No one gets anywhere fast by rushing in London, cyclists will always beat you, so don't try to race ahead. Car drivers just make themselves look like fools, put everyone in danger, and get points and fines. All risk, no reward.
I had a van driver mount a curb to overtake me despite travelling at the speed of traffic. I think there are motorists out there who just see cyclists as obstacles.
Looking back at this video the lady you were speaking with was also riding aggressively. She passed by the delivery worker very closely without any attempt to slow down.
You had no choice but to take the lane here so he should have read ahead and anticipated. That is a ridiculous way to drive in a built up area. Drive in London expect cyclists you will not win so chill out!
Wow, some of those London streets look like an rta of some kind waiting to happen, I don't know how you do it, but kudos to you Sir. Great entertainment, pls continue
Why the hell do you ignore all the cyclists braking the rules? I mean just before you pointed out someone’s new bicycle another cyclist was BRAKING the rules!!!
And by forcing the car in front to keep brake testing them. Seriously though, tailgating is normal in many countries and it doesn't cause half the problems that it does here.... So I would say it's less to do with the act of tailgating and more to do with the way others react to it.
With roads like that and heavy congestion I can see why cycling is so beneficial there. It's a shame more people don't cycle. I wish I could cycle where I live but the roads are far too dangerous and people here hate cyclists.
Because motorists simply Must Get In Front... surely you can't expect them to travel behind a cyclist, even if they are keeping up with the flow of the traffic...!
Another driver can only see to the end of their nose if he look further up the road before beeping and then when he overtook he would have seen the cars had stop
Because that's good cycling and is the result of govt. approved cycle training and experience. It's a pedestrian heavy area, so I'm leaving space for one unexpectedly walking out from behind one of those parked cars, I'm leaving space for someone to open a car door on me, and space for all the unexpected movements you get on a road like that. Fair enough?
mc mikey did you impress the lady cyclist with you alphabet chat cause don't think she got it did you pull her over good lad make sure you wear protection all cyclists need it from the big bad drivers
Cyclists think they have the devine right to weave in and out of traffic... drivers have enough to look out for without some idiot cutting in beside them
The amount of people commenting that you should have moved over to the left is absolutely shocking. I hope that none of you have drving licences and if you do then please please please do your due diligence in learning about how other road users are supposed to act before you get behind the wheel again.
“Plan ahead” ... where else would you plan for, “plan backwards”, “plan reverse”. It’s just “plan”. Driver was far too aggressive, but you were all over the road too. Maybe that antagonised him.
"All over the road" - this is what incompetent drivers say when they see an experienced and trained cyclist riding according to best practice in a situation like this, staying out of the door zone, positioned correctly in the road.
As someone who lives in the NL who are known for having alot of bikers and bike traffic ; you guys have some weird ass laws on bikers , if you cycled like that in holland you would be ran over in about 2 seconds ; there are rules to it over here and you cant just cycle in the middle of a street like we see people doing here ; if you do then YOU are in the wrong ; not the car-driver Then again we are smart enough to have designated biking paths on EVERY SINGLE ROAD so this shit doesnt happen :) england might wanna think about investing in some of them
@@CyclingMikey there's definitely some roadpirates as we call them , but pretty much every road has a wide orange/burdundy colored path next to it , indicating a bike path which is for the bikers; AND the motorists safety , we try to keep the bikers and motorists separated Asmuch as possible , ofc its not possible on every road ! , i must say it was a complete culture shock for me trafficwise when i visited london a few years ago!
If you would cycle like you propose in London, and you do not take a narrow lane shared with a motorists, you would be taking a serious risks. By taking the lane, you signal to cars behind you that it is not safe to pass at this time.
Could just be courteous to their road users and let the car pass 🤷🏻♂️ He can’t exactly anticipate he’s going to be at a red light after he passes you PS I’m a cyclist and a driver
You mean ride left hard against the parked cars? That's about the worst advice you could possibly give. It's a narrow lane, pass when safe, don't expect cyclists to get out of your way. That's very discourteous of you and of the driver of DV67VGN. th-cam.com/video/lcTGhlstgQM/w-d-xo.html Secondly this is London, if you can't anticipate that you'll be queuing and the cyclist will be past you very shortly, then you couldn't plan a piss-up in a brewery.
If you cycle in the door zone, one day you're going to get fucked up by someone opening their door on you. Would it not be courteous of the driver to wait until it's safe to overtake and leave a bit more room while doing so? Why would you assume that riding primary (aka keeping yourself safe) is discourteous? You've never rode a bicycle or a motorbike have you.
