Bad Driving from a Senior Colleage

[Jezston]

There's been a few times over the last few weeks that I've been close passed by a black merc with a personalised license plate.

Was a bit shocked to see that very car parked in our car park at work just now!

Have since gleaned it belongs to a very senior member of staff at my company.

Not really sure what to do about it. A similar incident occured with another senior staff member a few months ago and when I sent a polite and joking email about it to him hoping for a no-worries apology it didn't go down very well. He got very defensive and anti-cyclist, blaming me etc.

With this current case I believe I also may have made rather rude gestures towards them last time they did it so am worried that I might be better off keeping my head down!

I don't think I'll say anything unless it happens again, but any ideas how to approach it if it does? I think this time I may pop to their office and ask if they could please give more room, face to face in a friendly way where my message may not be misconstrued rather than via email.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Send another email to the colleague expressing your concerns and await response? How big is your compnay e.g. do you have union protection?

 

[benb]

What's more important, your personal safety or potential conflict and awkwardness at work?

 

[Wankelschrauben]

I don't think it is as straight forward as that, the guy could be so senior that a mere awkwardness may be a drastic understatement.

You've exchanged some words on the road by the sound of it this could already cause future problems, any career advancement under these guys could become problematic if you cause problems, and really, the law won't help you, they'll just claim that such and such was better suited to the job.

If it were me, I'd keep my head down about it, you've got to consider your career as well the general "could have been hit by a wing mirror which could have knocked me off the bike and caused serious injury."

 

[Jezston]

It's been more a case of me shaking making hand gestures towards his car after he passed and may not have seen rather than a stop and an argument breaking out.

Also the passes haven't been that close, more uncomfortable rather than particularly threatening.

 

[slowmotion]

I would keep my head down. As WS said above, he could make things pretty miserable for you if he was so inclined

 

[XmisterIS]

Your management sound like a bunch of to$$pots, especially the guy who responded in a bullying way to a polite email. Nothing makes my blood boil more than seeing people get a little bit of power and then behaving like der Fuehrer! I do like working for myself ... I really am der Fuehrer ... of myself, that is

 

[benb]

Your management sound like a bunch of to$pots, especially the guy who responded in a bullying way to a polite email. Nothing makes my blood boil more than seeing people get a little bit of power and then behaving like der Fuehrer! I do like working for myself ... I really am der Fuehrer ... of myself, that is

My boss is a lazy, workshy, foul-mouthed, abusive, unprofessional, boorish self-gratification artist.



I'm self-employed.

 

[dellzeqq]

I'd send a pm to a bolshie member of this forum with the works switchboard number and the license plate number. Then that person might call up and say 'I saw this person driving like a tosser and turning in to your car park. Can I have his/her name please?' The switchboard operator can be relied on to be indiscreet.

 

[Ravenbait]

If it happens again report it as a near miss.

Sam

 

[GrumpyGregry]

You would be generally better off erecting a whiteboard in reception upon which you scribe, in block caps, his detailed inadequacies as a lover as complain about his driving.

 

[Melonfish]

You print a polite notice on plain paper. Ariel or TNR font 12.

Surely you jest? wouldn't comic sans be better?

@Jez: honestly m8 go have a word with HR about it first, tell them what you're telling us. you've had a couple of dangerous passes from a merc, you've identified said merc as being a member of the company, how do you proceed?
that way you're all above board if anybody tries to say you're slinging the fecal matter.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Also the passes haven't been that close, more uncomfortable rather than particularly threatening.

If they're not "that close", I'd stop worrying about it. How close is not "that close"? I never worry about anything further away than about eighteen inches, even though technically that's too close.

 

[abo]

Dunno how big your company is (and therefore how far up the overall foodchain this guy is), but where I work we've got solid protection from recrimination and an open door policy for reporting stuff like this (not just dodgy driving lol).

 

[BentMikey]

Don't bother doing anything without video. Even then, don't do anything unless the video is obviously bad driving and you're willing to risk your job.