Funniest thing I've seen in ages!
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...but you must watch until the very end.
(And before anybody says anything, I don't think that either of them come out whiter than white in this!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PFRdEUN240
(And before anybody says anything, I don't think that either of them come out whiter than white in this!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PFRdEUN240
Cyclist shouldn't have chased him to berate - nothing good was ever going to come of that, I don't know what he was expecting as a good outcome of chasing him around the block.
Angry man is hilariously angry though.
This is why I regard DH and Freeride MTB as far safer than riding around the streets
Angry man is hilariously angry though.
This is why I regard DH and Freeride MTB as far safer than riding around the streets
Very funny clip ... both are acting like idiots. Antagonising the motorist because he had a camera was pathetic ... he was baiting him. However, threatening to kill someone deserves no less than a face full of pavement. I actuallyt though the guy would keal over and have a heart attack ... you could almost see the steam coming out of his arse
Cyclist is a moron for chasing the guy down almost taking a woman out who is crossing the road at the first left hander... But that guy, wow, he needs some help. It was a close pass and others may not be so lucky but that sort of pass is a normal occurrence for most cyclists.
I dont think saying "you're on camera" helps either, rarely does the guy say "oh ok, I'll bugger off", for most it's the red rag that sets them off.....
In hindsight, the driver must think himself really lucky he tripped otherwise he'd now have an assault charge.
I dont think saying "you're on camera" helps either, rarely does the guy say "oh ok, I'll bugger off", for most it's the red rag that sets them off.....
In hindsight, the driver must think himself really lucky he tripped otherwise he'd now have an assault charge.
The ending reminded me of this... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxzdo8FfrW0
Like most, I'm erring on the side of there being two fools in this clip.
But then again, the Police are almost certainly NOT going to follow up every report/video of a close pass. The cyclist obviously feels VERY strongly about this particular pass, so I assume it's closer than the camera lens seems to show. He feels so strongly that he just has to challenge the idiot driver. Foolish? Maybe. Deliberately antagonistic? Just a happy side-effect I reckon. In some quarters, this sort of behaviour (challenging the unacceptable behaviour of an ignorant twunt) would be regarded as a positive example of something we called "moral courage" in the military.
Poor driving is one thing, but the level of ignorance about the reasons for riding toward the middle of the available carriageway is staggering. The threats and general attitude, whilst quite comedic, were also worrying, if another cyclist were to be less lucky and get hit by this idiot. He seems just the sort to scarper if he had the chance. The initial problem was not caused by the cyclist, either, but by the hundreds of idiots who own multiple cars and leave them packed like sardines onto narrow terraced streets that were not built with the car in mind. Reading, someone said. Many similar older cities have similar parking issues, and without exception these are the places where cycling is being encouraged to solve the issue of peoples' over dependence on cars. Which is why cyclists need protection from this kind of Neanderthal. My big disappointment at the end of that clip, though, is that the fat waster's nose didn't burst on contact with the road. I like a nice drop of quality claret, me
But then again, the Police are almost certainly NOT going to follow up every report/video of a close pass. The cyclist obviously feels VERY strongly about this particular pass, so I assume it's closer than the camera lens seems to show. He feels so strongly that he just has to challenge the idiot driver. Foolish? Maybe. Deliberately antagonistic? Just a happy side-effect I reckon. In some quarters, this sort of behaviour (challenging the unacceptable behaviour of an ignorant twunt) would be regarded as a positive example of something we called "moral courage" in the military.
Poor driving is one thing, but the level of ignorance about the reasons for riding toward the middle of the available carriageway is staggering. The threats and general attitude, whilst quite comedic, were also worrying, if another cyclist were to be less lucky and get hit by this idiot. He seems just the sort to scarper if he had the chance. The initial problem was not caused by the cyclist, either, but by the hundreds of idiots who own multiple cars and leave them packed like sardines onto narrow terraced streets that were not built with the car in mind. Reading, someone said. Many similar older cities have similar parking issues, and without exception these are the places where cycling is being encouraged to solve the issue of peoples' over dependence on cars. Which is why cyclists need protection from this kind of Neanderthal. My big disappointment at the end of that clip, though, is that the fat waster's nose didn't burst on contact with the road. I like a nice drop of quality claret, me
I've been riding since I could walk as well, and there is NO excuse for a close pass like that, it just isn't acceptable.
The fact that this video has gone viral might make the dicks like that driver realise driving like that is disgusting. The driver said something like "are you a tank? No, you're just a little bike" as if the bike or size of it makes it ok to skim past it. He should have his licence taken off him and not be allowed to drive.
I don't get how everyone is saying there were 2 dicks in the video. I don't think the cyclist was winding him up, he was reacting to the abuse and the idiotic statements from the driver. I wouldn't chase a car down like that, but I can see why the close pass made the cyclist react and what went on from there.
The fact that this video has gone viral might make the dicks like that driver realise driving like that is disgusting. The driver said something like "are you a tank? No, you're just a little bike" as if the bike or size of it makes it ok to skim past it. He should have his licence taken off him and not be allowed to drive.
I don't get how everyone is saying there were 2 dicks in the video. I don't think the cyclist was winding him up, he was reacting to the abuse and the idiotic statements from the driver. I wouldn't chase a car down like that, but I can see why the close pass made the cyclist react and what went on from there.
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