Have we not done this? Cyclist v Police

Because he held the same ignorant views as yourself that cyclists shouldn’t be on the road. Or at the very least, should be riding in the gutter where they belong.

I’ll say it again – there is a full lane to the left that is roughly three metres wide specifically reserved and signed for the use of buses and cycles and that was completely unobstructed – that is not riding in the gutter.

He was nowhere near the junction that he claims to have been planning to turn right at, (and funnily enough he seemingly chose not bother turning) – another poster above knows the road and feels that there was no need for him to be in that lane so far from the junction.

Go and have a look over at the police/motorist thread to see a rather good example of poor lane choice and obstructive driving by an arrogant lane hog of a driver – this cyclist was doing exactly the same!

there’s defensive cycling and being a knob – riding in that lane when he did was the latter!

He was nowhere near the junction that he claims to have been planning to turn right at…

The entire stretch of road (from the last obstruction, where he absolutely has to be in the right hand lane because the left is blocked) I’d estimate to be about 15 seconds to the lights, and he’s not travelling a great deal slower than the Range Rover up front.

I’m sure some days he would have taken the bus lane. I don’t cycle the same way every day, it all depends on how confident I’m feeling, the vibe I’m getting, the traffic that’s around me, etc. Looking at that road I’d be tempted by the bus lane, for sure. But I’d judge it on the day, and given that the copper undertakes 5 or 6 seconds into that stretch of road (and could have been there longer, you can’t see on the camera), the cyclist barely had a chance to move anyway.

Simple fact is, it’s a few seconds. It’s neither here nor there. Doesn’t matter what you would do, or I would do, there’s so little in it, it’s not even worth debating. In reality it’s an inconvenience to no-one.

The copper is a bully. Which is not really acceptable in my eyes. It’s not acceptable from the public, but for a man of the law it takes the piss.

He was nowhere near the junction that he claims to have been planning to turn right at, (and funnily enough he seemingly chose not bother turning)

He doesn’t turn because he goes straight on to chase the cop instead – he says so in the video.

The copper is a bully. Which is not really acceptable in my eyes. It’s not acceptable from the public, but for a man of the law it takes the piss.

+1. If another driver did that to me in front of a cop I’d want them to have a word with him, not congratulate him.

Go and have a look over at the police/motorist thread to see a rather good example of poor lane choice and obstructive driving by an arrogant lane hog of a driver – this cyclist was doing exactly the same!

Of course he was 🙄

For Z11 – here’s a map showing the very earliest he could have entered the bus lane to the point he really needs to be in the right lane to make the right turn (arguably this is leaving it pretty late). Google maps reckons that’s 308ft.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Westminster+Bridge+Rd%2FA302&daddr=Westminster+Bridge+Rd%2FA302&hl=en&ll=51.499418,-0.113358&spn=0.000947,0.002642&sll=51.499326,-0.112913&sspn=0.000947,0.002642&geocode=FcbSEQMdfkL-_w%3BFZzQEQMdYkb-_w&t=k&mra=me&mrsp=1&sz=19&z=19

I don’t understand why the cyclist was in the right hand lane, for such a long distance, when its quite clear that he was several hundred yards from the nearest junction

I don’t think so! For good measure, here’s the point the pleb overtakes him to the nearest junction, 256ft.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Westminster+Bridge+Rd%2FA302&daddr=Westminster+Bridge+Rd%2FA302&hl=en&sll=51.499313,-0.113087&sspn=0.000947,0.002642&geocode=FcfREQMdGkT-_w%3BFQfQEQMdhEf-_w&t=k&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=19&z=19

The copper is in the wrong and his arrogance isn’t s surprise to me there are some good coppers out there but there are far too many wanna be hitlers with a chip on there shoulder

Range Rover vs cyclist, who’s the pleb now?

So, anyone actually reported this to the police or just discussed it on this forum?

Range Rover vs cyclist, who’s the pleb now?

😯

Yeah cos only children and the poor ride bicycles.
He should get a car.

😉

After incidents at several demonstrations last year, weren’t the met police told off for covering up their numbers?

policeman persecutes cyclist ? they’ve moved on from motorists then..

HOUSE!!
I’d already got
Car driver did nowt wrong
Dodgy but cyclist’s own fault for being there
Cyclists with cameras go looking for trouble
And
Par for the course, you can’t really complain
Was just waiting for someone to attempt to shoehorn in a “war on the motorist” persecution complex for the full lot.
What do I win?
Oh yeah another depressing thread with anti cyclist connotations on a bike forum. Awesome!

PS

big dog coming thru,

either self important macho bullshit of the highest order or another worrying facet to the already bleak “real life on the roads” story. A cyclist racing to slot themselves into a convoy would be silly* but if these RRs were together and their shit driving got them separated then shunting** other road users out of the way is not a viable strategy and should be dealt with seriously.

*someone mentioned occurrences of this earlier, this is not the case in the OP
**again not in the OP but there was suggestion that this sort of tactic is employed

That would be a Sith then Obvs.

A Shit Lord would’ve squished the poor blokes throat with little more than a remote finger squeeze. What we have here is a mischievous padowan out looking for siths and giggles…