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Originally Posted by Guinness

Just a couple from todays papers

I saw those - there's a Facebook page called "Idiot UK drivers exposed" which has dashcam/helmet cam videos added at a rate of about two or three per day. There are the occasional videos where a cyclist is at fault, but usually it's a driver.

Something else you will pick up from the comments to posted videos is that there is always disagreement about who was in the wrong. It just goes to show you'll never see absolute agreement on what constitutes good driving.

Just a point for anyone reading this far - I've not put a link to the FB page, if you want it, you'll have to search for it. There's almost always some unnecessarily obscene language in the comments to each video. (As well as some who think it's hilarious to add a "I blame the cyclist" even if there's none in the vid.)

Originally Posted by Guinness

Narrow road, rush hour, traffic on both sides, (unlike your nice clinical, sun shining video)….I’ll do my best to safely let emergency services by..and if that means I have to put a couple of tyres on a pavement..sue me!

As I said, I've been doing it as well, and will continue to do so if there's no alternative, despite this. It's likely the video is obliged to say you're still culpable in case someone tries to countersue. If it's the police trying to get past, they can direct you onto the pavement.