by a close pass that I’ve wanted to tell the driver just how dangerous it was. Why? It might be the second or third incident in a single ride, or because it was deliberate, or because my adrenaline is pumping after nearly being knocked off. Between the wide angle lens and the cyclists move to the left that was very close, and I can understand the cyclist wanting to confront the driver about it. No, we shouldn’t really do it, but then we shouldn’t be subject to such dangerous driving.
The driver’s attitude was utterly shit from the start, and got even worse. I’d suggest that’s why the cyclist started goading him.
Did anyone notice it looks like there’s a young person in the passenger seat of the car? What a wonderful example of humanity he’s just witnessed!
I don’t like these videos at all, but have to admit that this one is bloody funny!
My philosophy concerning
My philosophy concerning close passes is “a miss is as good as a mile” and I really can’t see the point in pursuing the clearly ineducable and ignorant for the sake of expressing my righteous indignation and risking a violent confrontation or, indeed, actual affray.
This cowardly strategy has evolved over many years and miles of high octane street riding; the furthest I would go by way of admonishment would be the administration of a severe finger wagging followed by a disconcerting cheery wave (don’t we all love a mixed message?). The hapless recipient of my gestures is thus invariably left confused and bewildered to the point of complete inertia as I quietly pedal away humming ”always look on the bright side of life – dee dum dee dum dee dum dee diddy dum”.
Most aberrant vehicle drivers are not psychopaths they are merely simple bigots who deserve our benign pity (and sterilisation to prevent the propagation of their genetic material) (or hanging) (or shooting) (or being sentenced to life chained to a Boris bike). Not so chilled out now are we? Oooopsie! X( 🙂
Although the cyclist
Although the cyclist shouldn’t have crusaded and trailed the motorist, I’m glad he did, otherwise we wouldn’t have seen the pratfall
Hahahaha !! Laugh !?
While on the subject – what
While on the subject – what would it take to get the highway code officially amended so as to make the section on passing cyclists clearer as to what it actually means?
Surely it can’t be that difficult a task? Its not like changing the US constitution or something, and as it stands is absolutely obvious that its a badly written passage, given its daft ambiguity.
Having done that, the next step would be for the police to actually do their job and enforce the rules. But even without that, perhaps just stating the rules more clearly would improve things a bit?
but youve almost answered
but youve almost answered your own question, it doesnt matter how its written if theres no-one around to enforce it, and there are so many parts of the highway code that are already clearly written, box junctions or using mobile phones being prime examples, that on the whole are totally ignored because its only enforced through cctv, Ive even seen the police park in a box junction and block a road up, so if they dont care about following the rules it kind of whats the point in writing more rules.
some angry nutter in a car on a back street in Reading isnt going to give two hoots what the highway code says whether its clearly written or not.
Awavey wrote:but youve almost
Are you replying to me? (the reply function on here really doesn’t work properly, does it?).
If so, yeah, you may well be right. But it just irritates me that the powers-that-be can’t even be arsed to take a moment to think about what they are writing when it comes to the bits of the highway code that are about the safety of cyclists and pedestrians. It just indicates that they don’t really care.
I mean, that document has been around for a long time, and revised many times, yet its still got badly-written bits like that that they’ve never fixed.
It’s great to see a parent
It’s great to see a parent setting a good example to his kid by playing in the street although I’d stick to kerby rather than roly polys on concrete.
That wasn’t even that close.
That wasn’t even that close. Nothing to see really, I’ve had wing mirrors twanging my bars before now, in the back street bits of Reading.
Oh dear, that driver needs to
Oh dear, that driver needs to attend anger management and be banned from being in charge of anything bigger than a shopping trolley. I did LOL at the end, especially the slow mo.
Anyone got a name for this
Anyone got a name for this tosser yet?
Cyclist needs to chill – when
Cyclist needs to chill – when chasing down the car he took a left-turn at speed and passed a pedestrian a bit close! Did she spin on her heals and start chasing down the cyclist? Driver was a twat, but come on, chill a little!
I can’t take much more of
I can’t take much more of this.
If you are starting out in cycling and act like the idiot who appeared to be baiting the driver in order to catch some heated action on camera, the results will be all to predictable.
I’m sorry, but I have to assume the cyclist was out looking for something juicy for his toy cameras, and deliberately started the confrontation in order to get a few youtube hits.
Chapeau for helping improve the image of cyclists amongst the general public.
caaad10 wrote:I can’t take
I don’t know the chap personally, but on his YT page he has about 4 videos, none of the others showing a confrontation.
Maybe chasing the driver round the town was taking it a bit far, but worth it for that ending!
I love the way drivers are in
I love the way drivers are in such a hurry that they don’t seem to notice the way they pass me – but they always see me shake my head in their rear view mirror and find the time for a hand gesture or even to take time out from their important lives to pull over and threaten me.
More than once I’ve asked a driver how they have no time to overtake me safely but suddenly all the time to stop and start shouting when their mastery of their machine is questioned?
Self righteous? Nope. I really want to know why their life is more valuable than mine on UK roads.
MercuryOne wrote:I love the
It is odd how the rear view mirror is so much clearer than the windscreen.
Cynics might say their close passes were deliberate and they were inspecting the result of their high japes!
MercuryOne wrote:I love the
I cannot put how I feel any better than how you just did.
I admire the quick thinking
I admire the quick thinking by the cyclist.
Lobbing that decoy Mars Bar into the gutter whilst beating a quick retreat.
Well, it’s made it onto
Well, it’s made it onto Facebook via huffington post so I now get to see car drivers bitch about cyclists on there… So cheers for that.
That there is Mother Karma at
That there is Mother Karma at her best.
=))
this is the best I have yet
this is the best I have yet seen of the discussion with drivers genre – utterly fantastic…
I had similar happen yesterday – but it was a bus – I stood impassively in front of it till the police came only to listen to their victim blaming assessment of what went on…
In the end however they did listen and the conclusion was that no one could really do anything meaningful to stop drivers like this who dont hit and injure you and even then the official response is often lacking…
so seeing this tosser dive head over heals all over the road makes life that little bit more amusing – thanks so much for publishing this one… made my day :))
Lol
Lol
From the guy’s YT page: “The
From the guy’s YT page: “The driver was arrested by Thames Valley Police today. He admitted a public order offence, threats to commit criminal damage, and assault. He received a caution”
bornslippy wrote:From the
On the basis I do think the cyclist didn’t help, I believe it would never have survived court. This is however a good result and hopefully the driver will think twice before trying a dodgy overtake next time.
It would have been rather
It would have been rather droll if the cyclist had then returned to the car while the driver was on the deck, taken the keys out of the ignition and dropped them down a drain. That would have been an offence however.
I wonder if the police also pointed out to the driver that the cyclist was cycling safely and that the driver had made a close pass? The piece says the driver was cautioned for a public order offence, not for the close pass or for not wearing a seat belt.
OldRidgeback wrote:I wonder
Agreed. This is the important bit!