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Awesome new cycling safety vids narrated by Stephen Fry!
Made by locals Little Fighter Films and narrated by the one & only Mr S. Fry, Esq.
About LisaLisa Black started riding bikes again in 2010 after a 15 year hiatus. She’s still getting the hang of it and rides mainly along the waterfront and (carefully) through the city. Lisa has a new appreciation of shortcuts and alleyways, and rides a mixte frame because she can do it in a frock.
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nik
August 8, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Where’s the polite car driver video? The one that asks them not to run cyclists off the road; or door them, close shave them, throw things and scream abuse?
Stepdoh
August 9, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Really, really not liking the courtesy video. Get off and walk round the bus so you don’t hold it up at all?
What kind of message is that?
Cyclists, know your place.
The others are better though, just that one is a real problem.
Lisa
August 10, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Really? When I was a kid our car (a lovely old Morris Minor) wasn’t too good on the hills. We would always pull over & let faster traffic get past.
I don’t really see the problem with slower traffic showing a bit of courtesy to faster traffic.
Stepdoh
August 16, 2012 at 10:21 am
Okay, maybe that came off a bit curmudgeonly, and yep if you’re going uphill in a 900cc car and someone is trying to pass you, fine (we had a Morris too when I was little, vinyl seats, ouch) but in a city context when everyone is going in the same direction and at similar speeds I’m not so sure.
As we all know in reality it’s not the bikes that are holding up the cars and buses, it’s the other cars and buses.
If the bus is pulling out, sure, let it out like any other sensible road user, but not sure they’ve got the message entirely right here, and think it underlines how many drivers think we should behave.
But that’s just my 10c.
Rob
August 23, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Not digging the vids, to be honest. I feel they ride largely on the fact that Stephen Fry narrated them.