Fuck off mate- you rode straight at him- where was he supposed to go? You bunch are so damn arrogant and full of your own damn self importance you deserve to get knocked the fuck over by whatever you choose to ride in front of! Twat!
A shame to see so many "Cyclist is to blame" comments. If a driver has to move into another lane, that driver has no right of way and must yield to oncoming traffic. I'm sure the cyclist is quite aware of how vulnerable they are. The taxi driver does not. It doesn't even require much thinking - substitute the cyclist for a car, would you behave the same?
Yeah, that's a bicycle in my avatar - flame away retards!
The taxi driver is trying to get in to the feeder rank and is going about 4 mph, he indicated clearly showing his intention coming to a stop when the cyclist decided confrontation was a better option.
The taxi driver took reasonable precaution not to colide, the cyclist not so, you should think yourself lucky not to have been squashed under 3000kg of VW.
The cyclist should be very aware of how vulnerable he is and should ride accordingly also.
Hmmm it seems to me the traffic is going one way and yet the cyclist is riding against it. Therefor the cyclist is in the wrong. That is what it looks like to me.
Unfortunately, some of the taxi-drivers are as stupid as you, but are aggressive with it, so they threaten and intimidate cyclists who are using the road perfectly legally.
If I need a taxi in Cambridge, I'll call a private hire from outside the city - I've yet to meet a Cambridge city hackney driver that isn't an arrogant thug.
@TheIvanyoung Read the description. The road is one way for motorised traffic but two way for cyclists. Fault is entirely with the car who should have remained to (his left, cyclists right) until the cyclist had passed.
@762SLR762 So what you're saying is that a road user can indicate and just move across regardless as others should move out of the way...? Moronic. Thats how people get hurt and killed.
As road users we have an obligation not to cause conflict or to force others into evasive action. The taxi driver failed in his obligations.
Oh yeah and one more thing just because you spend hours looking on the internet finding out little panzy rules and laws of the road like this, it doesnt mean car drivers have and so if it isnt sign posted properly which im guessing it is not? then the driver isnt to blame but the council or who ever is in charge of signs for that area. It should be very clear too drivers that cyclists can go both ways. It may well be and if thats the case then stupid driver.
an you drive a car with a flat tyre legally? ... Look up make sure you are in full control of your vehicle at all times as this counts for cyclists. If you are not in control which you are not and you cannot make any kind of avoidance manouvre then you are in the wrong regardless of the aituation. This isnt a hard avoidance manouvre at all. However the point is i guess that its two ways for bikes and that you have won. So its a 1-1 draw.
Cyclists must always follow the same traffic rules as other vehicles. Street was marked for one-way traffic, with this cyclist traveling the wrong way. Further, cyclist made no effort to facilitate the taxi's effort to merge into a bloody obvious taxi stand, dispite every effort by the driver to indicate his intention to do so. Instead, cyclist intentionally blocked his path and then tried to argue. Such sefl-centered rudeness should always be condemned, never applauded.
@stewartx5 are you in need of mental help or something? read description you pillock. he was firstly heavily laiden, secondly the taxi driver SHOULD KNOW that you ALWAYS give priority to more vulnerable road users IT SAYS IN THE HIGHWAY CODE and thirdly what effort did the taxi driver make? he drove head on thinking he would make it like most cunts do. cyclist is not at fault as that road (i know it well) is indeed a two way street for cyclists.
Without dragging this out, if his bicycle was "heavily laiden" enough to hinder safe maneuverability around something as big as a freaking taxi (especially when the taxi slowed, signaled his intention, and provided him with plenty of time to maneuver), the cyclist was in the wrong right there. All else is hogwash.
'Such sefl-centered rudeness should always be condemned, never applauded.'
So why are you standing-up for the taxi driver who deliberately drove across the path of a cyclist performing a entirely legal manoeuvre? Because you're a hypocrite.
u bitch that the car got in front of u but u ride all over the road like a champ oh thats right the rules of the road dont apply to u losers but cars have to respect u...get a life
It looks like no one is at fault, that taxi is going and signaled into a pick up zone.
Clearly it's a faulty road system. Why make the road one way for cars and two ways for cyclists and while cyclist that bike on the left side they put a pick up zone for taxis on that side? Europe, you fucked up.
@cleve101 the taxi should still have waitied for the cyclist before attempting the turn, but yes you are correct, a lot of the road planners design some extremely moronic road layouts - you actually wonder if these people have used their brain at all.
@cleve101 the taxi should still have waited for the cyclist before attempting the turn, but yes you are correct, a lot of the road planners design some extremely moronic road layouts - you actually wonder if these people have used their brain at all.
he went right into the taxi! Taxi was hardly moving! get out of the way biker! He is bigger that you ! Where is your brain? Taxi hit = nothing, bike hit = retard!
The taxi driver is not at fault, he had to text message, light his cigarette, tune his radio, masturbate, drive like he's a wanker thinking everybody else is a lesser human being then he, poor wanker like all you little pro brum brum wankers
wow that guy really hit you hard...is your pussy ok? he was pulling into what looks like a parking spot and dont complain you shouldn't be "cycling" into oncoming traffic any way, get on the other side of the street jerkoff, or better yet get the fuck off the street if you have no more rights just because you on a bike, "bloody hell".....USA
Devils Advocate: Let us say this IS one way for all vehicles. Where is the courtesy and common sense of the cab driver? Is he happy to pre-meditate the injury of a defenceless passer-by, and then claim "it was my right of way" ?
I agree, cyclists can be a pain in the rear. But don't drive At them.
@catbells69 Well I have learnt something now. However, although I am not a cyclist the taxi driver is so wrong in the way he just blocks the path of the cyclist. There was no need for him to do that at all.
@KatoKid85 Wrong. That road (St Andrew's street) is many hundreds of years old. It predates the car by quite a bit. Perhaps horse and carriage, as the original user, should be given unconditional right of way at all times?
@KatoKid85 Don't bicycles predate cars? Knobhead. This road is two way for bicycles and one way for cars. Let that information rattle round your empty head for a while.
@catbells69 bicycles and cars do not belong in the same area. Its for your own good. How smart is it to have somthing weighing two tons, driving six inches away from somthing that weighs at most 200 lbs. You are always going to lose on a bike. And whether cyclists like it or not, people in vehicles do not care about "cyclist's rights". Plus they are small and very difficult to see, and in high traffic areas, there is enough shit to run into without having to worry about some hippy on a bike.
