in the last one, it looked like if the cyclist hadn't doubled back, the pickup and trailer couldn't have cleared the traffic lane - which takes "best flow for everyone" the highest level. your viewer deserves top marks.
I'd have done the same in that situation, although more to stop him rubbing a trailer up the side of me rather than best flow for everyone. I won't lie, but I'd have also called the driver a winker* if they didn't thank me. *misprint
I'd do the same whether I was cycling or driving - reversing a trailer is a difficult skill to master (my stoopid car also throws a fit and auto brakes because of the rear parking sensors)
That's how it looked to me too. It's a fair assumption that the cyclist has local knowledge and that a driver with the same knowledge would know to reverse.
I love watching videos like this and trying to predict what happens, it is like a trial for everyday cycling, and I believe it improves my cycling to watch videos like this
It is good you compile ( #12 already) nice cycling clips which not only addresses the balance of cycling fails, but stops you getting hammered by viewers who think you are biased against all cyclists. This time it is not only driving fails, but pedestrian fails as well.
“But none of them spoke about the cycling infrastructure and it is all about a driver mindset while using a bike which isn’t possible” I am sure someone out there will be thinking that, they have in the past
Nah they still do it lol. There are a good few youtubers (let's not confuse them with cyclists) who are very insecure about Ashley's analysis - more so beacuse they have difficulty woth the idea of personal responsibility
7:28 I was initially questioning why on earth you had included that clip. However, I realised that a lot of people would filter through. I don't filter 99% of the time, but when I do, I never pass anyone who's moving. I'm still alive to this day, with no problems whatsoever! Surprising that, isn't it... 🙄
I filter, but I make sure to _never_ stop next to the first car. Far enough behind the first car that I'm out of the turning radius, unless there's enough space in front of them that they can see me, but never next to them. Even if they don't have their turn lights on. And if I can't filter to right behind or in front of the first car, I also make sure to not stay next to a car that's going the same speed as me.
3:16 I did this yesterday in busier traffic as it's just common decency. The drivers around me just seemed to ignore the sirens, then one of the drivers tried to take me out when I was pulling back into the road once the ambulance had passed.
5:35 - I guess the lorry driver probably mostly just had his truck visible in the wing mirror, but its great positioning by our cyclist still, clear of the lorry but potentially also visible in the wing mirror! Also 6:37 - Unrelated to skill (but good cycling still though), nice to see Hackney Road, basically around the corner from where I grew up :)
8:35 Since this is obviously from Europe, moving to the pavement is part of the default solution set. It's a rare pavement that is pedestrians-only on the Continent. Only in the UK is it the default state of affairs.
You're right. This is just normal behaviour. It's only become "nice" in the context of the dregs who do "blast through" zebra crossings and undertake 40 ton lorries. I still don't consider those people cyclists (no comments please!!). They're just, unfortunately, people who have acess to a bike.
Agree, 'nice' because 99.9% of bikes I see everyday are ridden by complete knobbers. Even in these clips, there are a number of occasions bikey should have actually stopped, rather than dinging their entitlement and shouting at peds. I would not call these nice, but maybe 'the best we will ever get from cyclists'
@@wibbley1I suspect you're guilty of a bit of confirmation bias here. I live and work in Edinburgh and own both a car and a bicycle and I personally find more bad behaviour from motorists than from cyclists. Behaviour tends to get worse as the roads empty in the evening where drivers travelling at 50mph where they should be doing 30 or even 20 is commonplace.
@@raithrover1976 Not sure about confirmation bias. I just use my own observations. We see in these clips, that a ped with right of way actually crossing on a zebra, stops to let the bike pass, as they are so used to seeing bikes refuse to stop for anyone or anything. So it makes it to a 'nice' cycling video as for once the bike actually obeyed the road traffic act. Then we have the bike coming round the corner and dinging their entitlement and then shouting at the peds!!! And Ash thinks this is 'nice'!!! Had it been a motor vehicle sounding it's horn, I'm sure Ash would have treated the situation far differently. I think the bias is from bike riders. They will never criticise or let other bike riders be criticised, instead defend them with what-ever feeble excuse they can. As in your case, your immediate (and all bike riders) response is to somehow try to justify bike rider's lawlessness by blaming speeding motorists!!! How does a speeding motorist in Edenborough compel all bike riders to jump red lights?
@@wibbley1 My point about speeding drivers is about hypocrisy. People who jusify hating cyclists because they run red lights (I don't btw) are usually drivers who think nothing of speeding. Demonstrably, speeding causes more danger to other road users than cyclists running red lights.
@@raithrover1976 The only hypocrisy I see is from bike riders. When ever Ash does a bike tube and it is then filled with comments agreeing that the bike riding was atrocious, it is followed by a pile-on from bikeys using any and every mealy-mouthed excuse to defend them. As an example, I read an (on-line) article about the two wheeled menace in the Greenwich FOOT tunnel. Rather than bikeys agreeing the lawbreakers should be prosecuted, the comments were 'well cars go where they are not supposed to' as if this somehow justifies lawless bike riding. How in any way does another road user breaking the law give any mitigation for a bike rider to do so? Now we come to Ash's car driving videos. Here, other motorists will do the opposite of bikeys, they will pile-on to the bad motorist condemning their actions. Not once have I seen a comment 'well bikes jump red lights, so that car should be allowed to'
Nice to see some good responses to emergency services. Typically we look for 2 signs when trying to progress through traffic on emergency response, eg pulling into the left, indicating or slowing down. Sadly it is my experience that cyclists often give no indication to emergency vehicles such as this. Often I am looking after a cyclist by not overtaking in a tight area, but the cyclist makes no effort to allow me to pass safely, or indication that they are aware of my presence. They look straight ahead and continue pedalling. Simply stopping as far to the left as possible, even standing on the pavement if possible, putting a left foot down and looking at the emergency service vehicle gives really nice clear communication and would allow best flow both for the emergency service vehicle and the cyclist. I wish I would see it more than I do!
I'm surprised a bike would even pull over, to be honest. As for signals, I cannot recall ever seeing a bike rider give a hand signal. It is about time we had full mandatory training for all people wanting to pedal on the road. It should of course include tuition on how to respond to emergency service traffic. But of course with all this eco-wokey-cokey, it will never happen.
in the clip with the bin wagon, I find that a perfectly reasonable maneuver. there were no pedestrians to affect, and there was a mitigating circumstance.
Thank you! I was curious what people would say if Ashley ended up using the clip. I really didn't want to spend the next 5 minutes moving house to house behind it or trying to squeeze through just next to it during one of the stops. But it happened to be positioned perfectly where there was a nice low curb and no recessed house entrance to pass. I think there is no way to cycle past those safely because a person could step out without me first seeing the door start to open. Not enough time to stop. But here it looked safe enough.
@kenbrown2808 I got lucky here, the curb is lower for a garage entrance. I can ride it up a normal sized curb but it is nowhere near this smooth and I would need to go more perpendicular to it.
Good ones. It's often a question, to bell or hold back a little. And indeed follow up with voice if bell does not work is good. Just back from a ride now. Great late sun and hardly anyone was about.
Nope, Bikey should have STOPPED. Imagine how different Ash's 'analysis' would have been if it were a car driver & they sounded their horn, then shouted, but did not stop. Still one rule for bikeys........
