Attempted overtake

A lorry driver from Mayday Tool and Plant Hire attempts to overtake at an inappropriate and unsafe moment. Luckily he aborts when I signal a stop to him with my right arm extended, palm facing back.

This causes him to repeatedly beep his horn, whilst pulling a sign at me. If he'd only waited a little, I would have happily pulled in somewhere to let him past once my own safety wasn't at stake.

What I thought was amusing was when he realised I had a video camera, he held back under the bridge 100m before the traffic lights for ages.

I'm really glad this driver had the sense to abort his overtake, because, generally speaking, being to the left of an HGV is what kills the most cyclists in London.

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Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Lorry
• overtake
• Croydon
• London
• cyclist

[zxmig]

Concentrate on riding, not waving your wanky little camera about you pathetic little moaner.

[lsmike]

@zxmig I'm quite disappointed to see that pondscum like you actually managed to reproduce.

There are thousands of us helmet camera cyclists out there now, you better drive well or you'll get the consequences. They've included disciplinary action and warning of dismissal for any repeat for company drivers who misbehaved badly, points and fine for red light jumping drivers, etc.

[parnol]

you say its a public highway for everyone to use, however everyone in a car pays car tax to use it, you pay nothing. in my book thats wrong.

[lsmike]

@parnol Wrong - everybody pays for the roads, mostly via both council and income tax, to the extent that private motorists are subsidized by the non-motorists to some degree.

Besides, Churchill abolished the road fund licence back in the 1930s precisely to stop horrible little oiks trying to claim that the public highways are for cars, and that no-one else should be allowed to use them. You're a fail.

[utbigpapa]

You could cause an accident with that camera in your hand!

[lsmike]

@utbigpapa It's not normally in my hand, it's on the handlebars. Whilst I'd normally agree with you, in this specific situation the camera significantly increased my safety. That's because the driver stopped his aggression towards me immediately he noticed the camera. Big win for safety. Nowadays I run two cameras, one facing rearwards and one to the front, so this is no longer an issue.

[dr1141tube]

Tip of the day when cut up by older coaches. Most have a handle poking out of the rear to cut the engine. Just give that a tug next time you catch up with the coach that has cut you up and off goes the engine.

Even more fun is that the driver then has to get out and reset the switch. Did that a few months ago to a coach that severely cut me up in the City of London - so entertaining to hear all the horns starting up as this coach was marooned in the middle of the road - hee hee.

[antipike]

More cyclist should have cams on , they will be safer if the other road users see the cam , but it is a good tool to use for evidence gathering ,take no notice of the ant-cyclists on here

[ian8354]

@parnol Another 'no all'.... More like you know 'fuck all' . Zero emission cars pay no VED so have a go at them you moron.....PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE MY BLOOD BOIL.

[sparge2]

wat a fuking stupid idea pull the handle,oh yes officer he died while i reversed or went under my bus lorry think first will you before you put silly comments i mean really someone will prob do this and cause an accident whats the world coming to the state on driving these days really sucks

[inlineschool]

I have ridern with LSMike and most of the time that bike is doing between 20mph and 30mph..

In London you are only moving between lights so you should give bikes space, it only means you will reach the next set of lights a little later!

[arrow35pit]

slower moving vehicles what like a car in traffic crawling along at 10mph making sure hes wobbling all over road so you cant pass ....up fuel tax on cars lower it on lorries they have more use than a bloody car carrying fatass a 5min walks worth to the shops a car is a privilege not a right