Reactions to incidents/drivers

[fossyant]

Usually shout "Oi" rather loudly. Swear words might come out if it was a really close call.

This mornings was "Oi stop............stop.............Idiot" to a van that tried to push over a junction (basically turning right when my 2 lanes had priority) - I was at that point on a crash course until he heard me..... blank look on his face as he was now stuck in the middle of the road.......

Last weeks idiot that forced left on me was "Oi I'm going straight on" but that didn't stop them, so I slam on, get nearly side swiped, then lots swearing from me.

The weeks before was loads of swearing - I lost it (only a week after being knocked off mind you)......nearly chased him down as he had pulled out on me...I only avoided being side swiped by diving for the opposite carriageway. but I decided it was time to chill.....

"Oi" tends to work well, although I'm paraniod that there is a contract out on me at the moment......this has been the worst 4 weeks for idiots on the road that I can ever remember......

Getting knocked off was a bit of swearing (pain) and I thumped the car whilst lying on the road.......

 

[Eat MY Dust]

I try and laugh it off these days as you're usually not going to win any arguments really. They either acknowledge they put you in danger or don't give a f*ck. I have in the past tried to drag people from their cars, but I stopped it after Mrs EMD started getting worried I was going to kill someone! Saying that, I chased a guy in a Fiesta Van a couple of months ago who didn't like the fact I was in primary doing over 30 mph. He actually managed to squeeze the nose of his van in between me and the kerb, forcing me into oncoming traffic and then undertaking me. I completely blew a fuse. I could see his poor wee scared face in his mirror as I was making "I'm going to cut your throat" signs at him. He had to drive like a loon to get away, eventually he started overtaking cars into oncoming traffic. I'm glad I didn't catch him!!!!!!!

 

[Eat MY Dust]

Getting knocked off was a bit of swearing (pain) and I thumped the car whilst lying on the road.......

lol, that was telling 'im!

 

[Landslide]

Most recently, had a twit in a camper van pull out onto a roundabout in front of me. Not super-close, I had time to brake and go behind him, waved an arm (no universal hand gestures) and yelled "Idiot!" at him.
What was annoying about it was that the roundabout has three lanes leading onto it, he was in the middle lane, but the guy in the lane nearest me had stopped and waited. I suspect the guy who pulled out was of the "it's only a cyclist, they can't be going that fast" mentality.

Last time I "hit" a car, I was travelling along a road with those speed-hump "pillows". Three of them across the road. I was riding my folder (so not super-fast), and as such I normally ride over (rather than around) the pillow nearest the left hand side of the road. This keeps me out of the door zone (lots of parked cars). As I'm riding over one of the pillows, some eejit decides to overtake me. Whilst there's oncoming traffic. This results in them being approximately 1/2 the distance away from me as Magnatom's official closest overtake (tm). So I knock on the window.
Thankfully (for them), the eejit carries on into the distance, but if they'd have stopped and tried to have taken issue with me I suspect I'd have stuck my bike through their windscreen, just prior to breaking both their arms and then slamming their head in their own car door.

 

[freewheelwilly]

Most recently, had a twit in a camper van pull out onto a roundabout in front of me. Not super-close, I had time to brake and go behind him, waved an arm (no universal hand gestures) and yelled "Idiot!" at him.
What was annoying about it was that the roundabout has three lanes leading onto it, he was in the middle lane, but the guy in the lane nearest me had stopped and waited. I suspect the guy who pulled out was of the "it's only a cyclist, they can't be going that fast" mentality.

Last time I "hit" a car, I was travelling along a road with those speed-hump "pillows". Three of them across the road. I was riding my folder (so not super-fast), and as such I normally ride over (rather than around) the pillow nearest the left hand side of the road. This keeps me out of the door zone (lots of parked cars). As I'm riding over one of the pillows, some eejit decides to overtake me. Whilst there's oncoming traffic. This results in them being approximately 1/2 the distance away from me as Magnatom's official closest overtake (tm). So I knock on the window.
Thankfully (for them), the eejit carries on into the distance, but if they'd have stopped and tried to have taken issue with me I suspect I'd have stuck my bike through their windscreen, just prior to breaking both their arms and then slamming their head in their own car door.

i've been there soo many times...

Actually i recall another incident where i was negotiating the junction at Holborn when a psychotic courier got into a confrontation with a driver. It was hard to work out who was in the wrong but the driver was irate. To make matters worse the courier then smashed the drivers wing mirror. By this time i had overtaken the car and was just behind the courier as he made his escape through the ques of traffic. Next thing i know there are glass bottles raining down on me smashing on the road and onto a car beside me. The driver was out of his car and throwing whatever he could find in his car at the nearsest cyclist he could find (me). I just stepped on it, jumped a red light and escaped leaving the other car driver to sort the mess out.

 

[Eat MY Dust]

wow, lots of memories flooding back!

I was once (a couple of years ago) nearly taken out by a VW Golf in Chiswick, I shouted and he gave me the finger in the mirror. Chance had it that he pulled into the street I was living in at the time and then pulled into a fairly big house with a nice big dark drive. I followed. He knew I was there but chose to ignore my "excuse me"s. I then went on to "oi, you" a little bit louder. By this time he had his back to me and was close to his front door. It was making me more angry that he was ignoring me, so I went into angrier mode. I said something like "what you've got the bottle to stick the finger up to me, but your going to fu*king bottle it when I'm standing right in front of you" I did think it was taking him a fair while to get the door open, it was then I realised he couldn't get his keys in the door because he was shaking so much!! I actually felt bad about it later.

 

[Landslide]

I actually felt bad about it later.

I hope you made a full and speedy recovery!

 

[Origamist]

I'm like C-3PO: a protocol droid.

Just before Chirstmas I was cycling in the nearside lane and a car in the offside lane started to drift over (we were doing roughly the same speed) and I caught his attention by waving at him - he waved back and looked a little sheepish and moved back over. For more serious incidents, I sometimes shake my head...

 

[Sig SilverPrinter]

It ranges from a wave which in my mind is me waving saying hello can't you see me to a shouted f*ck off.I do tend to say well done in my most sarcastic tone and I know a lot of people say you shouldn't react as you can end up in more trouble which i had with the boy racers who called me a 4 eyed speccy c*nt and came after me but it sometimes just makes you feel better.
I suspect i am worse when I have pmt !!

 

[Eat MY Dust]

caught his attention by waving at him - he waved back

Off topic, but I was in a restaurant with Mrs EMD and we had been waiting for ages without anyone coming to see if we wanted drinks etc. I waved to a young waitress to try and get her attention. What did she do? blushed, smiled, waved back and then walked into the kitchen!!!!

 

[magnatom]

I've never reacted......

 

[hackbike 666]

This reminded me of an incident involving me and another motorist a good few years ago now and when I was fitter and quicker on my road bike.

Weren't we all pal

 

[Eat MY Dust]

I've never reacted......

That's 'cause "you're so vain, you probably think this song is about you...."

 

[Bollo]

I sometimes shake my head...

Steady on O! That kind of overreaction will get you into trouble!

 

[hulver]

Normally swearing, lots of loud swearing.

That and waving, and the occasional clenched fist wave.

One occasion where a bus pulled out on me, I slowed down and ended up waving at him through his back window shouting "HELLO, I AM HERE! CAN YOU SEE ME NOW!"

Must have looked a bit of a prat really