On three mobiles and in a bus lane

[Pale Rider]

Hopefully something will be done about this selfish, lawless cretin who was filmed by a cyclist driving in a bus lane and using three mobile devices.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...EE-mobile-phones-wheel-morning-rush-hour.html

 

[jefmcg]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfofOmznWUc

Pity he didn't knock on the window of the police vehicle. Might have caught the driver red-handed.

 

[Jamieyorky]

Im so glad i dont have to commute in London, sorry guys but i couldn't do it

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Got bored after 11 seconds

 

[mjr]

Im so glad i dont have to commute in London, sorry guys but i couldn't do it

It's not usually as bad as that. I minimise my time in bus lanes for reasons I've stated before, including that you've got basically no protection from idiots like that, but there are still a lot of good routes.

 

[Slick]

I know video clips like this is not everyone's cup of tea, but if it's not highlighted it will never change and the recent examples of not just cyclists getting injured or worse will continue. This behaviour is a massive risk to all of us.

 

[jonny jeez]

Im so glad i dont have to commute in London, sorry guys but i couldn't do it

3millions journeys a day...one video of an idiot. You do the math.

London is an awesome place to ride.

 

[jefmcg]

I'm used drivers acting like they are rally drivers. I'm used to drivers devoting their attention to their phones. Not happy with either, but iss it really too much to ask if they only break the law in one direction at a time?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Hopefully something will be done about this selfish, lawless cretin who was filmed by a cyclist driving in a bus lane and using three mobile devices.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...EE-mobile-phones-wheel-morning-rush-hour.html

Or the judge and jury will just think "that could have been me", and let him off, because self-interest trumps justice any day. It's pretty obvious mobile phone use in cars has become socially acceptable, regardless of what the law or common sense says.

 

[Jamieyorky]

3millions journeys a day...one video of an idiot. You do the math.

London is an awesome place to ride.

I mean i couldnt cope with the traffic.

 

[Drago]

Cyclist involved in Some Car Drivers are twits shocker!

 

[jonny jeez]

I mean i couldnt cope with the traffic.

Ah, Honestly its not that bad. so many of the roads in London have bus lanes and more and more now have segregated cycle ways (which I love hate in bizarrely equal measure).
The overriding factor though is awareness. If you travel in London you EXPECT others to do so as well. drivers are so much more aware of cyclists than in the more suburban and rural parts of the country.I promise you I feel safer in London than out on a country lane in Kent...or at lease just as safe.

don't get me started on traffic lights though.

 

[jonny jeez]

Or the judge and jury will just think "that could have been me", and let him off, because self-interest trumps justice any day. It's pretty obvious mobile phone use in cars has become socially acceptable, regardless of what the law or common sense says.

Do you really think that.

I find the opposite. I'm surprised at how socially unacceptable it has already become and not just in the cycle fraternity.

Many of my friends are fairly sanctimonious about drivers with mobiles, despite the fact that until the government made it officially "dangerous" and naughty they felt it was perfectly safe to drive with one in their hand.

I'm using the royal "they" here, which also means me.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

The idiot's car is showing as not taxed since June 2016, I wouldn't be surprised if he'd no insurance either. I do hope the rider who filmed it reported it to the police.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

It's still ignored by a substantial number of drivers.
Last week alone, Met Police traffic officers reported 4,878 drivers for using hand-held mobiles.

4,878!

And that's just one traffic department in one area.