Cycling Fail #6 | An Optional Give Way Line

Too many cyclists, don't take enough responsibility for their own safety.
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[@Hdtjdjbszh]

perfect timing! I was cycling home around 5pm tonight and I crashed into a cyclist (as a cyclist) who was text-riding without lights, out of a junctionm the wrong way.. managed to minimise the collision but not entirely avoid it

[@erm-i-like-rats]

Goddamn I hope you and your bike are well. I cycle home from college at around 5pm a lot of days a week, the weather and busy traffic makes it really hard sometimes. Took a fall myself in the rain recently but didn't collide with anyone thank goodness.

[@deelitedmanchester4302]

​@@erm-i-like-ratsit's that time of year again where poorly lit, badly maintained streets become a haven for pot holes and detritus hidden under a subtle layer of rain water and fallen leaves. No problem in an ever popular SUV, but a nightmare riding a bike with fairly skinny road wheels.

[@johnmckay1423]

I used to cycle in London every day. I always said that other cyclists were the second greatest danger on the roads. Only beaten by pedestrians - both are far more difficult to predict than motorists.

[@jenniferhamiltonwcs9274]

Cycle commuter lady here (14 miles each day) and examples like this are so frustrating and scary. Also honestly feel sometimes that it can result in all of us on bikes being tarred with the same brush of being irresponsible, and I feel worried I get tooted and shouted at more often than not because these dangerous cycle moments are what people assume will happen when they see a bike. I’ve made mistakes on the road like all of us but never like the ones who just go without even looking at give way - bizarre! Guess I’m just hoping for any who immediately thought when watching this… “typical cyclists!” …please give cycles space and don’t assume, and don’t toot if you don’t have to, it gives me such nerves and you’ve no idea how loud it is outside of a car and I’m jumpy enough.

[@laceandwhisky]

Sadly it is typical cyclists you and me are rare breeds on push bikes maybe cos I'm old and wiser drive n ride everything and have felt the pain when injured. 😢

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

I think what helped me was I did my driving test (car) and BCT (motorcycle) and used both to commute for 7 years before deciding to cycle to work, so I was determined not to be the type of cyclist that annoyed me, plus I knew about road positioning etc. If a car driver sees a cyclist going through red, they think all cyclists are the same, but if another car driver did the same, it's just that driver, or make of car. I do give quite a few thumbs up to considerate car drivers thought. There's good and bad everywhere.

[@EvilGav]

There are 3 distinct cyclists that are the biggest problem for every other road user: The fully spandex'd up Tour De France wannabe, who can barely maintain 15 mph, but still insists on cycling everywhere taking up the maximum space on the road The cycle clubs, all in matching spandex, who ignore the cycling club guidelines of never being in a group of more than 4 at a time, and insist on riding in a group of 10+ like they are the Tour peloton The ones mostly featured in this video, who just don't give a monkey's about other road user and think they are invincible The vast majority of cyclists are just getting from A to B, abide by the majority of the rules (I don't think any road users sticks to every rule all the time), and generally are just trying to either commute or enjoy the ride. What winds everyone else up on the roads is there is a complete lack of consequence - the people cant be easily identified, so nothing happens. I think the only time I've ever seen a consequence was when a cyclist breezed through a red light - right in front of the police at the front of the traffic. But even then, it's just a talking to - in a car/bike, that can result in points and/or a fine.

[@wibbley1]

I think that is true. As 99% of bikes, scooters and e-things ride like this (estimate from my own personal witnessing), I make the assumption that the other 1% do as well. Even the 1% of good riders seem to have a pile-on, should a motorist dare suggest that bikes should take some responsibility for their own safety and maybe give-way to motorists & pedestrians when required, or god forbid, actually get off their bike and walk when road conditions or a particular junction make it unsafe or much higher risk for a cyclist.

[@steviestevos51182]

@@EvilGavwhat guidelines state no more than 4 in a group?

[@TheHypochrisy]

Some cyclists seem to think that just because other traffic shouldn't hit them, then they won't get hit. They're going to get a very painful awakening one day if they don't change.

[@JohnSmith-ox7xc]

or a painless unawakening.

[@ChrisCooper312]

The trouble with too many people, that includes cyclists and motorists, is that they seem happy to have "I had right of way" or "but the highway code says" on their gravestones.

[@jeremyashford2145]

As someone who did just get hit a few days ago, while doing the right thing, it certainly does seem unreal when a car pulls up beside you and crosses the cycle lane forcing you off the road, not stopping until after they have hit you. There was nothing I could do to avoid a situation entirely of her making, yet she had the temerity to complain about the damage I did to her car, only asking, insincerely, after my health in a brief pause between bouts of abusiveness.

[@ynotnilknarf39]

Insert drivist and that number significantl increases as a % of the mode of transport. It also goes to show that some human beings aren't willing to take responsibilit, luckil, people on bikes take more care of others than either drivists or pedestrians and as such the harms people on bikes do is vastl lower than drivists and even less than pedestrians who cause more deaths than those cycling.

[@ynotnilknarf39]

@@ChrisCooper312 But the reality is that that simply is not true, so few people die or are seriously harmed because of the mantra you are talking about. The flip side of that is that those whom are having others cede to them (despite their inferred legal priority) are just carrying on either oblivious or deliberate because others are getting out of their way constantly (Making it a non event to use a Neal saying). This ceding ones priority too often sets the precedence for others to fall into the same thinking because there are little to no repercussions and reinforces being able to 'get away with it' for those that do this regularly. Such that when they meet someone who cannot react to such driving or are stubborn, a crash occurs. Reinforcing poor behaviour by always ceding is never a good thing at the wider/population level and ends with worse outcomes overall. if only plod gave a fyling fuck about dealing with piss poor/dangerous use of a vehicle - I include those on bikes, and courts handed out proper punishments, maybe things would improve with the jeopardy of not acting with respect to others safety.

