Tony Blackburn responds to latest Jeremy Vine cycling video, says he was "nearly knocked down by a cyclist" while using crossing

I note that his show is on at 7pm on Fridays. This was about the time I burnt my mouth on a takeaway. I'd like to take to social media to highlight this hazard and link it to Tony Blackburn.

You might also, similarly take to social media over Vine.

Because he's in the majority and if you don't listen that makes you arrogant. Not only that, he is quite right to mention being endangered on a crossing.
If all you ever do is whine about nasty motorists without recognising the actions of bad cyclists, that makes you bigoted and entitled.
And it does the valid arguments about cyclists being at far more risk than drivers, no good at all when you make everyone on four wheels hate you.

Of course, we should take his claim verbatim and without any scrutiny.
How do you know he is in the majority, unless by majority you mean irrational dislike of cyclists.

It is new to someone who has been in the old one for how many years of his career. Of course we don't have the full details of the Tony Blackburn incident, but as this seems to be the only crossing near Broadcasting House, isn't halfway across him standing on the central refuge, with the cycling lanes being as far from him as possible?

But it says Manchester in the article ?

and this was New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road, where Mark & Lard did their breakfast show from https://goo.gl/maps/fHinPDfj8rzKDti58

but it was knocked down about ten years ago when the Beeb moved out to Salford Quays Media City.

Yes, that is Road.cc typing in "new broadcasting house BBC" and getting that wrong address. He does Radio 2 which is broadcast from London. I can't see him "slumming it" outside of the Capital once he stopped pirating. 

If that is the crossing in question, I believe that technically a crossing with a central refuge like that is treated as two separate crossings (Rule 20), so depending on what he means by "halfway across", there may have been no requirement for a cyclist (or any other vehicle driver) to stop for him. 

Doubt it, Blackburn's not a fool, he'd know that either side of the refuge is treated as individual crossings. You don't start crossing Portland Place and expect drivers all the way across the other side of the road to stop for you.
Clearly, a bad cyclist has zipped around him as he was still on the black and white stuff. Certainly more cyclists than drivers do, same with red lights..

Vo2Maxi wrote:

Doubt it, Blackburn's not a fool, he'd know that either side of the refuge is treated as individual crossings. You don't start crossing Portland Place and expect drivers all the way across the other side of the road to stop for you. Clearly, a bad cyclist has zipped around him as he was still on the black and white stuff. Certainly more cyclists than drivers do, same with red lights..

I suspect that is only because cyclists can fit, and can (in theory, of course) safely go around someone.  A car wouldn't fit and would just go over them, so (generally) waits.

I see motorists drive over zebra crossings the moment that a pedestrian is not directly in front of them, but is still on the crossing, every day.

'I see motorists drive over zebra crossings the moment that a pedestrian is not directly in front of them, but is still on the crossing, every day'.. which is legal, but if a pedestrian has to stop or otherwise get out of the way, then the motorist or cyclist has failed to give way and committed an offence.

grOg wrote:

'I see motorists drive over zebra crossings the moment that a pedestrian is not directly in front of them, but is still on the crossing, every day'.. which is legal, but if a pedestrian has to stop or otherwise get out of the way, then the motorist or cyclist has failed to give way and committed an offence.

Horlicks!  If the pedestrian is still on the crossing then they are using the crossing and the motorist/cyclist/scooterist/horsist should wait until they have finished using the crossing.

In the UK, anyway (I don't know what the rules are in Australia).