I spoke on the 'phone with someone from Hull (Kingston Upon) today, she said '595', but it sounded like 'faarv, naarn, faarv'
Are you sure he didn't say, 'I can see your faarge', and you could have said, 'It's not a Faarge, it's a Pashley'
Because that annoys the motons just as much as snapping their keys.........whatever happened to retaining the moral high ground?
i don't think turning the streets into a battle zone between cars and drivers does anyone any favours.
surely whatever the provocation, conflict should be the last thing on our minds.
whatever happened to retaining the moral high ground?
He's got no proof, I'd be more worried that he'll run you over tomorrow. If not being on a cycle path deserves a close pass, I'd hate to think what a snapped key deserves.
Coming home today downhill towards a large roundabout in Exeter, got buzzed by a small car, really really close. Caught up with him quite soon because of traffic, so thought I would have a word.
Went to his windows which he wound down:
"I shouldn't imagine you are a cyclist, do you know how close you came to me, it was really scary"
"You should have been on the cycle path"
"Are you saying you did that deliberately?"
"Yes, you should have been on the cycle path"
Anyway it quickly got a little heated as he wasn't going to apologise and didn't want to know why I wasn't on the cycle path.
Then I remembered a previous forum entry about grabbing the keys and throwing them across the road.
I reached in, turned off the engine and just about to pull the keys about when he grabbed my hand, which got wrenched downwards, snapping the key off in the lock.
"That'll slow you down" say I and left.............................
Looked behind after 200yds, nice set of hazards mate.
I like to give folk the benefit of the doubt but his answer would of irked me too. Although funny and utterly deserved though I don't think the action you took will have done any good however, and perhaps harm to the next cyclist the muppet encounters.