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@@TaffWilliams I left the cycle lane to pass, I gave the guy the whole cycle lane of space. He tried to block me as his ego didn’t want anybody to pass him (he already had about four other cyclists held up behind him). This is all on him.

@@davidunwin3416 I’m well below the speed limit, slower than the cars on the same roads. Do you think that the speed limits should be reduced to 10mph for the cars also then?

Why do you think we’re cycling so fast? In the ffwd section of the video you can see a lorry overtake me. It’s a 30mph road and I’m maybe cycling at 20-25mph max, hence the lorry passing me doing 30mph. Do you think the lorry was tearing around, it over took me, so if you think I was tearing around you must think that lorry driver was a lunatic!

@@donfink7063 Not really. A motor vehicle can easily knock off/crush/kill a cyclist, hence you should ensure to give cyclists 1.5m clearance when passing (especially when at speed). Especially as you don’t know the confidence/skill/experience level of the cyclist who may swerve/wobble. When you’re passing a cyclist, they have no choice to be put in that potentially dangerous situation, so give space. If a cyclist is passing your motor vehicle, they are making a choice to pass, they have the choice to place themselves close to a motor vehicle which is potentially more dangerous, they are not having that situation forced onto them. You’ll tend to find that this means they are more confident/skilled/experienced cyclists less likely to wobble/panic. They are not going to knock you out of your car into the road, or crush/kill you. They present zero danger to you as a driver so you don’t need to worry. Secondly, if they are passing close to you, this likely means that you are slow or stopped so the situation is naturally less dangerous. This is why the rule works one way. The driver poses a lot of danger to the cyclist, the cyclist poses no danger to the driver. 👍🏻

@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 Hey tosser, what is good for the goose is also good for the gander or are you special or something?

@@tonyflitton4407 I’m not in a graveyard yet 😉💪🏻 I’m not cycling fast (GoPro gives a false impression of speed). And it doesn’t matter how slow I cycle, drivers/pedestrians still pull/step out on me. To be honest, when you go slower they are more likely to do that to you. My metric is stopping distance, I cycle with fingers on both brake levers at all times, and I don’t get myself into a situation that I can’t get myself out of. 👍🏻

@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 "yet" being the operative word here. You seem to get into a lot of "situations". Take care fella.

@@tonyflitton4407 There are a lot of people on the roads not looking where they are going. I don’t leave my fate in their hands however, will very much take care, thank you. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 👍🏻

A lot of business still benefits from being done in person, also teams benefit from working together, collaborating, informal Interaction etc. Zoom or Teams calls have their benefits but can’t replace the social element. Lots of companies are requiring staff to be in the office 2, 3, 4 days a week. So I don’t see cities vanishing any time soon, although I also don’t think we’ll go back to how we were pre pandemic either.

@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 All very valid points and agreed. (Sorry, I was being a little provocative in my initial comment.) I do believe that cities can be reimagined and redesigned to some degree, introducing more residential dwellings in city centres.l, then small businesses can continue to exist to service these locals. More Parkland and of course heaps of cycling infrastructure. It actually excites me when I consider the potential changes and the positive impacts such changes could have. Of course though, the policy makers are heavily influenced by donors and commercial property landlords are very powerful people.... BUT if their stock sits vacant they will change their focus, (possibly to residential)? Time will tell; the future can be bright!! All the best and safe cycling to you!

@@DougieL I agree with you, it is exciting to think how cities can change over the next few decades. Lot more residential and more entertainment (vs retail which can largely be done online now). Thank you, was a lovely sunny cycle this morning. Let’s hope this weather holds. 🙂🌞

@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 Ha, good stuff. Yes I keep a beady eye on the weather in England and it has been a pleasant week there. It has here in Sydney Aus too, on the back of some extremely wet weather. (We average more yearly rainfall in Sydney than London BUT ours drops in about a month, vs London drizzle through the year.....)

My opinion too, I shouldn’t have lost my temper, but I at least pulled it back v quickly. It wasn’t that he stepped put without looking, that happens all the time. It was him accusing me of running the red, when that’s what he did, that flared me up. I ensure I don’t run reds as a cyclist, yet that’s the default argument thrown at cyclists all the time. There are some cyclists that run reds, but the majority don’t.

Goose did not care for me trying to save it! 🤣

Wow, I’d love to cycle your magical route where drivers never pull out on you without looking, pedestrians never blindly step out etc. 🤣 My videos are complications of footage collected over years. 99% of my cycle commute is incident free, you’re seeing the 1% where other road users ignore the Highway Code.

I didn’t need to use the brakes at 0:52, the pedestrian lights were red, I had the right of way, I made the pedestrian aware of my presence and he stopped and waited. All good. Why would I brake here?

So sad, their whole lives ahead of them, snuffed out because some didn’t think or bother to look.

@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 tragic and totally un - freaking - neccesary!! I'm a fire fighter and was in attendance at the call. Hard thing to see!