Got some helmet cam footage of YOUR commute?

redvee

A coming together of two cyclists, one wearing a helmet cam and one looking the wrong way on the wrong side of the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znzDL031Flo

Brake lever sized puncture to the left thigh that seperated the muscle and skin and grazes on right knee and elbow.

optimisticbiker

First attempt at editing some helment cam video...

Taxi RLJ'r

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA-YfeKoY5Y


Sorry about crap editing... need to experiment with timings more...

optimisticbiker

Left hook attempt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIjqutsxlS0

optimisticbiker

Dangerous driving from a #16 bus...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ZDJChkW-Q

redvee

redvee wrote:

A coming together of two cyclists, one wearing a helmet cam and one looking the wrong way on the wrong side of the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znzDL031Flo

Brake lever sized puncture to the left thigh that seperated the muscle and skin and grazes on right knee and elbow.

This includes the aftermath of the above

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9jN8uj4Lk

nation

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Left hook attempt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIjqutsxlS0

Out of curiousity, why did you filter past him?

If I'm going to make it through the lights in the next sequence, I don't bother filtering, I just take primary in the lane.

Bowden2017

Hope you'er OK Redvee. You gotta love pissed up idiots on bikes. Good job he was freindly drunk

optimisticbiker

nation wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Left hook attempt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIjqutsxlS0

Out of curiousity, why did you filter past him?

If I'm going to make it through the lights in the next sequence, I don't bother filtering, I just take primary in the lane.

Because i usually do at those lights... and normally I'm away before the cars move... yes you could argue i should have stayed behind him, but equally he could have turned left behind me.. it would have cost him all of 2 seconds... actually I was already a couple of metres in front of him... Theres a big difference between being squished by a vehicle turning left because you are on its left and havent been seen and, knowing the bike is there in front of you, overtaking it deliberately in a dangerous manner...

kurako

OptimisticBiker wrote:

nation wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Left hook attempt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIjqutsxlS0

Out of curiousity, why did you filter past him?

If I'm going to make it through the lights in the next sequence, I don't bother filtering, I just take primary in the lane.

Because i usually do at those lights... and normally I'm away before the cars move... yes you could argue i should have stayed behind him, but equally he could have turned left behind me.. it would have cost him all of 2 seconds... actually I was already a couple of metres in front of him... Theres a big difference between being squished by a vehicle turning left because you are on its left and havent been seen and, knowing the bike is there in front of you, overtaking it deliberately in a dangerous manner...

You're making a big assumption that the driver gives a toss. I really don't see the need to pull ahead of him if you're going straight. If he was also going straight (which seems to be your assumption) he'd probably end up overtaking at some point. Some drivers are crazy nut jobs. What's the point putting yourself at risk unnecessarily?

I go on the premise that a small percentage of overtakes is going to be dodgy through incompetence or negligence. I try to limit the number of overtakes to lessen the chance of getting a bad one. One of the ways to do this is not to filter forward at lights (and you should never, ever be on the extreme left when you want to go straight).

nation

OptimisticBiker wrote:

nation wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Left hook attempt...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIjqutsxlS0

Out of curiousity, why did you filter past him?

If I'm going to make it through the lights in the next sequence, I don't bother filtering, I just take primary in the lane.

Because i usually do at those lights... and normally I'm away before the cars move... yes you could argue i should have stayed behind him, but equally he could have turned left behind me.. it would have cost him all of 2 seconds... actually I was already a couple of metres in front of him... Theres a big difference between being squished by a vehicle turning left because you are on its left and havent been seen and, knowing the bike is there in front of you, overtaking it deliberately in a dangerous manner...

Yeah, I'm not suggesting the driver was in the right or anything, it was a horrible maneouvre.

However, taking primary behind him wouldn't have cost you any time and it would have prevented the conflict from occurring in the first place. Especially since the driver's previous overtake clearly demonstrated they don't have any qualms about cutting up a cyclist.

iPete

At no point was the drivers in the right but to echo the comments above, he probably doesn't care and the best way to minimise the risk would to have sat behind his car in the primary, you never know what the person behind the wheel is like, are they doing their make up, on the phone etc. That way you'll never get left hooked and its one less car over taking you, if you can accelerate at the pace of traffic its a perfect way of taking full control.

