I will be appearing on BBC Wales

[XRHYSX]

As predicted, this thread seems to have gone quiet. Had Matt made a pratt of himself that wouldn't have been the case. We would have been at page 30 by now.

He gets plenty of criticism or ribbing from people, myself included, when things go wrong (Dominoes pizza and bus station confrontations!), so a bit of credit for this would be good.
We know you've all secretly watched it by now .

Please please post a link, I feel I've missed out on something

Well done @Matthew_T you came across well I think, shame the outcome for the driver wasn't harder,

 

[mark st1]

A good watch.

Rolex ?

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Well done Matt I think you come across very well and I am not sure how you kept your cool with that complete knob in the silver Citroen, I am not sure I would have been able to and they should have shown his face so he could be shown up for the idiot he is.

 

[simon the viking]

I'll try to watch it tonight on iplayer......according to comments it seemed it went well for Matthew

 

[glenn forger]

That wasn't a bad programme, better than that "war On The Roads" rubbish. Well done Matt. 100 hours community service for using a vehicle as a weapon is pish though.

 

[Kies]

Rolex ?

Timex or Casio

 

[Brandane]

Please please post a link, I feel I've missed out on something

Make yourself comfortable, there are 27 pages to read!

//www.cyclechat.net/threads/apalling-actions-from-an-arriva-bus-driver.137995/#post-2611921

 

[hopless500]

Not had a chance to watch it yet, but will do tonight if I can, if not, will certainly have time tomorrow morning

 

[Davidsw8]

Well done Matthew, I think you came across really well.

I hadn't seen that video before, it was such a non-incident for him to go so mental over. I'm surprised he'd even heard you mutter 'cut the corner' and that's just a commentary on what he actually did, not particularly a judgement. I wonder what his reactions are when something serious happens!?

Just goes to show if something happens, video it, keep your mouth shut and send the footage to the fuzz for them to sort out.

 

[XRHYSX]

Make yourself comfortable, there are 27 pages to read!

//www.cyclechat.net/threads/apalling-actions-from-an-arriva-bus-driver.137995/#post-2611921

The second driver then mentioned that I should get myself a copy of the highway code. I then remembered that I had a copy of the highway code with me. So I got it out and showed them a picture (the popular one) and rule 163
. My kids are asking me why I'm crying @Matthew_T you sir are a farking leg end

 

[glenn forger]

As predicted, this thread seems to have gone quiet. Had Matt made a pratt of himself that wouldn't have been the case. We would have been at page 30 by now.

He gets plenty of criticism or ribbing from people, myself included, when things go wrong (Dominoes pizza and bus station confrontations!), so a bit of credit for this would be good.
We know you've all secretly watched it by now .

Ha ha! Exactly, there is a little gang of spiteful bullies on here who endlessly pick on Matthew. Where are they now? What have they done to make the roads safer?

 

[4F]

I watched it and agree that the programme actually was balanced rather than being anti cyclist. Well done Matthew T

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

You came across well on that Matthew.

 

[swee'pea99]

Well done Matthew, I think you came across really well.

I hadn't seen that video before, it was such a non-incident for him to go so mental over. I'm surprised he'd even heard you mutter 'cut the corner' and that's just a commentary on what he actually did, not particularly a judgement. I wonder what his reactions are when something serious happens!?

Just goes to show if something happens, video it, keep your mouth shut and send the footage to the fuzz for them to sort out.

For them to do very little about, by all accounts. The most striking thing to me about all the incidents is how little was done. The guy who physically assaulted the cyclist was 'given a caution'. Wow. That's certainly going to dissuade him from any repeat. And wait till he tells his mates at the pub...

It really is crazy. This is the kind of behaviour that wrecks people's lives, yet the authorities seem to view it with a shrug of the shoulders, as tho' it 'just happens', like rain, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Oh, and as others have said, well done Matthew - you handled the incident very well, and came across very well on the interview: calm, sensible, non-whiney.

 

[glenn forger]

Worse was the learner driver whose passenger lobbed a bottle, then she drove over the cyclist! 100 hours community service, wtf?