Undertaker Cabbie - Why?

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AndyRM said:
Is that camera mounted on your head, or is this the chest one? If it's on your head, why don't you look around you? I cycle on far quieter roads than you and check over my shoulders regularly.

If it's the chest one, I just think that's weird...
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Initial image was the chest. Need to get new mirrors after they were damaged by a close passer a few weeks ago.
 
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ManiaMuse said:
See that yellow cyclist in front? Why didn't you scalp him?

Ditto blue cyclist?

They destroyed you off the lights as well (I know you waited behind the traffic in the right lane and stopped, but you still let them jump you).

Seriously though, you might find cycling faster is safer as you are closer to the speed of traffic flow and less of an obstacle. Your road position and cycling gear says "I'm a serious cyclist, give me space", but your speed says "I'm a slow cyclist in your way" which might be a bit confusing to some drivers.
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Scalping can be left on the bigger roads like Euston Road where you can step on the gas and burn ruber and melt your chains..
 
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[QUOTE 2464288, member: 30090"]A few points, all imo of course.

Dangerous move by the cabbie who should know better, why undertake like that is a mystery.

As Boris has said you should look over you shoulder more. You may do this anyway, but moving off from the lights like that I look over my shoulder just to see what the traffic behind me is doing. In fact any time where I'm changing lanes, direction or speed I like to have a look.

I think you should post your vids on CC. So what if the commuting boards get filled up with them? For every one person who says ''not that guy again who has six cameras on his bike.'' There will be someone who does like watching your vids. As long as it does not descend in people going on your threads and saying get a life! twat! etc I can't see no problem.[/quote]
I think the standard is once every 10 seconds.. dont want to have a situation of one in one?..lol Cheers
 
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Wondering if I can invent a multi directional or 360 degree head cam and clean up in the London market? :rolleyes:
 
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MaxInc said:
You must be new to London traffic. Legal or not, that sort of move is a normal occurrence in London, and if you are betting your safety by relying on other drivers / riders's obedience to the highway code, you may run out of luck at some point. I don't think there is a single journey into London, not even on a Sunday morning, when someone doesn't cut me off, pushes me to a side or slows me down. Cycle lanes are not respected, neither are solid white lines, chevroned areas or speed limits. And cyclist are amongst the worst offenders that I constantly have to dodge and avoid knocking them down for my own sake. It's a bit of a jungle and quite dangerous place to be a cyclist.

The only way to increase you safety is to ride defensively and be aware of you limitations. Apart from being visible, alert and aware of traffic around you, you should be expecting this kind of move and be prepared for it. I didn't know when the cab driver was going to undertake you by watching the clip but I anticipated the moment by a few good seconds when I noticed the gap developing. It was large enough for a car to squeeze through and it did. Regardless of your fitness level, no driver will be happy to cruise at 15mph behind a cyclist so they will try to over / undertake you, especially in central London. It doesn't matter who was wrong or right when you end up in the hospital or worse.

Confrontation it's always a bad choice. The odds are against you as a cyclist vs. any other vehicle. If it were to end badly, it's easy to guess who would suffer more.
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As a new commuter i agree, so many incidents i see are due to poor road management or poor road awareness by the cyclists. Sure there are poor drivers out there, but if you don't force yourself into poor road positions you won't get situations like that, a quick look over your shoulder (it's called a life saver for a reason) and you would see him, indicate your move to the left and bingo situation avoided. I check over my shoulder every 30 seconds or so on the road. It's not going to stop the drivers doing stupid things, but it's about keeping safe out there - your the move vulnerable thing on the road. A lot of cyclists could learn from motorcyclists and their techniques.
 
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