I don't have to read any guidelines about NSW Roadrules clearly your trying to pin something on the bus driver for no reason What are you doing with a camera in your hand whilst cycling on the road and tailgating the bus anyway ?.
I dont want to stir up shit but he probably didnt see you. And Im serious too,because sometimes when its just getting dark you guys are the hardest things to see on the road when there is a sea of red and white lights. I driver for State Transit and we constantly hear about bikes getting knocked over and sometimes you will find that the driver wont stop because he seriously didnt see you. As for stopping when you tried,rule one is never open the door for a road rager. Take extra care please.
Wow! I used to catch that bus all the time. I've never seen a driver do something like that.
Clearly he was being an idiot because he had plenty of room to get back in the left lane before stopping at the bus stop on on Pittwater Road; no reason to cut you off.
Your at warringah mall, EVERYONE had to goto the northern beaches has to use this road and as a frequent bus user it FUCKING SHITS ME how cycalists ride down the bus lane on burnt bridge deviation and pittwater road. if its peak hour ride on the back streets for fuck sake!!! there are like 100 people on a bus and 1 of you. why the hell should u get priority
Your got a nice big footpath i can see ride on that it might save your life. A push bike riding on a busy road seems to me you like dicing with death or are just plainly stupid.
Let me put it this way - cyclists need to stay the hell in their bike lanes, stay -OUT- of the way of traffic and stop insisting they have the right of way. Every damn day I deal with discourteous, obnoxious cyclists - I just want to run their asses over.
That was too close for comfort and some seriously irresponsible driving. I hope that you followed up with Transoprt Info and video footage created the right result for you. incidentally, what is the video camera that you're using? I've started using one that states 30fps but it is more like 12fps
I am a professional heavy vehicle driver and also a cyclist. To attain the right to use a heavy vehicle on public roads I had to undertake 5 weeks of intensive RTA driver training, pass additional RTA knowledge tests, undertake regular RTA supervised driving assessments, have regular medical tests, and continue ongoing professional development. To attain the right to use my bicycle on a public road I had to buy a bike and a helmet. I rest my case. Mr Bristow "Some cyclists are just dangerous"
@phillstead - I agree with you - there are bad apples in every barrel, however in this case the bus driver should refer himself back to his training and ongoing professional development. The operative word in your statement, and in mine is 'Some'!
good work dude, he clearly saw u and didn't give a shit. at least you have a video of it! i was riding 2 days ago to work and t-boned a merc slk55 in balgowlah.... no video :(
@platformone wow, what a response, I'm astonished. Respect for other road users is part of most countries driver education programs, professional or otherwise. You are the one driving a 2+ ton metal cage, not the cyclist.
it is a sad reflection of the current state of Sydney's road conditions and user attitudes that a mindset and lack of understanding such as that from platformone still exits. Many drivers simply have no understanding or respect that a cyclist is a human just like them, but only protected from DEATH or serious injury by clothing.
Whist drivers are ensconced by steel and airbags many are still unaware of their exact spacial position on the road in relation to other more vunerable users
it is a sad reflection of the current state of Sydney's road conditions and user attitudes that a mindset and lack of understanding such as that from platformone still exits. Many drivers simply have no understanding or respect that a cyclist is a human just like them, but only protected from DEATH or serious injury by clothing.
Whist drivers are ensconced by steel and airbags and many still unaware of their exact spacial position on the road in relation to other more vunerable users
Sadly this doesnt suprise me. There are some excellent, curteous, professional drivers working for Forest Coach Lines but there are also some old school rednecks. As a cyclist, driver and past passenger of FCL I can vouch for this fact.
I hope that they spend some time re-educating their drivers to the ever growing no. of cyclists on the road.
PS: well done for surviving ! Defencive cycling is a must for Sydney's embarrasingly poor provisions for cyclists and driver attitudes
While the first bus driver might have been a bit too close, the second bus driver had the right of way, yet this cyclist sees fit to force the bus driver to stop.
From my observations, cyclists are the worst road users on the road, with the majority of them breaking the road rules. It is high time that cyclist have licences.
