Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

"Sorry mate, I didn't see you".

there's bikes painted up and down the tarmac and a ruddy great 'cyclists only' sign some poor sod has ironically been forced to merge with.

london drivers are for the most part, fucking shit at driving.

Can't see what's at the other end (where the cars would have joined) and there are plenty of bits of road with bikes painted on them where cars are allowed to drive. UK roads give so many mixed messages.

Not ruling out utter fuckwittery, and it looks most likely, but can't guarantee it just from that photo and from what BobbyBriggs says above.

London drivers tend to all tailgate each other. Not sure if it's for fear of letting someone sneak in the gap from a sideroad, or whether it's just frustration from moving so slowly all the time. But it means that nobody has time to see or react to anything; they just blindly follow each other, no matter how daft the actions of the person in front. I notice it a lot on the Vespa when someone is 10ft behind me at 30mph. Not comfortable...

Down by St. George's circus it is heavily segregated. I can almost see how someone who's had their head under a rock for two years might get confused if joining from Webber St. but anyone who drives there regularly has no excuse and anyone completely new would be paranoid enough to notice the markings

Or they're all twats

There's some desensitisation to all of this due to a mixture of schemes.

The "Copenhageni[zs]ation" in Clapham Old Town for example: https://goo.gl/maps/kncMUAJvefk

Yes, you are allowed to drive over that bit of pavement into the road on the left.

Parents hate this kind of thing because young children don't recognise it as anything other than just pavement and will continue to run/scoot/whatever over the pseudo-junction.

There are signs at the end of the lane yes (convenient for the photograph but useless for a car that's already driven to that point), but not when joining it from side roads.
I'm sure it'll all be ironed out as the route is opened up properly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-35472617

:(

^ If that was a copper that had been hit and run, I dare say we might of seen a bit more policework going on ether. shameful.

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Given that it's gone viral I can see it suddenly being reopened with unspecified new evidence.

I would love it if that happens but can't see it after the guy has already been charged once. Might be a good business opportunity there for a car rental hit man company. thinking..

So basically, if you want to kill someone, hire a car and do it with that and you can't be caught.

^ Pretty much, yes. Even with video evidence, just refuse to say who was driving.

Though I understand that the max fine for doing that is £1000 - I have no idea why, given the seriousness of the collision, the guy was only fined £150.

You'll be caught, but only for failing to say who was driving. But why bother with the hire car? Just run them over, claim you were blinded by a low winter sun/distracted by a pigeon/momentary lapse of concentration and get off with a slap on the wrist and the usual platitudes from the judge saying 'Nothing I do could bring Mr. Squashedman back'. Easy.

Is there an Essex version of roadsafe? I came across this but nowhere I can see to report dangersous driving.

https://saferessexroads.org

Safe Wut Sex Roads?

During the campaign, which ran from 1-31 December, 1,888 drug screening devices were administered by police officers, with nearly 50% (931) of those drivers tested found to be under the influence of drugs.

50% of those tested, not "all drivers". Ie big selection effect at play.

You have to really apply yourself to have your driving stand out as bad in Essex.

Volvo smash and run driver made the BBC news at 10 last night

I was at the cycling debate at Parliament last night and an MP brought it up also. Something's going to have to happen there I think...

Bike cams need to come with polarisation filters as standard so you can see through the car windows.

^ That's a clever suggestion. Would most likely work.

Bike cams need to come with polarisation filters as standard so you can see through the car windows.

...an' a large magnet too. That way if the car bashs into a bike fitted with a 'Magno-Cam' (TM'd 2 mins ago) fitted the car wont be able to drive away cos the Magnet will hold the car to the bike cos thats what Magnnitts do innit. Flippin' jeanius idea IMO.