He drove at me to move me out of the way

[Accy cyclist]

Ok this is a rant. I've been stewing over it since it happened yesterday. There i was walking my bike out of a local supermarket when some lazy @!@t!! in a car decided he wanted to get as close to the store as possible. I saw him do a 3 point turn as he spotted the Loading Only spot had been vacated by another lazy @!@t!! Walking on the Loading Only spot was my only option as the road out of the car park was too busy to use. This prick saw me but he drove his car at about 10mph trying to make me move. I stood still and gesticulated that i was here and i didn't want to be hit by his car but he tried to shunt me out of the way. The car stopped about 9 inches from my left leg then he jumped out of the car and ran into the store before i could challenge him. I thought about what to do next and decided my only option was to somehow show him how angry i was by bending both of his wing mirrors back. The prick then came out of the store with a lottery slip in his hand and said oi what the f..k are you doing?! I'm letting you know what i think about you using your car to force me out the way i told him. He seemed a bit confused as to why i was annoyed with his actions, saying "you were stopping me from parking". Thick, evil or both i asked myself as i rode off? He actually thought he could use his car in a threatening way. I could understand if i was just stood there but i was moving as quickly as possible, i'd have been out of his way in another 5 seconds or so. Anyway, i've had my say and i feel better for it. Thanks for listening!

 

[gavroche]

Situations like this can quickly deteriorate into violent one. I think it is best to walk away from it and live another day. There are idiots everywhere and life is too short to deal with them all.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Situations like this can quickly deteriorate into violent one. I think it is best to walk away from it and live another day. There are idiots everywhere and life is too short to deal with them all.

But it seems cyclists have to walk away from so many things. i'm glad i let him know what i thought about him, even if it was only a small gesture of discontent. To think he actually thought he could drive a car at me just so he could walk as little as possible angers me.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I suggest you see if the store has CCTV and then the police can determine what to do with regard to both of your actions.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I suggest you see if the store has CCTV and then the police can determine what to do with regard to both of your actions.

Good point,but i don't think they'd bother.No one was injured and believe it or not i've seen a police car parked in the same loading only spot, while they've nipped inside to buy odds and ends.

 

[Globalti]

Your paranoia is worrying. Why did you not realise he wanted to park and simply, politely move out of the way? Politeness costs nothing and it's almost certain that he was just an idiot.

Messing with a bloke's car is a sure way to get yourself in trouble, especially if he happens to have a mate or his wife or GF with him and honour needs to be seen to be satisfied. How would you have felt if he'd come over and twisted your brake levers around?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Your paranoia is worrying. Why did you not realise he wanted to park and simply, politely move out of the way?

I don't know if this is sarcasm but i WAS moving politely out the way,but that wasn't good enough for him. What was i supposed to do. Run so he didn't have to wait another second?. Besides, i was on the loading only bay when he was doing his manic 3 point turn. It's not as if i walked on it while he was parking up.

 

[Accy cyclist]

So a car stopped within 9 inches of you, and you damaged the wing mirrors as a result. Hmmm.

You do know that wing mirrors are retractable these days don't you?

Nothing was damaged. The car didn't just stop,it was driven in a threatening manner.

 

[S-Express]

Bending the mirrors is the act of an imbecile.

 

[alicat]

Sounds like he was just trying to park where he shouldn't for a quick errand and wasn't thinking.

I try to let these things go these days - they happen and it doesn't do me any good to stew on them. Easier said than done sometimes!

 

[Accy cyclist]

I see. I thought you were bending them back, not retracting them. What a ridiculous thing to do, Accy.

I did bend them back but outwards not inwards, Ridiculous maybe but i hear quite a lot of folk who do the same when a car or van has parked on a pavement.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

...decided my only option was to somehow show him how angry i was by bending both of his wing mirrors back.

... prick

 

[Biff600]

TBH, apart from the driver not parking in an authorised space, he hadn't done much wrong, he hadn't hit you with his car, whether you deemed that it was implied or not.

You, on the other hand, did touch his car by bending the mirrors, this could be seen as criminal damage although more than likely none was done.

If that happened to me if I was in my car the perpetrator would have been removing his bike from himself

 

[Accy cyclist]

TBH, apart from the driver not parking in an authorised space, he hadn't done much wrong, he hadn't hit you with his car, whether you deemed that it was implied or not.

You, on the other hand, did touch his car by bending the mirrors, this could be seen as criminal damage although more than likely none was done.

If that happened to me if I was in my car the perpetrator would have been removing his bike from himself

Sensible(!)

 

[steveindenmark]

I think some people need to see a shrink.