even if.. you should always look both ways

Was that London? Looked like India O.o

​@@joshsa4935 they're almost the same nowadays, lol

​@@goofyahhsound oh shut up whytey

@@goofyahhsound I visited about 15 years ago, was a different place back then. Still more Brits than foreigners at that stage.

I don't know what speed I was doing but I was probably doing 21 - 22 MPH. The reason that speed limits do not apply to bikes is because cyclists don't know how fast they are going as there is no requirement for a speedometer. I always slow down after that left turn pretty much as there is a red light at the bottom of the hill that I usually have to wait for.

No, that is not the solution. Actually think about how that would be implemented - how much it would cost, how much extra traffic would be on the already congested roads, how much it would impact the NHS from poor health and obesity. In a lot of cases, such as the one in this video, riding in a cycle lane is not the safest place to be. Good road sense, awareness of other road users and local knowledge of this road told me that the car was most likely to be turning left and could well left hook me. For this reason it is much safer here to be part of the flow of traffic rather than on the left where you are vulnerable. Of course this also makes it easier for the car to turn left as it no longer needs to battle through a line of cylists. In this case the car was not turning left but you plan for the worst and hope for the best. Most of what cyclists do that motorists get upset about is to deal with unsafe driving from motorist that endanger vulnerable road users.

and why would I do that. Why would I look for conflict and waste my time creating a situation where I would then just have to spend more time editing and uploading the video and then replying to comments like these from people who either have no idea what they are talking about or who are just trolling. For the biggest part of this video there is no bike lane - there is some blue paint on the road that is not a bike lane. Read the highway code to learn what actually constitutes a bike lane. The reason that I am in the middle of the lane rather than on the left is because this bit of road is very bad for idiot drivers overtaking you then immediatelly turning left. The best way to avoid this is to be in the lane so that cars don't go past you and so that when they do turn left you can easily go past. The fact that this car was braking made it even more likely that it was going to turn left. Aside from that as the car was going the same speed or slower than the bikes means that I would probably be in the center of the lane anyway. It's not good being along side traffic that's going the same speed as you, it's much better to be in the lane with the rest of the traffic being visible. I slowed down as this idiot obviously needed educating like you so I wanted to have a chat.

@@bigblokeonabike Because clearly all cyclists only ever wheel their bikes out of the door to annoy motorists. We spend hours aimlessly wheeling around waiting for our next victim. Even a moment of thought beyond "fucking cyclists" might make them realise that cyclists do most things they do to mitigate shit driving around them or to make it safer to use the roads. The fact riding in cycle lanes seems to mean drivers don't need to give us any space when overtaking is ridiculous. The fact that drivers park over cycle lanes constantly is lost on them. The fact that you are constantly joining and leaving the "main road" when you are in our shit bike lanes is lost on them. If every driver was forced to periodically cycle on our roads for a few hours I think 95% of issues would magically evaporate.

This clip seems one of the ones that is probably reasonable to post online. I probably personally would've just let it go, but this clip doesn't seem to have much cyclist entitlement, unlike unfortunately too many clips out there (not saying all of them or even close by any means, just more than there should be). *cough* Jeremy Vine *cough*.

...you don't think that the motorist calling the lane "the car lane" is "me me me". As I have just replied in another comment, this is a comment from either a troll looking to cause upset and arguments or someone who has no idea what they are talking about - or both of course. This bit of road is very bad for cars overtaking then immediately turning left. I have seen many near collisions. That's why I am not on the left of the road.

@@bigblokeonabike you're making excuses to justify yourself on the road. YOU are part of the problem. Cars cutting you off when turning left is not correct but neither are your actions on the road. Furthermore, your comment and excuse is also showing how arrogant cyclists are. What do you want a car driver to do? When there is a steady stream of cyclists and not one of you slows down or even stops to left vehicles turn left? You all just keep on cycling. The same goes for the other way... I've lost count of the cyclists that go straight through red lights and then complain when a car turning right cuts across them. If the cyclists had obeyed the rules then they would have stopped at the lights and the car would have had time and space to turn. But because cyclist do as they please cars are 'expected' to endlessly sit and wait. PURE ARROGANCE! So you can shove your pathetic excuses. YOU ARE IN THE WRONG!