Bin wagon - had that same experience on Tuesday morning, though with cars parked on either side of our street (a couple just on the pavement) and with kids being about stayed about 15ft behind the wagon until it got to a point where the offside was clear and I could see beyond it to the corner. Got a wave of the driver as I pedalled past 😃
@@richardkent Had a brief stint working on them, when it was classed as 'back door collection' and black bags had to be moved (in some cases 50+m) to where the wagon was. Wheelie bins, crews got it far too easy now 😂
bikey should have got off that contraption & wheeled it along the pavement if he was too entitled to wait a minute on the road. Just typical arrogant lawless riding shown by him.
In Primary School, we used to have to study the Highway Code, and were regularly tested on it. Obviously we weren't learning to drive, and it wasn't part of Cycling Proficiency (although we could do that). I doubt it happens now, or even happened in every school back then based on the general lack of awareness of pedestrians these days.
Probably deemed to authoritarian and impinges on their human rights to be taught how to cross the road safely. We now live in a world where the motor vehicle is demonised and peds are allowed to step out into the road without looking. All responsibility for the safety of peds and bikes has been passed to the motorist & should they splat a ped or bike who has suddenly moved into their path with no warning, it is of course the motor vehicle's fault.
I was chatting with some pedestrians recently, and I have an impression that they do not rralise at all that the Highway code has the first few pages dedicated to them and cylists. Theu also have mostly nk idea at all about the new arrangements for " priority " at junctions. Bus lanes: i alwasy read sign and use them to improve traffic flow when time allows. The main problem is that side road traffic does not expect other traffic than buses in buslane and is often confused when I come along in my 2,5 m wide truck!😅😅
in the third blue light clip - the cyclist should have gotten into the far side of the side road, before stopping just in case the police driver intended to turn into it. since the police driver didn't, there was no harm, but it's something for people to be aware of.
This is what bikey should have done, or waited. However, this entitlement of having priority and never having to stop, seems bred into the bikey types. Ifbikeys had clearly identifiable registration, we could report all the lawless riding.
It’s amazing what a little bit of thinking ahead , holding back and common courtesy can achieve , and since it takes so little effort why isn’t everyone doing it ? 😢
8:45 Very lucky with the two dropped kerbs! 😁Not sure how you would even mount a kerb on a bike like this. Outside of the question of legality, I think it was done safely and appropriately since the cammer didn't know how much longer the bin lorry was going to be parked there, and squeezing under the cabin even if it's stationary wouldn't be advisable. In my city it isn't "legal" to cycle on the pavement, but sometimes it is impossible to get anywhere without bending the rules a bit, unfortunately.
8:21. JV would have cycled right up behind that car into it’s blind spot then start slapping on the back of the car screaming and shouting “woah woah woah”
I have said it before and I will saybit again, phones should not be allowed *on the road* That is walking and cycling as well as the already illegal use while driving
Hi, from Cycling Twitter. 8:24 is a no-brainer: assume the car driver hasn't seen you (or didn't bother looking) and let them get out of your way. That's how we survive to post on Cycling Twitter...
The lack of awareness from the pedestrian at 2:03 is shocking but is one reason why the hierarchy exists. Nicely done by the viewer 👍 Before anyone says that it is because of the new hierarchy that the pedestrian just stepped out, this has been happening long before those changes entered the highway code and one reason why Strava cycling shouldn’t be done with pedestrians around…they are unpredictable
That’s my clip with the pedestrian, as can be seen in the clip, the pedestrian is also wearing headphones. Ps I record all my rides on Strava, I’m a cycle courier and an endurance cyclist.
2: in the "have you seen me have you heard me" clip, I think we've witnessed a pedestrian who doesn't need a phone to be a zombie. didn't even notice the cyclist's strobe reflecting off the signs in front of him.
There's an Ambulance station at the top of my road so I've had to train myself to remember that cars near me are far more used to Ambulances screaming past at speed. When I'm further afield on my bike there will be car drivers not as at ease with it and may be on unfamiliar roads so how they get out of the way may be a bit panicked and they may forget I'm there on my Brompton so like that lad at the bus lane if I hear a siren I get off the road onto the path and wait.
1:34 A verbal call or ding of a bell would be appropriate, so next time the pedestrian might pay attention 6:20 As above, if the lady isn't made aware of someone else being there this time she will end up getting hurt at some point 7:28 Car in the cycle box, cyclist having to overcompensate for driver stupidity
We all have the odd case of emergency flow and when you do it's best to use the services or the next junction for relief rather than the hard shoulder.
One time a cyclist blasted through, I was on a school trip and a cyclist nearly knocked into my friend. Somehow they missed seeing the 30 people crossing the crossing 🤦♂️
i last used a bike wnen i was a child [ been a motor car driver ever since ] this should be compulsary vewing for all cyclists . sadly i live in the north west of england and cyclists up here seem to think they are made of harder stuff than tarmack or even steel , they seem to have zero fear and never follow the highway code seems to be their motto . so nice to see that some cyclists have a brain . and respect other folk using the same space as them .
Yes too many cycle over zebra crossings when pedestrians are crossing or waiting to cross. Yes I would have waited in the side road for the emergency service vehicle to pass. The pass on the pavement was fine, it was the only safe option for the cyclist to make progress, unless the driver waves them by. I often ride on very narrow single track roads and have on many occasions turned back to a passing point when it is not possible or safe to pass an oncoming vehicle. We all make the occasional mistake or poor decision but this is for the most part really basic simple stuff - defensive cycling avoiding conflict.
7:38: in my state, the highway code has been written to codify that this is normal riding. if the cyclist wanted past, they would have been required to pass on the right, away from the indicated turn.
7:29 This is how I feel it should be done. I have seen plenty of clips where a vehicle is wanting to turn left only to be stopped by multiple cyclists passing on the left. This can be a real problem on single lane streets where a vehicle being unable to turn holds up all the traffic behind them due to being unable to pass. If cyclists maintained primary position in the lane and follow the vehicle instead of passing best flow is maintained as everyone is taking their turn.
Use of the pavement is situationally not a problem for me so long as you act predictably, give priority to pedestrians and do a pedestrian speed. A narrow and busy hill with an empty pavement? Guess where I'm going to be.
Agreed and the rider in the clip slowed down and appeared to use the pavement as a last resort upon seeing the gap, or lack of. The speed was kept slow until back on the road Where I am we have a few cyclists that prefer the pavement over using the roads and despite some paths being narrow will always stop for pedestrians. Those that wish to go faster and take their chance on poor infrastructure will use the road All quite amicable here except for the usual impatience from some on the road (drivers, riders and pedestrians alike) but unfortunately it doesn’t matter where you are there will always be that minority on the road
in the second emergency driver clip, I couldn't tell whether the police car came out of the side road or along the main road. if it was coming from the side road; the cyclist gave them more room by moving out behind the line of stopped traffic. if it was on the main road, then yes, that was an unnecessary move.
Especially since the cyclist first went to the right in order to position themselves behind the vehicle which hadn't actually passed the lane he was in. Pretty sure the cyclist was walking the bike as well meaning they weren't going fast. From the speed of the police vehicle I am pretty sure it was driving straight down the left lane. Watch carefully it passes at 90 degrees to the give way markings. This means the cyclist crossed the lane the police vehicle was using. I'm guessing the cyclist was taking advantage of the lack of traffic due to other vehicles slowing down and stopping further up.
@@Adam_Boots that situation would have been a gritted teeth situation, for the emergency driver, then. that sort of thing puts them in the risk taker category - which equates to high risk for the emergency driver, because they don't know what other high risk thing the person will do.