@@CyclingMikey I wish I could up vote this a thousand times. Craig K claims to be "driver and a cyclist" and yet he thinks you should put your safety at risk for someone elses supposed convenience. Craig K shouldn't be doing either.
"He can't exactly anticipate he's going to be at a red light..." That is pretty the one thing that you can anticipate - especially when driving in London. Travelling slower behind a cyclist, generally makes little difference to a motorist's average speed. Unsafe overtakes and speeding usually only serve to allow you to reach the end of the next queue of traffic sooner. You just get to burn more fuel and sit in stationary traffic for longer - is that really worth endangering people's safety for?
Lots of places the cyclist could have moved into his left for the car to overtake, but he didn't just stayed in the middle of the road waving his finger at the driver to intentionally annoy him even more.
That would be bad riding, Daniel. As someone with cycle instructor training, I'm staying correctly wide of parked cars. Only an idiot drives so aggressively in London - you gain nothing by driving like that.
You need remedial driving and cycling lessons, Martin. First off you're stupid and impatient to expect cyclists to ride in the gutter. Instead we're taught to take the lane and to ride out of the deadly door zone - this is taught to school children. Fuck off over to the next lane if you want to pass, and don't be an impatient prick like this driver was.
"Other road users" does not mean "just car drivers." You might want to read the Highway Code, especially if you are thinking of taking your car out any time soon.
I dont see a problem with what Mikey did, they have to ride in that position as there is a chance a car door could open, whether by a driver not checking the mirror or a backseat passenger and the cyclist hits the door and is injured. We all use the road so care needs to be used when your faced with cyclists, I hate the ones who ride side by side, need to be single file.
I'd happily let him past - but I'm not going to put myself in danger to do so. As someone with cycle instructor training, I'll tell you that you should ride in the middle of the lane where I did there. Here's what you're at risk of if you ride next to parked cars: th-cam.com/video/lcTGhlstgQM/w-d-xo.html
if you didnt take up as much room the situation might not have happened. ive watched a few of your vids now and im starting to see a pattern......your just like most cyclists, you think you own the road. educate yourself first
Actually, the road is there as much for cyclists and horse riders as it is for drivers. Everyone has to follow the Highway Code. The Highway Code does not assume that you are in any kind of hurry or that your means of conveyance is faster or more powerful than another's. Therefore, such factors do not confer any kind of "ownership" of the roads. If you find yourself behind a slower vehicle - whether it's a cyclist or another car - you maintain a slow speed to hold behind them at a safe distance until it is safe to pass them, and you pass them in a safe manner, i.e. without exceeding the speed limit and putting plenty of room between yourself and them, which more often than not means moving fully over into the adjacent lane. There is no arguing against that. If you don't like it, use public transport on which you will be driven by drivers that are properly trained.
The more room you give to cars the more likely they are to try and inappropriately & dangerously overtake you. The car driver almost ran a pedestrian over and was speeding to overtake in between parked cars. All for what?
No one gets anywhere fast by rushing in London, cyclists will always beat you, so don't try to race ahead. Car drivers just make themselves look like fools, put everyone in danger, and get points and fines. All risk, no reward.
Too bad most drivers are way too stupid to figure that out.
What strikes me, after the overtake he drove at the same speed you maintained. o_O
It is psychological, car drivers always think cyclists are travelling slower than them.
And HAVE to get ahead. :/
James, many have the same issue with lorries, then slow down in front of said truck...
I had a van driver mount a curb to overtake me despite travelling at the speed of traffic. I think there are motorists out there who just see cyclists as obstacles.
this video should be entitled: chat-up (followed by Aggressive driver)
Hahaha, I wasn't chatting her up. :)
Talking to a girl isn't automatically chatting her up, it's just having normal conversation with someone, complimenting their new bike.
Why do men think when you chat to a girl it's automatically chatting her up?
It's tongue in cheek, get a sense of humour transplant
@@ADAMLFC92 women think it more than men do
Looking back at this video the lady you were speaking with was also riding aggressively. She passed by the delivery worker very closely without any attempt to slow down.
Daft you cannot really go any faster than a bicycle in London anyway
Mikey you silver tongued old fox 😀
Typical ego mentality, small minded success, got him nowhere but too much of a coward to talk so drives carelessly too. Well done for capturing it.
Greetings
How do you sync your rear camera with front? They are 2 cameras and you edit footage in an editor or?
Thank you :)
They are the same cameras connected together.
You had no choice but to take the lane here so he should have read ahead and anticipated. That is a ridiculous way to drive in a built up area. Drive in London expect cyclists you will not win so chill out!
