This weeks video from youtube

[VOZZA]

Nothing wrong in stopping in a box junction if your exit road is clear. Check the Highway Code.

[gn2]

Nothing wrong in stopping in a box junction if your exit road is clear.

Only if you are turning right.

[maxiscoot nz]

Nothing wrong in stopping in a box junction if your exit road is clear.

Only if you are turning right.

Well the bus was going right .
Who cares the Bus never saw him and the backhoe was committed. Suck it in and count to ten.
Its a bit like boating they to have there rules, power verses sail etc but the un written rule is give way if its bigger. be aware of where you are wanting to go and once again respect other road users

[Globs]

Nothing unusual or surprising right up to the box junction, all the drivers actions were obvious from a way off - no danger there if you are looking at the other traffic. Scooters _are_ invisible, just ride to fit in and all is calm and safe.

People's driving will not improve if you complain, although you will get into a fight one day. It is unlikely you'll be able to singlehandedly re-educate Britain's drivers and with texting etc it will only get worse. Just go with the flow and watch what they do, not what you think they should do in a perfect world. As I said - nothing to complain about on anything up to the box, it was all there for you to predict.

The box junction was a case of being too far to the left - positioning should have been further to the right out of harms way. You left almost an entire lane free to the right that was 100% safe.

Good camera and sound - what rig are you using?

[pikey]

I agree while your getting angry not concentrating road fully just let it go take a chill pill.

[mr fish]

Ha ha thanks for watching guys ...yes the riding and attitude may be a bit harsh .,but not as harsh as your s criticism lol don't see the illegal bits please point them out ... And yes I've been wiped out before so you've had your wish for a big crash ...go pro makes it look a closer anyone with a brain knows that ... And as for an unintelligent tosser I would put the 99% of me just poodling around yawning but that's just the vid I put that week ..... lol .. Please feel free to post you superior and almost God like riding I wish to learn ..
I've been riding for over 25 years .. Don't mind constructive critics at all its life but please refrain from just insults dont mind a debate though

[mr fish]

Just to clear some bits up (right or wrong) the bus didn't stop to let the JCB out it goes fully around and back up the same road and its 2 lanes into and off that round about I accelerated to let the indicating car in behind as there was nothing behind me ... I just let my emotions get the better of me no one mentioned the apology and chilled bit seconds later .. I just put it up good or bad ...it's not really a big deal and I would hope new riders will look and say fuck you have to be careful ..so it's not all bravado and i never thought I would hit any of them ...if I lived in a rural area and didn't encouter aggressive driving (not just me) every day I may well be chilled all the time ...hope we can all hug and share a brew in the future

[gn2]

Illegal bits:

Crossed a stop line at a red traffic light
Stopped in a keep clear area at a roundabout
Gesticulating at other road users and not looking where you are going (driving without due care / failing to be in proper control of the vehicle)
and probably speeding

All the incidents stemmed from things you could have done better.

The first one, you zoom round a bend at speed making darth vader noises to yourself.
All good fun but because you were going so much faster than the other traffic and positioned where you were in the lane, the Fiesta driver had very little chance to see you.
Then when he starts to indicate and move across, your speed and slow reactions caused you to come quite close.
So this one would not have been a problem if you were travelling at a similar speed to the other traffic and paying attention to what is happening around you rather than trying to be a smart arse.

The merc changing lanes in front of you.
Why complain, there's plenty of room for him to move across, why would you want to prevent him from doing so?
How would that benefit you?
After he has moved across, you then sit right up his arse with considerably less gap than the one you moan about when he moved across.
Just doesn't make sense to ride this way.

The stop behind the bus on the roundabout, on approach to the roundabout you fail to take account of the stopped queue of traffic on the far side of the roundabout, its inevitable and obvious the bus is going to have to stop, but you still end up stuck up its arse stationary where the JCB cannot see you.
You then pull round the side of the bus at which point the JCB has already made his decision to go.
Had you been slower on approach to the roundabout you would have had much more time to assess what was going on, move across to the left sooner giving the JCB driver a chance to see you.
You would even be able to courteously let him go first as he's hardly going to hold you up is he?

The DHL lorry, again speed and positioning on approach is an issue, you seem to have failed to observe the lorry across the top of the roundabout, at this stage its far easier for you to see him than the other way round.
His decision to go probably based on your positioning, direction and speed on approach when he did have a good chance to see you.
By the time you are on the roundabout and turning right when you again ome into his view, he's already made his decision to go and likely would not be able to stop anyway.


Don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying you're 100% in the wrong and they were all 100% in the right, what I'm saying is that your safety is your responsibility and its up to you to ride in such a way that you minimise the hazards to yourself.

Read the road well ahead, ride at an appropriate speed, maintain good observations of what's going on around you, keep your head and eyes moving, make sure other road users have seen you, leave yourself the cushion of enough space around you and don't get stuck in a tight spot without an exit.

Remember that your helmet cam is actually watching you.

And get a pinlock visor, saves faffing about putting it up and down all the time.

[pikey]

[gn2]

Don't ever go to bed Pikey, most people die in bed, fucking dangerous things they are!