Filtering video - good or bad example?!

[mic]

It's an eye opener for people yet to master the art of filtering and makes an interesting watch. But how dangerous is half the stuff he does? Is this average?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1kvF2tFSbc

[GrantT]

Lots of crossing double whites, just asking for trouble in the UK

[Dean-J]

Sub 15mph i didnt think you had to pay any notice to double whites/zig zags etc?? I've certainly never had a problem filtering past police in those conditions anyway.

I wouldnt say any of that was particularly dangerous, questionable yes, dangerous not so much.
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[Golgarth]

according to the dvl a:

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Double white lines where the line nearest you is solid. This means you MUST NOT cross or straddle it unless it is safe and you need to enter adjoining premises or a side road. You may cross the line if necessary, provided the road is clear, to pass a stationary vehicle, or overtake a pedal cycle, horse or road maintenance vehicle, if they are travelling at 10 mph (16 km/h) or less.
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[Walloper]

That's how to filter by a fuckwitted-fuckwit. And a bludy shite soundtrack to might I add?


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[Golgarth]

Got bored after 5 mins but I don't see anything wrong with what he was doing.

[Walloper]

[-Matt-]

[Fifteen15]

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[-Matt-]

This is how its done
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Jt9kLxDIo

[Saltire]

^ Holy fuck, I'd rather be late for work. Pulling a wheelie on the wrong side of a road... really?

[-Matt-]

I don't think we'll bother placing odds hes still riding

[Sid_The_Sloth]

[-Matt-]

Either all these countries have incredibly wide lanes, or all their drivers keep a perfect paralell line with the driver in front...

If that was the UK you'd get mr audi swaying left right and centre like a pendulum half way through filtering

[Golgarth]

I didn't realise that the health and safety brigade had made their way to biking forums.....

A traffic offence, really, sorry, I'll sit in the corner and cower. No one ever speeds, never commits something as horrific as the dreaded "traffic offence"

He makes progress, doesn't cut anyone up. Gets where he was going quicker than the cars.

[Banger]

I will confess that I only watched a bit over 3 mins of it . .

But that is tame, at best. lol.
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[Alpha-9]

He went over a pavement later in the video


Wish my gopro wasn't fucked, my filtering can be a bit shifty if i'm feeling it, otherwise if i'm tired i'm pretty chill
I think I like hooliganism though...it's hard to calm the beast when some dude on a zx6r is trying to race you
or some guy on a 125 SM is having filter wars with you
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

For legality, it's pretty crap, for speed it's not great either.

For getting some sleep it's spot on.
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[cdlxxvi]

Some overtaking before a blind bend, undertaking using a bus stop, not good. Then again everything happens at low speeds and Poznań is such an awfully congested city that it would be difficult to make progress without doing it.
The video subtitle ("what cagers envy us the most") also suggests that it contains his more cocky filters edited together.

[barrkel]

He sticks way too close to cars, and has to go slowly because of it. Go fully in the oncoming lane if it's clear. That gives you more visibility into gaps opening up (potential pedestrians or cars turning out of side-streets), protection from people randomly opening their doors, and more reaction time in general against hazards, e.g. u-turning drivers who are fed up with the queue.

Watch for cars turning out of side streets towards you though - they normally only look over their shoulder, they won't be looking for oncoming traffic.

Side-streets are also a danger because cars may decide pull out and dart down them. So slow down and be ready to e-stop going past.

For the UK, don't cross solid white lines. The Highway code is ambiguous on whether it's OK to cross them when the traffic is jammed up and stopped (does a car with running engine and driver count as stationary or not?), but I don't unless it's a serious jam.

But in other countries, the norms are different. In Ireland and the US, many roads have solid white (or yellow in US) lines for miles, yet a bike may safely overtake, while the UK tends to be fairly conservative in putting the solid white lines in place, and the lines are more worthy of respect.

On the continent, a lot of times where there are white lines, approaching the driver in front will suggest you want to overtake, and they will start moving over in the lane to let you past.
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[Lord Percy]

So basically, this guy passed his test, was amazed at how great filtering is, decided to make a video to brag about it to other people, didn't realise it's normal practice, and ended up making what looked like a bog-standard everyday commuting video, aka the most boring 13 minutes ever.

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[Knightsy]

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