Using a car as a weapon
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Excuse the Daily Fail link, but this article made me think: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269563/Ro...
I could have been that dead guy. You never know what nutters are on the road, and it's a terrifying thought.
Last night I was cycling home and after a set of traffic lights a bus lane started. I was overtaking some slower cyclists and this taxi is inches of my backwheel honking his horn at me. I wave my hand behind me in a dismissive "bugger off" gesture, and a few seconds later he is squeezing past me with his window down shouting "this is a bus lane! Get out the bus lane!" and swerving his cab towards me with violent tugs on his steering wheel.
Further up the road, this taxi driver then gets stuck in traffic, and to my shame I thump the wing of his cab and shout: "don't threaten me with your f**king cab you c**t!"
Looking back on it now, of course the correct thing is to ignore the idiots, but my blood instantly boiled at the way this guy callously threatened to run me over for blocking his way for a few seconds. I do worry that an altercation could get nasty one day.
I don't really know what this post is trying to get at, or what response I expected to get - probably a lot of people telling me to chill out and let the plonkers get on with it. We'll see...
I could have been that dead guy. You never know what nutters are on the road, and it's a terrifying thought.
Last night I was cycling home and after a set of traffic lights a bus lane started. I was overtaking some slower cyclists and this taxi is inches of my backwheel honking his horn at me. I wave my hand behind me in a dismissive "bugger off" gesture, and a few seconds later he is squeezing past me with his window down shouting "this is a bus lane! Get out the bus lane!" and swerving his cab towards me with violent tugs on his steering wheel.
Further up the road, this taxi driver then gets stuck in traffic, and to my shame I thump the wing of his cab and shout: "don't threaten me with your f**king cab you c**t!"
Looking back on it now, of course the correct thing is to ignore the idiots, but my blood instantly boiled at the way this guy callously threatened to run me over for blocking his way for a few seconds. I do worry that an altercation could get nasty one day.
I don't really know what this post is trying to get at, or what response I expected to get - probably a lot of people telling me to chill out and let the plonkers get on with it. We'll see...
JQ said:
I must admit this is one thing that scares the s
t out of me at times. I've had several altercations with car drivers in my time and so far it's never got physical, you forget that it's equivalent to having an argument with someone who's pointed a loaded gun at you. The odds are not in our favour if said driver turns out to be a nutter.
Must remember to stay calm on the way home this evening.
That's what I'm thinking, but it's hard sometimes. It's only natural to react strongly when seriously threatened. t out of me at times. I've had several altercations with car drivers in my time and so far it's never got physical, you forget that it's equivalent to having an argument with someone who's pointed a loaded gun at you. The odds are not in our favour if said driver turns out to be a nutter.Must remember to stay calm on the way home this evening.
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