@KatoKid85 Is the word 'hippy' one of the few words you know as you seem to be trying to use it in most posts? Notwithstanding your ignorance, the taxi driver is still at fault.
I'll now let you own words condemn you - "And whether cyclists like it or not, people in vehicles do not care about cyclist's rights."
@KatoKid85 Did I say I agreed with you? I quoted you. Are you too stupid to tell the difference? You use the word hippy in place of anything critical because you can't criticise or be objective.
do that vid again and take in a sign that shows cyclist into oncoming traffic, coz i doubt there is one. and before u post vids like this, USE ur head before cycling on ONEWAY in oposite direction! (and yes, i am a cyclist! in london!)
I cycle myself and lived on the continent for years. But the british cyclist has got to be the worst. They ignore red lights, go down streets the wrong way, cycle though pedestrian areas. If we driver's did that we would be in the courts so fast our feet would not touch. I live in the country now, its nothing to see cyclists three abreast in our country lanes yet if I say one word I get a mouthful of f**ks. They brass me off !
@taffy402 Ah yes, the "uk cyclists are the worst" argument. I think you'll find UK road users are the worst, not just the cyclists. I've seen all of what you describe while off in Europe and I've spent a very limited time there, so it's hardly a UK specific issue unless I caught them all on one bad day. Generally cyclists cycle in "packs" because it's safer for them and causes drivers to see them as a larger object, then they move over and allow the car to pass.Otherwise you're easily missed.
@CoyoteBoyUK I am afraid you are right there. I came back to the UK a few years ago after almost fifteen years away, and the standard of driving and cycling has nose-dived in that time. There's a lot more aggression now, a lot more abuse and uncivil road manners.
@taffy402 It really just requires everyone to take a little time and care and have some patience with other road users. Seems this is a thing of the past for many people, on both sides of the cycling/car divide! :(
@CoyoteBoyUK I agree with you, no one has a moment to spare these days and if a driver goes to slow or a cyclist getting in the way someone blows a fuse. It's a sign of the times I am afraid.
Wow after all this time I never realised that one-ways could be used in both directions by cyclists. I might have to look that one up, although I doubt I'll bother with them too much, it's bad enough riding with the trafffic sometimes, god only knows what it's like going head on.
thats just crazy. my misses just did her driving test, and no-one mentioned streets like that. So who had right of way? taxi or bike? At least taxi stopped, knowing the prat on the bike was a prat. (and i'm a cyclist)
but with all due respect, you might want to limit how much you carry on the bike if the weight affects handling to that extent. Motorbike manuals include a warning about overloading for this very reason. I've exceeded the weight limit on a motorbike, I'll not be doing that again.
Come to think of it, I've overloaded a bicycle once when I was young, and it did cause a crash
you know when they make a special rule to accommodate cyclists like this it creates confusion. Bikes should obey the rules of autos and ignore those special 'rules' designed to help us but in fact put us in danger. Or, put a strong yellow line to indicate 2 way traffic for bikes.
I Totally agree with you on this matter. There is a one way system into Birmingham along Hurst Street that cyclists can ride against where the markings stop due to parking bays. I tend to avoid the one way system and stick to the main car route to avoid any confusion. As for the poster. The taxi was indicating and the cyclist continued to ride towards him. Both were in the wrong in my opinion although the Taxi driver was essentially bullying to prove a point.
I Totally agree with you on this matter. There is a one way system into Birmingham along Hurst Street that cyclists can ride against where the markings stop due to parking bays. I tend to avoid the one way system and stick to the main car route to avoid any confusion. As for the poster. The taxi was indicating and the cyclist continued to ride towards him. Both were in the wrong in my opinion although the Taxi driver was essentially bullying to prove a point.
Common sence would suggest that the cyclist is taking his life in his own hands, cycling up a one way street for cars, in a narrow road, we are all responsible for our on safety and that of other drivers no matter what you drive or cycle.
@MrNumber1busdriver There are lots of contra-flow cycle lanes(to avoid long busy, one way detours), they do seem to catch drivers(and pedestrians!) out going by the reactions I've had. The sign-age needs to be a bit more obvious, that or bollards between the lanes. That street in Cambridge really isn't that narrow at that point.
Anyone who has passed a driving test should easily be able to tell from the video that the cyclist was allowed to be heading that way by the placement of the advance warning and "stop here" signs for the temporary traffic lights.
@m3lbourn3OwnSydney Here's the thing. That's illegal. Plus that wouldn't stand up in court, especially as the Taxi is in the wrong in the first place. Get your head out your arse and realise you're a knob. Stop trying to act hard because you don't sound cool, you just sound like a moron. In fact, you are a moron. Grow up.
@m3lbourn3OwnSydney are too many people that share your mindset - That cyclists are the scum of the earth and deserve to be run down. If the cyclist was replaced by a car, would it be acceptable for the taxi to cut over then? Somehow, I don't think so. If anything, it's worse to cut off a cyclist as they're even more vulnerable - There are no air bags and the only crumple zone is your face. If you'd get off your lazy arse, you'd realise the dangers a cyclist perseveres with, and maybe then...
@m3lbourn3OwnSydney Don't call either me or the biker an idiot until you can reply to a comment in a sophisticated manner. If you were capable of paying attention instead of examining your pubic hair or something, you'd have noticed a few things.
1) The taxi turned right. That's the issue, it pulled infront of him.
2) He wasn't cycling the wrong way. It's perfectly legal for him to cycle that way.
3) He doesn't think he owns the road, he just knows when he's in the right.
regardless of wheather cyclists are allowed both ways (is that actually true?) it's a one way street for motor vehicles, so you should be aware of that and looking ahead to respond to anything coming your way.
@arumdevil Very true, you should be aware of things coming towards you, but at the same time the vehicle drivers should be aware that cyclists may be coming towards them. in the clip, had the cyclist gone right, he could be hit by a vehicle coming round the silver taxi, if he goes left, he's staying in the silver taxi's path - what to do?
the cyclist perhaps should have slowed (very annoying to do on a hill) instead of going up to the taxi - a bit of blame to both sides perhaps?