5:50: under my state law, the lorry was in the wrong for overtaking so close to making his turn, and the cyclist would have been wrong for filtering on the left, with the lorry indicating a left turn. point to the cyclist in that clip.
Lots of good sensible cycling, remember always to say thanks to pedestrians and cars when necessary, this has a positive trickle down affect on behaviour. All pedestrians have priority at all times, annoying as that may seem. Always assume cars will turn across you. Drop your speed, in cities particularly, going over 20 mph exponentially increases risk. Governments should introduce on the spot fines for riding on pavements, jumping red lights, fines should start of low for first time offences and then ramp up. All cyclists should be visible and have some kind of registration to be on the roads. There are far too many time/cost based hire bikes causing problems in cities, this needs to be addressed quickly.
I'm going to suggest that clip #1 was only a non-incident because the car driver didn't hear or chose not to respond to the expletive. In my experience, people can fly off the handle very quickly when confronted with an angry shout, even if they should be aware they are at fault. I appreciate the cyclist's frustration and I've done worse in the past, but I've also been involved in some very nasty and regrettable confrontations because I chose to voice my displeasure. IME it's better to forget it and move on - and if I've done well enough to predict and prepare for the outcome in advance, I'm neither surprised nor angry when it happens.
8:38 yep, I'm up on the pavement if it's a good way to avoid a dodgy driver. Did a very similar thing with a bin lorry the other week. Started doing it if a driver doesn't yield at parked cars on their side and drives straight at me. If they're not going to give me a safe gap, I'm going to find it on the pavement! Gives them a bit of a shock when I swerve across the front of them and up onto the footway! Perhaps they'll drive in a more considerate manner next time.
Yep, typical arrogant bike rider. Why don't you try stopping instead? Pavements are for pedestrians, not shortcuts for bikes. I guess yo stonk along to prove your 'entitlement' without regard for your, or anyone else's safety. You could collide with a ped on the pavement, or cause the car to swerve, possibly causing collision or injury. 'parked cars on their side' I think you need some lessons from ash concerning priority.
@@wibbley1 I don’t stop because a stationary cyclist can still be run over by a car. No peds are put at risk. Certainly far less risk than a car would pose to a pedestrian.
@@shm5547 So just an excuse for poor bike riding then. I bet you are also one of these 'I don't wear hi-viz because I don't have to' brigade. Cars could use the same excuse, not wanting a rear-ender. It is about time all bikes were registered, insured and licenced. Will all their lawbreaking prosecuted.
The last clip was a bit premature by the cyclist I think, and it's not clear that the driver hadn't actually seen them and held back. A little mention for the aggressive pass by taxi at 0:45 would have been good!
1:05 I never cycle over zebra crossings but honestly pedestrians just seem to wait for you, so it gets quite awkward. Not sure if it's a chicken/egg thing but I can see why cyclists do it, because the opportunity appears to be given to you almost every time. I wouldn't though.
his don't flash people out thing is that if you flash somebody out when you don't have full control over their path, you may be sending them into a crash.
Love that in the comments you go on about "toxic cyclists" but about 70% of these videos are you taking angry snipes at people who've disagreed with you on twitter. Funny stuff.
I think this is indeed normal cycling, and the numbers who quietly say that they have cycled as you advocate all their lives suggests so. I don't know if it's under-represented as a proportion of online cycling footage; it's just that the best-known and most followed tend to be the sectarian divas. So thanks.
In Great Britain the law for a bell was dispensed with a number of years ago. A bike does have to be fitted with one at point of sale. In Northern Ireland it is still a legal requirement.
@@Kieran.Robertson even without headphones they seem to have an innate ability to blank out a bell. I’m convinced that some deliberately ignore either the bell or voice.
What should be "non-events" are too infrequent. I wonder what happened to good old fashioned common sense - a conversation that I had with an Electrician yesterday. Conflicting info in the HWC & Health and Safety regs do seem to be the cause. People just don't think.
@@smilerbobMichael Caine. Why? You should know...... 🎶 We are the Self Preservation Society 🎶 I know that you're having a 😂 there Smiler. Laughter is the only Medicine that I am prepared to swallow 😮
So nice to see considerate road use. Just goes to show that there are still a few considerate people out there who have refused to join the self-entitled rabble whose only concern is their selfish-assumed needs and wants.
Sorry about my verbal reaction, I had given a very long clear arm signal, and wrongly assumed that he’d seen me. I only realised in the last few seconds that I was probably in his A pillar blind spot, and slowed accordingly. My verbal reaction was a knee-jerk one!
I think these clips show that safe road use isn't difficult. I also believe if all cyclists showed the same behaviours towards motorists and other road users they wouldn't be so disliked by motorists and would be treated better. Encountering these cyclists would be a non event for all unfortunately that's not the usual situation!
In my clips that’s featured in this video, I always record on Strava. But there comes a time where the safety of yourself and others are more important.
vehicles towing are much greater at risking making cyclists toast, never undertake and not be seen or bread and butter will be in Ash’s mortuary about to be cremated
1.03 all bike riders that I see in just 'blast' though pedestrian crossings. When they are finally governed and have to wear visible registration markings, then finally we may see an end to the cycling menace. 1.20 what would have happened if it were a motor vehicle and they sounded their horn? Probably a pile in saying that peds have priority & the car should have waited. So surely bike should have stopped & not dinged their entitlement. 2.02 Supposedly, peds have priority on the road and so traffic should stop if a ped wants to cross. So why does the bike not stop to let the peds cross? 7.19 had this been an exit on a roundabout with a car driver, Ash would be jumping up & down saying that the peds have priority and the car should stop (risking a rear-end crash)/. Surely bike should have given way to the peds. At the same 7.19 a motor vehicle would have been expected to perform an emergency stop. I'm sure if this situation occurred on a driving test & the pupil sounded their horn & shouted, rather than stopping, they would have failed their test. 7.40, Never happened to me. The knobbies undertake anyway & get all upset when I turn. Get it every day. 8.21 everyone has to get in & out of their drive or parking space. Almost every motor vehicle understands this and will give space to the manoeuvring vehicle, I have yet to be doing similar and have a bike wait, they just carve round the waiting vehicle, pass inches from my bonnet & shout abuse. Again, a regular occurrence in London, for me. 8.55 yep typical bike rider, refusing to ever stop or give way. Anybody could have stepped out from their house onto the pavement & not expected knobby on that ridiculous contraption to be entitling along the pavement. It seems there is still one rule for bikes and another for all other traffic. Even Ash's comments seem to reinforce this. I wonder how Ash's comments would differ if the videos were from cars.
@@Back2Basics1871 I agree, peds should not have right of way to cross the road where they like. Do you not watch Ash's videos? A very recent one where Ash & pupil stopped at the exit of a roundabout to let a ped, who was still on the pavement., cross?
There is no such thing as an A pillar blind spot. If you can’t see part of the road you move your head a couple of inches and make sure the road is clear. Well, I do anyway.
I think the point of the clip was that the cyclist's consideration and adjustment got a response in kind. Just as an angry yell and an unnecessarily close pass for dramatic effect might well have done.
It's not a side road it was a was a traffic light operated junction. They should have waited. Please understand the rules of the road before commenting further.
