Near Miss of the Day 648: Quick-thinking cyclist grabs 4x4’s registration number after driver pulls out on him for second time in a week

That's why I have a camera in my sunglasses - I don't wear a helmet either.

Built in?  Been after somthing like that for ages, do you have a link?

Loads on Amazon, don't know about the quality though - guessing the £24.99 ones aren't so good...

https://www.zetronix.com/1080p-hd-ultra-wide-angle-video-recording-dvr-s...

Interesting

Do you have any footage - particularly low light and number plates near the edge of the frame?

I had loads of footage from 2007-2013, but lost it all in a house move when I moved out of the Hull telephone area and my website got deleted. It was very good quality and I managed to dob in a few illegal motorbikes and dangerous driving before I retired in 2013. I tried a few of the Chinese copies on e-bay but they didn't last long. The Zetronic ones are very good quality.

I watched their demo video, and pausing then stepping frame by frame could not read a single number plate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU5ZGbayAtA&t=88s

I downloaded it and agree - no plate could be read even at low speed and a parked vehicle.

They look interesting, especially with the variety of lenses including clear and yellow. Is the video good enough for evidencial stuff? 

CYCLING GLASSES

Do you take them off everytime the sun goes in?

No - I change the lenses to clear ones.

mdavidford wrote:

CYCLING GLASSES

Do you take them off everytime the sun goes in?

That's what photochromic glasses are for

Rendel Harris wrote:

Well played Andy. How long before the usual suspects come on to say you should have anticipated it and castigating you for your lack of courtesy in calling that fucking idiot a fucking idiot?

It'll be their truth. Though nobody else's.

The point is he did see and brake and avoid the car not crash while saying I have right of way it says so in the Highway Code. That doesnt excuse the poor driving and I'm very happy he was able to report it. 

The driver was a tool but as a local I know it's impossible to see what's coming from the right without pulling out.  The road width on the following section only allows for one car at a time, the majority turn left, so it's reasonable to assume that there'll be a car in the way across the road irrespective of being on a bike or in a car. As a regular user of the road he should be well aware of that so his speed was inappropriate unless he enjoys the occasional shout at idiotic motorists. As some who commutes into Bradford from Otley I'm aware that it can be occasionally satisfying (and for me makes the rest of the ride quicker) but that it can be easily avoided.

If the driver had stopped at the give way line and checked for traffic from there instead of rolling straight across they would have had ample time to see the cyclist and cede them their mandatory right of way. If it's "impossible" to see what's coming the driver should come to a complete stop and then slowly move forward; in point of fact at the speed the driver was travelling she had more than enough time from coming into line of sight to identify the cyclist and cede right-of-way, she either didn't look or (as seems more likely given her history of doing the same thing) decided she could bully her way across the path of a more vulnerable road user. The fact that the cyclist was able to brake safely indicates that his speed was perfectly appropriate.

Indeed.

And yet it's amazing the number of comments from others criticising cyclists for not being careful enough or safe enough, despite the fact that in all near miss videos the reactions of the cyclist to really shit driving have avoid collisions. If there had been a collision there might be a case for saying the cyclist hadn't allowed themselves enough time to react. But having avoided a collsiion which would not have been their fault, clearly they were doing everything they needed to.

wycombewheeler wrote:

And yet it's amazing the number of comments from others criticising cyclists for not being careful enough or safe enough, despite the fact that in all near miss videos the reactions of the cyclist to really shit driving have avoid collisions. If there had been a collision there might be a case for saying the cyclist hadn't allowed themselves enough time to react. But having avoided a collsiion which would not have been their fault, clearly they were doing everything they needed to.

Yep, and of late there seem to be an ever growing number of near misses which are down to drivers rolling through give way junctions.

I'm just wondering whether Andy should be making complaints to the roads department to have the junction changed from a Give Way to a Stop.  Gribs has confirmed, as an individual with local knowledge, that the junction has no line of sight to the right which surely warrants a change in the design of a dangerous junction.

I don't think it'll make any difference to most motorists - as they seem to treat 'Stop'/'Give Way' signs the same.....

Not a problem unless she kills someone...

And you have to pay for the course - £90 - as my wife found out when she got caught for doing 37 in a 30 zone! Alternative was £60 fine and 3 pts.