Another pathetic dim witted tweeting driver...

[ianrauk]

Fine. You take action as a parent. Police action? Probably not. Just be aware, in my experience, kids get their attitudes from their parents.

I would ask police to charge and put points on her license.
I cycle commute every single day in London. I have had enough of hearing and seeing these type of nasty comments from car drivers. It should be stamped out and car drivers educated that they just cannot go throwing this type of crap around.

The more that are pulled up about it and charged the better.

 

[winjim]

Does it really need updating? Is people fiddling with cameras or Palm pilots while driving a big problem? And even if it were we'd simply use the "not in proper control" legislation, his like we always quite happily used to do with mobiles.

The young lady in question arguably was in proper control of her vehicle.

 

[Mugshot]

I would ask police to charge and put points on her license.
I cycle commute every single day in London. I have had enough of hearing and seeing these type of nasty comments from car drivers. It should be stamped out and car drivers educated that they just cannot go throwing this type of crap around.

The more that are pulled up about it and charged the better.

I've seen it said on here a few times that following a close overtake the driver had been asked whether they would have been so close had it been a family member. The question applies just as aptly here, would she have tweeted she was going to run the cyclist over had one of them been her father?

 

[nickyboy]

I can see it from their point of view thanks. I doubt that the converse works very well though.

I think most "two abreast" riders can't see it from a car driver's perspective and car drivers can't see it from their perspective. What a merry pickle were in

 

[slowmotion]

I've seen it said on here a few times that following a close overtake the driver had been asked whether they would have been so close had it been a family member. The question applies just as aptly here, would she have tweeted she was going to run the cyclist over had one of them been her father?

I'm afraid that that sort of rational thinking is left behind as soon as the driver's door closes.

 

[Markymark]

I think most "two abreast" riders can't see it from a car driver's perspective and car drivers can't see it from their perspective. What a merry pickle were in

The result is disproportionate though.

One is inconvenienced, one is put in danger.
Danger trumps inconvenience....especially when in reality there is no real inconvenience.

 

[glenn forger]

Out of interest, how many car drivers have you quizzed nickyboy to allow you to claim that most drivers think cyclists two abreast are a massive problem?

 

[Apollonius]

Isn't that why we have laws?
And the law says two abreast is legal.
(Not always advisable, sure, but legal.)

 

[cd365]

I am going to keep on saying this, so sorry. She is a kid. 17. I would guess quite a few of us have kids of this sort of age. She has passed her test. Got Mum's car. Adopted Top Gear attitudes because she doesn't know any better. imagine she is your daughter for a moment. What are you going to do?

I would tear a strip off of her, I would inform her that it is irresponsible and childish.
It would not happen again.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Yes she is.


No it doesn't. It merely needs to be a handheld telephony device capable of receiving and transmitting.

That's not what the court decided in Jimmy Carr's case, where there was no case to answer because the device wasn't being used for an “interactive communication function”.

GC

 

[Apollonius]

I would tear a strip off of her, I would inform her that it is irresponsible and childish.
It would not happen again.

But irresponsible and childish just sums up the Clarkson attitude to perfection. And it is a popular prime time TV exposure, I believe.

 

[nickyboy]

Out of interest, how many car drivers have you quizzed nickyboy to allow you to claim that most drivers think cyclists two abreast are a massive problem?

Enough to form a considered view as to the majority of car driver's opinion on this matter

 

[nickyboy]

I think you are wrong about this. I reckon it is see it perfectly well and know that the perspective is skewed.

Well it seems like we hold differing opinions, neither of whom are able to offer evidence to support said positions. Another merry pickle

 

[winjim]

That's not what the court decided in Jimmy Carr's case, where there was no case to answer because the device wasn't being used for an “interactive communication function”.

GC

Oh. I thought he was using a dictaphone, not a phone as a dictaphone. That may well negate my arguments upthread.

Or reinforce them, I'm not sure

 

[glenn forger]

Enough to form a considered view as to the majority of car driver's opinion on this matter

And how many's that?