Bad UK Driving Vol 323
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Just the usual bunch of rule Breakers in this video.
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"who the f***s driving, you or the dog?" LMAO I flipping love your comments
It's stopping him thinking about cake for a minute - so some benefit there. (I'll swear that You Tube comments are getting flakier, it posted an earlier, unedited, version of this.)
Totally... snow flakes all around us...I challenge the two fellas who constantly bring Tony down....one of them reported me again....I'm subjected to a pissible 24 hour ban again. Scienceexperiment or Andrewwhite get hurt feelings so cancel and silence me...pathetic x
Agreed Ian. Snow flakes silencing me again. You'll know the same 2 or 3 melts
That last one got me 😂😂😂
I'm pretty sure if the dog had been driving it wouldn't have cut in 😂
Can't fault the use of the horn in that last clip. That rider of thr ed moped thing, is an accident waiting to happen, but that's the way the cookie crumbles ...! 😁
What amazes me is there are some who defend cyclists running red lights. If you want to cycle on the roads, you MUST follow the rules, highway code isn't just applicable to cars.
I agree, perhaps when every driver obeys all speed limits all the time they will - don't hold your breath though.
I'm afraid that there are a deluded lot out there that claim it isn't dangerous so it's OK for them to be scofflaws. What they seem to forget that part of using the roads is being predictable for other road user's sake, and _sharing_ the space out there. If I've got a green light I expect other traffic that's got a red light to stop and let me get on without having to stop for someone who just chooses to ignore a red light because it's convenient for them. They'll bleat and make excuses for it but at the end of the day it's just them being selfish little children with no self-discipline.
According to cyclists:
A red light means "Stop, unless you're a cyclist"
A green light means "Go, unless there's a cyclist crossing, otherwise, wait for the entitled prick first"
@@ianmason.
Good post Ian x
@@scmtuk3662
Belter comment and so true x
Miles of EMPTY cycle lanes 😂😂😂
Absolute waste of time and money.
Where?
the wooden head... i mean local council have put miles of cycle paths in, almost as wide as the lanes for TAX paying and insured traffic, yet the lycra warriors still ride in the road
@@davec8730 Cyclists pay tax too so do pedestrians and people who never use the road. Without everyone contributing can you imagine how much the tax would be for motorists alone…totally unaffordable. You also cannot make assumptions about insurance..Just because it’s not required by law doesn’t mean people don’t have it. Just relax and share the road. It’s not difficult to overtake a bike. Remember it was cycling groups that paid to have our roads paved..lots of people don’t realise that. Chill
@24:50 - no, not mis-use of the horn. If she moved across as she did, then you have to assume now she hasn't seen you, you are simply making sure she is aware of you presence!
When i passed my test 47 years ago, my instructor advised me to have motorway lessons and night time lessons, i had both i was told to indicate out and indicate back in. i still do just through habit i suppose, but i still think everyone should still be doing it.
It's not in the Highway Code and I believe your instructor was wrong about indicating to go back in. Indicating out is vital as you are going into a space that could be taken by adjacent cars. But when you've overtaken then there are no cars thatvyou could conflict with as you are obviously pulling away from the car you've overtaken.
@@scienceexperimentsforhomee261 thats why i said things might have changed, can only tell you what i was taught at the time.
@@richardeggett392 I see, yes - teaching methods can change!
The general rule with _any_ signal is to consider "Will a signal give other road users _useful_ information about my intentions?". If it will, make the signal, if it won't don't. Each occasion that you _might_ use a signal needs an individual decision. Automatically signalling every time you make a particular manoeuvre is a hint that you man not have adequately considered why you're signalling and who you're signalling to.
Pulling back in on the motorway when there's no other traffic that could be affected because you've accounted for all of them and you're nowhere near them is an example of a _useless_ signal. But if you're coming back from lane 3 to lane 2 and there's someone ahead in lane 1 who might pull out into lane 2 then a signal that you're moving into lane 2 is _useful_ information to them and a signal is warranted.
Or maybe the fact that you use your indicators (even if nobody is there) shows that you are subconsciously, constantly aware of the need to show your intentions?🤔
323 - Absolutely correct use of the horn.
14:35 dogs have to have a pet seatbelt on when in the car I believe it’s a new rule. I got one for my dog. Great videos ❤
Not quite. Rule 57 of the Highway Code states that dogs (or any other animal) should be suitably restrained while in a vehicle so they can't distract the driver or cause injury to themselves or others in the event of an accident. This could take the form of a harness, but could equally be a pet cage or a dog guard.