I disagree with your blind spot take on the first one. This is an excuse you make for drivers too often. Most lilkely reason is the driver did not take extra care because the sun was in their eyes. Drivers don't seem to be aware that when the sun is in their eyes they should take extra care at all times, especially when they are arriving and leaving intersections. You would do well to remind them of it. Too many cyclists have been killed or injured because of this basic issue it seems driving instructors don't warn them properly of. Other thing is cyclists should call out to pedestrians who step into the road without watching. There is nothing considerate about not warning a pedestrian who is inattentive, assumes that no sound means no vehicle or is just goggling their phone.
Cyclists blasting through crossings is all too common and, in my opinion, accepted as the norm by the police. Please don't say it's not because it happens infr9nt of police cars daily. It's that bad cars have started to do it !!!
The thing is the danger of cyclist is lack of knowledge and Drivers lack of trust, and bad driving. So many jump on a bike no knowledge of the rules. they don't signal to change lane and jump lights. It only a couple that ruin the reputation and the respect of drivers and some or on drugs too. That guy on the BBC who is often coursing the issues and blaming drivers standards don't help either. Drivers can be asses, lorry drivers can be asses, cyclists can be. while you cyclist stop well behind the lorry turning cyclist have been killed because they simply don't understand the danger as well as the lorry drivers only have limited ability to reduce that risk but if you can see the driver they can't see you, basic rule apply to all road users who don't want to end up hurt or dead. If you can't see them back off slow down. what ever you travelling buy, bar train they are on tracks and the path is controlled. But roads remember if you can't see them they can't see you. but basic cycling licence should be need to cycle. I did one at age 12 and learn signalling and then cycled 30mile behind my mum back one day, safely at that age. Wouldn't recommend it now that road has many times more users now and it been the same for 100 years.
A huge percentage of cyclists also drive. Drivers also "don't signal to change lane and jump lights". The rules for all modes of transport on the roads are largely the same, I don't know why you're singling out cyclists' behaviour.
@@peterkirk1548 Where I live, biking on the pavement is allowed. But you have to yield to and not be a danger to pedestrians. In this case he was going slowly and there were no pedestrians. Parking there is not allowed, which is very much respected. In this case the drivers didn’t even bother to have some little open space. Why would you park diagonally over the entirety of the pavement where lack of space isn’t a problem? Shows a total lack of understanding and respect for people outside cars.
@@peterkirk1548Pavement cycling is an offence in the U.K. and you will end up with a FPN or a heavy fine if you insist on your day in court. However. When the FPNs were introduced about 20 years ago the Home Secretary at the time issued advice to the various constabularies that police officers could use discretion when dealing with pavement cycling. Basically if the cyclist was being responsible and considering pedestrians then no action was necessary or if the cyclist had opted to use the pavement due to heavy fast moving traffic then that was ok. If they were cycling like an idiot then a FPN could be issued. A lot of the times words of advice would be issued.
@@TheGiff7 right, thanks. Here (Denmark) it is illegal too. Mostly the police are too busy with other stuff to have time to check up on it though. Occasionally they have campaigns where they stop and fine hundreds of cyclists on a single day, for all sorts of infringements. There are a couple of corners where I walk to work, where cyclists often hop up and cycle around the corner instead of waiting at the red light. Police can easily get several dozen there on any given morning. (Btw I just realised the clip is not actually from the UK)
I suppose there must be one good bike rider. I was reading an online article yesterday about the cycling menace in the Greenwich FOOT tunnel, with the lawless two-wheelers refusing to walk their bikes. Guess what the first comment was, 'well cars drive where they are not supposed to' Typical arrogant bike rider comment. And myself last night walking over a PEDESTRIAN ONLY footbridge, I was almost at the end when a speeding bikey turned onto it and ran right into me. Not one word of apology from this lawless menace. Lucky for him that he was able to pedal off before he received a smack in the moosch. Of course no registration plates so he cannot be reported. I have still yet to see any responsible law-abiding bike riders on the road. So my opinion of them remains unchanged.
Ride impeccably? Oh no, they won't do that as "they don't have to." Your typical cyclist would much rather take up the middle of the road, jump red lights, pedal deliberately into danger and swear at people minding their own business.
You could literally replace the word cyclist and put motorists for the exact same thing you complain about. On a side note cycling in the middle of the road is something you should get used to people sick of being bullied for using a public road
in the last one, it looked like if the cyclist hadn't doubled back, the pickup and trailer couldn't have cleared the traffic lane - which takes "best flow for everyone" the highest level. your viewer deserves top marks.
I'd have done the same in that situation, although more to stop him rubbing a trailer up the side of me rather than best flow for everyone.
I won't lie, but I'd have also called the driver a winker* if they didn't thank me.
*misprint
@@Alfthecyclist reasonable.
I'd do the same whether I was cycling or driving - reversing a trailer is a difficult skill to master (my stoopid car also throws a fit and auto brakes because of the rear parking sensors)
@@lozyoung4110 this is true. I've been learning to reverse a trailer since I was a lad, driving an agricultural tractor. most people haven't.
That's how it looked to me too. It's a fair assumption that the cyclist has local knowledge and that a driver with the same knowledge would know to reverse.
Great quote. Sums up when there are problems “steaming into a situation yelling I’ve got priority”. Too much of that goes on and it’s bad cycling
I love watching videos like this and trying to predict what happens, it is like a trial for everyday cycling, and I believe it improves my cycling to watch videos like this
It is good you compile ( #12 already) nice cycling clips which not only addresses the balance of cycling fails, but stops you getting hammered by viewers who think you are biased against all cyclists. This time it is not only driving fails, but pedestrian fails as well.
“But none of them spoke about the cycling infrastructure and it is all about a driver mindset while using a bike which isn’t possible”
I am sure someone out there will be thinking that, they have in the past
nah, cycling twitter will still be cycling twitter.
Nah they still do it lol.
There are a good few youtubers (let's not confuse them with cyclists) who are very insecure about Ashley's analysis - more so beacuse they have difficulty woth the idea of personal responsibility
@@davetkd666 As I put it in another comment on another video, they haven't achieved enlightenment yet.
most pedestrians don't have cams, so it will be a little while before Ashley has a nice pedestrian video to balance your little dig at pedestrians.
Thank you as always for featuring my clips in your video.
Thanks for sending in Matt!
7:28 I was initially questioning why on earth you had included that clip. However, I realised that a lot of people would filter through. I don't filter 99% of the time, but when I do, I never pass anyone who's moving. I'm still alive to this day, with no problems whatsoever! Surprising that, isn't it... 🙄
I filter, but I make sure to _never_ stop next to the first car. Far enough behind the first car that I'm out of the turning radius, unless there's enough space in front of them that they can see me, but never next to them. Even if they don't have their turn lights on.
And if I can't filter to right behind or in front of the first car, I also make sure to not stay next to a car that's going the same speed as me.
Nice bit of Aberystwyth going on there.
Thanks, I’ve submitted lots of clips on here. Look out for more in the upcoming videos. 😊
3:16 I did this yesterday in busier traffic as it's just common decency. The drivers around me just seemed to ignore the sirens, then one of the drivers tried to take me out when I was pulling back into the road once the ambulance had passed.
5:35 - I guess the lorry driver probably mostly just had his truck visible in the wing mirror, but its great positioning by our cyclist still, clear of the lorry but potentially also visible in the wing mirror! Also 6:37 - Unrelated to skill (but good cycling still though), nice to see Hackney Road, basically around the corner from where I grew up :)
8:35 Since this is obviously from Europe, moving to the pavement is part of the default solution set. It's a rare pavement that is pedestrians-only on the Continent. Only in the UK is it the default state of affairs.