@yorkshiresheep yes I agree, both could have been paying more attention, but my point is it's a one way road in the motorists eyes, weather or not one likes that as a cyclists most motorists are going to be oblivious to them, therefore it follows that cycling down a 'one-way' street should be done with extra care and foresight. From this clip it seems obvious the taxi is heading that way long before the cyclist seems to react to it.
@17825837810 Dude, you aren't listening. In town centres in the UK (especailly in ones such as Cambridge), it's very common for streets to allow cyclists to ride both ways, whilst taxis and buses can go in only one direction. It's a way of encouraging people not to clog up the roads with their cars. The cyclist still has the right not to get run down by arseh0les who can't drive. Last point: roads in the UK are funded by ALL tax payers including cyclists (who might also own a car).
one way for drivers cyclists both ways??? never heard of that before, taxi fucker in silver was fairly vexdous in his driving but i would say, without actually knowing the road, that the cyclist is wrong - ultimatley cyclists have to follow the rules of the road
@Greenlord91 it works perfectly well and perfectly safely in many streets in many countries all over the world. There is a sign at the beginning of the road telling drivers that cyclists will be coming towards them - it's not rocket science to know that you can't just cut them off.
Some retarded comments on this video. That road is one way for CARS, but bikes are allowed to travel in BOTH directions legally. The cyclist did nothing wrong at all, and the taxi was 100% wrong. He can't just cut across the cyclist any more than he could to a car on a road where cars are allowed in both directions.
@ozzage indeed but were it another motorist, no one would flinch, but since it's a cyclist, all the haters come out of the woodwork to bash people on bikes nomatter the reason.
@ozzage Well, the driver was indicating and the cyclist could have (and did, after continuing cycling straight at the oncoming taxi) go the other side of him, so I wouldn't say the taxi is 100% in the wrong. Not enough people pay attention to what's going on (or might happen) further down the road...
@CoyoteBoyUK A blue rectangular sign (with white border) divided vertically into two panels, where the left panel shows a large arrow pointing upwards, and the (larger) right panel shows a bicycle above a smaller arrow (pointing downwards). This shows the driver that there is an oncoming right of way for bicycles in addition to the general one-way flow of traffic. Find St Andrew's Street in Cambridge at its junction with Emmanuel Street, and you will see this sign for yourself.
You should be more careful. There are lots of stupid drivers on the roads. If you are not careful you will end up getting paralyzed or dead. I am a motorcyclist and I have had lots and lots of near misses just because some car drivers dont keep their eyes open.
I've got to agree with mulungungozi. If cyclists ride the wrong way along one way streets...{legally in some places}...they should give way to traffic going the right way along that street. As a cyclist myself you see all too many cyclists with an attitude that everyone else should look out for them...Including pedestrians when cyclists jump red lights.
@phonicsfan1 someone with more sense than you obviously, the number of comments that are posted saying, from people who know the area, that it's a permitted and signed route for cyclists in BOTH directions on this street and yet you post this drivel?
God help Britain if this is the average level of sense.
Er, lets see, the guy stopped and you rode into him? Secondly there no way thats a 2 way street, you're riding in the wrong direction, and lastly he indicated..
@ATBparkour I'm a cyclist, I'm also a motorist, if a cyclist is riding towards me where he is allowed to (as on this street) then I have to wait, the same as if i'm wanting to turn right on a road and there is a line of cars driving towards me, I don't look at the bus I'm driving and think 'that car's smaller than me' and drive across in front of it because it's fine, I indicated do I?
@yorkshiresheep fuck you sheep boy. watch the video, all the cars and even other cyclists are all travelling same way but some plonker decides to cycle the opposite way. im not from that area so i can only see what is shown.
@phonicsfan1 I watched it, I also noticed the other cyclist that the video maker caught up at the top of the road. Why else would, at 35s there be a "when red light shows wait here" sign for the roadworks if no one should be coming out of the end of the road?
as you say, you're not from the area - I used to live there (yorkshire is reference to where I was born, not where i live)
i really think if you want to be treated like a car, a bus, a taxi ,,you need to follow the same rules..stop at lights, stop signs, stay in your lane.. a 1 way road is a 1 way road..weaving in and out of traffic is not healthy..i'm on my bike,,let me go here and there, in and out...what me on my bike stop or slow down so oncoming traffic can turn,,please i'm on my bike..only motor cars have to do that..i have my own rules,,,i'm on a bike...
God why be such a difficult twat. You could have got round the taxi but no you make a big fuss and be a complete prat. you must feel very proud of yourself. well done
@ClassAjay watching it again, the taxi didn't exactly suddenly swerve over! and anyone reading this, don't say he would have had to go on the wrong side of the road, as he did that anyway and made himself look like a prick. he gives us cyclist a bad name.
The sign that the taxi driver passed, clearly shows one way for motorised traffic and two ways for pedal cycles. The taxi driver drove into the cyclist's path. Therefore the taxi driver was at fault. QED.
@17825837810 Assuming that "one way street" comment was about the video... right next to where the cabbie said it's a one way is a sign showing that it's 2-way for bikes.
On Google Street View have a look at the junction of St Andrews Street and Emmanuel Street in Cambridge... (rider was heading south in this video)... look North (taxi driver's view) on there and you'll see the 2-way sign on the left side of the read. As clear as it gets.
@17825837810 Dude, you aren't listening. In town centres in the UK (especailly in ones such as Cambridge), it's very common for streets to allow cyclists to ride both ways, whilst taxis and buses can go in only one direction. It's a way of encouraging people not to clog up the roads with their cars. The cyclist still has the right not to get run down by arseh0les who can't drive. Last point: roads in the UK are funded by ALL tax payers including cyclists (who might also own a car).
not keen on bad cycling generally but it looks to me like the taxi had no consideration for the cyclist. He should have waited for the cyclist to pass instead of "swerving" in front of him. If he did that with another car driver there would have been a barney.
Fuck off mate- you rode straight at him- where was he supposed to go? You bunch are so damn arrogant and full of your own damn self importance you deserve to get knocked the fuck over by whatever you choose to ride in front of! Twat!
DoubleImprint 2 weeks ago
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A shame to see so many "Cyclist is to blame" comments. If a driver has to move into another lane, that driver has no right of way and must yield to oncoming traffic. I'm sure the cyclist is quite aware of how vulnerable they are. The taxi driver does not. It doesn't even require much thinking - substitute the cyclist for a car, would you behave the same?