@@DraftySatyr my pet seat belt attaches to my dogs harness works perfectly keeps him safe.
6:00 Thanks for highlighting just how crap cycle lanes can be, although I bet many drivers still get pissed off when they see a single cyclist not using that one.
love the last one she's halfway across infront of you before indicating
Great video mate. Always look forward to your new videos 😄 I’m a newbie driver and i definitely think watching as much dashcam as I have the past couple years it has given me a lot of road sense, especially in my lessons. And I personally think it’s better when scenes like that are in fast forward, just my feeling though. Look forward to the next one!
That moped rider behind you looks like he's got his bloody eyes closed
7:32 reminds me, that in one of your early episodes, someone was drivin' an American school bus.
14:24 I hate it when people stick their noses out forcing you to let them out or should I say leaves you no choice but to let them out.
Obviously the dog was feeling tired & the woman had to take over the driving on that last clip,just about takes the biscuit!
I guess she was making the dogs dinner?
At 23:34, it is a case, as Ashley Neal mentionned a few days ago, of the 4 S: slow, stop, swerve or swear…😉
Trouble is…anyone else on the road makes LDC swear regardless of what they may or may not have done 🤣
(Sorry, couldn’t resist that one…said in the best possible dad joke way @thelondondashcam)
Went round the roundabout where you had the car think there was two lanes and try to cut you up yesterday exactly the same thing happened to me. On my way across earlier I got cut up by a lad on an electric scooter no crash helmet weaving his way in the middle before hurtling up onto the pavement as he left the roundabout. You seem to have much the same sentiments and comments that I do when driving 🚙
Thank you for sharing another entertaining video Tony. Nice bit of cake, wafers and quackers!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Certainly a very good length. Nice to see that you are catching up.
Playing the clip in real time is always better, if people watching, don't wish to wait then let them advance the video using the slider bar. Great clips and hilarious commentary as always.
Agree I like the choice of music added to the moped clip! Had a modern irl Mario kart vibe to it 😂😂😂
Great video Tony. Sounds like your getting over the man flu - must be all that cake! 👍
11:20 - The road is so wide there that, in general, it's best to use the space rather than do what most people do and block the roundabout. Having said that, there's a courtious way to merge and the Qashquai didn't do that - they were clearly queue jumping...
Yes - it's commonplace at that roundabout for drivers to try and get off the junction - I've done it myself. But, as you wrote, there's a nice way to do it. What really gets me is drivers who perform that whole right-turn manoeuvre in the (nonexistent) left-hand lane...
Yup. If you're going to use the space in front of you to clear space behind you the polite way to do it is to stop well short of the front of the vehicle you're drawing alongside - that sends a strong hint that you're not trying to push in.
The last one with the BMW driver with the dog on her lap, she may one day be in a crash or be spotted by police. She probably doesn't think she is doing anything wrong! Good entertaining video overall. 👍🏾
Watch for the BMW lady with a dog on her lap. She's probably on the phone to her personal trainer apologising for being late. She has already been caught speeding by the same camera, same place, three times in the last year.. She has a 3- mile wide bubble of total chaos surrounding her, and a whole squadron of guardian angels above.
Great explanation of why I wouldn't entertain using that cycle lane.
When I'm riding with other cyclists, by default I don't ride by their side. In fact, I believe highway code states that if it's a narrow road then we should ride in front of each other but would that road qualify as narrow under the current rules?
using the horn to alert other road users of your position :)
If it is done early enough to prevent an incident, fine. If it is done late after the incident has occurred, then it is pointless, aggressive and does not comply with the Highway Code.
22:19 it's an all-ways pedestrian crossing phase, so perfectly safe.
When I still rode a motorcycle I would get in busy traffic scooters coming right up behind me and trying to push past, and I was doing the dodge the mirrors trick. I would give them the verbal, there's not enough room for a little scooter and a big 1000c bike. Then they try to out run you when it got clear knowing full well you could hit light speed in a second by blocking the way, So now they play with cars and cars hurt more.
I think the dog probably had more idea 😂😂
Enjoying the commentary from Sydney, Australia (currently 11C 52F on this very cold Tuesday morning)
@2:50 - he would have had 100% certainty that there were no obstructions in the slip lane as he swooped past and inside the camper van. There is a well shown video of a Ford Focus doing this and it ended VERY badly
6:50 the pavement diversion is to use when there is a bus stopped at that bus stop. Its safer to move onto the shared pavement than swing into a narrow road. Cyclists on a shared pavement have to give way to pedestrians. This includes those stepping off a bus. Same with the next one. Notice when you put your bus graphic on that when a bus is waiting at the stop cyclists may be tempted to go round it, into opposing traffic.
