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1:35 I actually had to deal with a set of temporary lights the other day. The municipal roadworks for building the new foot/cycle path had to rebuild part of a bus stop, so they had closed one lane for a couple of hundred metres to accommodate the work site. I had to wait both ways, first in the queue with one car behind me. A little tedious, but ultimately no big deal. I was even able to use the opposite bus stop to let one of the cars overtake immediately after passing the light.
4:16 that poor lorry dancing with the possibility of having an idiot crash into the back of it. Thankfully, I think the lorry would be ok and escape with out physical injury. However, the mental strain of having to constantly worry about being hit by an idiot is taking its toll on lorry's across the UK, but for just £5 per month, lorry's can get the counselling they need to overcome their struggle.
I’m a delivery rider and I condemn these cyclists.
Cyclist simply do not care about road law that all other road users have to obey. The new road hierarchy of responsibilities has just increased their beliefs that it's Gona be someone else's fault, no matter what they do!
Cyclist should be required, as the rest of us, to be registered (have plates) and insurance for accountability
As a cyclist who occasionally enjoys speed – there's a time and place for that and it's not in a busy city center. Rules can sometimes be safely broken but one should make absolutely certain before going through.
0:26 "give way to the cyclist" sorry, what?? why the f is he supposed to give way to a cyclist doing that when he's turning? How is that legal?!!
ASHLEY Do you believe that because of this behaviour from cyclists it causes drivers to not behave as they should towards cyclists? Also is it the cause of other road users hatred towards them. I would be interested in your veiws and opinion
The cycling shown on here is terrible. But why do some feel the need to lump all of us cyclists into the same group and make out that we all ride like this? Where i live, poor driivng standards are ever more present than poor cycling standards, with more lethal consequences.
It is refreshing to see cyclists themselves critiquing other poor rider behaviours – kudos all. What would you suggest is the best way to start dealing with this problem?
1:54 funny to see a local road as a clip, theres in fact been a cycle path added to the other side, which makes this clip even worse for those cyclists.
Perhaps its time cyclists have a number plate and insurance. If some want to abuse the rules and cause accidents, they should be liable for their stupidity.
I find Deliveroo Riders are the absolute worst. If the timing of the delivery is proving dangerous then I would greatly encourage to leave the job with immediate effect for the safety of yourself and other people on the road. Rules need to be followed and safety rules are the highest of priority regardless of whatever a big multi-million dollar corporation says.
@6:33 I assume the drivers of the Red Rose van and the silver car were the ones you referred to as ignoring the rules. I hope that you are not like the Red Rode DI and teach your pupils how to navigate a mini roundabout properly.
No good one
4:58 The cyclist has cars next to him very close to the kerb. I might bail out on to the pavement in that situation if I thought they were getting too close.
7:10 Unconventional but fairly safe manoeuvre, passing to the left of the waiting car then going right. There are risks to stopping behind the car or to the right of the car and then having to push off again into the middle of the road. He chose a path to the left which meant he could keep going, cross safely and not get in anyone’s way. I’m not sure how much Ashley knows about real world cycling, especially for this cyclist who seemed a bit inexperienced in his control of the bike.
Should the Landrover (0:18) have given priority though?
I recently was made aware of an interpretation of the rules that makes me think that, actually, no, they shouldn't. I would be very interested to hear comment from Ashley.
Highway Code Rule 76 says to cyclists going straight on "you have priority over traffic waiting to turn".
The important part there is the word "waiting". The Landrover is not stationery, waiting to turn; it is moving (signalling? We can't see) and starting that turn while the cyclist is still behind them and chooses to draw alongside.
Ashley will perhaps know better than me, but I got this from another instructor who suggests that the word "waiting" is used in other places in the Highway Code and does specifically mean "not moving".
Further evidence is in the picture for Rule H3, where the car "waiting" that is passed on the inside by a bicycle, is intentionally drawn as stationery (to be clear, the other cars in the diagram have 'ghosts' that indicate movement. The waiting car does not).
P.S. If the Landrover was not signalling then, sure, the above goes out of the window.
Looking at the red-light ignorers in these clips, it does remind me that so many traffic light junctions have such long dead phases where everyone is on red for ages. I think these long dead phases just encourage red-light jumping (not just by cyclists) and they know they can get away with little chance of other vehicles being in motion. If they reduced these dead times down so that if you jump a red light you're in immediate danger, then you'll stop doing it.
I noticed this phasing of traffic lights is particularly bad in London, where you can be sat at a junction for ages with nobody moving. I used to drive around London a fair bit around 20 years ago, and did notice the change of phasing of traffic lights, particularly in the lead up to the introduction of the congestion change zone. These changes caused a big increase in traffic and journey times, as you would spend so much time sat stationary at traffic lights.
2:44 I have seen other bike users do similar stuff before and it's absolutely frightening. How they can just choose their own route through a junction without looking suggests they have no self guided safety. And before anyone chimes in saying it's due to the new rules, I have seen this activity before those rules came in. It's just mind numbing stupidity that causes it.
Cud not see any indicators flashing on the Land Rover, so I’m guessing the cyclist wasn’t a mind reader.
I would say cylcists need to start getting fines for jumping red lights but they don't even fine the drivers so who am I kidding. What was staggering was the lack of helmets from these cyclists.
These type of cyclist must think they are invincible, either that or they have a lot of faith in drivers to stop for them when they shoot through red lights or shoot down the face of oncoming traffic.
There have always been road cyclists running reds and not observing pedestrian crossings, however the rental bikes have made things a lot worse, every minute costs money, so there is an incentive to not follow the rules – not that it is worth it ultimately!