Wow, some of those London streets look like an rta of some kind waiting to happen, I don't know how you do it, but kudos to you Sir. Great entertainment, pls continue
Why the hell do you ignore all the cyclists braking the rules? I mean just before you pointed out someone’s new bicycle another cyclist was BRAKING the rules!!!
Do you mean breaking or braking 🤔🤦🏻
Do you mean the cyclist acting like a pedestrian and walking their bike over the pelican crossing...in a completely legal way...?
@@tangomoggynoengi8518 Impatient and unnecessary on her part.
Cycles cannot be traced so not much point in reporting them to the police.
@@toffeeriot4219 Are you saying cyclists are no longer allowed to get off and push their bikes at dangerous junctions ?
Aggressive drivers who tailgate actually cause traffic slowdowns by having to brake hard but pull away slowly.
And by forcing the car in front to keep brake testing them.
Seriously though, tailgating is normal in many countries and it doesn't cause half the problems that it does here.... So I would say it's less to do with the act of tailgating and more to do with the way others react to it.
@@Strider9655 I would say your talking a load of old shite.
@@thiscocks I think you are
@@Strider9655 No, it's the tailgaiting
With roads like that and heavy congestion I can see why cycling is so beneficial there. It's a shame more people don't cycle. I wish I could cycle where I live but the roads are far too dangerous and people here hate cyclists.
Why can't people just wait, its a narrow road only wide enough for one bike or one car, just wait until its clear then pass, why ride up their ass?
Because motorists simply Must Get In Front... surely you can't expect them to travel behind a cyclist, even if they are keeping up with the flow of the traffic...!
Then he cuts in front of the Merc .
...in an attempt to get away, because of the big scary cyclist...!
Yes, he probably doesn't understand it's a left-turn only lane!
why dont you mention motor bikes revving up in an angry manner your just against four wheeled vehicles
Another driver can only see to the end of their nose if he look further up the road before beeping and then when he overtook he would have seen the cars had stop
why do you ride in the middle of the road
Because that's good cycling and is the result of govt. approved cycle training and experience. It's a pedestrian heavy area, so I'm leaving space for one unexpectedly walking out from behind one of those parked cars, I'm leaving space for someone to open a car door on me, and space for all the unexpected movements you get on a road like that. Fair enough?
It’s the middle of the lane, not the road. Not dangerous, but necessary in this situation.
I didn't see it at first but you certainly provoked it a little with the finger waggle. still no excuse.
No, that was reaction to his instigation - revving and tailgating started before that.
@@CyclingMikey nah that definitely triggered him even more lol
Where dose his accent come frm
Noreigin?
Zimbabwe
mc mikey did you impress the lady cyclist with you alphabet chat cause don't think she got it did you pull her over good lad make sure you wear protection all cyclists need it from the big bad drivers
3:10 checking out the lady?
Cyclists think they have the devine right to weave in and out of traffic... drivers have enough to look out for without some idiot cutting in beside them
The amount of people commenting that you should have moved over to the left is absolutely shocking. I hope that none of you have drving licences and if you do then please please please do your due diligence in learning about how other road users are supposed to act before you get behind the wheel again.
I recon you were in there with the blond cyclist Mickey😊
“Plan ahead” ... where else would you plan for, “plan backwards”, “plan reverse”.
It’s just “plan”.
Driver was far too aggressive, but you were all over the road too. Maybe that antagonised him.
"All over the road" - this is what incompetent drivers say when they see an experienced and trained cyclist riding according to best practice in a situation like this, staying out of the door zone, positioned correctly in the road.
As someone who lives in the NL who are known for having alot of bikers and bike traffic ; you guys have some weird ass laws on bikers , if you cycled like that in holland you would be ran over in about 2 seconds ; there are rules to it over here and you cant just cycle in the middle of a street like we see people doing here ; if you do then YOU are in the wrong ; not the car-driver
Then again we are smart enough to have designated biking paths on EVERY SINGLE ROAD so this shit doesnt happen :) england might wanna think about investing in some of them
In NL we are much better at not opening doors onto cyclists. Also you don't know that much about roadcraft in NL, much like many UK drivers, it seems.
@@CyclingMikey there's definitely some roadpirates as we call them , but pretty much every road has a wide orange/burdundy colored path next to it , indicating a bike path which is for the bikers; AND the motorists safety , we try to keep the bikers and motorists separated Asmuch as possible , ofc its not possible on every road ! , i must say it was a complete culture shock for me trafficwise when i visited london a few years ago!
There was not space for him to safely pass anyways. So how is he in the wrong for ensuring that the driver does not even attempt it? Curious.