I love that you're naïve enough to think that any but a small minority of London cyclists will stop for pedestrians when they are supposed to. My direct personal experience of people just zooming past me on zebra/controlled crossings and pavements shows this not be be the case.
@@ianmason.
Absolutely correct x
13:37 I wonder what music he was listening too 😂
Please don't criticise the head bobbing scooter rider. There is a shortage of organ donors. He is doing vital work.
Not only the wrong bus but the word ambulance is the wrong way round, unless of course its a mirror image. 😂
The tree on the left at 20:45 is impressive, it looks clipped, must be a difficult job
I despair at the standard of driving nowadays, the amount of clueless idiots is unbelievable. The best piece of advice my instructor gave me was "If you do something that causes another driver to slow down, alter their course or take any evasive action then you are in the wrong". Obviously something that 99.9% of these idiots have never been told.
Thats most cyclists
I love the food analogies. Keep it up!
Around the 13 minute time regarding the slip road leaving the motorway. Why not have the 1st lane as slip road only (as is) and the 2nd lane as slip road or straight on, and the 3rd and 4th as straight on only. The slip road splits into 2 lanes as it leaves the motorway anyway. This would ease the long slow queue on the 1st lane.
We have the same problem on the M62 when travelling west bound and leaving at J26 where the single inside lane queues for hundreds of yards and quite often comes to a standstill.
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The cycle lane you pointed out has been designed by someone following the construction guidance who have never ridden a bicycle. There are even places where you are meant to suddenly turn 90 degrees to leave the road and enter a cycle lane on a pavement. The Dutch sorted this out years ago. Kingston officers should just follow the Dutch manual on road design. Instead of having cycles going down for every cross street then up again, continue the pavement and cycle path at the same level. Force the cars to go up a ramp, like you do at a sleeping policeman. In slow speed roads, that is the way to do it, you cannot drive fast on city roads anyway, so make it quicker to walk or cycle.
The 'cycle lane' looks good on the local councils green stats.
@@michaelgurd7477 Yes, but they could do it right. It just needs a designer who rides a bicycle like everyone does in Oxford and Cambridge.
I'm surprised you haven't got a 'No rooms available ' sign on your rear windscreen given how close some idiots tailgate you. It's as if they are trying to move into it.
The sign at 4:21 is correct as there is only one lane at that moment whereas the sign further up is where the second lane appears so two lane appear on the sign 👍
As for the roundabout, Kingston is an offical diversion route when other roads are closed so more traffic would head that way that wouldn’t usually use the road. Making it appear as a straight on to give the impression that the left lanes should be used. If it was to the right, where the road actually is, then drivers would be in the right hand lanes which is wrong…not that it stops regular users getting it wrong 😉
Additional edit: The left turn arrows are there so the lanes are not confused with those that go straight on through the junction. If you treat that set of lights as a separate junction to the rest of the roundabout it will make sense. You can also use the left most lane at the lights to continue towards Kingston as the left most lane splits as the roundabout progresses
you auditioning for Bake Off with a Gordon Ramsay commentary
"Who the fuck's driving, you or the dog?" 🤣🤣🤣
You are correct, on other vehicles popping out in front of you! Ashley Neal, the four S's Making you Slow, Swerve, Stop, or Swear, they have done it wrong!
I agree with you about the cycle lane. It is badly thought out. Cakes are good. 😂
Re overtaking cyclists, the highway code states, "give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders and horse drawn vehicles at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car (see Rules 211 to 215). As a guide:
leave at least 1.5 metres when overtaking cyclists at speeds of up to 30mph, and give them more space when overtaking at higher speeds". "As a guide". It is NOT a rule, and if they make 1.5m impossible, then you can pass more closely.
Hi. My big worry is that all this crazy driving will become "the Normal " as nothing ever gets done about it ! Frosty.
Those bike lanes are awful. Not talking about sharing with the bus stops but the number of parked cars on the opposite side of the road and the amount of puddles in them
If any driver wonders why any cyclist isn’t using a bike lane, these are just two of the many reasons why
And even LDC was showing all these in and outs of the cycle lane to display the poor planning and hence explaining why a cyclist would not want to use it.
