Just got off the phone with the cops...
Was cycling today at around 5.30pm along Ninian Road in Cardiff down towards the junction with Wellfield Road when was overtaken VERY close by a silver Ford Escort (LJ02 LGF) - about a foot clearance to my elbow.
I made the "pushing out" gesture 2-3 times. The car immediately stopped about ten yards in front of me in the middle of the road (slightly over the white line), and the driver jumped out, shouting at me: "what's your problem?".
My momentum took me past him, and I shouted at him to leave cyclists room when overtaking. He then got back in his car and drove after me at speed. He wound his window down and continued to shout at me, before swerving his car towards me twice, as we neared the community centre on the left near the junction. I shouted at him to get his f***ing car away from me, at which point he revved the engine fiercely, accelerated, and swerved at me one more time, coming even closer - I hopped up onto the pavement to get out of the way, or I suspect he may have hit me.
We had now reached the back of a queue of traffic at the lights at the junction. He exited the car again, and began shouting "f***ing come on then!!", and other choice epithets. By this time I was pretty shaken, and wanted to put some distance between me and him. Should perhaps have phoned 999 there and then, but instead went round the corner to the left up Pen y Lan hill.
Will see what happens - obviously probably won't be a great deal, but have had a decent result with Cardiff coppers re an incident a couple of years ago, so we'll see...
Was cycling today at around 5.30pm along Ninian Road in Cardiff down towards the junction with Wellfield Road when was overtaken VERY close by a silver Ford Escort (LJ02 LGF) - about a foot clearance to my elbow.
I made the "pushing out" gesture 2-3 times. The car immediately stopped about ten yards in front of me in the middle of the road (slightly over the white line), and the driver jumped out, shouting at me: "what's your problem?".
My momentum took me past him, and I shouted at him to leave cyclists room when overtaking. He then got back in his car and drove after me at speed. He wound his window down and continued to shout at me, before swerving his car towards me twice, as we neared the community centre on the left near the junction. I shouted at him to get his f***ing car away from me, at which point he revved the engine fiercely, accelerated, and swerved at me one more time, coming even closer - I hopped up onto the pavement to get out of the way, or I suspect he may have hit me.
We had now reached the back of a queue of traffic at the lights at the junction. He exited the car again, and began shouting "f***ing come on then!!", and other choice epithets. By this time I was pretty shaken, and wanted to put some distance between me and him. Should perhaps have phoned 999 there and then, but instead went round the corner to the left up Pen y Lan hill.
Will see what happens - obviously probably won't be a great deal, but have had a decent result with Cardiff coppers re an incident a couple of years ago, so we'll see...