[@scottvessey915]

Some shocking examples. I’m glad not everyone who uses a cycle behaves like that (including me), the same principle as driver fail and biker fail videos…

[@ynotnilknarf39]

Hardly anyone that cycles rides like this, this is a tiny fraction of a percentage. A far bigger problem is people in motors and even pedestrians.

[@DSAVAGE92]

4:00 absolutely disgusting disregard for that child’s safety. Legitimately has made me angry.

[@liamtaylor93]

To the cyclists that insist on trying to get everywhere on one wheel, why not just buy a unicycle in the first place?

[@AmirBrooks]

It would certainly suit some of the clowns we see on this episode 🤡

[@paulhayes6920]

They are children, please try to remember that.

[@liamtaylor93]

@@paulhayes6920 Your comment makes no sense to me. I never mentioned anything about children, I certainly know that it's not something that only children do, and the person in the video can only be assumed to be a child as you never clearly see the front of them. They could be 15, 19, 23.. its at best a guess. And lastly my comment still stands, children can ask their parents for a Unicycle for Christmas, to my knowledge they aren't age restricted.

[@SoupMagoosh]

@@paulhayes6920 but most children don’t lack the basic common sense to think that riding your bike on one wheel down a busy street like a dafty is dangerous.

[@mikewade777]

​@@liamtaylor93unicycles aren't rebellious enough for juvenile delinquents to want them as it would be much harder to antagonise cyclists pedestrians and Motorists with a unicycle

[@QiuEnnan]

As much as I agree with the advice on cycling in shared spaces, I wish drivers would remember that normal roads are also shared routes between them, cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders. Too many of them have no sense of responsibility towards more vulnerable road users and it's really dangerous. Just as cyclists should slow down and leave plenty of room for pedestrians on shared cycle tracks, drivers should do the same for pedestrians and cyclists on normal roads (including those with the national speed limit) as well.

[@seansean9675]

you should read the highway code again, start with the introduction and the full hierarchy of the road.

[@TheJimNorth]

Thank you Ashley for compiling these. For as much as we all have a responsibility to look out for each other… it’s cycling like this which is more prevalent than the correct way which grinds the gears of drivers and pedestrians alike. We do have a responsibility to look after the more vulnerable road user groups… but that doesn’t mean that those groups should ignorantly put themselves into the risky positions with wilful abandon.

[@ynotnilknarf39]

that's just a patentl false statement! It is NOT more prevelent that people on bikes cycle improperly, that's absolute bollocks! Just look at the millions of red light jumping motorists, millions speeding, over a million with no insurance, no VED, no MOT and over a million driving with no licence at all! Never mind the 23,000+ deaths and serious injuries meted out by drivists! One eyed or what!

[@TheJimNorth]

@@ynotnilknarf39 it’s not a false statement, you of course are welcome to disagree but it’s an honest observation. There are so many cyclists out there who ride in a complete freestyle alternating between road, pavement, shared pathway or greenway whenever it suits them, using crossings as road junctions, completely ignoring traffic signals etc. The amount of times that I have nearly been crashed into or knocked over on the pavement by some idiot on a bike isn’t even funny. I tell you… these people are far more noticeable than those who do it correctly. There are plenty of lousy drivers out there I grant you but the same applies to cyclists too.

[@kiljaeden7663]

Cyclists not looking at junctions worry me a lot. Their view seems to be "I'm quite narrow so if I keep left what's the problem - you can just pass me." But the rules say you have to allow 1.5 meters when passing a cyclist. And in our town there's one particular road where it's a bit of a hazard. A downhill side road meets the main road at an acute angle just before a point where the main road has a little keep left island. Because they're approaching the junction on a downhill the cyclists don't want to stop; and they also don't look. If something were to go wrong there's nowhere for the motorist to go.

[@LakesGeek]

When I was driving home a couple of days ago one was cycling along a normal pedestrian pavement and just randomly "jumped" the bike into the main road right in front of me. Almost a non-event (I expect this kind of thing and am ready to stop, and so I did), cycled along for a bit then jumped it back onto the pavement. What I failed to notice because it was dark, was the HUGE puddle he was avoiding, that I then drove through and completely soaked him. Sorry, I did a "hazards apology" but also laughed my arse off.

[@beastlyfitzy]

I hope the last cyclist sees this from the driver's perspective. Would absolutely LOVE to know their opinion having seen it.

[@MeTube3]

First rule of cycling: “it’s always someone else’s fault”

[@5688gamble]

@MeTube3 Seems to be the first rule of commuting in any way to be fair!

[@Being_Jeff]

You need a brain to have an opinion he hasn't developed one yet.

[@ynotnilknarf39]

@@MeTube3 No, that's the motorists way of thinking, factually it IS motorists fault in the vast majority of incidents on the road.

[@MeTube3]

@@ynotnilknarf39 proved my point thank you. I’m a cyclist by the way. Just sick of entitled cyclists causing a bad name for those of us who choose to avoid conflict.

[@woodydroneson]

Birmingham is definitely no better, as I was walking across a one-way street looking at the cars coming towards me in the distance I crossed the road only to be almost hit by a cyclist on an electric bike going the wrong way down the road! It appears that now as a pedestrian I have to look both ways when crossing a one-way street!

[@mattlister]

Got a few one way streets near my house and definitely need to look both ways as there’s always cyclists going the wrong way.

[@mikewade777]

What do you mean 'now'. I lived on a one way street for 11 years and always looked both ways before crossing.

