Nice Cycling #14 | Red, Amber or Green?

I'm glad to see a clip from me, I am working hard at being a better driver and cyclist and your uploads really do show that other are trying too. nice video 🙂

On that last one: I would agree it looks too fast from the video.
But after I remembered that unlike me this viewer is probably not cycling feet first in a recliner chair I got this thought: how much higher is their eye level than the camera? Is it possible that they are so much higher than the top of the white wall that they actually see if anyone is there? Still some risk (dog, small child etc.) but overall the risk would be much less than it first looks from the video.

For the last clip, the cyclists view would be much clearer, well above the hoarding. But there is still a chance a smaller child might not be visible.

8:20 Well done to the litter pickers. Three nice full bags there. Please don't drop litter.

Is your editing software having a moment on this one? Each transition jumps between the two clips before transitioning through the squares

It might have done this previously but I have only just noticed today

For any driver…if your indicator flash (or internal “ticking”) is faster than usual, like at 7:07, then check your bulbs as there is a really high chance that one has popped 👍

@8:06, back in 2006 that is similar to how my motorbike filtering collision happend. i was within a hour of an exact year since i passed my motorbike test (passed at 9.45am the year before, same day a year later at 8.45am had the collision) when i filtered past a lorry, 2 vans and a car that had stopped and left a gap open for a junction to access a car garage. i rode past at 20mph and didnt see the car emerging, they didnt see me coming, i got hit side on and had my leg broken. pain was a good teacher.
now in situations where i am filtering and can not see like how the scaffolding makes a blind spot, i slow and stop if needed, look then carry on. if i have space i move position to open the gap as best i can.
this is such a useful example for cyclists and motorbike riders.

Why is the “Cycle lane look both ways” sign on the wrong side of the board at 8:14?

You know you've done some great cycling when you get a wave or hazards flash from a motor vehicle. It feels much nicer for my actions to be recognised like that when I'm on my bike than when I get a thank you wave while I'm driving my van.

I do like your traffic lights, nice touch, shows just how much a cyclists has to look out for.

Overtaking a cyclist when indicating is a real bug bear. Used to cycle a route to work and when you indicated everyone barreled through on a rapid overtake. In the end I gave up. Was another win for the pointless painted cycle lane. The clip in the video went okay but it can break your spirit if you are physically unable to go right because the road is too fast a flow. Sometimes I’d get out early in a gap in the traffic but cars behind got aggressive and I stopped cycling during the commute after that point.

For the last clip, the camera is mounted on the front of bike somewhere I'm guessing? Could it be that the cammer is tall enough to see to the other side? Granted, that would not help them see a small child for example.

[looking for Red, amber, green]. In work in a dangerous industry and it’s the pessimistic people that are usually the safest, because they actually look for all of the things that could go wrong, and they solve the problems before they happen.

I think the las clip might have been to fast, but I also hope (hope against logic perhaps) that the huge "look for cyclists" sign would make people look for cyclists

0:20 It's for that reason why I dislike the 'new' Highway Code rule to use an arm signal while going around the roundabout if I was going round to take a right exit if there is a chance a car coming on to the roundabout is going to go straight across the front of me – happened twice to me already this year. Yes, I will always signal right as I enter the rbt and signal left to take the exit I want but I would rather have two hands on the bars ready to take action should a numpty decide to pull out straight in front of me as if I wasn't there – and yes I did have a front light on even though it was during the day on both occasions.

RE the clip at 5:10, are cyclists not supposed to remain in the outside lane of the roundabout and cars avoid overtaking them per the highway code? Could you do a video on this of best practice for these scenarios?

8:06 The scaffolding doesn't make a full blind spot. From the oncoming cyclist you can see that the camera is on the height of the handle bars, and the eyes of the cyclists are just above the white panels. This makes it possible to see any "standard height" pedestrian behind the scaffolding. However, you can't see smaller pedestrians (like children) which would be even more likely to step out without looking than adults.
Or in other words, you're safe from running into 95% of the possible people who could be stepping out there, and those last 5% is why this speed was actually too high.

Thanks for featuring my clip (0:42)! My cycling has improved since watching this channel, and I'm always looking out for more tips and tricks to improve safety for everyone. The learning never stops.

My opinion is a red for any thought of cycling in the rain at night, it's dangerous enough in fine weather and daylight.

Regarding that last clip of that pedestrian crossing. The peds have a responsibility to look, as well as the cyclists. What clown steps into the road without looking? Unless they're drunk.

This is great learned behavior e-bike/e-moped riders benefit from.

The last clip is especially interesting because I think it the same route thru west London travelled along and frequently used in his video channel by “cycling celebrity” Jeremy. Remarkable that some seem able to ride and not have an “event”. The obscured ped crossing? Yes certainly dangerous and could have been replaced with temp ped controlled lights during building work.

I cycle daily through that crossing in the last clip, it can be a real nightmare, I slow down for it, sometimes to the annoyance of other cyclists.