I've never understood why cyclists still insist on going down the inside of a vehicle that will crush them when it turns. Surely they must have heard about it by now?

As a truck driver in London with left turn audible warnings fitted and cctv and side scan I am amazed STILL that these idiots STILL go up the inside of trucks. It is just mad !!!

It's a good thing the lorry driver has more feckin' sense than the cyclists.

respect to you dude for hanging back. i never filter on the left in a left turn lane, its amazing how clueless some riders can be. ride safe man..

"Instead of forcing everyone to wear a helmet, hand them a paper saying NEVER EVER GO LEFT OF THE LORRY because that's where most cycling accidents happen." -Jay Foreman

Clearly an on the ball lorry driver. I doff my cap fella. The point for me is that the other cyclists cant even pick up on the fact that you have stopped where you have stopped because the lorry is turning left. Its all about observation and they had none.

And no doubt they would have blamed the lorry driver. Nice to see you waited and this video wasnt totally 1 sided like most on here.

I'm a cyclist,but that has to be the thickest carry-on I've ever seen.Note the way they all followed each other like sheep.

I drive a lorry and ride a bike, the cyclists in london are suicidal (not all but a hell of a lot) no large vehicle driver wants to leave home, squash some idiot that's squeezed down the nearside and hidden in the blind spot and then spend 14 years in jail!! I used to regularly drive a cartansporter in london (18.75 mtrs long) and my nerves would be in tatters by the time I got out of town!!

I was more surprised that the cyclists were actually waiting at a red light!!!

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being a lorry driver myself I can assure you this is so common on our roads swarms of idiots on cycles disobeying road LAWS

I have a simple motto. Ride your bike like you drive your car. The amount of people who lose any form of intelligence and sense of personal responsibility when riding a bike boggles me!

Well done. it's good to see a sensible and repectful cyclist on the road.

This is how riders get a bad name, and get killed.

At the company where I work our lorries have just been fitted with an "urban driving" kit. It consists of sensors down the left side with a warning buzzer that sounds in the cab, a wide angle camera mounted under the wing mirror with a monitor in the cab that turns on when you indicate left as well as a audible warning that shouts: "caution, vehicle turning left" again when the left indicator is on!! Obviously not infallible but a great aid for sure.

I just wanted to comment as the trifecta of cyclist, motorcyclist and driver to say well done on seeing the indicator and staying back; in any vehicle there is nothing worse than having cyclists pass you where you're trying to turn

I applaud you for this. Total respect my friend. Well done

not a clue! I think a lot of London Cyclists need some form of test....

Must admit when I approach HGVs or large vans at the lights, I'd rather stay behind it even it its not signalling to turn. For you never know they might not have bothered to indicate.

The van driver should not of entered the cyclists box but he acted professionally and allowed the cyclists to go first then turning when his way was clear.

I shook my head almost exactly when You did ha ha ha

On this occasion the problem is created by the driver who'd taken up most of the cyclist safe zone at the front of the junction exit. The safe zone is there so that drivers can see the cyclists and so we can get a safe head start. Also what is the point of having safe cycle super highways that are full of cars, is that not just a normal road. The road should not be painted blue at this junction so I think the main culprits are the Town Planners who design the death traps that are London's road. The cyclists that got safely to the front of the traffic are far from silly but the few in the trucks blind spot clearly have a death wish.

This is unusual not like cyclist to stop at a red light

I like to wait exactly where you did, with a good view of the driver’s side-mirror. I reckon it must make the driver feel better knowing exactly where everyone is. Hopefully I can stop a few cyclists doing the squeeze as well.

Lorry probably shouldn't be in the ASL (unless he was already in when the light went red). But, that's no excuse for the cyclists. (1) lights may change while you're filtering and (2) you can see the ASL is blocked. A similar issue arises when there are many cyclists trying to get into the ASL but they won't all fit. Half end up on the left. Unless you're sure you've got time and space, don't even think about it. And IMO even if there's room - it's still not worth the risk.

What exactly will testing do? All drivers have had training and passed a test yet they don't all become angels of the road do they....Quite why you need special training and testing to do something as safe as cycle I don't know, it only becomes dangerous around inattentive people in charge of a few tons of metal.

. If your vehicle has proceeded over the first white line at the time that the signal goes red, you MUST stop at the second white line, even if your vehicle is in the marked area. Allow cyclists time and space to move off when the green signal shows. Laws RTA 1988 sect 36 & TSRGD regs 10, 36(1) & 43(2)

This is fkn mental, and they wonder why they have no legs. Being a driver myself I gasp seeing this, because it's the driver who gets nailed for it and I know the blind spots.

IIRC it was aimed at those last 2 cyclists. At least the first few had the sense to try and get into the ASL, the last ones queueing up down the side are just insane and to actually carry on trying to get through when you are already in a blind spot, unsure if the driver is actually aware of you and can see the lorry moving is frankly suicidal.

