Driver who turned into path of cyclist warns of "dangerous" cycle lanes

It was dark, glaring car lights, old guy with most probably poorer night vision, just didnt see the rider.  He would of been on auto pilot just about to enter his drive.  Lucky rider he wasnt too hurt, cyclist wouldnt of seen car until last moment.

WTF are all the comments (not road.cc) about mobiles and headphones? I'd be more worried at the volume of Mr T Rex 's in car audio and poor /failing eyesight.
He admits that there have been previous similar incidents but shows very little caution as he pulls across the cycle lane.
Again, I'm unsure on what protection any hi viz garments would have afforded the cyclist??
He cocked up...tried to apportion some blame to the cyclist and the rest on the infrastructure...of course he IS exonerated from all blame...he's just a driver going about his business - no need for thought or heed to non motorised transport...

Oooooops double post as I was redirected to download Skybet again. 

You've got to laugh at the stereo playing "Everyone wants to rule the world"

Being serious, I saw the cyclist's front light around 32 seconds in. That's through the camera aimed out of the windscreen not the side window. He doesn't need hi-vis, the light caught my attention.

Got to love the faux outrage from drivers demanding hi-viz and mobile phone use bans. 

"I can't be bothered to look out for something, please ban it" 

Maybe I should start a campaign for everyone to dress their kids in high viz in supermarket car parks. 

From watching the footage, the guy would have had an excuse if he was visiting and he'd never seen the place before. Seeing as he lives there he's not really got an excuse for it. 

Drivers have a tendency to look for other cars/lorries only.

What can hurt them, in other words.

Crap infrastructure made worse by queueing traffic. Would have been safer for both parties if the cyclist had been filtering down the offside of the queue - that way he could see vehicle indicating/moving right. Pavement cyclepaths which cross driveways just provide you with multiple t-bone opportunities - which the WMP study has shown is exactly where most cycling accidents happen.

His neighbours had done similar things, he knew there was a shared path outside his house.  And yet he didn't see because he didn't really look.  And yes, he did break the law as he appeared to drive without due care and attention.  And he would also be breaking the law if he hit a pedestrian because he didn't look properly.  They both have a right to be on that path.  Classic victim blaming.

Just an hour ago here in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote I saw a cyclist almost get wiped out by a car turning across his path seconds after the car had overtaken him . FFS what is wrong with these moronic motorists !

There's are the usual comments on the local paper site:

Cyclists should not use mobile phone when riding. He didn't appear to be doing so in the clip

Cyclists should wear a helmet. He was wearing a helmet.

Cyclists should not be allowed to use earphones. There is no suggestion of earphones being used.

Cycle lighting laws should be enforced. This chap had a very bright front lamp.

Let's also note that he had right of way. Anyone turning right across a line of traffic does not. The motorist has been very generous in sharing his experience and fortunately it seems as though there were no serious injuries. It's always good to learn from your mistakes but far better to learn from someone else's.

Okay - so in one sense I applaud the driver putting his hands up and admitting his mistake, urging both cyclists and drivers to be careful, singling out the road planners for being such bellends (paraphrasing there) but my God does he deserve a massive slap for suggesting that lack of hig-vis clothing was a factor - more so when in his own words 'all he could see was 200 light bulbs' What, couldn't see but turned anyway? Hmm. sounds more like your problem, fella.

Cyclists on cycle paths have a right to feel protected from cars, and cycle how the hell they like - clearly this one has a crap design, but really? Given the conditions, the magic of high-vis would've saved him?

Meh.

Ah the good old "high-vis" nonsense

Look at the video - it would have made no difference. At no point do the driver's lights shine on the cyclist. However, the cyclist did clearly have a front headlight, which apparently the driver didn't see. If a beaming headlight isn't "high-vis" then I don't know what is.

This moron is acting like a victim. Sounds like him and his neighbours are just impatient clowns.

"Don't let this happen to you, get all cycle infrastructure removed" he then went on to not say out loud.