He drove at me to move me out of the way

[Accy cyclist]

My brothers mates 5' 8 a 'shorty' as you say. An ex para so i doubt his size would hinder him. Never over estimate the big ones and never underestimate the little ones. My sons martial arts instructor is very short but a 6th dan black belt. Good luck to the guy who bends his mirrors back. A featherweight boxer ?? Anymore examples of why size means nothing.

Mmm, i think you forgot to mention the 4ft 8inch bloke carrying one of these!

 

[Slick]

My brothers mates 5' 8 a 'shorty' as you say. An ex para so i doubt his size would hinder him. Never over estimate the big ones and never underestimate the little ones. My sons martial arts instructor is very short but a 6th dan black belt. Good luck to the guy who bends his mirrors back. A featherweight boxer ?? Anymore examples of why size means nothing.

Too many to mention, but there's been stories from the beginning of time About a guy called David.

 

[rideswithmoobs]

One assumed that your son's instructor might have good self-control when faced with this situation, as indeed the OP's protagonist seems to have had, fortunately.

My example was how @Accy cyclist reference to height and being able to take him was incredibly flawed. Im 100% sure my sons instructor has way more self control but then again I also suspect this whole incident never really happened and is just imaginary
The Para on the other hand may not have such self control and maybe thats the sort of person accy should be aware of when damaging someones property

 

[Accy cyclist]

Oh dear, I think an anger management course should be top of your Christmas list

No i'm not really aggressive Would you be ok about someone driving a car at you to make you move?

 

[rideswithmoobs]

No i'm not really aggressive Would you be ok about someone driving a car at you to make you move?

Maybe he drove at you to awake you from the dreamland you and your band of merry trolls live in

 

[Accy cyclist]

So you both had your verbal spat, he went into the supermarket, went to the cigarette counter, completed a purchase of a lottery ticket, and then came back out, (a transaction that you'd do well to complete in under two minutes, much more if there's a queue), and you were still in the act of folding his wing mirrors back? That's an act that I can't see most people struggling to complete in under 10 seconds, should they choose to do it and not want to get caught.
Just checking I have this right.

He must've been in the store for about 10 seconds at the most. The lottery thingy is just through the door so he ran in and ran out again. If i knew he'd be back out in a few seconds i wouldn't have bent the mirrors back. I would've given him my thoughts instead.

 

[Smokin Joe]

No i'm not really aggressive Would you be ok about someone driving a car at you to make you move?

Driving a car towards you and stopping nine inches away (Did you measure it?) would hardly be classed as driving "At you", would it?

You're beginning to sound like the Viz character, Biker Bellend.

 

[ufkacbln]

[QUOTE 4533433, member: 45"]They're not trolls. They're gonks .

Either way, I could have them all.[/QUOTE]

If you "Catch them all"... do they become Pokemon?

 

[Accy cyclist]

My example was how @Accy cyclist reference to height and being able to take him was incredibly flawed. Im 100% sure my sons instructor has way more self control but then again I also suspect this whole incident never really happened and is just imaginary
The Para on the other hand may not have such self control and maybe thats the sort of person accy should be aware of when damaging someones property

Pushing a retractable mirror back and you call it damaging property.

 

[rideswithmoobs]

Pushing a retractable mirror back and you call it damaging property.

You stated you pushed it the opposite way , it was not intended for so potentially damaging. You had zero right to even put your finger on it. You did not pay for it, own it so should never touch it

 

[GGJ]

I despair!!! It's little wonder there is a massive 'us vs them' rift between cyclists and motorists when this sort of behaviour is taking place for no apparent reason

Time for bed said Zebedee...nighty night

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I'm fascinated by the responses of the "touch my car and you'd be taking you bike home in bits" crew.

Car driver attempts to bully a cyclist. Cyclist over reacts (sorry Accy but that is my view). Cyclist tweaks, but does not damage, car door mirrors, motor-centric members of a cycling forum think this would entitle them to dismantle said cyclists bike.

Odd. Very odd. Did the motor-centrists not get the memo about two wrongs not making a right?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Driving a car towards you and stopping nine inches away (Did you measure it?) would hardly be classed as driving "At you", would it?

Interesting. A local nobber, whilst half cut, deliberately rode his e-bike at me a couple of weeks ago, whilst I was getting into tlh's car, as he had taken exception to said car being parked outside his house. He missed me by about 9 inches, because I stepped slightly away. Was he not riding at me then?

 

[jonny jeez]

I'm fascinated by the responses of the "touch my car and you'd be taking you bike home in bits" crew.

Car driver attempts to bully a cyclist. Cyclist over reacts (sorry Accy but that is my view). Cyclist tweaks, but does not damage, car door mirrors, motor-centric members of a cycling forum think this would entitle them to dismantle said cyclists bike.

Odd. Very odd. Did the motor-centrists not get the memo about two wrongs not making a right?

My thoughts as well.

Clearly Accy felt put out, threatened even and as you put it , he over reacted (or even reacted inappropriately)

Doesn't take anything away from the fact that some cockwomble felt that he was more important than Accy and was in some way entitled to put him at risk.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'm fascinated by the responses of the "touch my car and you'd be taking you bike home in bits" crew.

Car driver attempts to bully a cyclist. Cyclist over reacts (sorry Accy but that is my view). Cyclist tweaks, but does not damage, car door mirrors, motor-centric members of a cycling forum think this would entitle them to dismantle said cyclists bike.

Odd. Very odd. Did the motor-centrists not get the memo about two wrongs not making a right?

At least i have some sympathy on here. I too find it odd that supposed cyclists seem to side with motorists more than cyclists.