You're right. This is just normal behaviour. It's only become "nice" in the context of the dregs who do "blast through" zebra crossings and undertake 40 ton lorries. I still don't consider those people cyclists (no comments please!!). They're just, unfortunately, people who have acess to a bike.
Agree, 'nice' because 99.9% of bikes I see everyday are ridden by complete knobbers.
Even in these clips, there are a number of occasions bikey should have actually stopped, rather than dinging their entitlement and shouting at peds. I would not call these nice, but maybe 'the best we will ever get from cyclists'
@@wibbley1I suspect you're guilty of a bit of confirmation bias here. I live and work in Edinburgh and own both a car and a bicycle and I personally find more bad behaviour from motorists than from cyclists. Behaviour tends to get worse as the roads empty in the evening where drivers travelling at 50mph where they should be doing 30 or even 20 is commonplace.
@@raithrover1976 Not sure about confirmation bias. I just use my own observations.
We see in these clips, that a ped with right of way actually crossing on a zebra, stops to let the bike pass, as they are so used to seeing bikes refuse to stop for anyone or anything. So it makes it to a 'nice' cycling video as for once the bike actually obeyed the road traffic act.
Then we have the bike coming round the corner and dinging their entitlement and then shouting at the peds!!!
And Ash thinks this is 'nice'!!!
Had it been a motor vehicle sounding it's horn, I'm sure Ash would have treated the situation far differently.
I think the bias is from bike riders. They will never criticise or let other bike riders be criticised, instead defend them with what-ever feeble excuse they can.
As in your case, your immediate (and all bike riders) response is to somehow try to justify bike rider's lawlessness by blaming speeding motorists!!!
How does a speeding motorist in Edenborough compel all bike riders to jump red lights?
@@wibbley1 My point about speeding drivers is about hypocrisy. People who jusify hating cyclists because they run red lights (I don't btw) are usually drivers who think nothing of speeding. Demonstrably, speeding causes more danger to other road users than cyclists running red lights.
@@raithrover1976 The only hypocrisy I see is from bike riders.
When ever Ash does a bike tube and it is then filled with comments agreeing that the bike riding was atrocious, it is followed by a pile-on from bikeys using any and every mealy-mouthed excuse to defend them.
As an example, I read an (on-line) article about the two wheeled menace in the Greenwich FOOT tunnel. Rather than bikeys agreeing the lawbreakers should be prosecuted, the comments were 'well cars go where they are not supposed to' as if this somehow justifies lawless bike riding.
How in any way does another road user breaking the law give any mitigation for a bike rider to do so?
Now we come to Ash's car driving videos. Here, other motorists will do the opposite of bikeys, they will pile-on to the bad motorist condemning their actions. Not once have I seen a comment 'well bikes jump red lights, so that car should be allowed to'
Nice to see some good responses to emergency services. Typically we look for 2 signs when trying to progress through traffic on emergency response, eg pulling into the left, indicating or slowing down. Sadly it is my experience that cyclists often give no indication to emergency vehicles such as this. Often I am looking after a cyclist by not overtaking in a tight area, but the cyclist makes no effort to allow me to pass safely, or indication that they are aware of my presence. They look straight ahead and continue pedalling. Simply stopping as far to the left as possible, even standing on the pavement if possible, putting a left foot down and looking at the emergency service vehicle gives really nice clear communication and would allow best flow both for the emergency service vehicle and the cyclist. I wish I would see it more than I do!
I'm surprised a bike would even pull over, to be honest. As for signals, I cannot recall ever seeing a bike rider give a hand signal.
It is about time we had full mandatory training for all people wanting to pedal on the road. It should of course include tuition on how to respond to emergency service traffic.
But of course with all this eco-wokey-cokey, it will never happen.
in the clip with the bin wagon, I find that a perfectly reasonable maneuver. there were no pedestrians to affect, and there was a mitigating circumstance.
Thank you! I was curious what people would say if Ashley ended up using the clip. I really didn't want to spend the next 5 minutes moving house to house behind it or trying to squeeze through just next to it during one of the stops. But it happened to be positioned perfectly where there was a nice low curb and no recessed house entrance to pass. I think there is no way to cycle past those safely because a person could step out without me first seeing the door start to open. Not enough time to stop. But here it looked safe enough.
@@hebijirik you can get off and walk.
@peterkirk1548 and if this sidewalk was narrower and/or past some house entrances I would have done just that . But here laziness won.
@@hebijirik I was actually impressed you got up on the kerb so smoothly. I know it's harder to unweight the front wheel on a recumbent.
@kenbrown2808 I got lucky here, the curb is lower for a garage entrance. I can ride it up a normal sized curb but it is nowhere near this smooth and I would need to go more perpendicular to it.
Good ones. It's often a question, to bell or hold back a little. And indeed follow up with voice if bell does not work is good. Just back from a ride now. Great late sun and hardly anyone was about.
Nope, Bikey should have STOPPED. Imagine how different Ash's 'analysis' would have been if it were a car driver & they sounded their horn, then shouted, but did not stop. Still one rule for bikeys........
Bin wagon - had that same experience on Tuesday morning, though with cars parked on either side of our street (a couple just on the pavement) and with kids being about stayed about 15ft behind the wagon until it got to a point where the offside was clear and I could see beyond it to the corner. Got a wave of the driver as I pedalled past 😃
Respect to anyone who uses the correct name 'bin wagon'.
@@richardkent Had a brief stint working on them, when it was classed as 'back door collection' and black bags had to be moved (in some cases 50+m) to where the wagon was. Wheelie bins, crews got it far too easy now 😂
bikey should have got off that contraption & wheeled it along the pavement if he was too entitled to wait a minute on the road. Just typical arrogant lawless riding shown by him.
In situations like No. 2 0:50 at the zebra crossing, I figure the "stopping" arm signal has got to be worth a try.
Loved that last clip.
In Primary School, we used to have to study the Highway Code, and were regularly tested on it. Obviously we weren't learning to drive, and it wasn't part of Cycling Proficiency (although we could do that). I doubt it happens now, or even happened in every school back then based on the general lack of awareness of pedestrians these days.
Probably deemed to authoritarian and impinges on their human rights to be taught how to cross the road safely.
We now live in a world where the motor vehicle is demonised and peds are allowed to step out into the road without looking.
All responsibility for the safety of peds and bikes has been passed to the motorist & should they splat a ped or bike who has suddenly moved into their path with no warning, it is of course the motor vehicle's fault.
I was chatting with some pedestrians recently, and I have an impression that they do not rralise at all that the Highway code has the first few pages dedicated to them and cylists. Theu also have mostly nk idea at all about the new arrangements for " priority " at junctions.
Bus lanes: i alwasy read sign and use them to improve traffic flow when time allows.
The main problem is that side road traffic does not expect other traffic than buses in buslane and is often confused when I come along in my 2,5 m wide truck!😅😅
in the third blue light clip - the cyclist should have gotten into the far side of the side road, before stopping just in case the police driver intended to turn into it. since the police driver didn't, there was no harm, but it's something for people to be aware of.