If you would cycle like you propose in London, and you do not take a narrow lane shared with a motorists, you would be taking a serious risks. By taking the lane, you signal to cars behind you that it is not safe to pass at this time.
Could just be courteous to their road users and let the car pass 🤷🏻♂️ He can’t exactly anticipate he’s going to be at a red light after he passes you
PS I’m a cyclist and a driver
You mean ride left hard against the parked cars? That's about the worst advice you could possibly give. It's a narrow lane, pass when safe, don't expect cyclists to get out of your way. That's very discourteous of you and of the driver of DV67VGN. th-cam.com/video/lcTGhlstgQM/w-d-xo.html Secondly this is London, if you can't anticipate that you'll be queuing and the cyclist will be past you very shortly, then you couldn't plan a piss-up in a brewery.
If you cycle in the door zone, one day you're going to get fucked up by someone opening their door on you. Would it not be courteous of the driver to wait until it's safe to overtake and leave a bit more room while doing so? Why would you assume that riding primary (aka keeping yourself safe) is discourteous?
You've never rode a bicycle or a motorbike have you.
@@CyclingMikey I wish I could up vote this a thousand times. Craig K claims to be "driver and a cyclist" and yet he thinks you should put your safety at risk for someone elses supposed convenience. Craig K shouldn't be doing either.
"He can't exactly anticipate he's going to be at a red light..."
That is pretty the one thing that you can anticipate - especially when driving in London. Travelling slower behind a cyclist, generally makes little difference to a motorist's average speed. Unsafe overtakes and speeding usually only serve to allow you to reach the end of the next queue of traffic sooner. You just get to burn more fuel and sit in stationary traffic for longer - is that really worth endangering people's safety for?
You might be a cyclist but your advice is terrible. Never cycle in the door zone.
Lots of places the cyclist could have moved into his left for the car to overtake, but he didn't just stayed in the middle of the road waving his finger at the driver to intentionally annoy him even more.
That would be bad riding, Daniel. As someone with cycle instructor training, I'm staying correctly wide of parked cars. Only an idiot drives so aggressively in London - you gain nothing by driving like that.
Once again, your road positioning is only going to antagonise other road users. If you keep looking for trouble, you will find it.
You need remedial driving and cycling lessons, Martin. First off you're stupid and impatient to expect cyclists to ride in the gutter. Instead we're taught to take the lane and to ride out of the deadly door zone - this is taught to school children. Fuck off over to the next lane if you want to pass, and don't be an impatient prick like this driver was.
"Other road users" does not mean "just car drivers." You might want to read the Highway Code, especially if you are thinking of taking your car out any time soon.
I dont see a problem with what Mikey did, they have to ride in that position as there is a chance a car door could open, whether by a driver not checking the mirror or a backseat passenger and the cyclist hits the door and is injured.
We all use the road so care needs to be used when your faced with cyclists, I hate the ones who ride side by side, need to be single file.
Not one of CMs best.
You could of let him past . Youre not helping drivers at all .
I'd happily let him past - but I'm not going to put myself in danger to do so. As someone with cycle instructor training, I'll tell you that you should ride in the middle of the lane where I did there. Here's what you're at risk of if you ride next to parked cars: th-cam.com/video/lcTGhlstgQM/w-d-xo.html
"Helping drivers" betrays a massive ignorance of the Highway Code, which provides for all users of the public highway, not limited just to drivers.
He person in the Astra didn’t do anything wrong
If you really think that, you need some remedial driving lessons.
if you didnt take up as much room the situation might not have happened. ive watched a few of your vids now and im starting to see a pattern......your just like most cyclists, you think you own the road. educate yourself first
You're an idiot. This is good road position and is the result of experience and cycle training. Don't be so impatient to overtake inappropriately.
Actually, the road is there as much for cyclists and horse riders as it is for drivers. Everyone has to follow the Highway Code. The Highway Code does not assume that you are in any kind of hurry or that your means of conveyance is faster or more powerful than another's. Therefore, such factors do not confer any kind of "ownership" of the roads. If you find yourself behind a slower vehicle - whether it's a cyclist or another car - you maintain a slow speed to hold behind them at a safe distance until it is safe to pass them, and you pass them in a safe manner, i.e. without exceeding the speed limit and putting plenty of room between yourself and them, which more often than not means moving fully over into the adjacent lane. There is no arguing against that. If you don't like it, use public transport on which you will be driven by drivers that are properly trained.
The more room you give to cars the more likely they are to try and inappropriately & dangerously overtake you. The car driver almost ran a pedestrian over and was speeding to overtake in between parked cars. All for what?