Yeah, that's a bicycle in my avatar - flame away retards!
julietmikealpha 1 month ago
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julietmikealpha 1 month ago
2 way for cyclists or not, stay away from that road, evidently motorists don't know that, so your just endangering yourself ...
mcake1234 2 months ago
Cyclist. You're an arrogant dick.
Kuggar 2 months ago
youre an idiot.. cycling into oncomming traffic, he has his blinker on and you jut ride at him. what an idiot
MyNameIsDuffmarn 2 months ago
moronic cyclist trouble-maker
sooper2dooper3 2 months ago
The taxi driver is trying to get in to the feeder rank and is going about 4 mph, he indicated clearly showing his intention coming to a stop when the cyclist decided confrontation was a better option.
The taxi driver took reasonable precaution not to colide, the cyclist not so, you should think yourself lucky not to have been squashed under 3000kg of VW.
The cyclist should be very aware of how vulnerable he is and should ride accordingly also.
mk2sixteen 2 months ago
@mk2sixteen The Taxi did not even know it was two way for cyclists. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
zivkovicable 1 month ago
Hmmm it seems to me the traffic is going one way and yet the cyclist is riding against it. Therefor the cyclist is in the wrong. That is what it looks like to me.
TheIvanyoung 2 months ago
@TheIvanyoung Then you are wrong.
That is a legal contraflow for cyclists.
Unfortunately, some of the taxi-drivers are as stupid as you, but are aggressive with it, so they threaten and intimidate cyclists who are using the road perfectly legally.
If I need a taxi in Cambridge, I'll call a private hire from outside the city - I've yet to meet a Cambridge city hackney driver that isn't an arrogant thug.
Camsplint 1 month ago
@TheIvanyoung Read the description. The road is one way for motorised traffic but two way for cyclists. Fault is entirely with the car who should have remained to (his left, cyclists right) until the cyclist had passed.
2FlatErics 1 month ago
@762SLR762 So what you're saying is that a road user can indicate and just move across regardless as others should move out of the way...? Moronic. Thats how people get hurt and killed.
As road users we have an obligation not to cause conflict or to force others into evasive action. The taxi driver failed in his obligations.
downfader2 2 months ago 5
@762SLR762
Taxi driver is at fault. Clearly signposted as contraflow for bikes.
Taxi driver is a bully and a dickhead.
You are an idiot.
pseudotruth 3 months ago
Oh yeah and one more thing just because you spend hours looking on the internet finding out little panzy rules and laws of the road like this, it doesnt mean car drivers have and so if it isnt sign posted properly which im guessing it is not? then the driver isnt to blame but the council or who ever is in charge of signs for that area. It should be very clear too drivers that cyclists can go both ways. It may well be and if thats the case then stupid driver.
CarpMagic95 3 months ago
an you drive a car with a flat tyre legally? ... Look up make sure you are in full control of your vehicle at all times as this counts for cyclists. If you are not in control which you are not and you cannot make any kind of avoidance manouvre then you are in the wrong regardless of the aituation. This isnt a hard avoidance manouvre at all. However the point is i guess that its two ways for bikes and that you have won. So its a 1-1 draw.
CarpMagic95 3 months ago
Maybe don't ride your bike if you can't manouvre it, plus I think the taxi was also heavily laden with passengers.
grannysmiff 3 months ago
I'm disappointed that I didn't get to see the title happen....false advertisement!
sabriath 3 months ago
He clearly put his blinker on trying to indicate he was moving to his right.
BikeMeAustin 4 months ago
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steveh62 4 months ago
Cyclists must always follow the same traffic rules as other vehicles. Street was marked for one-way traffic, with this cyclist traveling the wrong way. Further, cyclist made no effort to facilitate the taxi's effort to merge into a bloody obvious taxi stand, dispite every effort by the driver to indicate his intention to do so. Instead, cyclist intentionally blocked his path and then tried to argue. Such sefl-centered rudeness should always be condemned, never applauded.
stewartx5 5 months ago
@stewartx5 are you in need of mental help or something? read description you pillock. he was firstly heavily laiden, secondly the taxi driver SHOULD KNOW that you ALWAYS give priority to more vulnerable road users IT SAYS IN THE HIGHWAY CODE and thirdly what effort did the taxi driver make? he drove head on thinking he would make it like most cunts do. cyclist is not at fault as that road (i know it well) is indeed a two way street for cyclists.
PwnOsaur 4 months ago
@PwnOsaur
Without dragging this out, if his bicycle was "heavily laiden" enough to hinder safe maneuverability around something as big as a freaking taxi (especially when the taxi slowed, signaled his intention, and provided him with plenty of time to maneuver), the cyclist was in the wrong right there. All else is hogwash.
stewartx5 4 months ago
@stewartx5
'Such sefl-centered rudeness should always be condemned, never applauded.'
So why are you standing-up for the taxi driver who deliberately drove across the path of a cyclist performing a entirely legal manoeuvre? Because you're a hypocrite.
pseudotruth 3 months ago
u bitch that the car got in front of u but u ride all over the road like a champ oh thats right the rules of the road dont apply to u losers but cars have to respect u...get a life
remustintoi 5 months ago
Typical, moronic, I own the road, you get out of my way, low IQ gay shave your legs fucking cyclist. Give blood run over a cyclist
labyonnette 5 months ago
@labyonnette Kinda ironic seeing as most of what you said applied to the van driver
jonathondeane 5 months ago
It looks like no one is at fault, that taxi is going and signaled into a pick up zone.
Clearly it's a faulty road system. Why make the road one way for cars and two ways for cyclists and while cyclist that bike on the left side they put a pick up zone for taxis on that side? Europe, you fucked up.
cleve101 5 months ago
@cleve101 the taxi should still have waitied for the cyclist before attempting the turn, but yes you are correct, a lot of the road planners design some extremely moronic road layouts - you actually wonder if these people have used their brain at all.
UTubeAreTwats 5 months ago
@cleve101 the taxi should still have waited for the cyclist before attempting the turn, but yes you are correct, a lot of the road planners design some extremely moronic road layouts - you actually wonder if these people have used their brain at all.