@@scienceexperimentsforhomee261as a cyclist I would use some of it but certainly not all due to its poor design. I'm not using the super narrow parts, too much risk as drivers will think I'm going to stay in my lane (fair assumption) but with a curb one one side the only place I could go when a drain, pothole, rubbish or whatever is in it is the road. I'm not cycling onto the pavement as they intended but will rather merge into the traffic, he'll half the time you don't even notice it wants you to go onto the pavement. As for that giveaway line, I do understand the intent - it's to get cyclists to slow down and merge safely with traffic and give way to the vehicles. However half the time they aren't needed and we can do it without them, but I wouldn't call it completely useless just mostly. As for allowing vehicles to park in a cycle lane, it's just moronic and borderline straight up against the highway code itself 'vehicles must not abstruct cycle infrastructure'.
If you were new to cycling, most of the cycle lane does more harm than good as it would provide you with a false sense of security having your own lane. We need lanes with a physical barrier (my preference would be a planter), for them not to randomly start and stop, for them not to have us merge with pedestrians and vehicles, for them not to cause issues at bus stops, and so on.
I'm glad he did point out the poor designs of these. Good cycling infrastructure benefits everyone. They keep everyone out of each other's way - pedestrians are safe from cyclists, and cyclists from vehicles.
A definite vote here for "fast forward the boring bits".
I live in kingston the cycle lanes are a nightmare , if u drive up kingston hill from the shell garage the cycle lane on left goes on the path and in the middle of the cycle lane is a tree totaly stupid . The plonker who ever thought this out in the office and probaly doesnt ride a bicycle and deffently was having a joke, and dont forget these new restcted time zones side roads that charge fines if u drive down them at certain times , i put up with this crap every day of the week , rant over ,great video 😂
After all that cake; but that cycling infrastructure really takes the biscuit.
It's not misuse of a horn, it's the exact intended use of the horn - you're letting her know you're there.
Q: At 10:55 , if it's one wide lane rather than two, why position to the left, inviting vehicles to approach to your right? Why not position a foot or two further to the centre?
That was exactly what I was going to say. LDC created the situation by being over to the left that he created two lanes there. You don't need lane marking to effectively have two lanes. And a horrible entitled attitude afterwards.
OMG.....unbelievable
Pretty much drive their cars like they are shopping trolleys down here below the Watford Gap. Though I think a look of them are French, as on motorways and dual carriageways they prefer to drive on the right.
Can never understand bikes that get up cars arses, (especially in the wet) like do you want to end up on their back seat?
Did I see a mobile tower right next to a petrol station in Kingston?
24:54 Dog: Oi, see that reflective thing over there on your right?
24:58 Dog: No, your OTHER right
24:59 Driver: Looks at mirror
25:02 Dog: See that car? You nearly hit it. I'm here to press the indicator, not check your mirrors.
Yet another brill video...Keep them coming...
@16:17ish Tony the reason you didn't save the front viewing of the cars pulling in ahead of you was you were busy eating cake :)
That one at the end. She probably got her driving license from the dog!
5:56 last year didnt they spend 36 months "improving" that roundabout, its an a**e coming from Ashford/Feltham direction when you get the german car who doesn't like to keep to 40 or know how to merge in turn.
I read this as “Last year they spend 3 years improving that roundabout”
Do you mean they spent 3 years import that roundabout which finished last year?
congratulations it looks like your council is dafter than ours
M25/M3, it's worse coming from the M3 eastbound. All lanes apart from the RH lane were stopped trying to join the M25.
I don’t know how you survived that head bobber on the scooter. 😂
So where were all the Cyclists in that Balls Up of a Cycle Lane? I reckon it must have cost more than a few pennies to put in place and nobody using it. Well done Traffic Planners.
Most of the cycle lanes around here are either like that or so badly pot-holed / covered in leaves or gravel / to short to be useable that there's really no way any cyclist who is going more than about 5mph should be expected to use them. They're often worse than the roads which we know are a national disgrace...
Probably all in court debating their collisions with pedestrians.
Ha ha ha
I live just outside London and the male middle aged Lycra cyclists have apparently agreed not to use any of the cycle lanes (due to them “not being regularly swept”) All of the school kids use them religiously as do parents with children. It’s only the middle edged male Lycra anarchists that will ultimately “push” local authorities into legislating for costly registration and control….- Shame on them..
@@jcev39no they are not. -don’t tell fibs.
