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This time we have quite a mixed bag.

It starts and ends with a Ninja, red light jumpers (as always), impatience (also as always), some very dangerous and to me aggressive behaviour, lead footers, indecision and even a UFO!

The hot weather really did seem to bring out some very bad driving. It wasn’t just me who noticed this either; I had others mentioning it at work.

One thing I’ll say time and time again, many people on bikes act like twats. This is not an excuse to put them, nor especially those of us who do abide by the road traffic laws, in even more danger just because you don’t like them. What you’re targeting is not an object it’s a living human. Would you just walk up to some random person and threaten them for no reason? Not if you’re a decent human, but being in a car and seeing a bike seems to remove all humanity from some. Don’t be one of those some.

7 days of early mornings in a row!

Lots of the usual impatience, scooters, a made-up word, people not understanding arrows (more likely just ignoring the fucking things, see: impatience) colour blindness and a higher than average level of courtesy!

Sunday’s home trip was by far the most incidental, but not the most scary, which is the very last clip.

Enough waffling, here’s the video on both YouTube and LBRY.

After a bit of a break I’m back with 7 days worth of clips from my commutes.

There is a lot of impatience in this video. A hell of a lot. Things are returning to normal and people are expecting to move around the same as they have been for the last few months and it’s not happening.

To be honest, the incredible amount of impatience I’m seeing is disheartening. What’s the fucking rush? Slow down, think, stress less, you’ll live longer (and so will I because there’s less chance you’re going to kill me!)

Anyway, you’re not here to see me rambling, you’re here for the video, so on with the show!

Guest starring a famous cartoon mouse!

In this video we have good news on the road narrows front, an unusual pet walk, not giving in to intimidation, red light jumpers (no bikes for a change), illegal vehicles (scooters are a growing menace), oblivious pedestrians and a frustrating amount of impatience!

I’ve left it a few days longer than usual due to upcoming 2 weeks leave, so it’ll be a bit of a gap until the next video. Enjoy what you see… and hear 😉

This video sees a lot of red light jumpers, both cycles and cars, and too many close passes. Scooters are also becoming more popular and it’s only a matter of time before they make local news headlines.

On a positive note, at least they’re finally removing the road narrows! Greenway Road is almost done, just the two on New Road to go to make my journey just that bit safer.

Given the number of close passes and drivers who just must get in front or push out first in this video you’d be mistaken for thinking the roads were busier than they actually are!
I really think lockdown is seriously affecting people’s ability to drive!

On a technical note, this is the first time I’ve had a clip split over 2 camera videos, and it’s seamless!

Enjoy watching! 🙂

Thanks to Simon Ward for pointing me in the right direction regarding alignment 🙂

They keep coming! 133 and no sign of slowing down!

Quite a short one this time though, but still some “interesting” clips.
No shortage of cockwombles and even a considerate Audi driver!

Kudos to anyone who gets the quote that pops up near the end! 😉

– Link to LBRY version if the above doesn’t work –

Quite an impressive display of cockwomblery in this video! A lot of the time you’d have a hard time believing we’re in lockdown.

The worst part of this whole video, in my mind as a parent, was seeing the young girl riding pillion on an off-road bike, neither her nor the rider were wearing helmets and the road was far from quiet!

On a positive note, the relative position of the camera to the Garmin you often see moving around is fixed. This shows how good the image stabilisation is on the GoPro Hero Black 8 🙂