& redvee, the guy was an idiot but did you not think to slow or shoulder check and move to the other side of the road. Not trying to place blame in any way what soever as its obvious whos at fault but it looked avoidable?

richrock

@iPete - just an observation from watching it again - it did look avoidable, but at ~3secs the other guy weaves out into the middle of the road anyway and by the collision both are on the opposite side of the road, so it's just unavoidable. Redvee was starting to move out anyway to pass.

An unfortunate accident, one I've had with kids on BMX's who don't bother checking the road for any traffic.

Finlab6

OT - how do i change the date stamp on my md80 clone headcam?

redvee

Finlab6 wrote:

OT - how do i change the date stamp on my md80 clone headcam?

Open notepad and type the following:

[date]
xx/xx/xxxx
12:19:00

Save as TAG.txt into the root folder of the memory card. Can't remember if the month or day is the first figure, been so long since I played with mine.

atomboy

A motorcycle-learner got a serious lesson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc4MJOzlvV4

A woman ignored the STOP table and tried to turn in front of me. She almost knocked another car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHD5rHWtX2c

redvee

Wind assisted double scalp of two motorbikes, the speedo flicked over to 30mph.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuAkqwbJ8pE

A delayed RLJ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljuIyDM3FiU

Kieran_Burns

two bits of fun today and deja vu in full force!

http://youtu.be/-MSoZWv9Yik?hd=1

She gave this full arms wide "WTF???" look at me. I was seriously tempted to stop and say "rules 162 and 163 luv. Go look 'em up" but thought "what's the point?"

and then this one (same day, leaving work... start the playback IN the work car park!)

how the hell did he think he was going to get past in time? or at all?????

http://youtu.be/ItPUgxbeDJg?hd=1

I love the gear change when he 'races' off... and straight into the back of a line of traffic

straas

I can't really tell because of the skew on videos but is your mate riding really close to the curb or are you taking somewhere between secondary and primary?

optimisticbiker

Almost got squeezed between a lorry towing a trailer and a parked car at a pinch point (traffic island). I was doing around 27mph (yes it was downhill!) in a 30 limit when this lorry overtook me doing at least 40 - his wing mirror actually passed over my shoulder. And then when he eventually did brake at the bottom of the hill (as he went through amber traffic lights) there were no lights on the trailer (nor did it have a number plate).

I will post the video of the incident once I have worked out how to 'fuzzy' the company name, etc as I agreed to do so in return for the following apology:

Your Reference: Inconsiderate and Dangerous Driving WX1* ***

Dear Mr *****,

Thank you for your email dated 11th May 2011 with reference to the above.

All potential incidents are taken extremely seriously by our company and as such we are treating your email with the upmost priority.

It is unacceptable that a member of our company has clearly shown no due consideration for the Highway Code and towing a trailer with no valid number plate or working lights.

These issues are in the process of being rectified immediately with our Transport Manager and the driver of the vehicle, both of which will be interviewed at depth as to why the driver showed no consideration to other road users whilst driving our company vehicle, and why our Transport Manager allowed a vehicle to go on the public highway without working lights and a valid number plate.

On completion of the above and following our own internal Disciplinary Proceedings a Written Warning will be issued to both driver and Transport Manager which will be kept on file for a period of six months during which period the driver of the vehicle will be closely monitored, and all our vehicles checked.

Our company would like to make an unconditional apology for any inconvenience this potential incident may have caused you and hope that with the above content your faith has somewhat been restored.

Yours Sincerely


xxx xxxxx
Managing Director

Mr Plum

redvee wrote:

redvee wrote:

A coming together of two cyclists, one wearing a helmet cam and one looking the wrong way on the wrong side of the road.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znzDL031Flo

Brake lever sized puncture to the left thigh that seperated the muscle and skin and grazes on right knee and elbow.

This includes the aftermath of the above

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9jN8uj4Lk

What a tw@t. You were more than reasonable IMO - I would have been seriously pissed off...

redvee

redvee wrote:

A blue taxi R:Jing in Bristol this afternoon. Looking at the frames where the lights change and when the taxi passes the stop line there are 35 frames which equals over 1 sceond.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR0eQXtg7X8

Had an email from the taxi licencing office in Brizzle as the file is being handed over to the legal team and I will either attend court of the safety protection committee.

optimisticbiker

From last nights commute - yet another close one as an idiot on a motorbike with no respect for his pillion passenger or other road users brushes my front wheel in heavy traffic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24k-gQ3hfbA

optimisticbiker

Yet another... last night's commute was eventful! Tourists are the bane of London cycling.. they just appear when you least expect them...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGedvzjhzGQ

optimisticbiker

Couldn't sleep so did some more clipping...

