Ambulance

[benb]

[QUOTE 3184222, member: 30090"]Next best thing, small wheelie onto the pavement and the rear wheel will follow.[/QUOTE]

I suppose I could have done that, but the whole thing happened in just a few seconds, and I'm not sure I could have safely done it in the time I had.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

[QUOTE 3184222, member: 30090"]Next best thing, small wheelie onto the pavement and the rear wheel will follow.[/QUOTE]

That's way too risky, certainly for me, to attempt. Get it wrong and you could end up flat out on the road with a speeding car just passing. Safer just to pull over and stop.

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[glasgowcyclist]

[QUOTE 3184300, member: 30090"]Did you ride at all when you was a kid?[/QUOTE]

Yes.


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[glasgowcyclist]

[QUOTE 3184392, member: 30090"]And approaching a kerb you never pulled a wheelie so the front wheel could clear said kerb.[/QUOTE]

Not while riding parallel to it.


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[Hip Priest]

I wouldn't report it, but I can see why it might've left the OP shaken up. I also see no problem with the OP's riding, reactions...etc

And my parents are still together, and I'm not violent.

 

[GrasB]

[QUOTE 3184222, member: 30090"]Next best thing, small wheelie onto the pavement and the rear wheel will follow.[/QUOTE]
Seen many people on the deck after attempting that trick, normally they end falling into the road!

 

[loother]

In my opinion the driver approached the cyclist too fast and too close. He/she had adequate time to assess the conditions including speed, vehicles from the opposite direction, traffic lights and road lay out and most importantly the cyclists probable reactions. The FRU driver should have IMHO been almost at the same speed as the cyclist at the point of overtaking. I am afraid that, I must admit, I do see some responders taking chances from time to time that maybe more experienced drivers would NEVER do.

 

[anyuser]

Seen many people on the deck after attempting that trick, normally they end falling into the road!

This is true, don't ask me how i know this

 

[Profpointy]

This is true, don't ask me how i know this

it's a trick I learned not to do aged about 8 - unless at right angles to curb. To try at an acute angle would likely have you needing the ambulance after they'd got you out from underneath.

 

[roadrash]

[QUOTE 3183913, member: 45"]"Give as much room as you would when overtaking a car"? No he didn't.

And nobody has mentioned yet that the driver failed to slow sufficiently when approaching an amber to red light. Both the overtake and the RLJ are contrary to the training that he would have received. It shouldn't be a complaint, but this bloke needs a little reminder of what his driving standard should be.[/QUOTE]

3 from first hearing the siren on camera to starting to brake. First he has to work out were it's coming from & sometimes that takes a good 2 or 3 seconds then he has to work out what to do. All in all 3 seconds from first being audible to a response is quite good. This is assuming that the OP could actually hear the ambulance as early as the camera. In my experience you often can't.

As for the driver. He fell bellow the standard of driving given in the highway code let alone any advanced driver training. Passing someone at speed with 1m or less room is not what I call advanced & responsible driving practice.

i will show him these responses when he returns from his holiday in 2 weeks time, just to see the difference of oppinion, remember they will be his responses , NOT MINE

 

[Scoosh]

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A number of Off-Topic posts have been Deleted.

Keep on topic, stop the personal stuff and the thread can continue - but most of what is worth saying has already been said.

 

[growingvegetables]

Just a wee tuppenyworth - worth passing on to his bosses, imo. Not as a complaint - but to raise the question whether their drivers have had any cycle awareness training since they passed their Cycling Proficiency 30 years ago. If not, why not?

Helpful hint (you wouldn't ever suggest I was less than helpful, would you!) - they almost certainly haven't, and probably expect that cyclists will be riding in the gutter. Yup - train the nation's kids in Bikeability standards. But forget to tell the drivers.

The management might well welcome the suggestion?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Showed this to my son ,he's is a first responder same as the driver in the video ,his opinion is you were given room , could have stopped well before the pinch point , driver did nowt wrong and if you think that it needs reporting ,your a tool...happy to help.

Showed this to my brother-in-law, he's is a first responder same as the driver in the video, his opinion based on 20-odd years as a paramedic, and 40-odd as a cyclist, is you were not given enough room, you chose not to stop before the pinch point and the driver was at fault for not adapting to that choice, driver did plenty wrong and if you think that it needs reporting, you'd be entitled to think that, and if his management saw the video they would not be happy... happy to help.

 

[roadrash]

Showed this to my brother-in-law, he's is a first responder same as the driver in the video, his opinion based on 20-odd years as a paramedic, and 40-odd as a cyclist, is you were not given enough room, you chose not to stop before the pinch point and the driver was at fault for not adapting to that choice, driver did plenty wrong and if you think that it needs reporting, you'd be entitled to think that, and if his management saw the video they would not be happy... happy to help.

like i said previously

i will show him these responses when he returns from his holiday in 2 weeks time, just to see the difference of oppinion, remember they will be his responses , NOT MINE

 

[CopperBrompton]

you chose not to stop before the pinch point and the driver was at fault for not adapting to that choice

A succinct description of the two causal factors here.