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Bike camera evidence ignored?
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Posted 12 years ago #
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The message from Deputy Chief Constable, Northamptonshire Police calls these "minor traffic offences" - I find it weird that people can threaten people with their car and this gets classed as a "minor traffic offence" while if people behave the same way with their fists it'll get them in serious trouble.
Agh!
off-topic: I did something a bit vigilante today - not sure if I should have or not...
I was cycling on my normal route to work along the canal tow path, and had slowed down to a crawl behind a pedestrian (pushing a buggy with a dog not-on-lead following behind) for a couple of seconds to let a bike coming the other way pass. The guy behind me over-took me, snuck in the gap between the pedestrian and the oncoming cyclist as they were passing. No collisions happened this time, but it just seemed really unnecessary - If I'm in a hurry I don't take the canal.
Anyway: Later (at my normal pootle speed) I caught up with him on the meadows and asked him to take it easy on the canal towpath. He said that he would. And I feel a bit rubbish for saying it :/ but I just want people to not frighten pedestrians on there/go too close (same as on the roads: cars vs bikes).
Anyway, did I go too far in speaking to him? :/ *angst*Posted 12 years ago # -
I do like the clips in that article, they show how childish folk can be for no real reason!
Clearly the Audi driver is at fault for a cheeky pull out, but it's pretty obvious whats about to happen, so the cyclist should just slow down (he could have even just let him out), but instead he gets an attitude, keeps his line and sounds his horn.
Of course Audi driver now decides he can be just as childish as the cyclist, and we now have an incident over nothing.
Posted 12 years ago # -
While flying KLM/Kenyan airways, was amused to see a helmet cam advertised for sale in the inflight/duty free magazine!
Posted 12 years ago # -
"Anyway, did I go too far in speaking to him? :/ *angst*"
Not at all. I was slowing for a safe gap behind a cloud of peds/dogs/buggies/slowbikes on the Canonmills path beside Tesco the other day when an impatient dingbat steamed past me, through the various people then left-hooked some further people when he turned up towards Five Ways when they were taking the WoL. I'd have said more than I managed if I'd had any warning at all before he appeared at my shoulder.
Posted 12 years ago # -
@lionfish. You did the right thing. No need fo angst.
Posted 12 years ago # -
@lionfish. No angst, one of the side benefits of cycling is the easy ability to communicate with other peds and cyclists.
Posted 12 years ago # -
@lionfish peer pressure is needed to improve behaviour on shared paths. We can't complain of the way drivers treat us on the roads and then show the same contempt for pedestrians.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Definitely the right thing to do. Sounds like you spoke to him decently as well as he took on board what you had to say.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Well, we can speak to fellow cyclists if they dont have headphones in. Yesterday, I caught up with a cyclist who had continued through a red light on Melville Drive onto some pedestrians who were crossing and me at the end of MMW. Caught him at the bottom of Marchmont Road and remonstrated but he was compeltely clueless about what he had done, and no apology or indication he wouldnt do it again. If you are going to meander through a red light, you could at least stop when you reach those with a green.
Posted 12 years ago # -
Always find this a bit difficult. Being on a bike makes it easy to chase people down and give them your mind, but then again I don't chase and speak to people I see walking across the road at a red man (which is against the HC, if not actually an offence), or displaying similar rudeness to their fellow man.
Then again, I'm not shy about shouting at people when I'm on my bike either. Is it something about being a cyclist?
Posted 12 years ago # -
Anyway, did I go too far in speaking to him?
I thought you were going to confess that you pushed him in the canal :-) Just speaking to someone, and politely by the sound of it, is fine, don't worry!
Posted 12 years ago # -
if you are civil it is a free country. Just don't expect civil answers back?
The Audi would have been stuck behind the cyclist all the way up the road if he hadn't cut him up, instead of being stuck in front of him like what happened.
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