I’m always here my friend. 🙂 Just haven’t gotten around to posting for a while. Sadly the roads serving up some fine idiots to share with you good people. 😉
youre right in her a pillar there. Her fault 100 percent, but youre dead in line with it. Its the same reason drivers pull out on bikers on roundabouts, if they dont move their head to look around it a bike or cyclist becomes invisible.
She turned way to early for the corner too which didn’t help, if she’d been a few meters further forward before turning she’d have had a better view plus could have kept it on the correct side of the road! 🤦🏻♂️
This is the A pillar on cars getting huge for crash safety and drivers not moving an inch to look around them. Also failed to keep to her side of the road…
Man I actually love your content. You should make more shorts even just out of existing clips, I really think you'd do so well, your clips fit that form factor so well. Watermark though ;)
Man, I thought that after the pandemic, people would have more empathy, unfortunately it only got worse, like that lady wasn't seeing a worker on his bike with a flashing light
The way she went "Alright!" as if she didn't nearly just seriously injure you with a giant machine. Shows how disconnected and apathetic cars make a person
Unfortunately, drivers don't need to be on a mobile phone to be distracted. The fact is most drivers on the road are distracted by something, be it the radio, sat nav or looking at the passenger while talking.
Hey! Your clip caught our attention, and we think it would be perfect for our new compilation on our social networks. Can we include it? We'll give you proper credit.
Yes you are most welcome, please send me the link of your video as I’d love to see it. Any comment, you could say something of the importance of good road positioning (lady tuned way too soon for the corner hence the cut) and paying attention to where you are going! 😉🤦🏻♂️
@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 Hi, we will not post the link of the compilation coz it could be recognized as spam so we will note a compilation number - it's compilation no #172 on our channel. Thank you.
I had someone do this and pass to the left of me. She said she was turning while facing the rear of the car dealing with her kid. WTF. Agree with the bollards comment. The A-pillar on cars is so big nowadays, especially on ridiculous SUVs, it's dangerous, which adds to the problem of bad drivers. And why is "I didn't see you" always an excuse for driving like an idiot.
That’s crazy, I don’t know how anyone can justify driving forwards without looking! So easy to seriously injure or kill someone for what? For the sake of sending a text or reprimanding your kid! Crazy!
I can't understand these stupid comments using the excuses about A-pillars? How does the A-pillar stop her from seeing the lane markings on the ground, or the cyclist who just passed? Her front wheel was pointed well into Ryan's position as she made the turn. And if Ryan wasn't positioned there more than half of her vehicle would have been in the wrong lane. It is time to make cutting corners an offence even if there is no vehicle at the intersection. Taking them correctly must be ingrained into drivers.
I didn’t report her, I’ve reported people before but the police do nothing. At a guess they don’t have the resources and I just get a response to say there’s not sufficient evidence to pursue anything.
Poor lack of observation by the driver yes, but putting yourself alongside a vehicle on a single lane junction and right bang in the middle of the lane is asking for trouble. Just as when we drive we have to anticipate the what if as a cyclist and this didn’t happen here, even as a driver you wouldn’t go that close to the next lane because we know what crap drivers do. Clearly you are not chiefly to blame but 1 ft to the left and this wouldn’t have been an issue, be patient and wait for the car to the left to clear!
I’m not to blame at all, the entrance lane for that woman is twice as wide as her vehicle, there’s no reason, no excuse for her to cut the corner. I’m not on the line, I’m the correct side of it, I’m crossing over whilst the car next to me is turning left, so being on the right side of it is correct. There’s no shared blame here, that is 100% poor driving, poor road positioning, poor observation.
@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 well the main thing is you didn't get hit, I've not been so lucky previously which probably stems from why I take the view of waiting for the other car to clear so I can go a little more to the left so even if someone stupidly cuts, as they often do, I won't get hit again. Maybe she thought theres a car there so nothing else will be, but that doesn't make up for her complete lack of observations which you almost paid the price for! Videos are great btw, maybe a few drivers will learn from them!
@@jrchesuk Sorry that you had an accident, never nice to hear that. Sadly the roads are still v dangerous for cyclists, vehicles are getting bigger and bigger and drivers more distracted/frustrated. Not a good recipe. Thank you, glad you enjoyed my videos. Goal of posting them is in the hope that drivers will see what it’s like from a cyclist’s perception, and maybe consider that when in their vehicle. Also for cyclists new to cycling in the City to give them an idea of what to look out for. Have a nice evening. 🙂👍🏻
@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 Thank you, I was hit on a country lane by a young lad in a black Vauxhall Corsa that cut the corner and drove off, I was in the middle of my lane but still hit the wing of his car and thankfully missed his windshield and flew through a hedge and into a field, he was caught on CCTV at a nearby pub. I tried cycling on the road a few months after recovering but the mental affect of it put me off so had some time away before I got the mental courage back. You might also be interested to know I live in Chester where as far as I can tell every cyclist goes through red lights, so when I went to Edinburgh as a pedestrian I expected the same but not a single cyclist when through a red light… whether this is eduction, morals or because the police are on it I don’t know, but it’s interesting!
