Broke My Golden Rule

[llanberispass]

You won't see me on here very often because my route to work is relatively quiet and I attempt to avoid confrontation (40 years on the bike shows it achieves zilch). However.......

Late yesterday afternoon cycling home along busy'ish main road guy in car (guess what make) overtakes me and then pulls sharp left onto his drive in front of me. I think I cannot let this go as it was so in your face. So I stop retrace up pavement (quite wide) and wait for him to get out of car (parked in front of house). At first he does not see me but when he does comes up shouting in a loud voice 'At no time did i put you in any danger' repeatedly (before i could say anything!) - obviously in effort to prevent me from making my views known. I waited a while and then said in one of the gaps 'if you didnt feel guilty then you wouldnt behave like this' 'why did you put my life in danger'. Cue for continuation. All I wanted was an apology. Anyway i just got in one of the gaps 'Well you wouldnt have driven like that on your driving test would you' and turned away and rode off leaving him lost for words (after all how could he say 'yes'). I have thought of posting him a copy of the Highway Code for a laugh (or a slip of paper with the web address on it).

Another thought strikes me here - in his desperation to get past me he would have mown down anyone on the pavement as he entered his drive....... Selfish swine.

A little test:

- what type of car?

- how old was the guy?

No prizes just interested to see how our stereotypes bear out!


In conclusion: I have noticed an amazing drop in driving standards over the last month or so. It seems to be no quarter given these days by a small minority of drivers. Quite depressing.

 

[hackbike 6]

BMW?
Im not surprised at the human mentality anymore.

 

[djb1971]

Now you know where he lives:

paint stripper or thinners in a large syringe

a night time bike ride past his house

& SQUIRT

Leave it a couple of weeks though

 

[PBancroft]

-1 to the paint stripper. I know its tempting, but don't lower yourself. (I also know DJB was almost certainly just making a joke, but still...)

Probably not worth reporting to the Police, but I maybe would put a copy of the Highway Code into the letterbox. I may even attach a very carefully worded letter asking for him to read it before he kills someone.

But that's just me.

 

[dondare]

Bimmer and 45ish or Corsa and 17ish.

 

[djb1971]

I also know DJB was almost certainly just making a joke

of course............


I'd personally let his tyres down every week for a month or two

 

[PBancroft]

of course............


I'd personally let his tyres down every week for a month or two

Now that's pretty funny - no real harm done, but a major inconvenience to him.

 

[Radius]

50-something, BMW or merc I'd imagine. Just not on.

 

[mickle]

Milk down the vents would be very wrong too as it leaves an almighty stench which is impossible to remove without replacing the entire ventilation system.

 

[J4CKO]

I think you probably rattled him a bit, hopefully he might be slightly chastened, I tend to always go in on the back foot and appeal to someones better nature, then I reiterate my point more forcefully and if I am still not getting though I get unpleasant which usually gets results, still no joy I will give serious consideration to administering a slap.

Very rarely gets that far, some teenagers left a load of littler in the local park the other day, stage two was enough to persuade them to pick it up.

 

[cycling fisherman]

bmw driver, 35-40 ish, bald fat head.

dark nights drawing in, nitromors in an old used water bottle tipped over his car roof.

instant karma.

 

[PaulB]

Let it go.

He might have had a bad day and no one likes confrontation. I would imagine he's regretting the incident and will refrain from such manoevres in future. If he does it again, then it's a different story but for now, having had your say, I'd seriously just let it go.

 

[kikzen]

Milk down the vents would be very wrong too as it leaves an almighty stench which is impossible to remove without replacing the entire ventilation system.

pure evil. good to know!!!

 

[Wolf04]

BMW I'd guess black 3 series.
Bloke 40ish. You were much more controlled than I would have been when faced with a tosser telling me he hadn't put my life in danger after having done exactly that.
+1 For not crying over spilt milk. Or should that be pouring milk.

 

[Sittingduck]

Morris Minor
60 - 67