Sucking in the exhaust fumes 😂🤣

As a lorry driver you dont expect cyclists to be stopped there. I haven't saw any of them actually stop for a red light for weeks.

At least he stands a chance of seeing them as he has a constant view down the side of his lorry. Articulated lorry drivers pretty much lose sight of the side of the vehicle as soon as they start to turn, a fact most cyclist either don't know about or don't care.

It's why there is cyclists space in front of trafic lights!

Thank you for putting up this video, it shows how the few can ruin it for the many, then cyclist wonder why vehicle drivers show cyclist little respect. It works both ways. Well done you for uploading the video and staying in safe position for both you and the lorry driver. All the best

I see the danger but the hgv drivers is probably so use to this

It was good of you to stay back, but looking at the others, it shows that a lot of cyclists need educating in them situations

That's how to get flattened

Marks to you for not educating each and every one of them as they go past. I'm normally on my soap box explaining why it's the worst idea they've had all day to go around me and into the death zone. So, SO silly!

@busog97641 Even that won't help in some instances, generally when there isn't room to filter up the left you find people resorting to mounting the pavement to try and get ahead. I suppose it would stop people lining up down the side but at the end of the day people just need to chill and think!

proof if it was needed that lorry drivers aren't to blame for accidents involving cyclists. Fair play for hanging back. Wish everyone had a bit of common sense like you

Fair play to you as a cyclist being able to critcise other cyclists. Thankfulky the lorry driver was aware enough to allow the cyclists out the way before turning. Had there been an accident, your footage would've been vital as evidence. And again fair play to you for having the awareness of other road users needs and the space required to turn even a small lorry as that is. As a fair weather cyclist and bus driver I am so tempted to shout at thoughtless cyclists, but because I drive a big "dirty" vehicle I am in the wrong!! (Buses are one of the greenest vehicles aeound!)

@bassjunkieuk people like you help keep our roads safe!

Great driving by home delivery network.

Facilitating the flow of traffic and considering own safety. Now, there's an example to follow, cyclists.

I thought that guy in the green shirt was gonna get left-hooked for sure....

The lorry driver was at fault here 1. He stopped on the cycle lane 2. He didn't allowed the cyclists enough time to clear his path and almost knocked them down

Firstly, given the width of the junction the amber is going to on for quite some time and to assume the driver didn't have time to stop before the first solid white line is generous at best, certainly to drive right up to the second white line says to me they ignored the first completely. Second, the last three cyclists to arrive (especially green shirt cunt and noddy hat/hi-vis woman) are part of the problem. Attitudes like that get you killed ffs, hang back given the motor is there before you, don't be a selfish prick and undercut into a fairly obvious blind spot on larger vehicle turning left!! A separate left turn lane with a solid white line is needed at points like this (which would allow safe left turns whilst red for motors) which in turn should force motorvehicles to turn wider and not encroach. That doesn't though take into account cyclists going straight on coming late to the junction but does give a little more 'safety' room because of the wider turn. At no point does that remove the responsibility of cyclists to use their eyes obey the rules of the road and not be selfish to the point of death.

The flashing orange things are normally a good indication of what the lorry driver intends to do. Why not just hang back?

Truck should have pulled further to the left so nothing can get up the inside

So if one or more of those cyclists ended up under the truck, whose fault would it be?

It really surprised me when the first one overtook you @ :16, because it appears that you have the lane blocked quite well. Makes me wonder what the cyclist were thinking with you being, 'What is he doing staying so far back, why doesn't he come up here with us, where we are supposed to be, in front of everyone!' ; > {

this is extremely frightening

OOH Why is this Truck crushing me. He should see me in his Blind spot because I have a High Vis on. Muppets

Come on be fair! At least they didn’t run the red light - for a change.

This is a terribly bad junction for conflicts, considering the CSH continues straight on and that is a left turn lane onto the bridge painting the blue up that side is just inviting trouble. Consider that the CSH are designed to encourage NEW cyclists, who may not necessarily have the roadcraft of more seasoned riders, they are possibly more likely to just blindly go up the inside thinking the "magic paint" will protect them.

The cyclists filtered up the left expecting to find space in the cycle box, which is occupied for some reason by the lorry. Lorry shouldn't be there at all. Last couple of cyclists I don't understand tho, as irrespective of whether the lorry is meant to be there or not, it was indicating left and there can't have been much time left to get to the front before the lights changed.

I was watching a similar video where a cyclist was nearly killed when pushed to edge of the footpath and found the trucker at fault. In this video there were 3 idiotic cyclists who if caught should be given a hearty fine for their stupidity.

Where can I find vids of turtle heads being crushed?