@platformone - Urmm... the buses in the clip are one in the same. I was stopping the bus to get a video id of the driver in order to illicit comeback!
@platformone haha, I don't think you should be driving if you are. Clearly you have no idea of what goes on around you. It was clearly evident that he was trying to "have a word" with that idiot driver. If a bike clips a bus maybe a bit of paint comes off, if a bus clips a bike...well.
Please, please, please, if you haven't done so already, report this through the appropriate channels: w w w .131500.com.au/customer-service/feedback/. I did this with a similar incident recently and was really pleased with the investigation and response. Apparently buses (some or all?) have 6 cameras which should corroborate your footage.
Glad to see you rode away from this - it was only inches from being so much different.
I don't have to read any guidelines about NSW Roadrules clearly your trying to pin something on the bus driver for no reason What are you doing with a camera in your hand whilst cycling on the road and tailgating the bus anyway ?.
crispybus 3 weeks ago
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SuperTestHD 1 month ago
To the User who posted this video.. Mate! your a cyclist in a Bus Lane. Your not a bus!
crispybus 1 month ago
@crispybus People on bicycles are allowed to use bus lanes in NSW. Google "NSW Bus Lanes" and click the RTA page which should be the first result.
alextact 1 month ago
PS. That was not even very close either.
cessnaclub 2 months ago
I dont want to stir up shit but he probably didnt see you. And Im serious too,because sometimes when its just getting dark you guys are the hardest things to see on the road when there is a sea of red and white lights. I driver for State Transit and we constantly hear about bikes getting knocked over and sometimes you will find that the driver wont stop because he seriously didnt see you. As for stopping when you tried,rule one is never open the door for a road rager. Take extra care please.
cessnaclub 2 months ago
Wow! I used to catch that bus all the time. I've never seen a driver do something like that.
Clearly he was being an idiot because he had plenty of room to get back in the left lane before stopping at the bus stop on on Pittwater Road; no reason to cut you off.
djsteen 2 months ago
mate i used to catch that bus when i was goin to tafe in brookvale, that bus driver is a fuck wit
xxbulletx 3 months ago
Get ya bike off the road, use a bike lane or the footpath.
Why on earth would you ride a bke on a road moving at 10-20 kph when every bodyelse would be moving at 50kph and above.
The law may say you can use the road but common sense is to stay off it and away from vehicles that could kill you if you get hit.
breedo12 7 months ago
Your at warringah mall, EVERYONE had to goto the northern beaches has to use this road and as a frequent bus user it FUCKING SHITS ME how cycalists ride down the bus lane on burnt bridge deviation and pittwater road. if its peak hour ride on the back streets for fuck sake!!! there are like 100 people on a bus and 1 of you. why the hell should u get priority
Kaine1991Sydney 9 months ago
Your got a nice big footpath i can see ride on that it might save your life. A push bike riding on a busy road seems to me you like dicing with death or are just plainly stupid.
GhostsnGoblins 9 months ago
Let me put it this way - cyclists need to stay the hell in their bike lanes, stay -OUT- of the way of traffic and stop insisting they have the right of way. Every damn day I deal with discourteous, obnoxious cyclists - I just want to run their asses over.
Spectre3099 9 months ago
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pedeytube815 1 year ago
That was too close for comfort and some seriously irresponsible driving. I hope that you followed up with Transoprt Info and video footage created the right result for you. incidentally, what is the video camera that you're using? I've started using one that states 30fps but it is more like 12fps
pedeytube815 1 year ago
I am a professional heavy vehicle driver and also a cyclist. To attain the right to use a heavy vehicle on public roads I had to undertake 5 weeks of intensive RTA driver training, pass additional RTA knowledge tests, undertake regular RTA supervised driving assessments, have regular medical tests, and continue ongoing professional development. To attain the right to use my bicycle on a public road I had to buy a bike and a helmet. I rest my case. Mr Bristow "Some cyclists are just dangerous"
phillstead 1 year ago
@phillstead - I agree with you - there are bad apples in every barrel, however in this case the bus driver should refer himself back to his training and ongoing professional development. The operative word in your statement, and in mine is 'Some'!