Awesome so funny love it makes my day
Moped looks like he is on a short piece of knicker elastic attached to your back bumper - do you think he'll pas shis test driving like that ?
Do you think he'll bother to take it? A lot of people just stay as eternal 'L' riders. They are considering bringing in changes to CBT so that people can't just constantly re-do the CBT when their 'L' riding entitlement runs out after their CBT expires.
15:33 I think the dog would have done better and not undertake everyone.
Do I still have to give a 1.5m space when passing a cyclist in a cycle lane? Some of the cycle lanes are quite small but as far as I’m concerned. If they are in a cycle lane, I can just continue on in my lane and use the entirety of my lane. My reasoning for this is, what is the point of the cycle lane, if I have to swerve out to go round a cyclist anyway that is in one?
OMG Tony.
Your sarcasm has gone way beyond #IanDury levels and I really can't blame you, mate.
Too many incidents for me to comment upon so a TLDR version is as follows.......
People that use the right hand lane to turn left at a Roundabout subscribe to a song #BuffaloGals# becoz they go around the outside!!
As for the rest; I'm surprised that you don't 🤬 more than U already do 😁😁😁
Professional Drivers?
I 💩 on them.
Peace ✌
I remember 'Buffalo Girls'. If I recall right there were 2 versions. A slowish one that was on the album and one with a faster polka rhythm which I preferred.
@@JohnMintyTech
B/Girls searched for but my Google cum up with B/Gals - admittedly same Artist.
Appreciate your response & Gals did sound different to wot I search for. Maybe that is the slower version.
Respect, mate ✌️👍
@@grahamnutt8958 yep. It was indeed gals.
@@JohnMintyTech 😁👍
#BuffalosRusDotCom lol.
Nice one, pal.
Respect.
One thing I've never understood is .. why have a a driving test if you're not going to enforce road rules :D
8:20 Cycle Lanes! If I was cycling down there I would only use the sensible sections of cycle lane and ignore all the nonsense lanes, as Cyclists to not have to use them and are entitled to use the road as a road user. This is probably and example of a council feeling it needs to do more for cyclists, but in a very disjointed way that places pedestrians and bus passengers at more risk!
Mad dog lady in BMW....wouldn't you think even the 2 or 3 usual wanton critics of Tony would concur that she was dangerous. Of course they wouldn't....they haven't got it in them to agree with LDC. They come on here to bring the channel down. Pathetic. Nice video again Tony❤❤❤
The worst thing about all this exquisite cycling hieroglyphics that cost so much money is every cyclist ignores it anyway. I cycle a lot and cannot fathom the point of some of this fancy paint sometimes. Just make some wider pavements and then let everyone use their common sense. Its just a waste of perfectly good paint and makes our streets look fugley.
By the same rationale, let's just remove all road markings, signage and traffic lights, just have people use their common sense! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@DraftySatyr It has been tried. e.g.on Calthorpe Street in London Between the Gray's Inn Road and Farringdon Road - they are back now.
You have patience of a saint , WISH I WAS YOU ..
Preps the reason she had the dog on her lap she had no knickers on😂
As 2 lanes come off a roundabout and merge into 1 there does not need to be merge markings on road for the merge rule to apply. Common sense applies, which ever vehicle is in front has priority. The cam car driver in that situation was in the wrong in that situation.
Trouble is, you'll never get LDC to realise that. It was atrocious driving to push ahead just to 'prove' a point.
@@scienceexperimentsforhomee261 That is the view you have taken, by doing what the car driver on the right has done is cleared the roundabout, you have taken the point the driver jumped the queue, I take the view the driver did the correct thing by getting off the roundabout and taking the available space then it is simply a merge situation, it is wrong to assume the driver simply tried to jump the queue.
@brianstevenson9967 Perhaps I didn't make it clear. I completely agree with your analysis. What I meant to say was that LDC's driving was atrocious where he pulled ahead of the car to his right just to prove a point. He gets so easily triggered and can never let someone else get the better of him.
In the first clip those cyclists were being bloody minded, although the highway code says they can ride two abreast it also states if anything faster comes they should ride single file to let it past, not doing so is effectively blocking the road, frustrating other drivers and putting themselves in danger by doing so.
It doesn't say that at all
@@jon_underscore No it doesn't say that, those are my words, but what I said got the gist of it, what it does say is something like if you're two abreast be aware of vehicles behind you and allow them to overtake such as stopping or riding in single file, when you feel it is safe to do so, unfortunately there are too many cyclists who don't care to follow the highway code and far too many who don't know it anyway.