Personally with the dustcart I'd have dismounted and trotted past but there again the kerbs here in Cambridge are higher and I'm not on a recliner
This is what bikey should have done, or waited. However, this entitlement of having priority and never having to stop, seems bred into the bikey types. Ifbikeys had clearly identifiable registration, we could report all the lawless riding.
It’s amazing what a little bit of thinking ahead , holding back and common courtesy can achieve , and since it takes so little effort why isn’t everyone doing it ? 😢
8:45 Very lucky with the two dropped kerbs! 😁Not sure how you would even mount a kerb on a bike like this. Outside of the question of legality, I think it was done safely and appropriately since the cammer didn't know how much longer the bin lorry was going to be parked there, and squeezing under the cabin even if it's stationary wouldn't be advisable.
In my city it isn't "legal" to cycle on the pavement, but sometimes it is impossible to get anywhere without bending the rules a bit, unfortunately.
8:21. JV would have cycled right up behind that car into it’s blind spot then start slapping on the back of the car screaming and shouting “woah woah woah”
True dat!
Re 'steaming in shouting I have priority'... When people realise that right of way is 'given not taken', things tick along a lot better
I always use the roads with the expectation that people will do the worst thing possible...it gets ya through
It's simple when you know how.
Phone zombies are such a Bad Thing in towns and cities .
True...the bigger problem is that half of them are driving whilst they're being a zombie!
I have said it before and I will saybit again, phones should not be allowed *on the road*
That is walking and cycling as well as the already illegal use while driving
Hi, from Cycling Twitter. 8:24 is a no-brainer: assume the car driver hasn't seen you (or didn't bother looking) and let them get out of your way. That's how we survive to post on Cycling Twitter...
The lack of awareness from the pedestrian at 2:03 is shocking but is one reason why the hierarchy exists. Nicely done by the viewer 👍
Before anyone says that it is because of the new hierarchy that the pedestrian just stepped out, this has been happening long before those changes entered the highway code and one reason why Strava cycling shouldn’t be done with pedestrians around…they are unpredictable
That’s my clip with the pedestrian, as can be seen in the clip, the pedestrian is also wearing headphones.
Ps I record all my rides on Strava, I’m a cycle courier and an endurance cyclist.
2: in the "have you seen me have you heard me" clip, I think we've witnessed a pedestrian who doesn't need a phone to be a zombie. didn't even notice the cyclist's strobe reflecting off the signs in front of him.
Careful. Some disabilities are not obvious.
I’m always anticipating these people, hence why I knew to hold back even before the second road he crossed.
There's an Ambulance station at the top of my road so I've had to train myself to remember that cars near me are far more used to Ambulances screaming past at speed. When I'm further afield on my bike there will be car drivers not as at ease with it and may be on unfamiliar roads so how they get out of the way may be a bit panicked and they may forget I'm there on my Brompton so like that lad at the bus lane if I hear a siren I get off the road onto the path and wait.
1:34 A verbal call or ding of a bell would be appropriate, so next time the pedestrian might pay attention
6:20 As above, if the lady isn't made aware of someone else being there this time she will end up getting hurt at some point
7:28 Car in the cycle box, cyclist having to overcompensate for driver stupidity
We all have the odd case of emergency flow and when you do it's best to use the services or the next junction for relief rather than the hard shoulder.
One time a cyclist blasted through, I was on a school trip and a cyclist nearly knocked into my friend. Somehow they missed seeing the 30 people crossing the crossing 🤦♂️
i last used a bike wnen i was a child [ been a motor car driver ever since ] this should be compulsary vewing for all cyclists .
sadly i live in the north west of england and cyclists up here seem to think they are made of harder stuff than tarmack or even steel , they seem to have zero fear and never follow the highway code seems to be their motto . so nice to see that some cyclists have a brain . and respect other folk using the same space as them .
2:10 walking around wearing headphones .... STUPID IDEA ...it could have been a 44 tonne lorry.
It happens all the time here, the amount of clips I could submit featuring headphone users alone would need a few episodes.
The one riding on the pavement past the bin wagon was justified, imo.
Yes too many cycle over zebra crossings when pedestrians are crossing or waiting to cross.
Yes I would have waited in the side road for the emergency service vehicle to pass.
The pass on the pavement was fine, it was the only safe option for the cyclist to make progress, unless the driver waves them by.
I often ride on very narrow single track roads and have on many occasions turned back to a passing point when it is not possible or safe to pass an oncoming vehicle.
We all make the occasional mistake or poor decision but this is for the most part really basic simple stuff - defensive cycling avoiding conflict.
7:38: in my state, the highway code has been written to codify that this is normal riding. if the cyclist wanted past, they would have been required to pass on the right, away from the indicated turn.
7:29 This is how I feel it should be done.
I have seen plenty of clips where a vehicle is wanting to turn left only to be stopped by multiple cyclists passing on the left. This can be a real problem on single lane streets where a vehicle being unable to turn holds up all the traffic behind them due to being unable to pass.
If cyclists maintained primary position in the lane and follow the vehicle instead of passing best flow is maintained as everyone is taking their turn.
in my state, that is required by the highway code. a cyclist wishing to filter past a car indicating to turn must go on the side opposite the turn.
Use of the pavement is situationally not a problem for me so long as you act predictably, give priority to pedestrians and do a pedestrian speed. A narrow and busy hill with an empty pavement? Guess where I'm going to be.
Agreed and the rider in the clip slowed down and appeared to use the pavement as a last resort upon seeing the gap, or lack of. The speed was kept slow until back on the road
Where I am we have a few cyclists that prefer the pavement over using the roads and despite some paths being narrow will always stop for pedestrians. Those that wish to go faster and take their chance on poor infrastructure will use the road
All quite amicable here except for the usual impatience from some on the road (drivers, riders and pedestrians alike) but unfortunately it doesn’t matter where you are there will always be that minority on the road
9:20 that driver isn't even looking where he's going! definitely part of the problem!!
8:50 - OK there was no one else on the pavement but pavements are not for cyclists!
in the second emergency driver clip, I couldn't tell whether the police car came out of the side road or along the main road. if it was coming from the side road; the cyclist gave them more room by moving out behind the line of stopped traffic. if it was on the main road, then yes, that was an unnecessary move.
Especially since the cyclist first went to the right in order to position themselves behind the vehicle which hadn't actually passed the lane he was in.
Pretty sure the cyclist was walking the bike as well meaning they weren't going fast.
From the speed of the police vehicle I am pretty sure it was driving straight down the left lane. Watch carefully it passes at 90 degrees to the give way markings. This means the cyclist crossed the lane the police vehicle was using. I'm guessing the cyclist was taking advantage of the lack of traffic due to other vehicles slowing down and stopping further up.
@@Adam_Boots that situation would have been a gritted teeth situation, for the emergency driver, then. that sort of thing puts them in the risk taker category - which equates to high risk for the emergency driver, because they don't know what other high risk thing the person will do.
5:50: under my state law, the lorry was in the wrong for overtaking so close to making his turn, and the cyclist would have been wrong for filtering on the left, with the lorry indicating a left turn. point to the cyclist in that clip.
Imagine Jeremy Vine in that clip from your friend in Australia. Non event? He'd explode! ;-)
Lots of good sensible cycling, remember always to say thanks to pedestrians and cars when necessary, this has a positive trickle down affect on behaviour. All pedestrians have priority at all times, annoying as that may seem. Always assume cars will turn across you. Drop your speed, in cities particularly, going over 20 mph exponentially increases risk. Governments should introduce on the spot fines for riding on pavements, jumping red lights, fines should start of low for first time offences and then ramp up. All cyclists should be visible and have some kind of registration to be on the roads. There are far too many time/cost based hire bikes causing problems in cities, this needs to be addressed quickly.