[@Hdtjdjbszh]

the cyclist in the orange I think was actually limited by their gear, you could tell they were wanting to stay safe - a motorcycle helmet, full high vis, and lights, but i think that motorcycle helmet get's in the way of their periphery and muffles their hearing

[@hebijirik]

I was just thinking the same thing when watching that. I also think they do care about their safety but they go about it in a ridiculously wrong way.

[@Hdtjdjbszh]

@@hebijirik completely! Focusing on injury mitigation instead of accident prevention. The best helmet is one you never need, because you don't get into the crash to begin with

[@hebijirik]

@@Hdtjdjbszh I have met people who criticize me for it but my cycling helmet has stuff mounted to it. Lights that over the years evolved into the current custom mostly 3D printed stuff that is bright enough during day yet not blinding at night (has different modes) and the shining area is almost the size of a car light. White over the entire front of the helmet and red over the whole rear. I know that in case of my head impacting something in a severe accident a helmet with this suff on it is probably less safe than the same helmet just as it was made. However I have verified repeatedly over many years that those modifications very significantly decrease the number of hairy situations that threaten to go all the way to a collision. So I feel those modifications are worth it: the decrease in risk of having an accident is much greater than the increas of risk during an accident. At least for me in my situation, commuting to work on a recumbent bike in Czech Republic. And a nice side effect is that nobody who has seen me with the helmet on has tried to claim that I am not visible enought on my "low" bike 🙂.

[@hebijirik]

@@hayloft3834 I have never been on a motorcycle but as far as I can tell they have relatively big mirrors on both sides of the handlebars. That alone makes it so that much less head movement gives you situational awareness. Motorcyclist will not miss their hearing much because hearing anything over the motorcycle itself is probably not reliable anyway even if a helmet was not covering your ears. I also think such helmet needs some getting used to before you get the hang of actively turning your head because you feel like there is space you do not see in mirrors or ahead. If you just plop that thing on your head thinking "now I am safe" and then go on riding like you would without one you are not getting any safer.

[@GodmanchesterGoblin]

​@hayloft3834 Not only mirrors, but many motorists and motorcyclists have functional necks that allow the owner to look over their shoulders. I take my neck with me when I ride a bike too. Maybe that's why I am still here...

[@wasspj]

The number of cyclists who think that their desire to maintain momentum excuses them from whatever moronic action they choose to take is depressing.

[@adriebiemans2226]

I love the United Kingdom for the fact that you can simply replace common sense with high-viz and protective equipment and everything's going to be alright

[@yellowfolder]

@@Slaeowulf There are examples of people wearing both helmets and hi-viz in this very video riding exactly like that.

[@ynotnilknarf39]

It's been pushed by people who have no idea as to the harms hi-vis and helmets bring about, not just to wearers but everyone. Much like seatbelts and crash avoidance systems, it induces those wearing and that have all these things on motorvehicles to act like total idiots taking more risks because the feel safer Risk homeostasis or risk compensation it's called. Drivers when the seatbelts came in killed and injured more people on foot and on bikes b a significant number as well as the unbelted back seat passengers. This was in a report that was deliberatel hidden from parliament due to how it prove that seatbelts were killing more people and the old chestnut of going through the windscreen was such a tin part of wh people got hurt/died. The document is called the Isles report. Things have gotten worse ever since in terms of so called PPE.

[@smilerbob]

Talk about timing, a similar thing happened with me only yesterday as what happened in that last clip. Thankfully the outcome was completely different and the cyclist even made a point of stopping afterwards to say thank you for looking out for the more vulnerable. Thumbs up and smiles from both of us and our days carried on with perhaps with a more spring in the steps (or pedals) It isn't just about looking out for each other on the roads as attitudes also play a big part out there. A good attitude is usually responded to positively and a good communication with everyone removes that "Us against them" barrier that quite often gets put up by the extremists (both motoring and cycling) and some elements of the media.

[@robk2291]

Recently I've seen several cyclists riding in the dark with no lights or reflective clothing. 🙄 Yesterday during my ADI PT3 training we had a cyclist who thought it was a good idea to ride practically on the back bumper of my instructor's car, whilst we were driving slowly through a busy town centre. If my instructor had had to brake sharply for whatever reason, then the cyclist would have ended up on the backseat. 🙄

[@unsafevelocities5687]

I don't understand the close following thing some people on two wheels do (motorcyclists included). When I'm cycling I maintain the 2-3 second gap because I mean it's not like I'm drafting through the middle of town. For the drivers, maybe it's because they don't have a dashboard they're failing to judge the distance? For non-drivers, they might not know any better. Sure, sometimes I get the odd driver who thinks they should be overtaking me despite me going the same speed as the car ahead of me. However, if that's what they're trying to avoid it's not usually such a huge problem that drastic action must be taken.

[@chris1275cc]

I really don't get the lights thing. I could understand it 30 years ago when they where the size of a milk cartons, and mostly useless. Saw a guy out on a Pinarello Dogma F12 after dark no lights riding through town, in his Castelli gear. Seriously that's a £12,000 bike, and a good £400 of clothing couldn't he find £20 for some tiny, bright, rechargeable lights, off eBay? Probably wating to get a bank loan approved for some made from carbon fiber and 24 Karat gold 🤣

[@mcdon2401]

Every one a potential Darwin winner, hauled out of the hot water by other people doing their thinking for them.

[@JonnyUnforeseen]

There's a problem in Glasgow with deliveroo/just eat/Uber eats cyclists on e-bikes. Because the main shopping streets are pedestrianised the streets are always full of pedestrians and the cyclists on the ebike bomb down the street at ridiculous speeds. There's already been loads of pedestrian injuries because of this. It's a bad combination of reckless cyclists and clueless pedestrians on sauchiehall street especially. Hopefully 🤞 cycling standards improve as I genuinely think cycling is the best way to get around cities.