UTubeAreTwats 5 months ago
You kinda rode right into his front end...he was trying to park, and you can get out of his way faster than he can get out of your way...
DeRosa88 5 months ago
'I got them on camera'
yay that's going to do something except a lame YT video.
ArcticRalph 6 months ago
@ArcticRalph which your then going to watch...
Doodlebugyro 6 months ago
@Doodlebugyro
Indeed, assuming that a cyclist would REALLY be driven into instead of a whiny cyclist wankvideo
ArcticRalph 6 months ago
Looks like everyones going the opposite direction of the guy with the camera...
stopthehatechild 6 months ago
I'm on a bicycle, I have a videocam on board. Hmmm, time to go find some trouble with cars to record and upload on Youtube.
Str4t0sPh3rE 6 months ago
Ahh the foreign taxi drivers in Cambridge. Majority of them don't have a clue, I hve first hand experience of this.
Christoff87 6 months ago
Cycling the wrong way up a one way street. Cyclist is in the wrong.. Guys like this give cyclists a bad rep :\
nemesis3001 6 months ago
@nemesis3001 Actually that road cyclists can cycle against the motorised vehicle direction.
Christoff87 6 months ago
@nemesis3001 Two way for bicycles, one way for cars. read before you post.
catbells69 6 months ago
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tomass7619 6 months ago
@tomass7619 Fuck tomass7619
catbells69 6 months ago
@catbells69 sorry I have not read the description
tomass7619 6 months ago
Yeah mate, it'll be on you tube getting thumbs down after thumbs down.
sjtom57 6 months ago
If you were fully loaded with shopping then how could you have stopped if a child had stepped out infront of you!! DON'T cycle overloaded !!
carlsberg1964 6 months ago
i hate taxi drivers, the worst drivers on the road.
mrlordsnooty 7 months ago
change the title to 'cyclist drives into taxi'
muh6666 7 months ago
he went right into the taxi! Taxi was hardly moving! get out of the way biker! He is bigger that you ! Where is your brain? Taxi hit = nothing, bike hit = retard!
y6a3h9o7o 7 months ago
@y6a3h9o7o Comments like these make me weep for the future of humanity.
longtalker 7 months ago
@longtalker Get a life! LOL : P
y6a3h9o7o 6 months ago
@longtalker Comments like yours make me laugh at the future of humanity! LOL
y6a3h9o7o 6 months ago
fagot
alyboyhere 7 months ago
The taxi driver is not at fault, he had to text message, light his cigarette, tune his radio, masturbate, drive like he's a wanker thinking everybody else is a lesser human being then he, poor wanker like all you little pro brum brum wankers
spm36 7 months ago
Deliberately misleading title makes this video and it's poster lose all credibility.
Can see why he did it, though. Pull in the viewers - doesn't make it right though. It's no surprise you get the comments you do.
Thingamajigs 7 months ago
looks to me like the cyclist rode into the taxi actually :-)
I thought I hated cyclists because I was a bus driver, I'm not a bus driver now but I still hate cyclists.
99a3024 7 months ago
wow that guy really hit you hard...is your pussy ok? he was pulling into what looks like a parking spot and dont complain you shouldn't be "cycling" into oncoming traffic any way, get on the other side of the street jerkoff, or better yet get the fuck off the street if you have no more rights just because you on a bike, "bloody hell".....USA
LONGAGO215 7 months ago
why do none of these cycling bastards never get fucked up in these shitty vids??
crazyralph69 8 months ago
look up dead dumbass on bike i would have bounced your sorry ass offf the fender
SuperGozzy 8 months ago
Shove your critical mass up your ass, you inbred pedal nazi scumbags. Fuck you all. You're infuriating. Fucking assholes.
Muzzy337 8 months ago
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@Muzzy337
I think your looking way to deep into this dude.
carsruleok 7 months ago
Devils Advocate: Let us say this IS one way for all vehicles. Where is the courtesy and common sense of the cab driver? Is he happy to pre-meditate the injury of a defenceless passer-by, and then claim "it was my right of way" ?
I agree, cyclists can be a pain in the rear. But don't drive At them.
electricsilver 8 months ago
I have not seen a road that sends cyclists against the flow of traffic. What is the name of the road and where is it?
diff22000 9 months ago
@diff22000 There are similar roads whee I live. The problem is driver ignorance, not cyclist rule breaking.
catbells69 8 months ago
@catbells69 I didnt say it was cyclist rule breaking. All I asked was where it was as I have not seen this system before.
diff22000 8 months ago
@diff22000 It's quite common. There are several roads like this off Park View, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear.
catbells69 8 months ago
@catbells69 Well I have learnt something now. However, although I am not a cyclist the taxi driver is so wrong in the way he just blocks the path of the cyclist. There was no need for him to do that at all.
PS, thank you for the reply :0)
diff22000 8 months ago
Last I knew roads were built for cars not bikes you hippies
KatoKid85 9 months ago
@KatoKid85 Wrong. That road (St Andrew's street) is many hundreds of years old. It predates the car by quite a bit. Perhaps horse and carriage, as the original user, should be given unconditional right of way at all times?
maninthemail 9 months ago
@maninthemail Oh gotcha. Thanks for the intel
KatoKid85 9 months ago
@KatoKid85 Don't bicycles predate cars? Knobhead. This road is two way for bicycles and one way for cars. Let that information rattle round your empty head for a while.
catbells69 8 months ago
@catbells69 horses predate bikes.
KatoKid85 8 months ago
@KatoKid85 Yes, but it's still a two way street for bicycles whether there is a horse there or not!
catbells69 8 months ago
@catbells69 bicycles and cars do not belong in the same area. Its for your own good. How smart is it to have somthing weighing two tons, driving six inches away from somthing that weighs at most 200 lbs. You are always going to lose on a bike. And whether cyclists like it or not, people in vehicles do not care about "cyclist's rights". Plus they are small and very difficult to see, and in high traffic areas, there is enough shit to run into without having to worry about some hippy on a bike.
KatoKid85 8 months ago
@KatoKid85 Is the word 'hippy' one of the few words you know as you seem to be trying to use it in most posts? Notwithstanding your ignorance, the taxi driver is still at fault.
