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wycombewheeler wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

GMBasix wrote:

By astonishing coincidence, that's exactly the same diagram that was used to explain my prostate to me (different labels).

Reminds me of my last exam -

Doctor: "Now it's perfectly normal to get an erection Mr Jones"

Mr: "My name's not Mr Jones"

Doctor: "That's me - talking to myself again"

you had you exam from doctor jones?

did he have a fedora and a whip?

Awavey wrote:

...... We shall wait and see what the Met do with it

Awavey wrote:

My assumption is it was like Wycombewheeler says, there was some JV filtering we didnt see in the vidx which the cabbie didnt like as it's that while queue etiquette thing us Brits like to fume about alot, even though its perfectly valid move to ride, so not criticism of JV. As even for a cabbie its fairly crazy on London roads to get that het up just because a cyclist is in front of you. We shall wait and see what the Met do with it

whatever the rights and wrongs of Jeremy's actions and whether he did filter or not, I've seen far worse driving not get prosecuted, the pass at the end is pretty close though so we shall see, but Jeremey does extend the danger by holding a conversation through the window of a moving taxi, which suggests he was not too intimidated.

Captain Badger wrote:

I don't think he filtered (happy to be proved wrong). I think he came from the the opposing lane.  It looks like the taxi driver came from the left (looking from teh crossing) where the road is one way with a right and a straight on filter. 

JV I think came from the right which (I think) is 2 way.

I think here we can see that JV comes from the one way road feeding into the right lane

Note we can see the front wheel crossing the division between the two lanes, while he is turning right

Quite hard to say with that camera whether it is left or right he is turning.

Need a few more seconds before the start to say.

I think that is his intention with starting the video here.

But, I don't see how he could reach the position shown above (as the page turns back) if he is coming from the 2 way road that feeds into the left lane, why would he take such a wide line in the absence of any other vehicles in that lane?

this follows which shoiws the direction of travel is clearly into the left lane, not along the left lane.

If he hasn't filtered then he has come across the island after crossing the road.

You take a wide line to avoid pedestrians crossing or when they are suffciently over that you can pass behind them.

That said, I am still wonderinig about the chosen start time of the video. Although what road it is would be useful then we could see in normal mode what the layout is.

the location is the junction of thayer street and george street in marylebone, I can't get a google maps link to work

looking at the junction from thayer street, Even the off side of the left turning hyundai in front of the streetview car heading for the right lane on goegre street does not reach the same extreme position as the bikes front wheel.

If I had come from the other road to the taxi and I was posting the video I would include a few more seconds to prove this, I think it's telling the video starts where it is unclear where he came from.

Regardless of where he has come from, as he goes across the crossing, he is in the left lane while the taxi is in the right lane and he is ahead, the taxi needs to use both lanes because parking convenience trumps safe traffic flow, while the bike only needs the left lane he is already in. So there is no reason for the taxi to have piority in passing.

Here's the link for the image

https://goo.gl/maps/S4G11iN9u4tBDk8j8

on balance I think they were both turning right but it is unclear how they got there and who was first. I think I would have let the driver go first and then overtaken him !

wycombewheeler wrote:

Captain Badger wrote:

I don't think he filtered (happy to be proved wrong). I think he came from the the opposing lane.  It looks like the taxi driver came from the left (looking from teh crossing) where the road is one way with a right and a straight on filter. 

JV I think came from the right which (I think) is 2 way.

I think here we can see that JV comes from the one way road feeding into the right lane

Note we can see the front wheel crossing the division between the two lanes, while he is turning right

I'll accept that JV-approaching-from-the-oposing-lane hypothesis is merely that at the moment. Overall though, I don't believe it makes a difference on what follows

On JVs part its completely irrelevant, filtering is totally permissible and almost a necessity for riding in London, so nothing wrong with it at all.

It's just we know,via experience,that filtering can trigger some drivers more than others in these situations and if we are using these as a teaching aid to help new riders, thats detail worth knowing, as opposed to cabbie goes a bit road ragey just because you happen to be in front of them.

brooksby wrote:

One of the tabloids is claiming this morning that Sherrilyn Speid, the woman who "nudged" (???) Insulate Britain protesters with her SUV, has been summoned to court accused of assault and dangerous driving.

Good

brooksby wrote:

One of the tabloids is claiming this morning that Sherrilyn Speid, the woman who "nudged" (???) Insulate Britain protesters with her SUV, has been summoned to court accused of assault and dangerous driving.

So no charge for possession of an offensive weapon (because a vehicle (and any object) is an offensive weapon when used as one)? Or driving without insurance (because lack of MOT would surely invalidate any insurance that she may have had)?

jh2727 wrote:

brooksby wrote:

One of the tabloids is claiming this morning that Sherrilyn Speid, the woman who "nudged" (???) Insulate Britain protesters with her SUV, has been summoned to court accused of assault and dangerous driving.

So no charge for possession of an offensive weapon (because a vehicle (and any object) is an offensive weapon when used as one)? Or driving without insurance (because lack of MOT would surely invalidate any insurance that she may have had)?

did she lack an MOT? I thought the car in question was less than 3 years old and so wouldn't have needed one.

brooksby wrote:

Bristol City Council has put 'permanent' wands up along Park Row!!!

(It looks like they sneaked them in overnight...)

I'm waiting for your follow-up post about someone chopping them down with an angle grinder

Bloody cyclists.

Any pics ?

Sorry, I was going the other way at lunchtime (ie. during daylight!).

Unless road.cc send a staffer to take photos I'll try and get some on Monday.

(Unless they have indeed all been chopped down/dug up by then...)