[@mcdon2401]

Not only on the pedestrianised areas. My pal was hit by a Deliveroo rider cycling up Union Street...on the pavement. And let's not forget some of the "angry man" clips that were posted a while back, of the nutter who ran into pedestrians just outside Central, because he "had right of way", and tried to run into a pedestrian on the pavement, because he had the brass neck to be crossing the road in front of the brave road warrior...

[@letter1014]

‘Cycling standards improve’, if they go the same way driving standards have gone, there is no hope.

[@JakobusVdL]

Jeez, the suburban roads in the UK are awful. Solid with parked cars on either side, and a surprising number of drivers, cyclists and pedestrians that give zero f's for their own and others safety. I'm thinking when we go to the UK on holiday, hiring a considerate local driver would be a great idea, or since that would be too expensive, a lesson with a local instructor, PLUS front and rear camera's!

[@KarlVaughan]

I'm sat here with my mouth open at the stupidity of some people. I've said it before - how can people cycle and be on their phone at the same time? It baffles me too. Liverpool seems to be far worse than Aylesbury. I rarely see anything as bad as your clips!

[@JonTheComputerDoctor]

you can at least fine and give points to a car driver.@@hayloft3834

[@Chigleybus]

It's not that bad but we do have more than our fair share of dregs and unfortunately they now have access to derestricted ebikes which are basically motorbikes. I suppose it's a change from people being shot.

[@wibbley1]

Take a visit to London. This standard of road use is the norm. Now joined by third world mopeds delivering food to fat people & e-scooters using the pavement as racetracks.

[@Chigleybus]

@@wibbley1 Ha ha that sums it up absolutely perfectly. It's progress so they tell us. Chaos more like 👍

[@cyclingSausage]

The amount of drivers I see looking at their mobile phones whilst driving is shocking, it's highly dangerous and against the law. It's not against the law to cycle and look at your mobile..

[@feelinwoozyhere]

wrong way DOWN A ONE WAY STREEET. benny harvey r.i.p.

[@nellyfett2681]

Had the cyclist doing a wheelie down the middle of the road last December at 6pm - no lights of course!

[@hotpotato4027]

The cycling laws really must change and be enforced, as the victim of an idiot cyclist who hit me as I drove in London. I pleaded guilty to due care and attention charge, as I was advised, after paying a £1k to Sol’s that the courts favour cyclists. I didn’t want to take the chance of a harsher punishment. Back to a clean licence again now but the bad feeling I have for cyclists and their attitude!!!!

[@MsOpportunity68]

The other issue with the cyclist at the double roundabout is that he is using a white flashing light on the rear of his bik, it should be red.

[@bernardwalker4282]

Makes me so glad to live in a hilly city. Not many casual cyclists.

[@QiuEnnan]

This has literally nothing to do with cycling and just poor attitude. It's not the vehicle you operate, it's the human element that causes problems.

[@chris1275cc]

@@QiuEnnan Yeah but quite a few of these clips where of E-Bikes (some completely illegal) when that "human element" of a casual cyclist or someone who wouldn't even consider riding a normal bicycle is just given the power and speed of an enthusiast (or higher) in the form of a 300w or more motor, without any of the experience and no training you create an issue, and it's at least partly down to the vehicle, because without it the problem could not exist.

[@QiuEnnan]

@@chris1275cc Oh righto - those 'e-bikes' are actually unlicenced motorcycles, usually driven without number plates, third-party insurance, registration and driving licences. That's a different matter tho'.

[@apocalypso1564]

5:50 always amusing when you see your local roads. Milbrook in mid Bedfordshire with Milbrook Proving Ground just around the corner from this spot.

[@Flat2Rent]

Good video Ashley…. Doesn’t happen on twitter as all cyclists there are perfect angels and can do no wrong 😂

[@ArminGrewe]

2:36 And yet I've seen countless comments/arguments on motorbike channels claiming that bikers (same most likely applies to cyclists) only endanger themselves, as only the bikers risk getting injured (or killed for that matter) because the "cagers" are protected in their cars. That the innocent driver will have to live with the fact that they've killed someone (even if it wasn't their fault) until the end of their life doesn't enter the mind of these bikers/cyclists. I watched a clip of a comparably harmless accident recently where a lorry driver through no fault of his own hit a car that was pushed into his path. The car driver only had minor injuries. The lorry driver still kept thinking, was there anything I could have done to avoid this? This seems to be a lack of empathy to me. I don't know if that's a new problem or if it's always been that way. The lack of consideration how your actions will/can impact other people even if they are physically unharmed is shocking to me.

[@squicker]

Yeah, that's a rather typical comment by loud and stupid cyclists, but they of course don't represent us all, in the same way that loud and stupid motorists don't represent us all. There's a cyclist called 'cyclingmike' or something, that says this all the time, he's a kind of cycling Alex Bellfield, and exists just to foment anti-car hatred which generates channel traffic. He's always excusing other poor cyclists on the basis they only can harm themselves. Such a short-sighted and trite view, but I don't think many real cyclists (not KZbin gobsh!tes) hold it.

[@TheGiff7]

There was a recent case in Northern Ireland where an elderly driver killed a cyclist and seriously injured another. He was adamant that he was not guilty in spite of cam footage from one of the cyclists and from a passing ambulance that he made no attempt to avoid them. He has recently appealed his sentence and continues to claim innocence. There are numerous reports of motorists who have no remorse whatsoever when a vulnerable road user has lost their life or been seriously injured. I agree that there are motorists out there who would be distraught if the seriously harmed somebody. There are also others who just go meh.

[@mikewade777]

Odd that the tears only come when arrested.

