YE02WXV - Taking The P155 (S & D Private Hire)

[brad500bc]

only a knobhead uses a video whilst cycling ,shame you did`nt end up under the wheels ,harassing poor cab drivers ....shame on you !!!

[MrGrumpycyclist]

@brad500bc If people like this idiot didn't drive like dickheads, there would be no need to wear a camera. Lots of "poor" cab drivers manage to do their job without dangerous driving like this.

[MrGrumpycyclist]

@jfkmills Incidentally, if you are so terrified in your car of all these cyclists risking your life, then don't be. During 2010, in accidents involving a car and a bicycle, no car occupants were killed and 36 were seriously injured, whilst 53 cyclists were killed and 1,931 cyclists were seriously injured. (DfT accident statistics for 2010) Get some perspective, man.

[MrGrumpycyclist]

@jfkmills No, that isn't what you said, and it is irrelevant to this video, which shows a motorist coming from behind me and passing dangerously close, then me going alongside to have a word with him.

Regarding your new point: yes, of course I should take responsibility for my own actions. This is why I tend to be quite cautious (eg, I would not normally filter here just to get past 2 or 3 cars), and it is the reason why I carry £10,000,000 pounds of third party insurance for cycling.

[MrGrumpycyclist]

@jfkmills So what? There's nothing wrong with filtering in a safe, careful and considerate manner. The key word in your comment is "STATIONARY"!

There are two types of people who claim that riding a lightweight bicycle at 10-15 mph past a stationary or slow moving metal box is equivalent to driving 1.5 tonnes of heavy machinery at 30mph+ past a vulnerable cyclist. The first type know that it isn't the same and they are called trolls. The others really believe it is, and they are called idiots.

[MrGrumpycyclist]

@jfkmills You see, what cyclists tend to object to is idiot motorists taking risks that could cause the cyclist to lose life and/or limb. What you object to on the other hand is just someone making progress when you can't because you chose to use a vehicle that is too wide and insist on driving with your seats 2 abreast even though most of them are empty. I suggest you read the fourth bullet point in Highway Code rule 160.

[TheVexatiousLitigant]

I love the tone of you voice, no one could claim you were ever being agro when you speak to drivers. That will make this video even more damning with the second close pass

[u4987]

Arrogant indeed. Someone needs to pop his balloon.

[busog97641]

After reading the title, the description, and all of the comments, and then watching the video, I was thinking it was the yellow car @ :03, [that the video was going to be about] thinking 'that was close', and then all of a sudden, here comes the 'true story'! And then he does it again! : > [

I hope this comment does not get lost in translation.

[monkeysnutscom]

HE DID IT AGAIN!!!!! Cheeky cunt!

[electricyclist]

I agree.