If you think otherwise, I suggest you read the relevant part of the highway code, rule 66 is a good starting point.
@@cougar02000
Wasting your time with this lot mate...
@cougar02000 that car that overtook LDC AND the cyckists, did it just by a junction which LDC correctly pointed out and therefore it was not safe to overtake the cyclists so they were riding completely in accordance with the Highway Code.
@cougar02000 yes.... when the cyclists deem it safe.
As they are the vulnerable road users.
Might doesn't have right.
@4:32 In fairness, the Crooked Billet is an utter shit of a roundabout if you’re not used it.
On the fast-forward vs. music...I'll take the music because I can check out the sights in the area. Being from the USA, I enjoy checking out the fields and buildings in the UK. Your sighs of disgust and disappointment speak volumes!!
24:52-25:01 surprised you didn’t yodel!
Interim comment......
When the Weather is even more miserable than you, Tony......
That says a lot 😁😁😁 rofl.
I am willing to bet that very few cyclists drive "correctly" on that road.
Don't understand how learner motor cyclists can operate as a "professional rider" delivering food etc.
Don't suppose that bothers them - it's not like they could get business insurance is it !
Numpty social media van lol the scary thing is these people don't think there doing anything wrong 😂
In that first clip, while I'm not condoning the speed the other two drivers were doing, but why is that road only a 30mph limit? It's not in a built up area, and I'm guessing it was a much higher limit previously. If speed limits are to be respected they need to be plausible for the road. Otherwise you end up in situations like this, where some drivers stick religiously to the limit for very good reason, and others treat them with disdain as they bear no resemblance to what speeds could be safely driven on the road.
I recently ventured within the M25, and there's stonking great dual carriageways with 20 mph limits. So you end up with a convoy of drivers driving inches from each other at 19.5 mph (as they don't want to get snapped by a camera), and others whizzing past at over 50mph (including e-bikes delivering junk food) which is the speed the road was designed for. So you just end up with a more dangerous situation with larger speed differentials and more tailgating.
That last clip, MM14 WMD does WMD stand for Woman of Mass Destruction?
side by side riders have to move to single file to let you past
If I need a company to do some work, I look at how they drive. If I see them driving fine I would turn to them, but if they drive like 💩 they wont get the work 😈😈😈
But where were the cycles on that road with all the cakes on?
Cyclists should be sensible and go single file at a convenient place to allow cars to pass. But the other car drivers in that clip were the main problem - overtaking multiple vehicles at junctions and with excessive speed.
That scooter rider didn’t have a front number plate either.
You are not required to have one on a motorcycle.
The requirement for front number plates for motorbikes and their ilk was abolished in August 1975, just shy of 50 years ago. They MUST NOT be fitted to motorbikes etc. registered on or after 1 September 2001.
9:09 What in the actual f*ck is that??? Peak UK road design. I'd like to be a part of that conversation.
- "Hey Bob?"
"Yeah Billy?"
- "What should we do here? We need some parking spaces but there's a bike lane on this road so we don't have the space for 'em"
"Well, just raise it up, make a ramp to indicate it's separate from the road, to make it clear that it's for parking"
- "Sure, and the bikes?"
"Well they just follow up that ramp now don't they?"
- "And where's the parking spaces then?"
"Well.. on the ramp of course!"
- "That's brilliant! ..."
...
- "Wait wtf are the cyclist supposed to d-"
You shouldn't make another driver Stop, Slow, Swerve, Swear, or S*** themself.
Instead of ulez cameras, put cameras on traffic lights, they would have not only improved safety they would have made money as well.
The give way sign in the cycle lane is for bikes to give way to cars but you know they won't.
7:19 Having the bike lane go in between the bus stop and the sidewalk makes a lot of sense actually. Would you rather that bus drives over the cyclists? In my area in my country, a lot of bus stops have been changed a handful of years ago to have the bike lane in between, because too many bus drivers can't see the bicyclists. It's a blind spot. Compare that to the pedestrian who literally only has to look whether or not a bicycle is coming or not... I think I'd blame them, and not the design, which is proven to be safer (compared to your thoughts, they don't just do stuff randomly, it _does_ have a purpose (sometimes).
edit: actually, correction, in my country it's often now this:
- houses
- sidewalk
- bike lane
- extra bit of sidewalk specifically for the bus stop waiting area (or whatever it's called)
- road with the bus stop
Which, is even safer.