dlchdownunder 1 year ago
if u drive people around in a bus. u must have went threw some pretty intensive training! not everyone can be as stupis as bus drivers! idiot!
cody1228 1 year ago
good work dude, he clearly saw u and didn't give a shit. at least you have a video of it! i was riding 2 days ago to work and t-boned a merc slk55 in balgowlah.... no video :(
aaronc608 1 year ago
2 sides to every story is all I have to say. We don't know what happened before or after this at all. Just the bits we've seen.
pakenhamtrain 1 year ago
@pakenhamtrain We don't need to know what happened before this as there is no justification for putting his life in danger.
ride4alife 1 year ago
@platformone wow, what a response, I'm astonished. Respect for other road users is part of most countries driver education programs, professional or otherwise. You are the one driving a 2+ ton metal cage, not the cyclist.
darwinsmooth 1 year ago
it is a sad reflection of the current state of Sydney's road conditions and user attitudes that a mindset and lack of understanding such as that from platformone still exits. Many drivers simply have no understanding or respect that a cyclist is a human just like them, but only protected from DEATH or serious injury by clothing.
Whist drivers are ensconced by steel and airbags many are still unaware of their exact spacial position on the road in relation to other more vunerable users
professed 1 year ago
it is a sad reflection of the current state of Sydney's road conditions and user attitudes that a mindset and lack of understanding such as that from platformone still exits. Many drivers simply have no understanding or respect that a cyclist is a human just like them, but only protected from DEATH or serious injury by clothing.
Whist drivers are ensconced by steel and airbags and many still unaware of their exact spacial position on the road in relation to other more vunerable users
professed 1 year ago
Sadly this doesnt suprise me. There are some excellent, curteous, professional drivers working for Forest Coach Lines but there are also some old school rednecks. As a cyclist, driver and past passenger of FCL I can vouch for this fact.
I hope that they spend some time re-educating their drivers to the ever growing no. of cyclists on the road.
PS: well done for surviving ! Defencive cycling is a must for Sydney's embarrasingly poor provisions for cyclists and driver attitudes
professed 1 year ago
While the first bus driver might have been a bit too close, the second bus driver had the right of way, yet this cyclist sees fit to force the bus driver to stop.
From my observations, cyclists are the worst road users on the road, with the majority of them breaking the road rules. It is high time that cyclist have licences.
platformone 1 year ago
@platformone - Urmm... the buses in the clip are one in the same. I was stopping the bus to get a video id of the driver in order to illicit comeback!
dlchdownunder 1 year ago 4
@platformone haha, I don't think you should be driving if you are. Clearly you have no idea of what goes on around you. It was clearly evident that he was trying to "have a word" with that idiot driver. If a bike clips a bus maybe a bit of paint comes off, if a bus clips a bike...well.
tubethiskiwi 1 year ago
Please, please, please, if you haven't done so already, report this through the appropriate channels: w w w .131500.com.au/customer-service/feedback/. I did this with a similar incident recently and was really pleased with the investigation and response. Apparently buses (some or all?) have 6 cameras which should corroborate your footage.
Glad to see you rode away from this - it was only inches from being so much different.
DrofRocketSurgery 1 year ago
@DrofRocketSurgery All Done - Cheers!
dlchdownunder 1 year ago
Clearly illegal overtaking - he's required to move wholly into another lane to overtake.
AdrianPinks 1 year ago
You are right, Bus drivers are stupidy dangerous. Bus will be killer to cyclists.
Too me !!! I'm Deaf Cycislt. !!!!! Very close to killed to me.
john1966elliott 1 year ago
@john1966elliott
So you believe that all bus drivers are bad drivers do you?
platformone 1 year ago
@platformone It's too dangerous for deaf bike rider. Too close from me !!!! I was too scared this big buses to close. F#@k off the buses.!!!!!!
john1966elliott 1 year ago
Christ that was close ,it made me squirm sitting here .
germanicdogman 1 year ago