You have been warned1

[bobh]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61815609

As a (former) cyclist, I can see the need for this law, but this case is ridiculous.

[The Bloop]

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I think the car is closer than it initially appears in that clip. Instead of looking at the car and the shadow of the rider, look at the shadow of the car's wing mirror as it passes the riders shadow.

[cyril evans awaydays]

Re: You have been warned1

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61815609

As a (former) cyclist, I can see the need for this law, but this case is ridiculous.

The guy got an awareness course or fixed penalty notice costing about £100 to avoid points on his licence. Instead he decided to challenge it in court as was his right and got a grand fine plus 4 points on his licence, plus the cost of the solicitor he hired to get him off. Looks like he fought the law and the law won on this one.

[North Cardiff Blue]

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The guy got an awareness course or fixed penalty notice costing about £100 to avoid points on his licence. Instead he decided to challenge it in court as was his right and got a grand fine plus 4 points on his licence, plus the cost of the solicitor he hired to get him off. Looks like he fought the law and the law won on this one.

Ha ha serves him right, so many drivers haven't got a clue. I'm a pedestrian, cyclist, car driver and previously motor cyclist and vans, and every catogory has good and bad, some peple are just useless and dopey, and no matter what you do some will always drive ride walk stupidly.

[life on mars]

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We need the death penalty back asap

[dembethewarrior]

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Just sit behind him and pass when you have sufficient space.

I know cyclists can be a pain to some, but he's definitely in the wrong here.

If I'm on the bike I stay right in, as close as I can safely for myself, it bothers me that so many cyclists have this attitude, some anyway, where they purposely come out into the road further than they need to be, its like a stubborn "**** you" move but at the end of the day if you're in a car you're the one that can cause the most damage and its not THAT much of a hassle to sot back and whizz pass when you can, as frustrated as I've been in country lanes and single lane roads where they seem to be in the middle of the effing road its still your responsibility to pass them safely.

[tforturton]

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This is the way things are going - the driver will always be in the wrong. Looking at the video, I thought that both the car in front and behind him were not that much further out - did they get a fine as well?

[SOXY BOY]

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He was offered the driving awareness course but didn’t accept the course ,then failed to comply with a fixed penalty notice. I think the total fines are excessive but he’s got no one else to blame but himself.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Stupid pompous twat

Sounds like he's got money to burn

The law is an ass but it often is

[WJ99mobile]

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In 50 years this won’t be a problem

Driverless cars and pedestrianised routes will be the norm.

Cyclists and cars are often arseholes together but this time the car totally in the wrong

Good ending

[2b2bdoo]

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IMO cyclists should have some kind of insurance and be penalised just like the rest while on the road.

Is there anything more annoying than a cyclist causing huge delays cycling on the road right next to a purpose made cycle path just because they can.

[cyril evans awaydays]

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IMO cyclists should have some kind of insurance and be penalised just like the rest while on the road.

Is there anything more annoying than a cyclist causing huge delays cycling on the road right next to a purpose made cycle path just because they can.

Apart from every thing else that irritates me I am struggling to top your biggest annoyance, fair play!

[StraightOuttaCanton]

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He’s 77. I’d have made him sit his test again. Is there an age for that in the UK now?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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He’s 77. I’d have made him sit his test again. Is there an age for that in the UK now?

I think he's just a cnnt

[J R Hartley]

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Hardly endangered the cyclist, the cyclist didn’t even veer off track for a split second.

Bike wankers should be made to pay road tax same as motorists.