Commute home turned into a bit of a nightmare this evening. Riding down here
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=ay...d=cDG496_C4gFzLlMGjg6R0A&cbp=12,34.52,,1,6.29
I heard a small car engine revving quite high coming up behind me getting closer and closer as I was getting to the pinch point, not primary, which was my number 1 mistake, Of course he came past at 30mph 6 inches away from my elbow. "F*** off," I shouted (being my number 2 mistake), whereupon he skidded to a halt and stopped turned into the road I was going to turn into, and opened the door. I pulled up and got off, realising my third mistake when he turned out to be enormous (I'm 6'4" and 15 stone, and he was taller and had three stone on me at least).
Turns out he is a guy who gets very upset when people tell him to f*** off, and when I told him that it was frightening to be passed at 30mph by a 1 tonne car 6 inches from you, his reply, with a lot of swearing, was that I shouldn't be frightened, I'm a grown man. He was extraordinarily agressive, and it degenerated into him saying he wished he'd knocked me off, the next time he saw me he'd fark me up etc.. There was a lot of racist stuff, too, all about "my sort", how racist I was, about how in 5 years all my women would be slaves, etc.. I told him he was just nasty.
I think the only thing that stopped it turning into a very one sided fight was that a very nice woman who'd seen the entire thing stopped and was being an obvious witness to anything that happened. He was also very nasty to her and her young son in the car, reversing back up the road to shout at her through the window when I thought it was over and had gone to thank her for stopping. At that point I got my phone out to call the police (which I only eventually did when I got home), took a photo of him and his car, and he eventually left.
Anyway, if anyone spots a silver Fiat Punto reg: W32 VEU when out and about, avoid it like the plague. The driver is an absolute nut-case.
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=ay...d=cDG496_C4gFzLlMGjg6R0A&cbp=12,34.52,,1,6.29
I heard a small car engine revving quite high coming up behind me getting closer and closer as I was getting to the pinch point, not primary, which was my number 1 mistake, Of course he came past at 30mph 6 inches away from my elbow. "F*** off," I shouted (being my number 2 mistake), whereupon he skidded to a halt and stopped turned into the road I was going to turn into, and opened the door. I pulled up and got off, realising my third mistake when he turned out to be enormous (I'm 6'4" and 15 stone, and he was taller and had three stone on me at least).
Turns out he is a guy who gets very upset when people tell him to f*** off, and when I told him that it was frightening to be passed at 30mph by a 1 tonne car 6 inches from you, his reply, with a lot of swearing, was that I shouldn't be frightened, I'm a grown man. He was extraordinarily agressive, and it degenerated into him saying he wished he'd knocked me off, the next time he saw me he'd fark me up etc.. There was a lot of racist stuff, too, all about "my sort", how racist I was, about how in 5 years all my women would be slaves, etc.. I told him he was just nasty.
I think the only thing that stopped it turning into a very one sided fight was that a very nice woman who'd seen the entire thing stopped and was being an obvious witness to anything that happened. He was also very nasty to her and her young son in the car, reversing back up the road to shout at her through the window when I thought it was over and had gone to thank her for stopping. At that point I got my phone out to call the police (which I only eventually did when I got home), took a photo of him and his car, and he eventually left.
Anyway, if anyone spots a silver Fiat Punto reg: W32 VEU when out and about, avoid it like the plague. The driver is an absolute nut-case.
