Land Rover - close pass, crap driving (Y737 SSE)

An idiot in a Land Rover decides he doesn't need to wait behind me doing 23mph+ in a 30 zone (overtaking parked cars and with traffic coming the other way) and just has to get past to reach the Red Lights first.

Upon being overtaken at the lights he then does the same again, alm ost taking my hand off as I signal to him to give me more room.

Apologies for the lack of sound, the cable seems to have worked loose somewhere on the commute.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• dangerous overtaking
• fuckwit driver
• cycle commuting
• sh4rkybloke
• sharkybloke

[rjservoss]

its annoying to pass the same person repeatedly. By filtering through, you are passing the same vehicles that just passed you, and when the light turns green, you, the slower traffic will again be in front of them. This breeds hostility. If there's no bike lane present and the lane is a substandard lane size that doesn't allow for vehicles to safely pass while remaining in the lane, I would queue up behind the traffic at the red light and make these vehicles only pass you a single time.

[sh4rkybloke]

@rjservoss Agreed, it is annoying... so if the cars would just wait behind me rather than overtaking to get to the queue/traffic lights ahead it'd be so much easier and I wouldn't have to keep overtaking them...

[grahamscott89]

At the end you were filtering too quickly and should have anticipated that someone could be coming out to cross from beyond that parked van - which would restrict their vision of oncoming traffic. You were too busy shaking your head at the 4x4 driver instead of paying attention: your reaction time to the woman shows this.

You see, nobody is perfect on the road yet you are so bloody pompous in receiving her apology for something which was primarily your fault.

[sh4rkybloke]

@grahamscott89 The van would, indeed, restrict their vision... but as she didn't actually look then it makes no difference. My reaction time was spot on and almost instant braking saw that neither her or me were in any danger... she simply got a bit of a shock as she assumed all the traffic was stationary when she crossed without checking.

[sh4rkybloke]

@ekimnikdog WTF are you talking about? I ride reasonably fast and I don't suffer fools gladly - especially those who endanger my life with their crap driving. This is not aggressive and/or seeking confrontation.

Failing to take avoiding action??? Where?

As for filming my rides and thus not paying full attention to my riding... lol, how does having a camera attached to my helmet suddenly contribute to me not paying attention to the road?

[sh4rkybloke]

@C4MP3RV4N I provoke these idiots to overtake when it's not safe?... how so?... mind control?... oh, hang on, they clearly have no brain for this to work.

[nickisacebeans]

@bluemonk35 actually, as far as I am aware, pedestrians do have right of way on the road. As soon as a pedestrian walks on to the road you should give way to them as they're obviously going to come off much worse in an accident with a vehicle. It makes sense.

[purdy86]

Are you not undertaking ?

[bluemonk35]

Ok so the landrover is abit close to you, so why keep chasing him and put yourself in further danger. And whilst I'm at it I know pedestrians don't have right of way on the road but maybe you should look out for them just like us car drivers have to.

[mgospeed31]

What a dipshit LR driver.

[syncmaster710n14]

What an idiot, he should not be overtaking at all with a trailer on, in a residential area in busy traffic, i can tell you i often tow trailers in to Leeds and i have to be so careful as the thing struggles round tight corners ( I have accidentally mounted the curb before) and you can not over take (safely) because of how long the vehicle is. Shame really as that was a real nice Landy.

[godgrant123]

hehe :p

[MrVideoRater1]

I had sympathy for you at first...but you put yourself back into an avoidably dangerous situation for a second time!