I'll now let you own words condemn you - "And whether cyclists like it or not, people in vehicles do not care about cyclist's rights."
catbells69 8 months ago
@catbells69 I use hippy as a generalization. So you agree. People dont care about cyclists. Awesum. Good chat
KatoKid85 8 months ago
@KatoKid85 Did I say I agreed with you? I quoted you. Are you too stupid to tell the difference? You use the word hippy in place of anything critical because you can't criticise or be objective.
catbells69 8 months ago
@catbells69 I think your looking way to deep into this dude.
KatoKid85 8 months ago
42 people are retards
Testedecazzo 9 months ago
@Testedecazzo ur a retard, all u r doing is restating the number of dislikes and calling them retards
fenekilll 9 months ago
@fenekilll 44 retards then? lol
Testedecazzo 9 months ago
One way street you mug....
alfiecane 9 months ago
@alfiecane Read the description. Now who's a mug?
t1sutton 9 months ago 5
@t1sutton u r
whatUwanaB 6 months ago
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@whatUwanaB Is that the best thing you can come up with?
t1sutton 6 months ago
do that vid again and take in a sign that shows cyclist into oncoming traffic, coz i doubt there is one. and before u post vids like this, USE ur head before cycling on ONEWAY in oposite direction! (and yes, i am a cyclist! in london!)
redlinethin 9 months ago
I cycle myself and lived on the continent for years. But the british cyclist has got to be the worst. They ignore red lights, go down streets the wrong way, cycle though pedestrian areas. If we driver's did that we would be in the courts so fast our feet would not touch. I live in the country now, its nothing to see cyclists three abreast in our country lanes yet if I say one word I get a mouthful of f**ks. They brass me off !
Rant over
taffy402 9 months ago
@taffy402 Ah yes, the "uk cyclists are the worst" argument. I think you'll find UK road users are the worst, not just the cyclists. I've seen all of what you describe while off in Europe and I've spent a very limited time there, so it's hardly a UK specific issue unless I caught them all on one bad day. Generally cyclists cycle in "packs" because it's safer for them and causes drivers to see them as a larger object, then they move over and allow the car to pass.Otherwise you're easily missed.
CoyoteBoyUK 9 months ago
@CoyoteBoyUK I am afraid you are right there. I came back to the UK a few years ago after almost fifteen years away, and the standard of driving and cycling has nose-dived in that time. There's a lot more aggression now, a lot more abuse and uncivil road manners.
taffy402 9 months ago
@taffy402 It really just requires everyone to take a little time and care and have some patience with other road users. Seems this is a thing of the past for many people, on both sides of the cycling/car divide! :(
CoyoteBoyUK 9 months ago
@CoyoteBoyUK I agree with you, no one has a moment to spare these days and if a driver goes to slow or a cyclist getting in the way someone blows a fuse. It's a sign of the times I am afraid.
taffy402 9 months ago
you idiot you should have move because that was one way street and you were going the wrong way
tomaskantor1 10 months ago
@tomaskantor1 One way for cars only. Idiot!
catbells69 8 months ago
Reguardless of cars one way, bikes both, its a mental rule no wonder there is problems.
bluemoose1 10 months ago
Wow after all this time I never realised that one-ways could be used in both directions by cyclists. I might have to look that one up, although I doubt I'll bother with them too much, it's bad enough riding with the trafffic sometimes, god only knows what it's like going head on.
fatmikecj 10 months ago
If I was driving that cab I would of crushed you ha ha ha that's my tip:-)
Thermoman69691 10 months ago
he never hit you you hit him be smart retard
MattTheWeedMaster 10 months ago
thats just crazy. my misses just did her driving test, and no-one mentioned streets like that. So who had right of way? taxi or bike? At least taxi stopped, knowing the prat on the bike was a prat. (and i'm a cyclist)
2morowMan 10 months ago
I would of got off my bike and slapped that stupid bomb chucking pakkie white !!!!!!
bellend1974 1 year ago
very rude indeed.
but with all due respect, you might want to limit how much you carry on the bike if the weight affects handling to that extent. Motorbike manuals include a warning about overloading for this very reason. I've exceeded the weight limit on a motorbike, I'll not be doing that again.
Come to think of it, I've overloaded a bicycle once when I was young, and it did cause a crash
psteverific 1 year ago
5euk; read the description....
jiffboi 1 year ago
If you ride the wrong way down a one way street, what do you expect you nob !!!!!!!!!!!
5euk 1 year ago
@5euk Idiot read the description.
vousden 11 months ago
@5euk One way for cars only, you "nob".
catbells69 8 months ago
@catbells69 lol !!!!
5euk 6 months ago
you know when they make a special rule to accommodate cyclists like this it creates confusion. Bikes should obey the rules of autos and ignore those special 'rules' designed to help us but in fact put us in danger. Or, put a strong yellow line to indicate 2 way traffic for bikes.
HackHunters 1 year ago
@HackHunters
I Totally agree with you on this matter. There is a one way system into Birmingham along Hurst Street that cyclists can ride against where the markings stop due to parking bays. I tend to avoid the one way system and stick to the main car route to avoid any confusion. As for the poster. The taxi was indicating and the cyclist continued to ride towards him. Both were in the wrong in my opinion although the Taxi driver was essentially bullying to prove a point.
suicidalfoetus 10 months ago
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@HackHunters
I Totally agree with you on this matter. There is a one way system into Birmingham along Hurst Street that cyclists can ride against where the markings stop due to parking bays. I tend to avoid the one way system and stick to the main car route to avoid any confusion. As for the poster. The taxi was indicating and the cyclist continued to ride towards him. Both were in the wrong in my opinion although the Taxi driver was essentially bullying to prove a point.
suicidalfoetus 10 months ago
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Wanker !!!!!! More like cyclist rides into Taxi !!
Stop whinging you gay twerp .!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got it on camera ..... and pray tell what you were able to do with your footage ???? Nothing yeah !!
Lav1lle 1 year ago
there is a lot of hate out on the roads, its impossible to go on a journey of any length without enccountering it whether in a car or on bike.
innit27 1 year ago 6
Common sence would suggest that the cyclist is taking his life in his own hands, cycling up a one way street for cars, in a narrow road, we are all responsible for our on safety and that of other drivers no matter what you drive or cycle.