Here's one of me being left hooked by an ambulance... but I'll forgive him as it was in the line of duty...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Xq-QSTX5s

Kieran_Burns

Here's a mad few moments

http://youtu.be/TjWK9Gl2PAI?hd=1

My boss left hooks us
We scalp an old roadie with incredible muscle definition!
Seriously gorgeous babe crosses the road in front of us
Me holding 25mph for 2 miles (peaking over 26)

Probably the best ride home we've had, lots of speed, lots of fun, great weather and a tailwind

(Oh and I've just noticed we hit the speed sensor at 24mph, not bad as we'd not long set off.)

(okay - where did the URL go????)

optimisticbiker

Got the video sorted... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUBhSSnHgAU

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Almost got squeezed between a lorry towing a trailer and a parked car at a pinch point (traffic island). I was doing around 27mph (yes it was downhill!) in a 30 limit when this lorry overtook me doing at least 40 - his wing mirror actually passed over my shoulder. And then when he eventually did brake at the bottom of the hill (as he went through amber traffic lights) there were no lights on the trailer (nor did it have a number plate).

I will post the video of the incident once I have worked out how to 'fuzzy' the company name, etc as I agreed to do so in return for the following apology:

Your Reference: Inconsiderate and Dangerous Driving WX1* ***

Dear Mr *****,

Thank you for your email dated 11th May 2011 with reference to the above.

All potential incidents are taken extremely seriously by our company and as such we are treating your email with the upmost priority.

It is unacceptable that a member of our company has clearly shown no due consideration for the Highway Code and towing a trailer with no valid number plate or working lights.

These issues are in the process of being rectified immediately with our Transport Manager and the driver of the vehicle, both of which will be interviewed at depth as to why the driver showed no consideration to other road users whilst driving our company vehicle, and why our Transport Manager allowed a vehicle to go on the public highway without working lights and a valid number plate.

On completion of the above and following our own internal Disciplinary Proceedings a Written Warning will be issued to both driver and Transport Manager which will be kept on file for a period of six months during which period the driver of the vehicle will be closely monitored, and all our vehicles checked.

Our company would like to make an unconditional apology for any inconvenience this potential incident may have caused you and hope that with the above content your faith has somewhat been restored.

Yours Sincerely


xxx xxxxx
Managing Director

redvee

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Here's a mad few moments

My boss left hooks us
We scalp an old roadie with incredible muscle definition!
Seriously gorgeous babe crosses the road in front of us
Me holding 25mph for 2 miles (peaking over 26)

Probably the best ride home we've had, lots of speed, lots of fun, great weather and a tailwind

(Oh and I've just noticed we hit the speed sensor at 24mph, not bad as we'd not long set off.)

Nice clip

Kieran_Burns

redvee wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Here's a mad few moments

My boss left hooks us
We scalp an old roadie with incredible muscle definition!
Seriously gorgeous babe crosses the road in front of us
Me holding 25mph for 2 miles (peaking over 26)

Probably the best ride home we've had, lots of speed, lots of fun, great weather and a tailwind

(Oh and I've just noticed we hit the speed sensor at 24mph, not bad as we'd not long set off.)

Nice clip

I just remembered that about a minute before that clip started we had a really considerate lorry driver and then a VERY near miss off another one. That really was one hell of a busy commute.

Oh, and we hit 30mph on the flat further on (Rob told me off)

and that girl? Best arse I've ever seen. Pippa can go swing as far as I'm concerned

jds_1981

redvee wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Here's a mad few moments

My boss left hooks us
We scalp an old roadie with incredible muscle definition!
Seriously gorgeous babe crosses the road in front of us
Me holding 25mph for 2 miles (peaking over 26)

Probably the best ride home we've had, lots of speed, lots of fun, great weather and a tailwind

(Oh and I've just noticed we hit the speed sensor at 24mph, not bad as we'd not long set off.)

Nice clip

What editing software do you use?

Kieran_Burns

Windows Live Movie Maker - that's the 1st time I've used it!