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@@zodgzod The universal cry of the frustrated urban cyclist! 🤣

@@daveellis3840 Why?

@@spg993 Sadly standards are falling on the roads across all road-users, drivers, riders, pedestrians.

@@SittaCarolinensis There are rules for all road users to follow, including pedestrians.

@@prof1982 Sadly I’d estimate 20% of road users are idiots regardless of whether they cycle, drive, or walk. And many people do all three 🤣

@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 I think sadly I agree .👍

Please give me the timestamp of where in this video I go up the inside of a car signalling to turn left? I see one instance where a van indicates last minute ahead of me and I stop (never going up the inside of it). So I current see zero instances in this video, the number is zero and your comment that I’m part of the problem grossly incorrect. Please correct me if I’m wrong?

@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 4:10

@@lawrencewang9048 Pedestrian also didn’t take the time to check whether there was anything coming down the inside, also learned a painful lesson.

@@andyhowlett2231 I can assure you I only have one goal and that’s to get to work in one piece. I certainly would not engineer other road-users to not look/ignore the rules and leap/pull out directly in front of me. 🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 At 0:40 you clearly tried to accelerate into the gap on the left of the white van, when slowing slightly to avoid the situation would have been the more sensible option. That can only have been deliberate.

@ Sir, you appear to lack any awareness of road markings nor of the rules of the road. In the clip you mention I am in a separate lane to the van, I am in the cycle lane, the Van is in the road. The Van should not have entered the cycle lane, this was avoidable and the driver should have slowed and waited for the vehicle ahead of them to clear the road. Secondly, the driver should have given way to any cyclist in the cycle lane, even if the cyclist is approaching from behind. Please educate yourself on rule 140 of the Highway Code, I’ve provided an extract below for your convenience: “Do not drive or park in a cycle lane marked by a broken white line unless it is unavoidable. You MUST NOT park in any cycle lane whilst waiting restrictions apply. You should give way to any cyclists in a cycle lane, including when they are approaching from behind you - do not cut across them when you are turning or when you are changing lane (see Rule H3). Be prepared to stop and wait for a safe gap in the flow of cyclists before crossing the cycle lane.”.

@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 But you deliberately put yourself in danger, and I would suggest you did it simply to get footage. And all that grunting and yelling seems designed to heighten the drama. You bring it on yourself.

@ I have no interest in deliberately putting myself in danger. The danger you see in my videos is due to other road users not looking, ignoring the rules, and creating danger. You’d grunt and yell too in the heat of the moment if some idiot nearly crushed you! Why do you think I want to get footage? Other that UA-cam I have zero social media, I care nothing for attention. I haven’t posted on UA-cam for ages. The only reason I put these videos up is to show how dangerous the roads can be when other road users don’t pay due care and attention. I hope this helps inexperienced cyclists prepare for the danger on the roads, and hope to educate victim-shamers like you who basically think cyclists are asking for it by daring to use the road! In the clip you mention, I’m cycling in the cycle lane, below the speed limit, minding my own business when a van passes me, then suddenly slows and cuts into my lane in a split second, no indication, nothing. And in the cotton wool between your ears that’s my fault! 🤦🏻‍♂️ You likely think the van driver displayed a textbook manoeuvre! Have a good look at yourself in the mirror and do better in 2025 mate!

@@Ella_Karina What, at Christmas you’re taking that away? 🤣 To save you looking like a prat, look at that clip again. There is no cycle lane there on that side of the road. It’s a busy road that goes under Blackfriars Bridge in London. I’ve joined that road from a junction on the left, no cycle lane on the left. There is one on the right hand side but it would be suicide to try and cross 2 lanes of busy traffic, climb over a central reservation, cross 2 more lanes of busy traffic to get to it. I always use lanes where I can but sometimes it’s not practical, or I need to get into the right hand lane as i’m turning right at the junction ahead. It’s not mandatory to use cycle lanes, and there are many good reasons why a cyclist might not always use them, so think on that before chastising a cyclist for using the road.

@@DemiGod.. On my commute I’d say the majority of cyclists stop, however at every set of lights I will see quite a few red runners.

@@markwt2680 I certainly don’t think I’m immortal, hence I cycle with my fingers on the brake levers at all times and pay full attention, follow the rules etc. which is why I’m still in on piece after 20 years of cycle commuting through Central London rush hour. Sadly, as a cyclist if you want to be given space, your right of way, you have to fight for it as neither pedestrian or driver want to wait for a cyclist. What you see in my videos is me holding my ground up to a point. Often other roads users test you to force you to stop (cars nudging out of a junction for example, sure you’ll have seen this on your motor bike), however if you hold your ground often they’ll see you are not going to stop and they will begrudgingly give you your right of way. I know my stopping distance however and will never push beyond that, always prepared to stop. You can imagine how busy London rush hour is, so if you constantly give up your right of way every time you’ll never make progress. It’s a balance.

