I was side swiped by a tw*t (SVM) in a silver transit van this morning. He thought it would be clever to drive right up to my rear wheel then to try to nudge me off the road as traffic was oncoming. Strangely the two previous vehicles, a 40ft scrap metal skip lorry/onion lorry and then a 16 tonnne lorry both gave me masses of room and I waived thanks in appreciation.
However back to the tw*t. I was looking back every other second at him, 4, 5, 6 times as he is getting closer and closer. He then almost clips my rear and thus forcing me right into the near side verge as he tries to force his way between me and the oncoming traffic. As he drew alongside I looked at the driver and noticed he had taken both hands off the steering wheel and was aggressively gesturing me to
come on then and shouting "Get over you f*cking c*nt what's your problem!" When he was infront I shouted "4rsehole!" He was filtering right and I had to as well. He stopped his van although the way ahead was clear. His window was down and he was shouting a lot of filth at me and a middle digit came out of the window. There was a fair amount of traffic around, so I rode up to his window to ask what the hell he thought he was doing? He leaned out his window swearing at me reaching with his arm with his middle finger extended toward my chest.
Me "Do you normally drive like that?
SVM "I didn't touch you, you f*cking c*nt!"
Me "You almost had me off back there!"
SVM "F*ck o .....ff c*nt I was no where near you!"
Me "Do you have a brother, son or best mate? How would they feel with you driving like that around them?
SVM "F*ck off you ****! You shouldn't be taking up road space w*nker"
Me "Don't you think when you look back on today on what your did.
Friday - went out in van and knocked down and killed a cyclist or even assaulted one?
SVM "I didn't f*ckin touch you 4rsehole. If you can't take it you shouldn't be on the roads!"
Me "You were driving far too close to me you should have given me much more space! And less of the bad language!"
SVM "F*ck off you c*nt! Get in front of my van and I'll show you how much room you should have!"
SVM then drives on slowly as he has been in the middle of the road holding eveyone up. He's looking in his mirrors for me following crawling along the road which has nice detached houses either side. I don't get too close as he may slam his brakes on. The guy then suddenly pulls off onto the nearside in the entrance to a pub car park, driver's door opens, he jumps out,stands by the edge of the road and starts shouting and swearing at me. I have to stop as he will probably jump at me or get back in his van and drive over me.
SVM now really aggressively I felt he was going to hit me, so I get the bike, Brommie this time, between me and him which stops him.
Me "So what you going to do now? Add assault to your already dangerous driving? I have got your number plate and will call the police!"
SVM starts jabbing his finger at my chest still shouting, swearing and threatening me that he will have me.
Me "Your just itching to hit me now aren't you? It wouldn't be that clever would it given those witnesses over there (He looks and I grab my camera). I can show the police what you like now!" SVM's attitude changes immediately and he backs away from me, heads back to his van.
SVM "F*ckin' call the police they'll do f*ck all! You f*ckin 4rsehole "
Me "Well they might not take that view once they've seen this footage"
SVM gets back in his van starts playing up for my camera. Sticks both his middle fingers up as he leans forward over the steerig wheel shouting "You "F*ckin c*nt, get in front of my van!" to the camera, revs the engine and gestures me to ride in front of him with an evil I will run you down look. Little does he know the camera has sound and is on video mode. All excellent footage. Jus tdying to show the police and put it up on here and youtube.
SVM drives off up the road, after about 100yds, he slows right down and pulls into the left. I faff around putting my camera back into it's case and back into my pannier. Another old lady cyclist goes by me. I follow a bit behind her whilst SVM up ahead pulls away slowly. Old lady on a bike is obscuring his view back of me. I reach the path off to the left I need to take turning down it where he cannot follow even a near by route.
I would say SVM was about 45-50 years old, white, skin head, typical chunky thug Brit male look.
When I got home this evening was dying to see whether I had got the reg to call the police as although I told him several times I had his reg which I did have, I couldn't now remember it. So looked at the camera "No Memory Stick" appeared across the screen
. I didn't put it back last night when I was trasferring a few pics to my PC. Drat! Double drat!!
I'm sick of the bullying by these types on the road.
Today I must have seen between 25-30 drivers on the phone whilst driving, a taxi driver doing a crossword on his knee as he drove toward me in town, cut up by two fascist 4x4s and tonight another woman who was on the phone who very nearly didn't stop at a red light driving into me. Later I was very close passed by a BMW/Audi type car travelling very fast. It sounded like a V8. Nearly home another tw*t in Mercedes 4x4 came steeming from a side road but right at the last second saw me as he was about to pull out into my path and right off way and slammed on his brakes and blew the horn long and hard. Quite how didn't see me until the last last fraction of a second is bizarre as he would have seen my lights, hi-viz vest and patches on my front panniers and bar bag glowing in the dark from the headlights of oncoming cars.
What is the best head cam? How do prices compare with an AK47?