@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 You are never to blame are you? Always some one else fault, Tell that to the coroner when laying on the cold slab. do You put your self in danger just for content or because of your weak skill set?
Do you know that the driver’s head can move independently from the A-Pillar? Ever heard of checking your blind spots? Pretty much the first thing they teach you in driving lessons? Finally the driver’s road positioning was terrible, she turned for the corner far too early, had she been further to the right before turning she would have been able to see me, plus wouldn’t have needed to cut the corner. Don’t excuse terrible/dangerous driving!
@@fpser4888 There’s a lot of anti-cyclist sentiment out there. I like to flag the inaccuracies and hypocrisies in their arguments. Whilst I don’t expect them to back down in the comments perhaps it might make them think differently next time they use the roads. 🤞🏻
Did you really post that dude? I'll spell it out for you She's supposed to see him becasue she's in control of a motor vehicle. A-pillars aren't anyone elses problem - it's for the driver to mitigate the risks they pose to others
as a driver, heres some advice. turn that fucking flashing off, and have it as a still light. theres nothing more god damned annoying than either or both front and rear light flashing.. when lights flash, your unable to detect how far away that item actually is, or what that item is.....
Flashing has proved to be much more visible. Leaving the bike light solid means it gets downed out by all the vastly more powerful xenon headlights of the motor vehicles. Flashing at least catches the attention, though not of this woman!
@@Mathewmartialart Try visiting an optician! 😉 Jokes aside, in the dark and wet, proved that you are far more likely to see me if my lights are flashing, so I’ll stick to that. 👍🏻
so let me tell you what happened: you came up behind the car, while a bus passed. lady driver had no chance whatsoever to see you. ok. she then kept her eyes to the left, because in her mind, she had already accounted for the car turning left (which you are now positioned to the side of). she then turned as quickly as possible, to make her turn. she also cut the corner. What you have here is about 5x unfortunate circumstances in a row, which almost got you run over. As a motorcyclist, this happens all the time. I think to myself: yes, other drivers are idiots, but what could I have done to prevent this? In this case, I would have stayed behind the driver turning left, not comming up to the side of the car.
I knew that, somehow, me being stationary, on the correct side of the road would be my fault in the eyes of some! 🤣🤦🏻♂️ I’m not turning left on that road, I’m effectively going straight over (slightly to the left), there’s a little reservation for cyclists in the centre of the road I’m aiming for, where I wait to then turn right. If I was turning left I’d wait behind that car, but as I’m not I keep to the right as there was plenty of space. No excusing that ladies driving, she stopped well short of the turn, she should have been several meters further forward before she turned. It’s a wide entry there so zero need to cut irrespective of what other traffic was around. I don’t know what distracted her but she clearly wasn’t looking where she was going sadly.
Stop making excuses for execrable driving. Why couldn't she move right up the position where the line dividing Ryan's lane would intersect the dividing line of the main road? Why couldn't she move further up and turn the steering properly and make a 90 degree turn, with the ease her SUV's power steering affords her? Her right tire was pointing in Ryans direction and most of the car would have been in the wrong lane as she made the turn.
Willing to bet she was on a phone!! Glad you are ok
Wouldn’t surprise me at all, I see drivers on their phones every day. Thanks mate 👍🏻
every intersection needs anti - corner - cutting posts.
I agree, can you imagine how many cars would end up with a post wedged in their radiator! 😉🤦🏻♂️
Blind people shouldn't drive, Much less if they cant see TWO damn flashing white lights aimed at their faces 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Especially shouldn’t be driving a two tonne SUV if they can’t be bothered to look where they are going!
The man, the myth, the legend is back
So good to see u again!
Where have u been
I’m always here my friend. 🙂 Just haven’t gotten around to posting for a while. Sadly the roads serving up some fine idiots to share with you good people. 😉
Always the expensive cars that have the worst drivers. When is the last time a suzuki wagon r tried to crush you? 😂
Ha so true, I guess that sense of entitlement often comes with money! 😉
Ive had the same myself, little or no awareness and probs on her phone too. Its dangerous out there Sir! Ride safe!
You keep safe too my friend. Wouldn’t be surprised at all if she was on her phone, clearly distracted by something.
youre right in her a pillar there. Her fault 100 percent, but youre dead in line with it. Its the same reason drivers pull out on bikers on roundabouts, if they dont move their head to look around it a bike or cyclist becomes invisible.
