No, no, it wasn't us!

[Arch]

Driving back from a day out just now, we came up behind a cyclist, who was toiling up a hill, towards a narrow traffic light junction. As there wasn't room to pass, NT slowed right down, and waited to pass once it was safe.

Of course, some dimwit behind us got impatient, and beeped. The cyclist looked round, and I'm sure he thought it was us. And although we both shrugged in an exasperated "It wasn't us!" way, I suspect that he could easily have taken that as and exasperated "Get out the way!" shrug.

Once we could pass, I called through the open window "That wasn't us, it was someone behind!", but of course I expect that just sounded like all the other gibberish that gets shouted from cars.

So in case you're on here, it wasn't the Skoda estate hooting. I think it might have been the woman in the white hatchback who pulled up alongside us at the next lights, sporting a face like a consumptive badger.

 

[Deleted member 20519]

Typical cyclist abuse. The driver honks, gestures and then shouts as they're overtaking - search your Reg on Youtube in 24 hours

 

[Night Train]

I was more then two car lengths behind driving at about 4mph all the way from before the pinch point to well after the junction before looking for an overtaking opportunity.

The woman behind came up fast and probably couldn't, or rather didn't want to, see what I was slowing right down and crawling through the traffic light junction for.

This is the traffic light junction.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=euxton&hl=en&ll=53.667089,-2.636776&spn=0.000884,0.002411&sll=53.506508,-2.320072&sspn=0.454105,1.234589&hnear=Euxton, Lancashire, United Kingdom&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=53.667089,-2.636776&panoid=O7a2bPZmyGPgIYcr6-F6Gw&cbp=12,98.47,,0,0

If you progress forwards through the traffic lights you can see why I was holding back for so long.

 

[snorri]

Mmmm a lengthy, detailed and illustrated explanation provided by both occupants of the motor vehicle. If we didn't know you..................

 

[Arch]

Mmmm a lengthy, detailed and illustrated explanation provided by both occupants of the motor vehicle. If we didn't know you..................

 

[Fnaar]

Methinks the occupants doth complaineth a bitteth too mucheth....

 

[Arch]

Methinks the occupants doth complaineth a bitteth too mucheth....

Have you got a lithpt?

 

[Night Train]

Methinks the occupants doth complaineth a bitteth too mucheth....

Well, he was a lycra clad roadie!

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Well, he was a lycra clad roadie!

I bet he didnt wave either

 

[potsy]

We got some random abuse by a couple of people in a car today, I bet that was you two an' all

 

[TVC]

I don't know what all the fuss is about, it's not like Arch had an axe on the back seat.

 

[Arch]

I don't know what all the fuss is about, it's not like Arch had an axe on the back seat.

And some chain... But they were in a rucksack. Well, the business end of the axe was, the handle stuck out a little bit...

 

[Andy_R]

And some chain...

What you and NT get up to in your "personal" time is none of our business

 

[classic33]

So in case you're on here, it wasn't the Skoda estate hooting. I think it might have been the woman in the white hatchback who pulled up alongside us at the next lights, sporting a face like a consumptive badger.

She might have just trying to get away from the badger culls.!

 

[Cubist]

I bet you could find out who the cyclist was though. Just tweet " Definitely honked at a cyclist today, twat shoulda got outta my way, I pay road tax" #bloodycyclists.

Shouldn't take too long..........