The perils of biking
 

Biker films his commute over 3 months and reduces it to 3 mins of the worst bits...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE2xNtjJeC0

Re: The perils of biking
 

bloody hell he had some close calls in there, i swear he hit that audi at 1:18 with his left hand

just goes to show it pays damn well to trust no one at all, keep your eyes peeled on all angles/mirrors, fingers on your brake and your brakes/tyres in good nick

Re: The perils of biking
 

Thats pretty shocking :( but regular.
I had an old duffer in a honda jazz just decide to pull into my path today while in my car, had to swerve voilently to miss him as he was on my left and decided he wanted to go right but didnt check on his right there was anyone there, abs come on im my car, bibbed my horn and pulled up to him at next set of traffic lights, oblivious to me.

Re: The perils of biking
 

That should be compulsory viewing at CBT.

It appears that in Dublin red lights mean "Aww, go on then, go on go on go on".

Re: The perils of biking
 

to be honest I'd have said that was a quiet run if it'd been through London, I suppose it's what you're used to really :smt102

Re: The perils of biking
 

+1

If you were to ride over here you would probably see that this video shows a much higher standard of driving then I you would experience in 100 yards over here.

Re: The perils of biking
 

That didn't actually seem that bad to me. Wasn't that shocking

Re: The perils of biking
 

+1
You haven't seen bad driving till you ride in the US.

Re: The perils of biking
 

For three years of commuting that is not so bad. A couple of cars cutting across him... I'd have expected more. In one of those he could have given himself a bit more space, the other wasn't even close. Cars running the red at intersections is nothing... uses his head and looks before he moves. Certainly nothing to get upset. Pedestrians and cyclists are par for the course and not too much to worry about providing that he is not riding along with his head jammed up his proverbial rear..

Shocking? I don't think so...

Re: The perils of biking
 

Matt, it's 3 months not 3 years.

The guy can obviously cope with it but he did the video to highlight how poor peoples driving was.
Just because he anticipated a lot of it, doesnt make it acceptable.

Some of the red light jumps were terrible, I've noticed these getting worse in my area, the accidents will start increasing before long, funny cos the ones with cameras on, people don't do it.

The car that pulled straight across him to get to a parking space, wouldn't be surprised if that was a woman, I've seen that a few times myself and they were all women, it's the tunnel vision a few have.

I don't commute in cities nor want to, especially with things like that going on.