She turned way to early for the corner too which didn’t help, if she’d been a few meters further forward before turning she’d have had a better view plus could have kept it on the correct side of the road! 🤦🏻♂️
This is the A pillar on cars getting huge for crash safety and drivers not moving an inch to look around them.
Also failed to keep to her side of the road…
Man I actually love your content. You should make more shorts even just out of existing clips, I really think you'd do so well, your clips fit that form factor so well. Watermark though ;)
@@Chungrl Thank you so much, I have plans to do more, just my laptop is full. Need to do a clear out so I’ve space to make more footage
Man, I thought that after the pandemic, people would have more empathy, unfortunately it only got worse, like that lady wasn't seeing a worker on his bike with a flashing light
The way she went "Alright!" as if she didn't nearly just seriously injure you with a giant machine.
Shows how disconnected and apathetic cars make a person
Yeah, she was far more concerned that I inconvenienced her than with the fact she nearly squashed me.
Unfortunately, drivers don't need to be on a mobile phone to be distracted. The fact is most drivers on the road are distracted by something, be it the radio, sat nav or looking at the passenger while talking.
Sadly I think you are correct.
well you can't hold 100% focus all the time, especially on longer journeys
Hey! Your clip caught our attention, and we think it would be perfect for our new compilation on our social networks. Can we include it? We'll give you proper credit.
Sure, most welcome. Please send me the link once your video is up as I’d love to see it?
Ok, thank you!@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007
Will you be posting close miss compilations and all that?
Hi Ryan,, may I have your permission to use this video in my compilation? Any comment? Credited on screen with a link back. Stay safe
Yes you are most welcome, please send me the link of your video as I’d love to see it. Any comment, you could say something of the importance of good road positioning (lady tuned way too soon for the corner hence the cut) and paying attention to where you are going! 😉🤦🏻♂️
@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 Hi, we will not post the link of the compilation coz it could be recognized as spam so we will note a compilation number - it's compilation no #172 on our channel. Thank you.
@@RespecttheTraffic Great compilation, good luck with your channel. 👍🏻
Thank you@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007
What camera do you use mate?
I had someone do this and pass to the left of me. She said she was turning while facing the rear of the car dealing with her kid. WTF. Agree with the bollards comment. The A-pillar on cars is so big nowadays, especially on ridiculous SUVs, it's dangerous, which adds to the problem of bad drivers. And why is "I didn't see you" always an excuse for driving like an idiot.
That’s crazy, I don’t know how anyone can justify driving forwards without looking! So easy to seriously injure or kill someone for what? For the sake of sending a text or reprimanding your kid! Crazy!
lease they did not fling you over the bonnit.like the 1 the uther day
I was ready to dive off the bike, she wouldn’t have got me! 🤦🏻♂️
I can't understand these stupid comments using the excuses about A-pillars? How does the A-pillar stop her from seeing the lane markings on the ground, or the cyclist who just passed? Her front wheel was pointed well into Ryan's position as she made the turn. And if Ryan wasn't positioned there more than half of her vehicle would have been in the wrong lane.
It is time to make cutting corners an offence even if there is no vehicle at the intersection. Taking them correctly must be ingrained into drivers.
Probably on her phone 😢
Glad you didn't get hit. Hope you reported her for dangerous driving?
I didn’t report her, I’ve reported people before but the police do nothing. At a guess they don’t have the resources and I just get a response to say there’s not sufficient evidence to pursue anything.
Poor lack of observation by the driver yes, but putting yourself alongside a vehicle on a single lane junction and right bang in the middle of the lane is asking for trouble. Just as when we drive we have to anticipate the what if as a cyclist and this didn’t happen here, even as a driver you wouldn’t go that close to the next lane because we know what crap drivers do. Clearly you are not chiefly to blame but 1 ft to the left and this wouldn’t have been an issue, be patient and wait for the car to the left to clear!
I’m not to blame at all, the entrance lane for that woman is twice as wide as her vehicle, there’s no reason, no excuse for her to cut the corner. I’m not on the line, I’m the correct side of it, I’m crossing over whilst the car next to me is turning left, so being on the right side of it is correct. There’s no shared blame here, that is 100% poor driving, poor road positioning, poor observation.
@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 well the main thing is you didn't get hit, I've not been so lucky previously which probably stems from why I take the view of waiting for the other car to clear so I can go a little more to the left so even if someone stupidly cuts, as they often do, I won't get hit again. Maybe she thought theres a car there so nothing else will be, but that doesn't make up for her complete lack of observations which you almost paid the price for! Videos are great btw, maybe a few drivers will learn from them!