I'm going to suggest that clip #1 was only a non-incident because the car driver didn't hear or chose not to respond to the expletive. In my experience, people can fly off the handle very quickly when confronted with an angry shout, even if they should be aware they are at fault. I appreciate the cyclist's frustration and I've done worse in the past, but I've also been involved in some very nasty and regrettable confrontations because I chose to voice my displeasure. IME it's better to forget it and move on - and if I've done well enough to predict and prepare for the outcome in advance, I'm neither surprised nor angry when it happens.
With the lorry its usually mgif pass at a junction 5:07
This video makes me wanting again to get a recumbent.
@Dellvmnyam Why? Surely riding a bike make other road users think you are a knobby, but riding a recumbent removes all doubt! :o)
as a pedestrian, the cycle bell takes longer to register than voice, often my wife tells me cyclist before the bell has fully registered.
8:38 yep, I'm up on the pavement if it's a good way to avoid a dodgy driver. Did a very similar thing with a bin lorry the other week. Started doing it if a driver doesn't yield at parked cars on their side and drives straight at me. If they're not going to give me a safe gap, I'm going to find it on the pavement! Gives them a bit of a shock when I swerve across the front of them and up onto the footway! Perhaps they'll drive in a more considerate manner next time.
They won't, just abuse you for riding across in front of you and then riding on the pavement.
Yep, typical arrogant bike rider. Why don't you try stopping instead?
Pavements are for pedestrians, not shortcuts for bikes.
I guess yo stonk along to prove your 'entitlement' without regard for your, or anyone else's safety. You could collide with a ped on the pavement, or cause the car to swerve, possibly causing collision or injury.
'parked cars on their side' I think you need some lessons from ash concerning priority.
@@wibbley1 I don’t stop because a stationary cyclist can still be run over by a car. No peds are put at risk. Certainly far less risk than a car would pose to a pedestrian.
@@edholmes3492 quite possibly, but the main aim is prioritising my safety, so whatever the driver thinks doesn’t really matter.
@@shm5547 So just an excuse for poor bike riding then.
I bet you are also one of these 'I don't wear hi-viz because I don't have to' brigade.
Cars could use the same excuse, not wanting a rear-ender.
It is about time all bikes were registered, insured and licenced. Will all their lawbreaking prosecuted.
Completely normal cycling in that last dutch clip.
1:46, unaware pedestrians in the road. An issue not just for cyclist but is also a problem for EVs because you can’t hear them coming.
3:27 I've been known to turn down side streets to get out of the way of ESVs on busy main roads.
just be aware they may also be turning there.
The last clip was a bit premature by the cyclist I think, and it's not clear that the driver hadn't actually seen them and held back. A little mention for the aggressive pass by taxi at 0:45 would have been good!
1:05 I never cycle over zebra crossings but honestly pedestrians just seem to wait for you, so it gets quite awkward. Not sure if it's a chicken/egg thing but I can see why cyclists do it, because the opportunity appears to be given to you almost every time. I wouldn't though.
a-pillar blindspot! you mean that 5 cm thick bit of car that you can move your head 1 inch and see around?!
4:06 nice illustration for flickers use by pedestrians
I know you say don't flash your lights but sometimes people will not move until you do,
his don't flash people out thing is that if you flash somebody out when you don't have full control over their path, you may be sending them into a crash.
well done those cyclists
9.00 to the mealy-mouthed 'but we don't have to wear hi-viz'
Maybe making oneself as visible as possible would help drivers spot you sooner?
0:44 terrible overtake from the taxi.
Not great no. And then fails to give way to the pedestrians when turning at the junction.
Taxi drivers live in a world of their own
Wouldn't it be great if J Vine could get a 'nice cycling' clip on here! Not holding breath though...
He probably does it most of the time but finds the footage dull or "off-message" and so deletes it.
Love that in the comments you go on about "toxic cyclists" but about 70% of these videos are you taking angry snipes at people who've disagreed with you on twitter. Funny stuff.
in the Australian clip, you can tell that wasn't Jeremy Vine.
I think this is indeed normal cycling, and the numbers who quietly say that they have cycled as you advocate all their lives suggests so. I don't know if it's under-represented as a proportion of online cycling footage; it's just that the best-known and most followed tend to be the sectarian divas. So thanks.
Do cyclists not have bells anymore. A quick Ding on the bell would alert pedestrians to the potential danger. I have one on mine and use it.
In Great Britain the law for a bell was dispensed with a number of years ago. A bike does have to be fitted with one at point of sale. In Northern Ireland it is still a legal requirement.
So many idiots wear headphones nowadays that bells are becoming less effective
7:15 not always effective
@@shm5547 always worth a try
@@Kieran.Robertson even without headphones they seem to have an innate ability to blank out a bell. I’m convinced that some deliberately ignore either the bell or voice.
What should be "non-events" are too infrequent. I wonder what happened to good old fashioned common sense - a conversation that I had with an Electrician yesterday.
Conflicting info in the HWC & Health and Safety regs do seem to be the cause.
People just don't think.
Who needs common sense when it is always the other persons fault? 🤣
@@smilerbobMichael Caine.
Why? You should know......
🎶 We are the Self Preservation Society 🎶
I know that you're having a 😂 there Smiler. Laughter is the only Medicine that I am prepared to swallow 😮
I bet all these people drive the same way
I've seen far too many motor vehicles blasting through on Zebra crossings so its not just cyclists?
3:09 There was a huge gap in the traffic, why didn't the cyclist just get into the other lane ?
Solution
So nice to see considerate road use. Just goes to show that there are still a few considerate people out there who have refused to join the self-entitled rabble whose only concern is their selfish-assumed needs and wants.
In the first clip, does reacting as “fucking hell” mean he spotted he was in a blind spot and made it a non event 🤔🤷♂️
Sorry about my verbal reaction, I had given a very long clear arm signal, and wrongly assumed that he’d seen me. I only realised in the last few seconds that I was probably in his A pillar blind spot, and slowed accordingly. My verbal reaction was a knee-jerk one!
I think these clips show that safe road use isn't difficult. I also believe if all cyclists showed the same behaviours towards motorists and other road users they wouldn't be so disliked by motorists and would be treated better. Encountering these cyclists would be a non event for all unfortunately that's not the usual situation!
The other big takeaway from these clips, is none of the cyclists seem to be trying to take .01 second of their personal best time.
In my clips that’s featured in this video, I always record on Strava. But there comes a time where the safety of yourself and others are more important.
vehicles towing are much greater at risking making cyclists toast, never undertake and not be seen or bread and butter will be in Ash’s mortuary about to be cremated
1.03 all bike riders that I see in just 'blast' though pedestrian crossings.
When they are finally governed and have to wear visible registration markings, then finally we may see an end to the cycling menace.
1.20 what would have happened if it were a motor vehicle and they sounded their horn? Probably a pile in saying that peds have priority & the car should have waited. So surely bike should have stopped & not dinged their entitlement.
2.02 Supposedly, peds have priority on the road and so traffic should stop if a ped wants to cross.
So why does the bike not stop to let the peds cross?
7.19 had this been an exit on a roundabout with a car driver, Ash would be jumping up & down saying that the peds have priority and the car should stop (risking a rear-end crash)/. Surely bike should have given way to the peds.