@@PokerMuppet Please tell me exactly what I did that is "not correct". Seriously, please tell me what you think that I did wrong - not other cyclists - but what I did wrong in this video. I would want a car driver to not overtake and immediately turn left. Based on your attitude to cyclists then I would be ranting how ALL motorists are awful and ALL motorists are trying to kill me at every turn. No, not all motorists - some motorists. However, when you are exposed on a bycycle and have tonnes of metal moving around you at speed you have to assume that any motorist MIGHT endanger you. That's what I was doing here - avoiding the situation of a car going past me and turning left. In fact cyclists being part of the flow of traffic makes it MUCH easier for the motorist to turn left. He is not fighting through a stream of cyclists. I am part of the flow of traffic so slow down or go past him as he turns left. Can you understand that? Can you admit that this actually helps motorists or are you so blinkered and prejudice that you can't possibly admit that a cyclist is in the right in this case? Cyclists going through red light probably annoys me more than it annoys you for precicely for this reason. Ranty trolls like you use it for ammunution and casually throw out the "all cyclists jump red lights" argument as if if gives you an excuse to treat all cyclists based on the actions of some of them. SOME motorists endanger my life, SOME cyclists jump red lights.

@@bigblokeonabike Your previous points are not correct. Your whole attitude is not correct. From this video... at no point did you even attempt to ride in the cycle lane that is there for you to ride in and that you are SUPPOSED to ride in. The idea that you can do whatever you like on the road and justify it by suggesting that you are pre-empting what other roads users 'might' do... is also not correct. One of the very first and most basic rules of the road is to keep left unless overtaking. You have a specific lane on the left for you to use and you chose not to use it based purely on your own arrogance and you deny any and all responsibility.

@@PokerMuppet ok, so now I understand your incorrect point of view. You think that cyclists have to cycle in the gutter whilst only motorists are allowed to use the "car lane". This is simple to resolve. Just give me the highway code rule that states this. It's very easy to then look it up. For example rule 61 (talking about cycle lanes) states: "cyclists may exercise their judgement and are not obliged to use them". www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-for-cyclists-59-to-82#rule61

Dream on. You'll never be able to afford a house either..

If you are asking why wasn't I on the blue paint on the left that's because this bit of road is renowned for being left hooked by cars turning left. I actually assumed he was turning left as most traffic going straight on is in the right lane. He was also braking.

@@bigblokeonabike I defer to your local knowledge sir.

Entitled cycle fascists like this NEVER use the bike lane. These cycle warriors are so disempowered that they have no other way of showing dominance, so choose to upset all other road users (and pedestrians) with their disregard for any but their own.

It's a cycle lane, paid for through taxation for your convenience but you and all the others choose to ignore it. Or is it really there just to inconvenience car users?

@@ttblade how much inconvenience was it to the car really? He ended up in exactly the same place in the queue as he would have done if there had been no cyclists on the road at all.

Idiotic comment by probably an idiot

Not when all it is is painted line on the road.

@@badabing8884 Why, they blind then, perhaps there should be a barrier, eh, 🤪

There is literally no country in the world where cycling requires a licence, except possibly North Korea. Why do you hate freedom?

Prosecuted under what part of the Highway Code?

Cyclists want cycle lanes, predominantly for slow cycle traffic that would be an obstruction to the road, therefore increasing danger for all. In the case of this cycle lane, it's basically just a painted section on the road where bikes would normally be cycling anyway, so not exactly the pinnacle of cycle lane design. Also, as the video poster replied to another comment, that portion of cycle lane is notorious for drivers turning left to hit cyclists having not looked in their mirrors before turning. Given all of this, there's just no reason for bike traffic travelling at (or faster than) the speed of the cars, hence causing no obstruction to traffic and minimal safety concern, to not use the regular lanes to cycle in.