@@Alx-je7oj Nothing to be at fault for, because I’m paying attention, following the rules, looking where I’m going, I was able to stop for or avoid all of these. Hence the video being called “misses”! Shame other road users don’t pay attention like I am!

“I was able to stop for or avoid all of these”….apart from the blue van you rode into the back of.

@ No brake lights! Minor low speed bump, no damage to the van or bike.

@@Billie-zx5vf Sadly many have little regard for cyclists. Keep safe out there 🙂👍🏻

@@wildsurfer12 The hypocrisy is horrid isn’t it!

@@Glowy888 Bet he sits there when it’s busy also! 🤣

@@eckie4679 Might seem daft and harmless to you, but it can result in injury, hospitalisation, legal woes and damages. I post these videos for awareness, nothing to do with superiority (perhaps that’s how you think but not me). My hope is that people see the worst of what happens on the roads, see it from a cyclists perspective, and perhaps they will pay more attention next time. I’m not hopeful, saw a report yesterday that 50% of young people use their phones whilst driving. Likely a higher percentage use their phones whilst walking and crossing the roads. A government survey a few years back found that 86% of drivers admit to speeding in 20mph zones (most of London is 20mph these days). As 80% of new cars sold are large, 2 tonne+ SUVs (8 x more likely to kill a child in a collision than a standard saloon) with drivers likely speeding and looking at their phones, this is only a bad direction for road safety.

@@georgeelliott5613 I’m extremely aware, following the rules and paying attention. This is why my videos are full of misses and not accidents. Shame the pedestrians and drivers you see in my videos are not paying attention. A recent government survey showed that 86% of drivers admit to speeding in 20mph zones. Considering 80% of cars sold these days are 2 tonne+ SUVs with high fronts that are 8 x more likely to kill a child in a collision than a standard saloon, you are far more likely to be killed/injured by a motor vehicle than a cycle.

@@foppo100 No, my speed is not the cause of these issues. I’m cycling below the speed limits, and paying full attention, this is why my videos are full of misses and not accidents. I’m travelling at a safe speed allowing me to stop for/avoid all of these incidents. The cause of these issues are pedestrians/drivers who have not paid attention before stepping/pulling out into the road/changing lanes etc. I see many commenters on here, deflecting from the real issue and trying to victim shame cyclists. Cyclists are far slower, and far less dangerous than motor vehicles. Motor vehicles kill 450-500 pedestrians annually in the UK, cyclists less than one pedestrian per year on average. A recent UK government study showed that 86% of drivers admit to speeding in 20mph zones. As 80% of new cars sold these days are 2 tonne+ SUV’s which are 8 times more likely to kill a child in an accident vs. a typical saloon, the fact that so many are speeding is more worrying. Today, pretty much all the roads in Central London are 20mph. I ride a heavy, single speed bike with two pannier bags, so my max speed in the flat Central London is 20mph, and most of the time I’m between 10-15mph. I constantly experience motor vehicles flying past me at 25mph + in the 20mph zones. Yet so many hypocrites comment here, blaming cyclists for being “too fast” whilst 86% of drivers regularly speed in their faster, heavier, more deadly SUVs. Plus they’ll beep at any cyclist in front of them, scream at us to “get back in your cycle lane” as, whilst we’re “too fast”, we’re also “too slow” when holding them up, funny that! Pedestrians have a duty to look before stepping into the road. Read rule 7 of the Highway Code, specifically 7 (d). Before crossing, pedestrians must stop, look, if traffic is coming (including cyclists) let it pass, and wait for a safe gap to cross. Roads are dangerous, they are designed for traffic to move faster than walking pace. If you are going to complain that the least dangerous users of the roads are too fast, whilst being slower than the speed limit, then you need to lobby to reduce the speed limit for ALL road traffic. Think how few accidents there would be in towns/cities if the speed limit was 5mph for ALL traffic. Ridiculous suggestion though as society would grind to a halt, but you get the point. The speed of the cyclists is not the issue, the issue causing these incidents are pedestrians and drivers not looking, not following the rules, and your attempt to blame cyclists is a cheap deflection from this. Everyone (including some cyclists who I see running reds and cycling on pavements) needs to follow the rules instead of trying to point the finger at others. Take some personal responsibility!

@@mikedelta1679 I don’t get called kiddo much these days. I’m 44, how old are you?

@@georgeelliott5613 Crossing without looking through stationary traffic with no awareness of the possibility of cyclists/mopeds/motorbikes filtering…

@@mikedelta1679 🤣🤣🤣 Enjoy

@@mikedelta1679 I follow all the rules of the road Mike. Look before you cross the road, let oncoming traffic pass (including cyclists), and wait for a safe gap to pass as per rule 7 (d) and you shouldn’t have any issues. 👍🏻

No, pedestrians do not have absolute right of way on the road. Read rule 1 of the Highway Code, the absolute first rule, what does it say? Also please read rule 7, especially 7 (d), what does that say?