[@laceandwhisky]

Sadly many of these cyclists actually drive a car as well or other vehicles so they must know the dangers. I remember hearing someone saying if they hit me i will get compensated, rather have my legs than money rather be alive than have money😊

[@thomaselliot2257]

On Tuesday past, in a park in Motherwell, I was driving on a shared road with pedestrians and cyclists, at the maximum speed of 15 MPH when a CYCLIST overtook me 😮

[@mikewade777]

other day I was doing 20 in a 20 school zone when a motorist overtook me 🤔 They waited at the junction just ahead.

[@shm5547]

I've been to Motherwell. I think I would ride through it quickly too!

[@robertpatrick3350]

One of the biggest perils of cycling is other people on bikes

[@blake-gl4wn]

Not where I live. It’s definitely the cars/trucks/buses.

[@josephmarsh8235]

Wow, sometimes it can be very dangerous when cyclists behave in these dangerous manners. 4:20 I would say it is like how your learners get overtaken Ashley, because when that cyclist went past those pedestrians so dangerously, it didn't get them any further than the viewer who was much safer and kept everyone safe. Those people who overtake learners impatiently or dangerously don't get any further, and those dangerous cyclists who cycle dangerously don't get any further.

[@CraigNiel]

1:24 "Uncapable" 😂😂

[@Chigleybus]

Like Batman

[@sillybait1329]

Sadly this sums up the cycling countrywide, there are a small percentage who ride correctly and safely but they are probably also drivers so know the inherent dangers of ignoring the rules of the road and the hierarchy laws

[@JayDutch-UK-MK]

The thing I do on my bicycle which I never see a single video of is … Hand signals. Hey everyone behind me I am turning left. You can see because my left arm is on indicating my intended direction

[@letter1014]

7:22 - All that safety gear, but absolutely zero spacial awareness. 😂

[@grahamnutt8958]

In 20 years time........ The 🤡 won't last that long, Ash. Plenty of potential organ donors this week. Shocking ⚡️

[@highdownmartin]

You can’t expect pedestrians to be aware of Highway Code rules. I suppose that also extends to cyclists. Even though most probably do have full licenses, the younger ones maybe don’t have and have never come across cycling proficiency at school. Put on a helmet , don’t bother doing the strap up tight or at all, and your safe as.

[@1988dgs]

Cyclists have been told they “have the right of way” then they heard static after

[@mikecameron2151]

I have got the impression that since the new Highway Code rules that cyclists believe that it is the car/van drivers responsibility solely to keep them safe Same thing happened with the rules on pedestrians where they were basically told that it was the car/can drivers responsibility to stop even when that was difficult or impossible. We need to have cycling proficiency tests! Strongly believe they need to be brought back

[@JonnyUnforeseen]

None of the cars where I live take any notice of the updated "give way to pedestrians" rule updates in the highway code. The thing is drivers have to shell out loads of money and time to gain their license, and the standard of driving is still shocking. So a "cycling proficiency test" probably wouldn't do much. There has to be a societal shift to actually improve safety on the roads.

[@Nickle314]

Use of a mobile when cyclist is careless cycling. As is all of the other cycling in the clips.

[@letter1014]

Whoever thought of them ‘rules’ was an absolute idiot.

[@edj4833]

Goes both ways, on my commute I encounter several vehicles who drive around me as if I'm some kind of traffic cone l, and I'm well aware that essentially I have to do their observations instead of them.

[@Nickle314]

@@edj4833 It's interesting. I've been cycling, in London, for 50 years. I used to commute Sidcup to Chiswick [a long time ago]. Were there issues then? Some, not many. It got worse for cyclists, particularly with close passes. However, now the issue isn't cars, its cyclists. Rampant, and I mean rampant offences. I get assaulted by cyclist 3-4 times a day. Assault is when you have to take action to avoid being injured. Namely jumping out of the way because they are cycling at speed on the pavement.

[@jeffknight904]

Damn right it's not just Liverpool, Ashley. Everywhere I've lived or worked in recent years - Birmingham, Manchester, Reading, Guildford - cycling stupidity and selfishness is rife. It seems to be in every urban area - except for London where two-wheels are subject to the same law-enforcement activity as motor-vehicle drivers. For the rest of the country, It's become irreversible. A lack of education on cycling laws in schools and from parents for several generations, plus a lack of concern - and probably resources, from urban police forces, has led to an ingrained and self-entitled 'culture' of inconsiderate and dangerous cycling. Thanks for posting your great vids - I just hope those that really need to watch them actually do.

[@DM-it2ch]

Just the other day I saw a cyclist approaching a red traffic light, and he slowed down as if to stop. My heart leapt!! A cyclist stopping at a red light!! It wasn't to be- he was slowing down so he could weave around the queueing cars, and ride straight over. I've still NEVER seen a cyclist stop at a red light in Derby. I know they do in other places, but not here.

[@AGuyWhosBritish]

you know, the other day i stopped at temp roadworks on my bike as it was red and got beeped at by a car behind me and got told i should use the path cos im slowing people down to get through on a green light. Joke

[@welshfurrygaming69]

we have cyclists riding on a pavement that's not a marked shared cycle path, in Cardiff one rude guy even nearly went into me he didn't even apologise and there wasn't a sign plus there was scaffolding

[@ArodWinterbornSteed]

Optional give-way at ~5:00 - that was the archetypical road user who thinks they deserve extra priority on account of only using the main road for a few seconds, for access to another side street. We need a better name for this kind of road user. Did you notice the low effort, blasé, right-indication that he gave?

[@letter1014]

6:00 - Ticket to an early grave, mental.

[@malcolmbosanko2007]

I had a few painful awakenings when i was young but, i was a competitive cyclist and most of my "offs" involved other competitors. I wouldn't class 90% of people on bikes as cyclists, just people on bikes. It's awful having to justify other people's gross stupidity when they've riding bikes. I'd imagine if they were riding a motorbike or driving a car, their behaviour would be pretty much the same.

