Now this is an interesting helmet cam vid

Clever Pun

Look at the way something actually happens

go on look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VERGMkMTOwQ&feature=player_embedded

notsoblue

*cringe* This is my worst fear while out riding.

Clever Pun

was a copper too... tut tut

notsoblue

This is an oldie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9eaXJhl8Q

pitchshifter

I get caught out along Victoria embankment when passing those foreign buses, the oblivious passengers just step out into the road!

rjsterry

pitchshifter wrote:

I get caught out along Victoria embankment when passing those foreign buses, the oblivious passengers just step out into the road!

Haven't hit any yet, but am beginning to think it's a matter of time. Possibly the stupidesty place I can think of in central London to unload a coach-full of people who aren't familiar with vehicles driving on the left.

First.Aspect

He was going so slowly through such a large gap as well. :roll:

gtvlusso

This happened to a friend of mine - she got hit by an opening car door. Broken collarbone, broken jaw and lots of cuts and bruises.

The guy that opened his door without looking took no responsibility either and so their was no payout......and no witnesses.

Sewinman

That happened to me - white van man passenger decided to bail out whilst at a set of lights, the vehicle was in the right hand lane of two lanes of traffic and I was going up the middle to get to the ASL. I bent my handle bars on my two day old road bike.

gbsahne001

Happened to me years ago in Oxford with a Royal Mail van: new bicycle duly ordered and then written off 3 years later when I went into the back of a Royal mail van. 1-1

richVSrich

rjsterry wrote:

pitchshifter wrote:

I get caught out along Victoria embankment when passing those foreign buses, the oblivious passengers just step out into the road!

Haven't hit any yet, but am beginning to think it's a matter of time. Possibly the stupidesty place I can think of in central London to unload a coach-full of people who aren't familiar with vehicles driving on the left.

i always make sure i give those buses in particular loads of room when going along there...

i have shouted at tourists around parliament square though...look the other way!!!!

cloggsy

Clever Pun wrote:

was a copper too... tut tut

That's what I was going to say & knowing the NYPD's attitude, it would've been 'So what!?' :shock: :roll:

notsoblue

Is there any law that serves to protect from dooring? Or is it only ever considered an unfortunate accident?

_Brun_

[url=http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_069860?CID=TAT&PLA=url_mon&CRE=highwaycode_parking]Highway Code[/url] wrote:

239

Use off-street parking areas, or bays marked out with white lines on the road as parking places, wherever possible.

If you have to stop on the roadside:

do not park facing against the traffic flow
stop as close as you can to the side
do not stop too close to a vehicle displaying a Blue Badge – remember, the occupant may need more room to get in or out
you MUST switch off the engine, headlights and fog lights
you MUST apply the handbrake before leaving the vehicle
you MUST ensure you do not hit anyone when you open your door – check for cyclists or other traffic
it is safer for your passengers (especially children) to get out of the vehicle on the side next to the kerb
put all valuables out of sight and make sure your vehicle is secure
lock your vehicle

[Laws CUR reg 98, 105 & 107, RVLR reg 27 & RTA 1988 sect 42]

Kinda suggests you're at fault for dooring someone, but I've no idea what the penalty or otherwise might be.

Clever Pun

This thread was more a pop at the endless stream of boring commuter cams but it doesn't seem to have panned out that way

_Brun_

At least no one's mentioned Hitler yet.

jonginge

Time to d-lock the thread

tailwindhome

It's really bad that I laughed.

Isn't it?

Not in a 'Daily Mail I hate cyclists' way, more a 'watching a good friend fall off a small ladder' way.

First.Aspect

Am I the only one who thinks that the cyclist was asking for it? He was filtering up the inside in the Jesus lane at some speed. I know strictly its the driver's fault, but doesn't the hive mind take a dim view of filtering up the left of a line of cars?

Ben6899

pitchshifter wrote:

I get caught out along Victoria embankment when passing those foreign buses, the oblivious passengers just step out into the road!

Spanish or Italian?