Learn to communicate with other road users to aid flow for everyone and help keep yourself safe.
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32 Comments
Good evening
A lot of these nice driving/riding clips transcends from being a decent human being in the first place. Decency many human beings seem to forget when behind the wheel.
No room for me, me, me.
spent a few hours driving around my local area, n Tameside today, had lots of nice interactions, giving way, others helping me out, it makes such a nice positive change, the roads can be a toxic place at times.
It's good when other road users recognise that you are doing things to make their lives easier & I try to also recognise and be appreciative when others do the same for me.
Common courtesy always used to be part of our community as was looking out for each other. While for some that has been lost I have found over the last few months I am having more and more positive interactions on the road with other road users simply by having a smile and a thumbs up ready. That could be in acknowledgment of a signal like the bus driver here or it could be in acknowledgment of an error and an apology.
Being nice and being considerate feeds the cycle (no pun intended) of others being nice and being considerate. If you are aggressive or frustrated in your actions then that will 99% of the time be reciprocated with anger and frustration back
I think the bus driver probably recognised you. 🙂
One thing this video made me think about is that on a bike, a "Thank You" wave to another road user could potentially be misunderstood by others as an actual directional signal. Of course, it depends on how the Thank You gesture is delivered by the cyclist but certainly, if it's delivered via anything that might be considered as even a "partially" stretched out arm, the risk for such a misunderstanding is there. Together with this, the Thank You wave needs to be delivered in such a way that it doesn't interfere with the actual need to give a hand signal and the ideal timing for such a signal. Plus you also need to think about balance as well as braking. Off course, in a motor vehicle, none of this is an issue.
Visual communication will only work when other people bother to look/observe.
However; great clip to showcase and apologies if I sound a little bit negative in Paragraph #1.
Curious to ask if you ride with some form of lighting on at front / rear in daylight as a matter of routine Ash? I seem to recall a bit of a discussion on lighting in a previous cycling video but can't recall if your own choice of daytime illumination was mentioned.
most bus drivers are cyclists these days
Nice approach to safe riding and driving. 👍 Your rear cam looks to be reversed, is that deliberate?
Thank you
Bus driver earning his due of being called a professional driver. Class act 👍
Cycling on the same routes, I get on really well with the bus drivers . The majority of them know me and know if I can pull into a safe area for them to pass me , I wil. But they also know if I can't, they will wait behind until its safe to pass
Yes, helping and acknowledging other road users does make a difference, I always do it and thank people, even if they are only doing what they are supposed to or only doing it for a car behind me, I don't care and it's nice to be nice. Another thing I do and I think many cyclists do is stop and check if another cyclist is ok or needs assistance, it's amazing how many people will cycle with no idea how to fix a puncture, broken chain or anything else mechanical.
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I hope the BMW driver who beeped me for no reason today is watching this (I was also cycling and making a right turn at a roundabout).
No mudguards on the rear wheel?
This isn't California. An arse-stripe of mud is deeply uncool.
Very confusing: three camera views, one of which appears to be back to front, and what appears to be a hand signal for turning left despite continuing on the roundabout but it seems that view is reversed also. Deeply unhelpful. All you actually have to do is indicate left when you intend to do so.
Took me a moment to realise that two of the cameras are flipped but still a strong message about helping other to keep you safe.
I always ride like this, it’s better for everyone. 🚴🏻♂️⚡️
Comunication is key weather that be on the bike or car. Signaling be that hand signals or indicating or even road positioning are all key elements
Not hard is it 👍🏻
You should drop Arriva an email with that clip, its nice to see a professional driver like that for a change, he needs to be acknowledged to his bosses. TBH when I cycled around Edinburgh the Lothian "Corporation" buses were always good. They are only going another 100m up the road to the next bus stop anyway. It was the private bus companies that were shocking.
communicate, deciding other drivers don't need to know what you intend to do is the ultimate in bad driving.
Nice to see a good road interaction. Improved my day a little bit 👍
Good video.
I'd suggest that you invest in a helmet mounted rear view mirror.
It's basically that simple…but there is a lot of simple people out on the roads 🤷
0:37 With that hand signal, I thought you were taking the first exit
Given that the only reason to signal is to offer information to other road users, this video should be entirely unnecessary and unremarkable.
Should be
Lovely to see