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...
Unbelievable. I hope the guy gets locked up for life. I had something happen to myself and a couple of friends out on a Sat morn ride… allegedly.
On last mile home and down a small side road, riding single file, this car tries to overtake us, but there is an oncoming car. He swerves and almost takes out no2 in the line. He shouts "oi" to alert him (whilst holding onto his wing mirror, he was that close) then the driver starts swearing at rider no 3 and then aims his car for him and knock him off his bike on purpose.
Now rider no2 and no 3 are the most chilled relaxed people I know and are very very un-confrontational.
So rider 2 stops in front of the car to stop him. Rider 3 gets up off the floor and goes straight for the driver.
Let’s just say at the end of it, old school justice was done, the driver was left with a sever reminder not to EVER use his car as a weapon.
BTW rider 1 and took the guys keys and told the driver he could find them somewhere along the road about a 10-20min walk away.
On last mile home and down a small side road, riding single file, this car tries to overtake us, but there is an oncoming car. He swerves and almost takes out no2 in the line. He shouts "oi" to alert him (whilst holding onto his wing mirror, he was that close) then the driver starts swearing at rider no 3 and then aims his car for him and knock him off his bike on purpose.
Now rider no2 and no 3 are the most chilled relaxed people I know and are very very un-confrontational.
So rider 2 stops in front of the car to stop him. Rider 3 gets up off the floor and goes straight for the driver.
Let’s just say at the end of it, old school justice was done, the driver was left with a sever reminder not to EVER use his car as a weapon.
BTW rider 1 and took the guys keys and told the driver he could find them somewhere along the road about a 10-20min walk away.
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.
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.
JQ said:
I must admit this is one thing that scares the st 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.
If anything like the above happened to me I would go beserk and probably not be able to stop physical violence.
this morning in my ten minute commute I had to stop from 20 mph because somebody in a fiat 500 who was sitting in a traffic jam was fully in the cycle lane. I stopped the bike, tapped on her window she looked and I waved my hand and shouted move over.
It annoys me so much when drivers do not consider cyclists at all, that even things like lane blocking enrages me. God help the the driver that ever attempts to injure me on purpose as I'd cave their fking head in. Yes I am aware I have anger issues before you say.
this morning in my ten minute commute I had to stop from 20 mph because somebody in a fiat 500 who was sitting in a traffic jam was fully in the cycle lane. I stopped the bike, tapped on her window she looked and I waved my hand and shouted move over.
It annoys me so much when drivers do not consider cyclists at all, that even things like lane blocking enrages me. God help the the driver that ever attempts to injure me on purpose as I'd cave their f
king head in. Yes I am aware I have anger issues before you say.Shocking, but hardly surprising I'm afraid.
I've been deliberately 'buzzed' by people swerving in as they hammer it past a couple of times. That's the sort of fkwits that inhabit our roads. I guess the reason this sort of thing is so common is that when they're in a car people in cars don't feel any connection with others - otherwise you'd get fights breaking out every time someone had to step out of another's way on the pavement, which they don't (not when its face-to-face). And that feeling of invincibility that some people feel when they're safely inside a metal box lends is clearly heightened by the other person being physically vulnerable on a bike.
I think it should be treated as full-on pre-meditated murder, which in my book means throw away the key.
I've been deliberately 'buzzed' by people swerving in as they hammer it past a couple of times. That's the sort of f
kwits that inhabit our roads. I guess the reason this sort of thing is so common is that when they're in a car people in cars don't feel any connection with others - otherwise you'd get fights breaking out every time someone had to step out of another's way on the pavement, which they don't (not when its face-to-face). And that feeling of invincibility that some people feel when they're safely inside a metal box lends is clearly heightened by the other person being physically vulnerable on a bike.I think it should be treated as full-on pre-meditated murder, which in my book means throw away the key.
swerni said:
Garlick said:
He's missing the lounge, and so is frequenting this forum more often Swerni 
ahh, have we put and age and IQ limit on the lounge these days?Or has he just been a very naughty boy
sorry for derail OP, had to put Mr '13mph average' Swerni in place.
Edited by okgo on Thursday 29th April 15:25
This is the very reason I prefer to mountain bike off-road rather than ride on the road. It is simply too dangerous and overcrowded out there these days.
I still do not understand why cyclists are treated like this but someone on a horse is given lots of respect by most drivers. Why is this the case?
I still do not understand why cyclists are treated like this but someone on a horse is given lots of respect by most drivers. Why is this the case?
swerni said:
okgo said:
swerni said:
Garlick said:
He's missing the lounge, and so is frequenting this forum more often Swerni
ahh, have we put and age and IQ limit on the lounge these days?Or has he just been a very naughty boy
sorry for derail OP, had to put Mr '13mph average' Swerni in place.
Edited by okgo on Thursday 29th April 15:25
Talk is cheap, when are you actually going to get out on the bike?
L2B to afraid to enter
Dragon Ride - entered but isn't going to actually do the event
Sorry mate but so far nothing but epic failure
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