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I can't help but think that these type of 'public information films' should be far more prevalent. I live in an area that gets ITV from a border region, and therefore see a lot of Scottish 'PIF's', but I can't recall seeing that many, if any at all, from England. They used to be all over the screens, 'Think once, think twice think bike'...Tufty on road safety (showing my age a bit there), and so on, but apart from the drink-driving ones, I can't recall any others to do with road safety. A decent campaign like this may not work if shown infrequently, but shown often enough it will seep into ones consciousness and plant the seed.
I have the feeling I've seen this very video a dozen times, with Scottish, English, French, accents, the only thing new is the Irish accent.
Looks fair enough to me. I like the 'Hi. I'm Sara'... i.e I'm a human, not a 'cyclist'.
It does raise a point that yes drivers have a responsibility to check blind spots, but equally, cyclists should look for signals and not put themselves on the inside of an obviously turning vehicle. But it wasn't clear from the video if the cyclist had begun to pass on the inside before the van signalled, so it was a bit mixed... it gives the impression cyclists should always 'hang back'.
Maybe a 'don't left hook and check your blind spot before turning' sequence would redress the balance.