That was nearly a strike 😂

Home delivery network. Thank you. Super driving. Sorry about the zombie diecyclist. We are not all that stupid and inconsiderate.

Congratulations to the driver. He has way more sense than those numpties.

no baisic road understanding, i bet a few of them are drivers too!!

That is so dangerous, It cannot be retold enough, do not pull up inside of any large vehicle, whether it is indicating left or not!

First of all the driver is in the blue area, which is just for bicycles, to avoid this kind of dangerous situations.

They can see the lorry is indicating, he’s turning left , why did the cyclists not wait behind?

The cyclist should give way to the lorry cars rule oh yes

@Mickygemma one of the "problems" with the warm weather ;-)

I’m small and fast! *squish* Okay, only small. I wonder if UK does compulsory riding tests for young cyclists in primary school as it is conventional in Germany. I remember having at least one, maybe even two or three of them when I was a child.

Jesus. Not got a clue have they...

It's nice to see a cyclist with a bit of sense (one filming) instead Of these other idiots,and that's being polite,theyve obviously no sense of danger. If the driver wasn't on the ball,which obviously he was and ran over someone,not by any fault of his own,hes got to live with that,just because someone wants to be 30ft further up The road....at least we should be grateful they stopped at a red light!

Camera guy is the cool guy

Did you not read the title of the video?

Notice to cyclists, the sticker on the back of the truck warning about coming up on the inside when we are turning left is not there for decoration! If that lorry was any bigger then the cyclists that are just forward of the front left side would be in a massive blind spot that is capable of hiding a car! So cyclists please, do what the cyclist who filmed this did, stay at the back where we can see you and if it is turning left, let it! We have to keep over to the right so we have enough room to negotiate the corner without mounting the pavements. If you get on the inside of a large lorry turning left the gap between it and the pavement will decrease rapidly and if you are in that danger zone then you could end up dead. Remember, lorries and cyclists are like petrol and fire. You do not let them get too close to each other.

Why are there orange flashing lights on lorry?

It's because they're on the wrong side of the road!

Only a Numbskull would ride a bike in heavy traffic...

Correct me of I’m wrong thought the new Highway Code said in traffic ques and at junctions cyclists should move to the centre Of their lane so they are clearly visible

Firstly well done to the cam cyclists, secondly this is why cyclists have a bad name. 7 out of 8 done the wrong thing

@busog97641 - The bigger the vehicle, the bigger the turning radius. If a truck squeezes left while preparing to turn left, they'll take out pedestrians on the sidewalk, take out light posts or just get stuck. Those cyclists... Like lemmings into a meat grinder... Proof that there are just as many muppet cyclists as there are muppet motorists. Do cyclists in Amsterdam do this? Or have they solved the problem through education and/or infrastructure?

I have to admit I didn't understand what the problem was here until I read the description. I've never driven a lorry, so the lorry driver not being able to see a cyclist just didn't occur to me. The purpose of bike boxes at intersections suddenly make a lot more sense to me though. Why didn't the camera man warn/educate the cyclists instead of shaking his head?

As well as being a cyclist, I drive a 44 tonne articulated HGV and its awful going through city centres because of this behaviour plus we cannot keep right to the left to stop this, due to the length of the trailer as this would cut over the pavement : |

i used to have to put up this this stupidity every day until I retired. Clapham Common was one of the worst areas.

Thats what the broken lines for

You used your brain, nice to se! :)

CRAZY.

I like how you have to describe what happened in the comments because you can't even tell that the driver did anything wrong.

Natural selection!!

you're so nice for telling them to watch out for the truck and upload the video on youtube, sooooo generous

Are the cyclists not allowed to ride on the sidewalk?

And you cycleists wonder why vehicles knock you off! Think Car…. Think Main Road… Think common sence

THERE IT IS.........

What is the correct thing to do here if you are making your way to the bike box (assuming there's no lorry) and the lights change to green and you're going straight ahead? This is scary as a cyclist. Some cars are indicating left. I always pull into the side before the junction and wait for a gap as I don't trust cars will check before turning. Do we wait at the side? Is this the correct thing to do? It says cars are supposed to wait till we're out the way in the Highway code but I don't think people realise this. I'm not an entitled cyclist by the way just genuinely want to know the correct action. It's confusing.

Brains and dynamite come to mind

A brain isn't a requirement to ride a pushbike.

it just seemed the JC was aimed at the truck .. not to worry..

Is there not an advanced stop box that they lorry should be behind, which the cyclists should have been able to fill and therefore get away safely.

You had me watching all that time, for that shit

Simple pass a law to say illegal to pull up the inside of a signaling left vechile

In this situation I do what you did, but a tad further forward, thereby blocking the inside of the lorry, preventing any other cyclist from doing the stupid. Sometimes it's the only way of saving them from themselves. If they complain a little education is given, but I still don't move.