Every morning, as I leave home for my cycle commute to work, I see a father and son duo driving around in their car delivering newspapers to houses in our estate (delivering papers literally door to door in a car rather than cycling or walking is probably another point for discussion elsewhere!). The father's driving is consistently careless and lazy and it is obvious he wants this dull route and chore out of the way as quickly as possible, day after day, whilst his somewhat overweight son struggles in and out of the car between each house he delivers to. He will quite happily drive round a corner on the wrong side of the road and overtake parked vehicles without looking to see if anything is coming the other way, probably thinking it's ok to take these short cuts when there is little traffic around early in the morning.
Yesterday morning, as I came round a bend in one of the cul-de-sacs, he overtook another car parked on his side of the road as I was coming the other way. Already being alongside the parked car as he pulled out in front of me, I quickly swerved into someone's garden, banging my wheels over a low kerb, to avoid being hit head on by this impatient driver. As he passed I shouted at him and he looked at me with an expression clearly indicating that he thought he was not at fault.
What would people do in a situation like this? Would reporting it do any good? I have no witnesses but I can easily note his number plate as I see the car most mornings. It's a fair prediction that he will continue driving like this every morning and next time I, or someone else, may not be lucky enough to avoid being hit by him. Should I try and speak to him when I next see him or leave this to the authorities? I'm used to one-off incidents and mistakes during my commutes, but this one bloke is consistently bad.
Thoughts welcome.
Best wishes - Mark
Yesterday morning, as I came round a bend in one of the cul-de-sacs, he overtook another car parked on his side of the road as I was coming the other way. Already being alongside the parked car as he pulled out in front of me, I quickly swerved into someone's garden, banging my wheels over a low kerb, to avoid being hit head on by this impatient driver. As he passed I shouted at him and he looked at me with an expression clearly indicating that he thought he was not at fault.
What would people do in a situation like this? Would reporting it do any good? I have no witnesses but I can easily note his number plate as I see the car most mornings. It's a fair prediction that he will continue driving like this every morning and next time I, or someone else, may not be lucky enough to avoid being hit by him. Should I try and speak to him when I next see him or leave this to the authorities? I'm used to one-off incidents and mistakes during my commutes, but this one bloke is consistently bad.
Thoughts welcome.
Best wishes - Mark