[@Alan-xxxxxx]

Spot on

[@TimeMeddler]

That last clip is unfortunately typical of a lot of cyclists who give you lip even though you’re trying to help them.

[@darrenthomas9928]

I've seen some one way streets with cycle lanes going the opposite direction to cars , now if the road is wide enough I think it's great , but I've seen some where the road is so norrow the car and bike wouldn't get passed each

[@jonthorne16]

Idiots use all forms of transport. I drive, ride motorbikes and cycle. When on two wheels, I know I'm a vulnerable road user and take extra precautions. 4 wheels, look out for distracted road users

[@andrewgilbertson5356]

I’m afraid some cyclist care nothing for their or others safety .

[@MonkeyKing1969]

Sadly there are also some motorists who feel the same

[@geetee4037]

Those youngsters pushing through the traffic on one wheel are trying to antagonise people and get into bother, there is no way to stop that.

[@johnbooth5199]

I failed a driving test, because I 'stopped too hard' when a schoolkid, on one wheel, swerved in front of me, from the opposite side. I braked hard to avoid the idiot, because I couldn't pull left out of the way.

[@johnmckay1423]

7:20 was clearly the driver's fault. How could the cyclist have anticipated the car driver was going to turn right when they didn't drive straight across the middle of the mini roundabout? 🙄

[@antsud6208]

Similar cases happen here (Finland) every day... bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters etc seem to think that traffic lights & rules don't apply to them if they just manage to be quick enough through an intersection. Appalling behaviour. I know it's "not all cyclists" just like it's "not all drivers". And I'm not anti-cycling. My contempt is towards all road users who know the rules and don't care.

[@trueriver1950]

Some cyclists behave as if all traffic lights are optional. Not the majority, but they are the ones who cause most anxiety when crossing the road

[@cyclingSausage]

1:05 This is Dumfries where I live 😀 (and cycle)

[@chop.stix_]

So weird seeing the last clip as that’s a place near to me 😂

[@Chomp-Rock]

Same!

[@Batters56]

2:00 was an illegal close pass

[@chillies4156]

Nice video

[@gordy4459]

Not just Liverpool Ashley...Oxford's the same!...

[@andyp315]

0:54 - yeah.... Illegal e-bike, jogging bottoms and trainers - 100% your typical strava user. Way more applicable at - 5:33 1:39 Car should have been prepared he was driving in his blind spot while they were arriving at the same point at the same time, obviously driver wasn't thinking have I been seen.

[@chris1275cc]

At least 4 possibly 5 of these clips are E-Bikes, it's almost like allowing someone with little experience the equivalent (or greater) power and speed of an experienced competitive road cyclist is bad idea, who knew?

[@andyp315]

@@chris1275cc Hmm while it can and does exacerbate the problem... any fit person - never mind cyclist can easily enough out pedal the 15.5mph e-bike assist limit... till it comes to an uphill. A slight downhill and you don't even need to pedal to exceed that speed. I E-bike myself mostly now, lost a lot of fitness, not that I was that fit in the first place though... but still feel and am A LOT slower than I used to be on a manual bike, its about even stevens up my local hill climb 6% for 0.9 mile - one I was hunched over the handlebars ready to pass out the other I was in jeans and chilled out. But over the whole circuit of 3.1 miles best E-bike time is 14mins compared to road bike at 10mins

[@chris1275cc]

Yeah but you have the previous experience, you only have to look at things like the saddle hight of many of these e-bike owners to know they had next to ZERO experience before they where handed about 200w more than they had ever been capable of. It's not the commuter, casual cyclist or the roadie who's getting on a bit getting boost that's the issue, nor is it the actual top/average speed, Its the near complete novice that feels the ability to "get going" quickly is a substitute for all the experience they never gained.

[@MattCantor21]

My clip at 3.30 mark is a normal MTB, I’m not a fan of e bikes and there’s lots of illegal ones on our roads.

[@MattCantor21]

Due to me being a delivery cyclist in hilly Wales, my fitness is of a high level with over 6,000+ miles this year so far.

[@zSlavvv]

6:03 classic Durham 😂

[@Zerpentsa6598]

The road is not a circus ring for you to perform cycling tricks. It's not a racing track for motorists. It's for you to get from A to B.

[@24pavlo]

6:04 That's Durham Viaduct in case if anyone is curious.

[@mana3735]

Salford's the same, mate. Crazy kids on bikes that think they'll never die. Oh...and the ones on Ebikes with balaclavas.

[@blake-gl4wn]

The wheelies don’t bother me. We’ve created a country where there’s not much for kids to do, and we’ve turned our streets into car parks.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Was that a signal at 4:56?

[@EvilGav]

This is where the problem with the change in law happens. I don't disagree with the sentiment of it, having a hierachy of needs for road users, but when you see the number of cyclists doing stupid stuff with zero consequences it makes a mockery of it. If using a phone while driving a motor vehicle is distracting and dangerous, then the same must be true on/in any other vehicle and the same rule needs to apply.

[@daveryan8508]

I have a bit of an issue with the "hands up if you need lessons" thing. If the idea catches on, it could make people less likely to acknowledge their mistakes and apologise.

[@frogsplorer]

Good point

[@shm5547]

5:30 to be fair, the driver had plenty of time to come to a stop. That's a nice Willer road bike and couldn't really ride in the mud at the side of the road. A cyclist can squeeze through a tiny gap safely if you're not moving!

[@AshleyNeal-JustCycling]

But the cyclist should have come to a stop. Your poor mindset mirrors the cyclist

[@shm5547]

@@AshleyNeal-JustCycling why should the cyclist stop? They are not taking up much space and can easily pass through a small gap. It’s also harder for them to ride on rough ground and put a foot down where there are potholes. No need to wait for the lay-by, both can pass safely in the road. Surely the larger, more dangerous, vehicle should defer to the more vulnerable.