At the same 7.19 a motor vehicle would have been expected to perform an emergency stop. I'm sure if this situation occurred on a driving test & the pupil sounded their horn & shouted, rather than stopping, they would have failed their test.
7.40, Never happened to me. The knobbies undertake anyway & get all upset when I turn. Get it every day.
8.21 everyone has to get in & out of their drive or parking space. Almost every motor vehicle understands this and will give space to the manoeuvring vehicle, I have yet to be doing similar and have a bike wait, they just carve round the waiting vehicle, pass inches from my bonnet & shout abuse. Again, a regular occurrence in London, for me.
8.55 yep typical bike rider, refusing to ever stop or give way. Anybody could have stepped out from their house onto the pavement & not expected knobby on that ridiculous contraption to be entitling along the pavement.
It seems there is still one rule for bikes and another for all other traffic. Even Ash's comments seem to reinforce this.
I wonder how Ash's comments would differ if the videos were from cars.
Pedestrians don't have priority to just cross any road at any point. You're totally insane
"had it been an exit on a roundabout" it would be a totally different scenario. You clearly don't drive and I suggest it stays that way.
@@Back2Basics1871 I agree, peds should not have right of way to cross the road where they like.
Do you not watch Ash's videos? A very recent one where Ash & pupil stopped at the exit of a roundabout to let a ped, who was still on the pavement., cross?
Every comment here is wrong @wibbley1
@@wibbley1yes, but that wasn't in this video. It's a totally different scenario.
You don't like bikes. We get it. Move on.
0:21 that's what I call defensive cycling. Shouldn't be a non-event, should be 3 points and £100 FPN for careless driving.
There is no such thing as an A pillar blind spot. If you can’t see part of the road you move your head a couple of inches and make sure the road is clear. Well, I do anyway.
If the cyclist is turning into the side-road the pedestrians already crossing the road should have had priority, and didn’t need to run!
They do but you can't stop human behaviour
They were walking against their red light, that's not the same thing.
no, they didn't, but it was courteous of them to do so.
I think the point of the clip was that the cyclist's consideration and adjustment got a response in kind. Just as an angry yell and an unnecessarily close pass for dramatic effect might well have done.
It's not a side road it was a was a traffic light operated junction. They should have waited. Please understand the rules of the road before commenting further.
I disagree with your blind spot take on the first one. This is an excuse you make for drivers too often. Most lilkely reason is the driver did not take extra care because the sun was in their eyes. Drivers don't seem to be aware that when the sun is in their eyes they should take extra care at all times, especially when they are arriving and leaving intersections. You would do well to remind them of it. Too many cyclists have been killed or injured because of this basic issue it seems driving instructors don't warn them properly of.
Other thing is cyclists should call out to pedestrians who step into the road without watching. There is nothing considerate about not warning a pedestrian who is inattentive, assumes that no sound means no vehicle or is just goggling their phone.
Cyclists blasting through crossings is all too common and, in my opinion, accepted as the norm by the police. Please don't say it's not because it happens infr9nt of police cars daily. It's that bad cars have started to do it !!!
Why don’t you rename these videos “Normal Cycling” / “Normal Driving”?
It wouldn’t grab viewers’ attention as well
It’s not normal when you look at what IS normal behaviour on our roads
What I saw was many of these cyclists riding defensively to account for poor driving and behaviour by pedestrians, why should that be "normal"?
The thing is the danger of cyclist is lack of knowledge and Drivers lack of trust, and bad driving. So many jump on a bike no knowledge of the rules. they don't signal to change lane and jump lights. It only a couple that ruin the reputation and the respect of drivers and some or on drugs too. That guy on the BBC who is often coursing the issues and blaming drivers standards don't help either. Drivers can be asses, lorry drivers can be asses, cyclists can be. while you cyclist stop well behind the lorry turning cyclist have been killed because they simply don't understand the danger as well as the lorry drivers only have limited ability to reduce that risk but if you can see the driver they can't see you, basic rule apply to all road users who don't want to end up hurt or dead. If you can't see them back off slow down. what ever you travelling buy, bar train they are on tracks and the path is controlled. But roads remember if you can't see them they can't see you. but basic cycling licence should be need to cycle. I did one at age 12 and learn signalling and then cycled 30mile behind my mum back one day, safely at that age. Wouldn't recommend it now that road has many times more users now and it been the same for 100 years.
A huge percentage of cyclists also drive. Drivers also "don't signal to change lane and jump lights". The rules for all modes of transport on the roads are largely the same, I don't know why you're singling out cyclists' behaviour.
can that second one call himself a proper cyclist if he didn't try to mow down the woman in the crossing?
😂
8:31 Yeah, two cars parked and covering 100% of the pavement is what is wrong, not the bicyclist using it to pass the truck.
I don't know the rules in the UK, but where I live it is not allowed to cycle along a pavement, nor drive or park there either.
@@peterkirk1548 Where I live, biking on the pavement is allowed. But you have to yield to and not be a danger to pedestrians.
In this case he was going slowly and there were no pedestrians.
Parking there is not allowed, which is very much respected.
In this case the drivers didn’t even bother to have some little open space. Why would you park diagonally over the entirety of the pavement where lack of space isn’t a problem? Shows a total lack of understanding and respect for people outside cars.
@@th5841 interesting. Now I understand a bit better videos from the UK of people cycling along the pavement.
@@peterkirk1548Pavement cycling is an offence in the U.K. and you will end up with a FPN or a heavy fine if you insist on your day in court. However. When the FPNs were introduced about 20 years ago the Home Secretary at the time issued advice to the various constabularies that police officers could use discretion when dealing with pavement cycling. Basically if the cyclist was being responsible and considering pedestrians then no action was necessary or if the cyclist had opted to use the pavement due to heavy fast moving traffic then that was ok. If they were cycling like an idiot then a FPN could be issued. A lot of the times words of advice would be issued.
@@TheGiff7 right, thanks. Here (Denmark) it is illegal too. Mostly the police are too busy with other stuff to have time to check up on it though. Occasionally they have campaigns where they stop and fine hundreds of cyclists on a single day, for all sorts of infringements. There are a couple of corners where I walk to work, where cyclists often hop up and cycle around the corner instead of waiting at the red light. Police can easily get several dozen there on any given morning. (Btw I just realised the clip is not actually from the UK)
I suppose there must be one good bike rider.
I was reading an online article yesterday about the cycling menace in the Greenwich FOOT tunnel, with the lawless two-wheelers refusing to walk their bikes.
Guess what the first comment was, 'well cars drive where they are not supposed to'
Typical arrogant bike rider comment.
And myself last night walking over a PEDESTRIAN ONLY footbridge, I was almost at the end when a speeding bikey turned onto it and ran right into me. Not one word of apology from this lawless menace. Lucky for him that he was able to pedal off before he received a smack in the moosch. Of course no registration plates so he cannot be reported.
I have still yet to see any responsible law-abiding bike riders on the road. So my opinion of them remains unchanged.
Ride impeccably? Oh no, they won't do that as "they don't have to." Your typical cyclist would much rather take up the middle of the road, jump red lights, pedal deliberately into danger and swear at people minding their own business.
You could literally replace the word cyclist and put motorists for the exact same thing you complain about. On a side note cycling in the middle of the road is something you should get used to people sick of being bullied for using a public road