He touched my car

[Crackle]

I think you're missing the point. Substitute 'sit on someone else's settee while wearing greasy trousers' for 'lean on someone else's dirty car with gloved hands'. You wouldn't do the former (I assume), so why do the latter?

Not equivalent Simon. There are lots of things which can potentially scratch your car and beyond deliberate vandalism, someone touching it has got to be a bit low down the list and is indefensibly precious. Ask my windscreen about the stone chip black eye it's got.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

You should only touch someone else's property if they give you the right to do so. I don't care if your hands are mild green fairy liquid clean!!.
If a runner came along and decided he needed a rest on your handle bars would you just let him get on with it?? Would that seem pretty normal?
Yet another example of some cyclists thinking there are differing rules between road users.
Only the rules that suits them mind!

 

[screenman]

Crackle, if you were a bit nearer Lincoln I would repair that chip, FOC of course. Offer goes out to all forum members for that matter. I will not bill your insurers either.

DanB I was only discussing the technical aspects of how paint can be damaged.

 

[Crackle]

You should only touch someone else's property if they give you the right to do so. I don't care if your hands are mild green fairy liquid clean!!.
If a runner came along and decided he needed a rest on your handle bars would you just let him get on with it?? Would that seem pretty normal?
Yet another example of some cyclists thinking there are differing rules between road users.
Only the rules that suits them mind!

We're talking about cars, you need to start a separate thread about leaning on bikes.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

We're talking about cars, you need to start a separate thread about leaning on bikes.

We are talking about etiquette. Or the lack of......

 

[Crackle]

Crackle, if you were a bit nearer Lincoln I would repair that chip, FOC of course. Offer goes out to all forum members for that matter. I will not bill your insurers either.

DanB I was only discussing the technical aspects of how paint can be damaged.

A Very kind offer Screenman. I did get it filled but I suspect it's still slowly spreading. Such is life.

 

[Crackle]

We are talking about etiquette. Or the lack of......

Gawd blimey. That really is thread drift.

 

[Hip Priest]

We are talking about etiquette. Or the lack of......

Many seem to be talking about enforcing etiquette with violence.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Gawd blimey. That really is thread drift.

Pretty sure it's directly connected to the OP.
Probably also worth mentioning that a cyclist should be in front or behind a vehicle in traffic, not parallel to.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Many seem to be talking about enforcing etiquette with violence.

Then the same applies. Start with treating other road users with respect and you will receive a better chance of the same respect being returned.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Well that's all overtaking me by drivers buggered.

Would you be happy if a motorist over took you within a distance where you could touch him/her with your hand? Also i was referring to the situation at hand, stationary traffic.

 

[Crackle]

Then the same applies. Start with treating other road users with respect and you will receive a better chance of the same respect being returned.

So what you do if some cyclist wobbled up next to you and leant on your car. This is the burning issue?

 

[theclaud]

I knock on your door; I help you on with your coat; I help you up when you fall; I catch your bike when it starts to topple over; I return your wallet after you dropped it; I lift your suitcase onto the train for you; I grab hold of your buggy with your child in it while you try to get off the bus; I put my hand on your sleeve in the supermarket because you are crying and I want to make sure you're all right.

That's just last week. What kind of world do you live in?

That's a lovely post. And I'm not just saying that because of the Fast Show thing. Or the wine.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

Oh right. Sorry I misunderstood you/

No probs

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

OK. Let's start with the respect then and see where it takes us.

It's all you can do to make things on the road as safe as possible. Anything less is downhill from there....