[@highdownmartin]

Beautiful viaduct at 6.15. Where’s that then? Anyone know?

[@TheRip72]

Durham.

[@highdownmartin]

@@TheRip72 thanks. I’ve been over it a few times! Never seen it from the ground.

[@khalidacosta7133]

3:53 - It wasn't strictly the cyclists fault here, it's the Range Rover parked illegally on double yellows. The cyclist would have looked and seen the black SUV approaching, slowed down for it to pass, then proceed out... the cam car was at this point turning onto the road and would be completely hidden by the Range Rover parked illegally. I'd say it's more of a fault of the RR driver.

[@jeremyashford2145]

7:00 Give way is not stop. The line is irrelevant. There was no one to give way to. My experience, as bizarre as it may sound, is that people who stop unnecessarily at give way signs also fail to stop at stop signs. Strange, but true.

[@flatturdphd2066]

🤦‍♂️

[@hhtrichard]

How I wish these clips were not so run-of-the-mill. I am both a keen cyclist and a motorist and, sadly see this daily. We need to see more policing so some of them reduce their bad habits. Or technology, a spike strip that raises on red as traffic lights. Of course, you would need a layby just after it so all the cyclists could safely repair their bikes.

[@shm5547]

7:20 "someone who takes zero responsibility for their own safety": wearing a full-face helmet and a high-vis onesie! They were actually crossing the road way before the cammer entered it. Probably had their visibility obscured by the massive helmet! Best off without a helmet riding in town in my opinion.

[@AshleyNeal-JustCycling]

Wear what you like, if you don’t look you aren’t taking responsibility. Only you would try and defend road use like this.

[@shm5547]

@@AshleyNeal-JustCycling I think they did look before they started to cross. They were crossing the road before the cammer entered it, cammer should give way.

[@johnbooth5199]

Any road legal helmet won't obscure your vision much, you just have to turn your head to compensate. When I'm driving a go-kart, it's not the fact I'm wearing a helmet that makes me look around a lot more, it's the fact that karts don't have mirrors. Turn your head - you don't have pillars and headrests in the way.

[@johnbooth5199]

A motocross helmet isn't massive, the visor won't block your vision if you've got your head level.

[@paulhayes6920]

As a cyclist I'm more than happy for AN to highlight poor cycling, but can we not point out that many of the cyclists in these clips are children? (The others are just idiotic but I do think there's something about riding a bike that can take you back to childhood.)

[@chris1275cc]

Also quite a few are E-Bikes and given at least three of them seem to speed up magically without pedaling, illegal ones.

[@robg521]

This afternoon I had exactly the same, I turned off the main road into a side road to come face to face with a cyclist riding at speed one handed with his phone to his ear, he was looking at the floor 2 ft in-front of him concentrating on his conversation, completely oblivious that I was the road coming the other way. I slowed to a crawl and he went past without giving me a glance. [Utter F#%*wit]

[@ganrimmonim]

It also didn't help that the cyclist with the young child was wearing clothes that made her blend in with the road. Back when I could still drive, before my epylpse I'm not sure I'd have seen her.

[@Blorp_]

The poor cyclists in Glasgow are mostly the just eat/deliveroo ones with their electric motorbikes in pedestrian areas

[@DemiGod..]

The last clip, the cyclist won't know why he stopped as unfamiliar with the changes to the HWC.

[@pocky4257]

On bonfire night I was walking through Manchester to get the bus home. I had to cross the street to get to the stop so I used the pelican crossing just up the road to cross, when the lights went red and the green man came on me and a few other people started to cross the road, then two delivery cyclists decide to jump the red light and use the wrong side of the road to pass the pedestrian’s crossing, then one came through at speed and came very close to hitting me to the point I had to stop on the spot in the middle of the road. Yea those stereotypical cyclists are pretty much everywhere now and it’s sad to see.

[@rufusgreenleaf2466]

I grew up on a rough estate and idiots doing wheelies on main roads was common. I just called it Neanderthal Syndrome, a common mindset in people who fail to think past the brains of the primates. Antagonise and attract is all they know.

[@mikewade777]

Some people are ridiculously attached to their phone.

[@JonnyUnforeseen]

It's very dystopian.

[@horsenuts1831]

Says a man attached to his computer.

[@mikewade777]

!?!... Im sat on a sofa in a house! @@horsenuts1831

[@letter1014]

One day it will end in tragedy.

[@glenn1534]

I'd say most people are addicted.

[@JoesWebPresence]

It was nice to see some responsible cyclists submitting clips of irresponsible ones. Liverpool seems to have a real problem, but there are idiots on bikes everywhere. Usually young adult males, and I'm always just glad they aren't in cars. I naturally grieve for these guys when the inevitable happens, but there's an element of Darwinism about it that I can't ignore. Sadly, it seems the same young men quickly graduate to driving cars in the same irresponsible manner, and will one day likely meet their younger selves darting out of a junction on a bike.

[@MattCantor21]

I’m the cyclist at 3.30 who called out the cyclist with no lights, I’m a delivery cyclist and pride myself in following the Highway Code and setting a good example whilst on the road. It’s a shame there’s the bad cyclists out there that paint a bad picture of the majority of good ones.

[@kenbrown2808]

in my area, the majority of cyclists are touring rather than commuting, and they tend to hold a slower pace.

