contempt

This was completely pointless. Hardly any cars on the road, no need to pass close, but he did. Is it just contempt for cyclists, or just life in general. Oh and it was a private hire cab. They seem to be caught on my camera quite a lot...

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• cycle
• commute
• Glasgow

[Goolz]

Cant see anything wrong with that.

[magnatom]

What would you consider a safe distance to leave a cyclist when overtaking?

[GlennRowlands]

Hi I'm currently living and working in Melbourne Australia and thinking of getting a helmet cam. What camera are you using at the moment? I have been looking at Oregon Scientific The ATC3K Waterproof Action Camera with a 4 GB SDHC card and 4 high performance lithium batteries, two mounting kits, and a cold weather sleeve! For $170 Au or £85 UK. ANd then hope fully I will start posting some scary video of Ozzy driving.

[magnatom]

I use a dogcamsport HQ1 camera with an Archos 405 solid state recorder. For the money the ATC3K is good. However, it isn't great in low light and has poor sound quality.

[tomt6040]

It isn't contempt for cyclists, just contempt for those who complain a lot!

[psteverific]

I can't comment on the closeness of the pass, cameras are often misleading (although this does seem a tad close), however it's hardly pointless... it's quite obvious why he chose to remain in the left lane while passing.

Not only is there a car in the right lane travelling slower than him, but he is about to move into a turning lane to the left.

[jimmyjazz240]

Probably recognised you and thought " here's my chance" .

[thestarrover79]

@fezza112 If he stops making drivers hate cyclists even MORE than they do now, I will stop, thanks.

[fezza112]

@thestarrover79 Are you Magnatoms stalker or something? Don't you have anything better to do than leave shitty unwanted comments on his videos?

[thestarrover79]

@tttc Yeah, he's pretty childish.

[tttc]

@thestarrover79 I see your messages. Come on. That's just childish.

[thestarrover79]

@magnatom A normal cyclist, about a foot. A cyclist who screams at people, confronts them with verbal abuse and reads their license plates out loud while pointing to his camera, saying, 'THAT'S A CAMERA!!!!', and has only managed to make drivers hate cyclists even more... a safe distance would be zero. hahaha

[bidefordrfc]

@DepakoteMeister

nope cant say i have, why has it worked for you?

As I have said on other videos with cyclists having a gripe, i grew up in the countryside where meeting tractors in country lanes or on main roads was a common occurrence, therefore learning the width of my vehicle was pretty quick. There is also a law I believe in which tractors must pull over and let motorists pass if they are holding up a queue of about 8 cars... whereas cyclists tend to make it harder for cars to overtake!!