Johnny Dangerous - White van driver.

[AndStilliRise]

Long story short..
Cuts me up in his van, i am on a cycle and jumps out of his van acting like the big man. Telling me how he is going to put me down.

I remained calm throughout the process not removing my helmet or sunglasses. As soon as i started barking back at him - hero man decides to call his mate out of the van. So now i have two of them to deal with. Again not wanting to either lose ground or my face, manage to calm the situation down somewhat and then proceed with my journey.

Are there seriously people like this on the roads? He was telling me that he was on an assault charge and that he couldn't hit me, but would claim self defense if i hit him?! Almost laughed when i heard that.

Looking at the state of his van (15 reg) battered down one side, i told him his van and he were pieces of sh*t to which he responded someone turned into me. I just said - it is always someone else's fault, someone else cut you up, or someone else did this to you.

Complete prick of a man. Took a photo of his van. Would you report it to his company?

Edited by AndStilliRise on Wednesday 15th June 10:11

No needed to name company

Edited by Shaw Tarse on Wednesday 15th June 11:42

[AndStilliRise]

Thanks everyone. Reported it to the company and the MD will hopefully call me back. From the sounds of it they are well aware of the individual and his assault charges. Hopefully I will get a result of some sort.

[AndStilliRise]

Cant believe there are pricks like this who would want to go to prison over road rage. Really? What is the point for these road heroes.

[AndStilliRise]

Spx said:

Well done for reporting. I try to protect cyclists when driving my white van. If I was a witness to this I'd have run him over for you.

Lol...thanks but just handbag's. LastActionHero will at sometime either get battered or assraped by a warden which will make me smile no end.

[AndStilliRise]

snorky782 said:

Alex_225 said:

spookly said:

aw51 121565 said:

Alex_225 said:

Sutff

If someone in a queue in a shop starts being obnoxious I will gladly speak up on the matter. The difference is, that as you referenced there is a sudden bravery that takes over people once they are surrounded by glass and metal.

This. All day.

I'm not violent, never started a fight in my life outside training (boxing & martial arts), don't have much of a temper. I'm more likely to laugh things off or talk things out than get stressed over things.

But.... if someone does something impolite I'll call them on it. People seem surprised by it as nobody seems to say anything usually. Things like people pushing in to a queue, or dumb people stood with their trolley blocking whole supermarket aisles.... just politely tell them why they are a pain in the arse. If they don't like it I don't care. I don't intimidate people, just politely object to their idiocy. I guess if I was a whole load smaller I might be more cautious about who/when I choose to say something.

Interesting you mention martial arts as I have trained in Ju Jitsu for the last 4 years or so and they often teach you not to be an aggressor. It's quite the opposite of doing the whole 'hard man' routine as I guess you take some confidence from it and don't feel the need to play it tough. Maybe that also gives confidence in speaking up in specific situations. Maybe not but it sounds like you have a similar mentality to me and various other people I have met through training.

Looks like we've met the stereotypical PH goatee sporting types at last. In any event I'd win. If you told me to "f*** off" I'd smash your face in, because I'm an 18th Dan, ninjitsu Shogun samurai warrior from 12th century Japan. You'd poo yourself if you knew how easily I could kill you with just a stare.

And that is exactly the point. Is it worth it?

Usually in hindsight you can see things for what they are. A dust up over some tarmac. I for one would say no. I am not prepared to lose anything except air on a situation like this, however it seems people like Johnny Dangerous are willing to go further.

Life is too short as it is and I for one have no time for muppets who believe they are king of the road. However I do hope that his HR dept deal with him in the right way. Perhaps a fine or a warning.

[AndStilliRise]

Eh? Why are we talking about cyclists?

I don't understand how threads get derailed like this. No wonder the world is going nuts - its because the so called men of the world can not stick to the core subject.