MrNumber1busdriver 1 year ago
@MrNumber1busdriver There are lots of contra-flow cycle lanes(to avoid long busy, one way detours), they do seem to catch drivers(and pedestrians!) out going by the reactions I've had. The sign-age needs to be a bit more obvious, that or bollards between the lanes. That street in Cambridge really isn't that narrow at that point.
MelloVEL0 1 year ago
Anyone who has passed a driving test should easily be able to tell from the video that the cyclist was allowed to be heading that way by the placement of the advance warning and "stop here" signs for the temporary traffic lights.
gadgetmind 1 year ago
@m3lbourn3OwnSydney Here's the thing. That's illegal. Plus that wouldn't stand up in court, especially as the Taxi is in the wrong in the first place. Get your head out your arse and realise you're a knob. Stop trying to act hard because you don't sound cool, you just sound like a moron. In fact, you are a moron. Grow up.
piggy501 1 year ago
@m3lbourn3OwnSydney You'd respect the dangers and efforts of a cyclist in the busy-busy rush of the angry anti-social world that is today.
piggy501 1 year ago
@m3lbourn3OwnSydney are too many people that share your mindset - That cyclists are the scum of the earth and deserve to be run down. If the cyclist was replaced by a car, would it be acceptable for the taxi to cut over then? Somehow, I don't think so. If anything, it's worse to cut off a cyclist as they're even more vulnerable - There are no air bags and the only crumple zone is your face. If you'd get off your lazy arse, you'd realise the dangers a cyclist perseveres with, and maybe then...
piggy501 1 year ago
@m3lbourn3OwnSydney Don't call either me or the biker an idiot until you can reply to a comment in a sophisticated manner. If you were capable of paying attention instead of examining your pubic hair or something, you'd have noticed a few things.
1) The taxi turned right. That's the issue, it pulled infront of him.
2) He wasn't cycling the wrong way. It's perfectly legal for him to cycle that way.
3) He doesn't think he owns the road, he just knows when he's in the right.
The problem is there...
piggy501 1 year ago
do the rules of cycling differ in other countries?
FlashDusk 1 year ago
@m3lbourn3OwnSydney No, he isn't. Tell me how on Earth he is?
piggy501 1 year ago
If you can't manouvre well, u shouldn't cycle with 4 pannier bags!
SeanCF1 1 year ago
regardless of wheather cyclists are allowed both ways (is that actually true?) it's a one way street for motor vehicles, so you should be aware of that and looking ahead to respond to anything coming your way.
arumdevil 1 year ago
@arumdevil Very true, you should be aware of things coming towards you, but at the same time the vehicle drivers should be aware that cyclists may be coming towards them. in the clip, had the cyclist gone right, he could be hit by a vehicle coming round the silver taxi, if he goes left, he's staying in the silver taxi's path - what to do?
the cyclist perhaps should have slowed (very annoying to do on a hill) instead of going up to the taxi - a bit of blame to both sides perhaps?
yorkshiresheep 1 year ago
@yorkshiresheep yes I agree, both could have been paying more attention, but my point is it's a one way road in the motorists eyes, weather or not one likes that as a cyclists most motorists are going to be oblivious to them, therefore it follows that cycling down a 'one-way' street should be done with extra care and foresight. From this clip it seems obvious the taxi is heading that way long before the cyclist seems to react to it.
arumdevil 1 year ago
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@17825837810 Dude, you aren't listening. In town centres in the UK (especailly in ones such as Cambridge), it's very common for streets to allow cyclists to ride both ways, whilst taxis and buses can go in only one direction. It's a way of encouraging people not to clog up the roads with their cars. The cyclist still has the right not to get run down by arseh0les who can't drive. Last point: roads in the UK are funded by ALL tax payers including cyclists (who might also own a car).
thebigbrennanski 1 year ago 2
should of crashede into him and screamed in pain or something n sue him
localSickened 1 year ago
You could have easily avoided that, but you obviously have an agenda.
CowardsReplyAndBlock 1 year ago
@CowardsReplyAndBlock His agenda is to avoid being killed perhaps? The taxi driver was at fault here, not the cyclist, so cut the agenda bullshit.
catbells69 1 year ago
Wow, why are people commenting when thy clearly don't know the road! 2 ways for cyclists, one way for taxis & buses
rebeccamccoy86 1 year ago
dumb cyclists always complains about everything like the whole world owes them. fuck off. go to school. i hope these low lifes get run over by buses.
kingoftyranni 1 year ago
@kingoftyranni Fuck off you trolling twat. You do the same at every video. The taxi driver was in the WRONG!
catbells69 1 year ago
one way for drivers cyclists both ways??? never heard of that before, taxi fucker in silver was fairly vexdous in his driving but i would say, without actually knowing the road, that the cyclist is wrong - ultimatley cyclists have to follow the rules of the road
utrapzab 1 year ago
you sad little man...
t2p 1 year ago
got HIM on camera, more like got youself on camera going the wrong way down what is obviously a one way street
THUMPBUMPDUDE 1 year ago
@THUMPBUMPDUDE indeed, a one way street with a permitted cycle route up the left hand side of it.
the cyclist is allowed to ride the direction he was.
yorkshiresheep 1 year ago
@Greenlord91 it works perfectly well and perfectly safely in many streets in many countries all over the world. There is a sign at the beginning of the road telling drivers that cyclists will be coming towards them - it's not rocket science to know that you can't just cut them off.
ozzage 1 year ago 2
Some retarded comments on this video. That road is one way for CARS, but bikes are allowed to travel in BOTH directions legally. The cyclist did nothing wrong at all, and the taxi was 100% wrong. He can't just cut across the cyclist any more than he could to a car on a road where cars are allowed in both directions.
ozzage 1 year ago 28
@ozzage
Law or not its not very convenient for a biker to ride his bike on one lane where cars are going your direction.
Greenlord91 1 year ago
@ozzage indeed but were it another motorist, no one would flinch, but since it's a cyclist, all the haters come out of the woodwork to bash people on bikes nomatter the reason.
experimental0000 1 year ago 2
@ozzage Well, the driver was indicating and the cyclist could have (and did, after continuing cycling straight at the oncoming taxi) go the other side of him, so I wouldn't say the taxi is 100% in the wrong. Not enough people pay attention to what's going on (or might happen) further down the road...
HelC001 1 year ago
@ozzage Interesting, I've never come across a road marked 1 way for cars and not for cyclists - what signs are used to depict that?