[@richardpeel6056]

The cyclist needing lessons; it looked as if his headset was loose, when he braked the whole front of the bike began shaking causing him to lose control, he was overusing a bad front brake probably because the rear brake was defective. On a bike that should have been serviced or scrapped he took a hairpin bend at a stupid speed, he would have lost control even if a car hadn't been coming. If he continues riding it's a question of time before he has a serious accident. The cyclist pulling a wheelie in the street; we have a lot of unregistered motorbikes and quad bikes round here, they pull wheelies on busy main roads. One pulls wheelies doing 60mph in a 40mph zone in front of the speed camera. That blue motorbike got so hot it was later found burned out in a public open space where all vehicles are banned. The fixed and mobile speed cameras aren't stopping dangerous motorbikes without registration plates.

[@Alan-xxxxxx]

6:57 the car can't even get round the roundabout without mounting the kerb

[@Metis1337]

wrong way down a one way streeeeeet...

[@aanubis5874]

@AshleyNeal-JustCycling Another informative video Ashley, thank you and keep educating! I think you’re making a mistake with these types of videos; you make a comment early on in this video “it still baffles me how some cyclists think they don't have to look at a Give Way line”, the problem with this comment, in my opinion, is we don’t actually know if the cyclist knows what the Give Way markings are or what procedures to follow, with any of the road markings, signs etc. same for all the cyclists. If the cyclist is not a qualified road legal motor vehicle driver, how can we know they have even bothered to pick up a Highway Code book let alone know its contents for their safety before going on the road. The Highway Code applies to all road users including pedestrians, horse riders and cyclists, as well as motorcyclists and drivers. Cycling activists rant at the conduct of motorists and of cyclists but of the two groups motorists are supposed to have completed formal training and testing to use the roads with a motor vehicle. How many non-driving cyclists have had any such training before setting out on the roads? Another way to look at this is how many car drivers do you think would ignore the information in the Highway code, jump red lights, speed etc. if cars did not have number plates? I would say there would be more incidents. No different from cyclists we see in your videos. No matter how much the cycling lobbyists rant and make the Government afraid of them, formal training, even at a minimum spatial awareness training, and identification for adult cyclists would make cycling safer for cyclist and All road users.

[@jwnicolai76]

So one way streets also count for cyclists in the UK?

[@grahaigh]

Uncapable? I guess that was said inuntentionally.

[@Mantolwen]

Yesterday saw a cyclist with lights on back and front, Christmas lights around the cargo box on the back, aaaand... all black clothing. So close to being a good cyclist but not good enough. It was still hard to see him in the dark.

[@horsenuts1831]

Hi Viz doesn't work in the dark.

[@andyedwards7800]

I love this, you saw a cyclists clear enough to remark on all his lights and where they were and yet he was hard to see 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@Mantolwen]

@@andyedwards7800 I was walking and he was stopped at the traffic lights.

[@glenn1534]

Isn't that like complaining because someone is driving a black car with the lights on? If you can see them, there isn't a problem.

[@horsenuts1831]

@@glenn1534 Why aren't owners of black cars painting them in High Viz colours for the winter months?

[@ElectricPics]

There are an ever increasing number of cyclists who don't drive, have never so much as glanced at the Highway Code, and have an astonishing sense of entitlement. Then there are the cyclists who do drive, but ride in the same way they drive - badly. No wonder they come into conflict with drivers and pedestrians so often. Cyclists are so often the first to complain about drivers not following rules, but the most likely not to follow them themselves, and for the avoidance of any bias, I cycle a lot. My city, Newcastle, is no different to Liverpool.

[@philipallen4230]

"but the most likely not to follow them themselves" this is blatantly not true, drivers are statistically far more likely to break the rules.

[@ElectricPics]

@@philipallen4230 Perhaps you could find some of those statistics to back up your claim? Maybe you haven't seen herds of cyclists running red lights, cycling on pavements, not using lights, etc, etc.

[@wrightwoodwork]

It wouldn't be too bad if half of them had checked it was clear at the give way lines. Even in a race situation where you have Marshalls and motorbike riders asking for the cars to stop in Scotland. In England they have stop go boards at junctions. I would still check. Yet these people have no one warning motorists of cyclist pulling out of the junction. They honestly baffle me in thier basic lack of observation

[@robg521]

6:02… in twenty years ??? Riding like that he is unlikely to live that long. 🤔

[@richardgiles2484]

Couldn't watch the end of this video as it really ticks me off seeing bad cycling. The only reason most drivers avoid hitting cyclists is because they don't want to damage the car. 😂

[@konradabel2353]

This would be a 'normal drive' in London... Still don't quite understand why cyclists in London seem to like their noise cancelling headphones when they're pootling about town. I'd have thought an extra sense would be kind of handy.... As it happens, why do Deliveroo/Just Eat cyclists ride around in the dark with no lights/hi-vis on? ;-)

[@wibbley1]

LIverpool? This is tame compared to London. It is now a third world level of walking/driving/cycling/manners. 30 years ago people used to queue for a bus & let people on, who were at the bus stop first. Now it is is just a big third world bundle around the doors with everyone pushing & shoving to get on. I had the unfortunate experience of having to use busses in Thornton Heath, a few weeks ago. Mopeds, scooters & e-scooters ride just as badly as bikes, but they of course have added momentum. Alas it is the motorist who suffers because of all these third world riders & knobber bikes, they get themselves splattered, but it is the motorist that has to give up more road space, have more traffic & speed restrictions imposed on them. If I can avoid collision with a knobber, I will, but not at the expense of getting rammed from behind if having to carry out an emergency stop. I'm not responsible for other people's stupidity. When will we have proper legislation & active policing, to ensure all road users insurance and have to undertake and pass cycling lessons & pass an exam?

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

5:35 they'll squeeze into that gap yet I bet they'll throw a hissy fit if someone overtakes marginally closely

[@Aaron-sl9ov]

6:30 just needed to be unlucky with some loose debris and he would have been into that car/under :/