@@jrchesuk Sorry that you had an accident, never nice to hear that. Sadly the roads are still v dangerous for cyclists, vehicles are getting bigger and bigger and drivers more distracted/frustrated. Not a good recipe.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed my videos. Goal of posting them is in the hope that drivers will see what it’s like from a cyclist’s perception, and maybe consider that when in their vehicle. Also for cyclists new to cycling in the City to give them an idea of what to look out for.
Have a nice evening. 🙂👍🏻
@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 Thank you, I was hit on a country lane by a young lad in a black Vauxhall Corsa that cut the corner and drove off, I was in the middle of my lane but still hit the wing of his car and thankfully missed his windshield and flew through a hedge and into a field, he was caught on CCTV at a nearby pub. I tried cycling on the road a few months after recovering but the mental affect of it put me off so had some time away before I got the mental courage back. You might also be interested to know I live in Chester where as far as I can tell every cyclist goes through red lights, so when I went to Edinburgh as a pedestrian I expected the same but not a single cyclist when through a red light… whether this is eduction, morals or because the police are on it I don’t know, but it’s interesting!
@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 You are never to blame are you? Always some one else fault, Tell that to the coroner when laying on the cold slab. do You put your self in danger just for content or because of your weak skill set?
You were entitled to be cross!
Incompetent driver
Thank you. I hope she remembers and pays better attention going forward.
Do you know what a pillar blind spot is? Apparently not as you assume she must see you because of your lights.
Do you know that the driver’s head can move independently from the A-Pillar? Ever heard of checking your blind spots? Pretty much the first thing they teach you in driving lessons? Finally the driver’s road positioning was terrible, she turned for the corner far too early, had she been further to the right before turning she would have been able to see me, plus wouldn’t have needed to cut the corner. Don’t excuse terrible/dangerous driving!
don't bother arguing with these type of people, they don't want to hear rational arguments and just want to get angry at people.
@@fpser4888 There’s a lot of anti-cyclist sentiment out there. I like to flag the inaccuracies and hypocrisies in their arguments. Whilst I don’t expect them to back down in the comments perhaps it might make them think differently next time they use the roads. 🤞🏻
Did you really post that dude? I'll spell it out for you
She's supposed to see him becasue she's in control of a motor vehicle. A-pillars aren't anyone elses problem - it's for the driver to mitigate the risks they pose to others
as a driver, heres some advice. turn that fucking flashing off, and have it as a still light. theres nothing more god damned annoying than either or both front and rear light flashing.. when lights flash, your unable to detect how far away that item actually is, or what that item is.....
Flashing has proved to be much more visible. Leaving the bike light solid means it gets downed out by all the vastly more powerful xenon headlights of the motor vehicles. Flashing at least catches the attention, though not of this woman!
@@ryansedgwick-londoncycling9007 show me the evidence.
If your inability to judge distances or speeds makes you more careful that can only be good for the cylist.
@@vfclists try judge a objects distance at night, especially when its raining, when the fucking lights are flashing
@@Mathewmartialart Try visiting an optician! 😉 Jokes aside, in the dark and wet, proved that you are far more likely to see me if my lights are flashing, so I’ll stick to that. 👍🏻
so let me tell you what happened: you came up behind the car, while a bus passed. lady driver had no chance whatsoever to see you. ok. she then kept her eyes to the left, because in her mind, she had already accounted for the car turning left (which you are now positioned to the side of). she then turned as quickly as possible, to make her turn. she also cut the corner. What you have here is about 5x unfortunate circumstances in a row, which almost got you run over. As a motorcyclist, this happens all the time. I think to myself: yes, other drivers are idiots, but what could I have done to prevent this? In this case, I would have stayed behind the driver turning left, not comming up to the side of the car.
I knew that, somehow, me being stationary, on the correct side of the road would be my fault in the eyes of some! 🤣🤦🏻♂️
I’m not turning left on that road, I’m effectively going straight over (slightly to the left), there’s a little reservation for cyclists in the centre of the road I’m aiming for, where I wait to then turn right. If I was turning left I’d wait behind that car, but as I’m not I keep to the right as there was plenty of space.
No excusing that ladies driving, she stopped well short of the turn, she should have been several meters further forward before she turned. It’s a wide entry there so zero need to cut irrespective of what other traffic was around. I don’t know what distracted her but she clearly wasn’t looking where she was going sadly.
Stop making excuses for execrable driving. Why couldn't she move right up the position where the line dividing Ryan's lane would intersect the dividing line of the main road? Why couldn't she move further up and turn the steering properly and make a 90 degree turn, with the ease her SUV's power steering affords her? Her right tire was pointing in Ryans direction and most of the car would have been in the wrong lane as she made the turn.
Women🍳