CoyoteBoyUK 9 months ago
@CoyoteBoyUK A blue rectangular sign (with white border) divided vertically into two panels, where the left panel shows a large arrow pointing upwards, and the (larger) right panel shows a bicycle above a smaller arrow (pointing downwards). This shows the driver that there is an oncoming right of way for bicycles in addition to the general one-way flow of traffic. Find St Andrew's Street in Cambridge at its junction with Emmanuel Street, and you will see this sign for yourself.
MercifulZeus 9 months ago
You should be more careful. There are lots of stupid drivers on the roads. If you are not careful you will end up getting paralyzed or dead. I am a motorcyclist and I have had lots and lots of near misses just because some car drivers dont keep their eyes open.
Mazotheman 1 year ago
I've got to agree with mulungungozi. If cyclists ride the wrong way along one way streets...{legally in some places}...they should give way to traffic going the right way along that street. As a cyclist myself you see all too many cyclists with an attitude that everyone else should look out for them...Including pedestrians when cyclists jump red lights.
TheDepotCat 1 year ago
Giving cyclists the right to ride the wrong way up a one-way street is like giving a depressive enough rope to hang themselves with.
mulungungozi 1 year ago
Driving the wrong way up a one way is against the law, if anything this video should be used to fine you. This is coming from a fellow cyclist.
Brandon3060 1 year ago
what kind of halfwit cycles up a road when traffic is coming towards you ya fucking daftie. thumbs up to the taxi driver.
phonicsfan1 1 year ago
@phonicsfan1 someone with more sense than you obviously, the number of comments that are posted saying, from people who know the area, that it's a permitted and signed route for cyclists in BOTH directions on this street and yet you post this drivel?
God help Britain if this is the average level of sense.
yorkshiresheep 1 year ago
Er, lets see, the guy stopped and you rode into him? Secondly there no way thats a 2 way street, you're riding in the wrong direction, and lastly he indicated..
ATBparkour 1 year ago
@ATBparkour I'm a cyclist, I'm also a motorist, if a cyclist is riding towards me where he is allowed to (as on this street) then I have to wait, the same as if i'm wanting to turn right on a road and there is a line of cars driving towards me, I don't look at the bus I'm driving and think 'that car's smaller than me' and drive across in front of it because it's fine, I indicated do I?
yorkshiresheep 1 year ago
HOW can a taxi driver not know whether or not a road is one or two way?
I'm from MANCHESTER and I know that particular road is a two-way and I've never even ridden a bike in Cambridge on my visits there!
thirteenfingers 1 year ago
@thirteenfingers
Because the taxi driver's an ignorant prick.
pseudotruth 1 year ago
You are clearly a prick with too much time on your hands. Get over yourself.
feaxie79 1 year ago
@feaxie79 your the one posting ''you prick'' as a constructive comment on youtube
damnit, i've sunk to your level :(
yorkshiresheep 1 year ago
@yorkshiresheep fuck you sheep boy. watch the video, all the cars and even other cyclists are all travelling same way but some plonker decides to cycle the opposite way. im not from that area so i can only see what is shown.
phonicsfan1 1 year ago
@phonicsfan1 I watched it, I also noticed the other cyclist that the video maker caught up at the top of the road. Why else would, at 35s there be a "when red light shows wait here" sign for the roadworks if no one should be coming out of the end of the road?
as you say, you're not from the area - I used to live there (yorkshire is reference to where I was born, not where i live)
yorkshiresheep 1 year ago
i really think if you want to be treated like a car, a bus, a taxi ,,you need to follow the same rules..stop at lights, stop signs, stay in your lane.. a 1 way road is a 1 way road..weaving in and out of traffic is not healthy..i'm on my bike,,let me go here and there, in and out...what me on my bike stop or slow down so oncoming traffic can turn,,please i'm on my bike..only motor cars have to do that..i have my own rules,,,i'm on a bike...
shivanj1 1 year ago
@shivanj1
Shut up.
IP1NKYI 1 year ago
@shivanj1
The sign that the taxi driver passed, clearly shows one way for motorised traffic and two ways for pedal cycles.
pseudotruth 1 year ago
God why be such a difficult twat. You could have got round the taxi but no you make a big fuss and be a complete prat. you must feel very proud of yourself. well done
ClassAjay 1 year ago
@ClassAjay watching it again, the taxi didn't exactly suddenly swerve over! and anyone reading this, don't say he would have had to go on the wrong side of the road, as he did that anyway and made himself look like a prick. he gives us cyclist a bad name.
17825837810 1 year ago
@ClassAjay
The sign that the taxi driver passed, clearly shows one way for motorised traffic and two ways for pedal cycles. The taxi driver drove into the cyclist's path. Therefore the taxi driver was at fault. QED.
pseudotruth 1 year ago
fuck em,get off the road then
BlindAmbitionband 1 year ago
sorry, i am a cyclist, and a racer, but you shouldn't cycle against the flow of a one way street.
17825837810 1 year ago
@17825837810 Assuming that "one way street" comment was about the video... right next to where the cabbie said it's a one way is a sign showing that it's 2-way for bikes.
On Google Street View have a look at the junction of St Andrews Street and Emmanuel Street in Cambridge... (rider was heading south in this video)... look North (taxi driver's view) on there and you'll see the 2-way sign on the left side of the read. As clear as it gets.
This rider was in the right.
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@17825837810
The sign that the taxi driver passed, clearly shows one way for motorised traffic and two ways for pedal cycles.
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thebigbrennanski 1 year ago
@17825837810 Dude, you aren't listening. In town centres in the UK (especailly in ones such as Cambridge), it's very common for streets to allow cyclists to ride both ways, whilst taxis and buses can go in only one direction. It's a way of encouraging people not to clog up the roads with their cars. The cyclist still has the right not to get run down by arseh0les who can't drive. Last point: roads in the UK are funded by ALL tax payers including cyclists (who might also own a car).
thebigbrennanski 1 year ago
@17825837810 It's not one way though.
catbells69 1 year ago
not keen on bad cycling generally but it looks to me like the taxi had no consideration for the cyclist. He should have waited for the cyclist to pass instead of "swerving" in front of him. If he did that with another car driver there would have been a barney.
Skintologist 2 years ago 2