One way streets

[V8Granite]

That video shows how the cyclist thought the car should yield, he basically cut the car up and should have had more than a slap for that exciteable twat of a reaction.

Dave!

[Broccers]

Cyclists who work with the traffic do fine, cyclists who try and make a point just make it worse for everyone.

I follow this guy on YouTube. He lives not a million miles from me.

He’s done some really good vids where he has caught drivers being dicks and/or nearly killing him. I’m usually with him.

However - this is probably his most popular vid. He gets assaulted by a motorist. Most people are outraged at the driver “driving his car at the cyclist” and then assaulting him. He’s been interviewed about it on the telly box etc Trouble is that - on this occasion - that’s not what happened.

Linked further down under my initial comments I took stills to demonstrate clearly that the cyclist undertakes the moving car at low speed and close proximity. That tells the driver he is comfortable being close at low speed. The driver then attempts to move back past - again very low speed. Cyclist drifts out to block him and then goes nuts and hits the car. The stills I have linked to show clearly that the cyclist moves out - it’s not the driver moving in.

Cant condone the physical outcome (although it is a shove, not a punch), but the cyclist caused the issue and hit the guys car, and wrongly accused the car of closing the gap. Yet expects a calm rational response from the driver.

Despite the stills clearly showing this - people still deny what their eyes tell them.

Need to view it in YouTube obvs

Woobly joe on his bike got what was coming.

[Ascender]

Cyclists who work with the traffic do fine, cyclists who try and make a point just make it worse for everyone.

I follow this guy on YouTube. He lives not a million miles from me.

He’s done some really good vids where he has caught drivers being dicks and/or nearly killing him. I’m usually with him.

However - this is probably his most popular vid. He gets assaulted by a motorist. Most people are outraged at the driver “driving his car at the cyclist” and then assaulting him. He’s been interviewed about it on the telly box etc Trouble is that - on this occasion - that’s not what happened.

Linked further down under my initial comments I took stills to demonstrate clearly that the cyclist undertakes the moving car at low speed and close proximity. That tells the driver he is comfortable being close at low speed. The driver then attempts to move back past - again very low speed. Cyclist drifts out to block him and then goes nuts and hits the car. The stills I have linked to show clearly that the cyclist moves out - it’s not the driver moving in.

Cant condone the physical outcome (although it is a shove, not a punch), but the cyclist caused the issue and hit the guys car, and wrongly accused the car of closing the gap. Yet expects a calm rational response from the driver.

Despite the stills clearly showing this - people still deny what their eyes tell them.

Need to view it in YouTube obvs

You're bang on Mik. The vid is clear.

Unfortunately he also has that stupid nasally voice that all YouTube cyclists seem to have so my verdict was cast as soon as he opened his gob.

Is that because he's undertaken the guy despite knowing he's then going to be in the wrong lane and has no option to filter back out? He clearly starts to move out to the right... so why bother undertaking in the first place?

[Simon]

I don't know 'why' he moved out to the right - I didn't watch the video long enough to listen to his weaselly voice for a moment longer than was necessary. But he clearly passes the Audi on the left then starts drifting across in front of him. He created the 'lack of space', not the Audi. And then kicking the car was too far.

[Ascender]

I don't know 'why' he moved out to the right - I didn't watch the video long enough to listen to his weaselly weegie voice for a moment longer than was necessary. But he clearly passes the Audi on the left then starts drifting across in front of him. He created the 'lack of space', not the Audi. And then kicking the car was too far.

Harsh but fair.