The Month That Was March 2025Looking back at the month that was March. Blind corner dive bombs, car’s in bike lane’s, hooks, chicken runs and many more dangerous driving acts that put the life of these cyclists in danger. This type of driving attitude needs to stop. UpRide shows how big the problem is, so there’s never been a better time to start recording your ride and join the fight to fix it.
Incident type: Crash
Any incident where a cyclist comes off their bike or collides with another party or object.
While on a training ride a car coming from a side road failed to stop and drove into the side of me. The impact sent me over the bonnet of the car with my bike being damaged beyond repair.
Chicken runs, red lights, trucks in bike lanes, blind corner dive bombs, car’s on bike paths, close passes, round’a’wrongs and U-turn fails. This is a special level of dumb driving. All these incidents plus many more were uploaded to UpRide in February. By recording and sharing your footage, you can join the movement to help make the roads safer for everyone.
Close pass followed by emergency stop and rammed off road then physical assault. Driver guilty of dangerous driving, assault, leaving scene. Interim ban with full sentencing next month (March2025)
unleashed dog ran into cycle
Chicken runs, red lights, car’s in bike lanes, blind corner dive bombs, close passes, round’a’wrongs and U-turn fails. This is a special level of dumb driving. All these incidents plus many more were uploaded to UpRide in January. By recording and sharing your footage, you can join the movement to help make the roads safer for everyone.
I was visible to the driver while I rode 130m to the intersection with a very bright flashing headlamp on my helmet. When traffic on the cross road cleared I progressed across the intersection. When I was half way across the intersection, the driver from the opposite side of the street accelerated quickly and turned into me. Result was I have ankle broken in 3 places, broken elbow, other injuries to hand, wrist and legs. Now likely to be >3 months recovery.
Police will be charging driver with negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm.
Impatience is not a virtue for this driver.
A look back at the year that was 2024. This is just a small sample of the over 1500 incidents that were uploaded to UpRide in 2024. Things need to change. We want to raise awareness among drivers that they are being filmed and stop the madness on our roads. So record your ride and keep uploading! Every UpRide means more drivers will start to know there is a good chance they are on camera and think twice before putting a rider’s life in danger. Make your mark on improving cycling safety by posting your footage of any incidents you’ve encountered. When you add to UpRide, everyone benefits.
The comfort with which people are willing to threaten the lives of others from the safety of their cars is astounding and depressing in equal measures. This is a tiny selection of videos posted to UpRide during November, 2024, that shows a range of situations where safety was threatened for no good reason.