JonnyBlade
Live to Ride
- Location
- Gosport-Hampshire
He was one nasty SOB. I'm glad the cyclist didn't make a bad manoeuvre cos that guy was just looking for any excuse to savage somebody. 6 fingered knuckle draggers are to be avoided at all costs
Another near assault caught on YouTube!
- Thread starter cloggsy
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downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
Several public order offences there.. imo. KMCYC has been threatened before in a similar way iirc and already said something of the Police's lack of interest. I agree about the Manchester case, this should prompt them to investigate a little further, question is: will be report it given past experience?
Makes you wonder how many people end up in similar circumstances and are also put off reporting.
Makes you wonder how many people end up in similar circumstances and are also put off reporting.
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
KMCYC just let me know that he has reported it and has just finished doing a length statement on it.
Unfortunately, as feared, he didn't get the full numberplate but he has been told that the police will do the best they can to source local cctv and see if they can get the details.
Unfortunately, as feared, he didn't get the full numberplate but he has been told that the police will do the best they can to source local cctv and see if they can get the details.
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
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cloggsy
Boardmanist
- Location
- North Yorkshire
At least it's been reported; I think with the mug-shot of the idiot being caught on camera, he'll be banged to rights. As it wasn't the car driver who had any involvement, I doubt the car reg really makes any difference...
guitarpete247
Just about surviving
- Location
- Leicestershire
The thug might be identified from dental records.
Though it doesn't look like he uses one
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Though it doesn't look like he uses one
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Dronespace
Regular
- Location
- London, UK
That wasn't a near assault, that was an assault, the maniac passenger grabbed hold of the cyclist's bike.
IMO, kmcyc (the cyclist) did the right thing by keeping as calm as possible. If he started reacting to the man then I wouldn't be surprised if the passenger would have hit him, as he did have his fist to his face after all. In addition he was threatening kmcyc as well.
With clear video footage I hope the police find that **** and throw the book at him.
IMO, kmcyc (the cyclist) did the right thing by keeping as calm as possible. If he started reacting to the man then I wouldn't be surprised if the passenger would have hit him, as he did have his fist to his face after all. In addition he was threatening kmcyc as well.
With clear video footage I hope the police find that **** and throw the book at him.
XmisterIS
Purveyor of fine nonsense
Just a thought, but ... if the guy on the bike hadn't shouted back, I don;t think the incident would have happened at all.
My rule of thumb is that if I'm not prepared to go all the way, I don't retaliate at all. So if some one-braincell-knobber shouts at me and I don't feel like fighting, I just ignore it.
To this day, and touch wood, I have never been aggressively confronted by someone when I didn't respond at all to any of their beeping/swearing/etc.
I have only ever had aggro off people when I've shouted back to give as good as I got. In each of those cases I was fully prepared to punch the f**k out of them. I don't do that anymore, because it can have consequences in law. (i.e. you can get done for GBH if you slam someone, no matter how much of a knobber they are!)
My rule of thumb is that if I'm not prepared to go all the way, I don't retaliate at all. So if some one-braincell-knobber shouts at me and I don't feel like fighting, I just ignore it.
To this day, and touch wood, I have never been aggressively confronted by someone when I didn't respond at all to any of their beeping/swearing/etc.
I have only ever had aggro off people when I've shouted back to give as good as I got. In each of those cases I was fully prepared to punch the f**k out of them. I don't do that anymore, because it can have consequences in law. (i.e. you can get done for GBH if you slam someone, no matter how much of a knobber they are!)
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
That is a very valid point indeed.
Origamist
Legendary Member
Why stop there with the altercation avoidance time travel? If the cyclist had chosen to travel by train the entire incident would have been averted.
downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
Trouble is you can keep stum for ages, and then you get days where everyone seems to act like a complete c*ck. So you naturally lose your rag, the final straw has been placed and the camel's back broken.
Origamist
Legendary Member
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Bit of a leap there. I think the point was a good one.
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It's creeping determinism MrP. If the cyclist had studiously ignored the abuse and had still been threatened by the near-berserker, people would, well meaningly of course, suggested the following courses of action: he should have deployed a friendly wave when confroned with the shouts, or chosen a few placatory/emollient words, or he should have gone around the left of the RaB, or avoided it completely, etc etc etc.
Bit of a leap there. I think the point was a good one.
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It's creeping determinism MrP. If the cyclist had studiously ignored the abuse and had still been threatened by the near-berserker, people would, well meaningly of course, suggested the following courses of action: he should have deployed a friendly wave when confroned with the shouts, or chosen a few placatory/emollient words, or he should have gone around the left of the RaB, or avoided it completely, etc etc etc.
