Thats one lucky cyclist!

[Mick Dempsey]

7 minutes ago, benedmonds said:

Very unlikely the cyclist would stop for a man standing in the road...  

There are guys who WILL stop people, and there are less assertive sorts.

 

Make sure you have the former on traffic duty.

[rapalaman]

Too right they don’t! Tried that with guy in high viz stopping a cyclist down a very quiet country lane as I dropped a conifer limb avoiding a bt line. Cyclist just went round him saying “oh it’s ok” - missed him by about 5 feet or half a second!

[dan494]

4 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

I hope everyone and their mother involved was sacked.

Everything about that is a disgrace to the industry, even if it had gone right.

exactly, no-one who had any say in how that job was done has and business working with trees if they think its ever appropriate to fell a tree next to a road with zero traffic management

[Steve Bullman]

9 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

There are guys who WILL stop people, and there are less assertive sorts.

 

Make sure you have the former on traffic duty.

Spot on.  Last thing you want on road duty is a wet blanket

[dan494]

57 minutes ago, The avantgardener said:

That is unbelievable, If I was riding that bike there would be some serious violence.

Why not fell it in the direction of the lean so that it falls nearer to the truck, make it easier to ring up and load?

We can all make an error but that is just dumb on a whole new level, a couple of guys in hi-viz out on the street stopping traffic for a minute, job done, unbelievable.

to me looks like the better way would be to use the branches as a crash mat so you don't damage the road or footpath and section it down, takes a bit longer but noones getting hurt

[Stubby]

21 minutes ago, benedmonds said:

Very unlikely the cyclist would stop for a man standing in the road...  

This .

[dan494]

not just cyclists, I was on traffic duty about 20 years ago now, had stopped all the cars as a lump was about to be dropped in the road. Then some £$%£^ in  a car decided to jump the queue, swerve around me and speed down at ridiculous speeds, missed getting hit by about the same amount as that cyclist

[Rough Hewn]

not just cyclists, I was on traffic duty about 20 years ago now, had stopped all the cars as a lump was about to be dropped in the road. Then some £$%£^ in  a car decided to jump the queue, swerve around me and speed down at ridiculous speeds, missed getting hit by about the same amount as that cyclist

Seen a lot of this.
Stop traffic, drop tree, then 3 cars back some **** in a 4x4 floors it over the crown and drives off. With kids in the car too.
Old lady drives up to me waving,
Stops next me blocking all traffic, to ask if this will take long??????
One van driver swerved the stop/go guy then stopped under the tree we were felling!!!!
Couriers.....

But that video is a shocker.
Revoke their licenses
Sack em.

[dan494]

just remembered pedestrians too! another job where had taped off an alleyway, loads of layers of it, the alley was filled with brash and some muppet starts climbing over it having torn the tape down, while branches still dropping! one lad had to physically stop him and escort him back and redo the tape

[Stubby]

Had a jogger run past the " footpath closed sign , round the cones , then vault the red and white plastic barrier , jog through the " kill zone " then fall flat on his face trying to vault the plastic barrier at the other end .  What can you do ?