Riled beyond belief

[flogster]

Cycling on New Kings Road this morning, usual route and nothing out of the ordinary as approached the rather busy junctions at Harwood Road. Couple of sets of lights close together and usual filtering left stuff that most are aware of.

As I was slowly moving forward to next set of lights, seeing my space to stop and wait for lights, out of nowhere on my right comes a right twat on his moped and cuts me right up, almost clipping my front wheel. He then shuffles further forward and sits waiting, not looking around.

The lights change briefly we all shuffle forward to next set and I see him at the front. So I manoeuvre forward and get along side and say to him, "You do know that you totally cut me up back at the lights, almost took me right out"

His response was to just look back at me and say "Good."

Stunned, I said "Pardon??? Good??? You think that that was okay?" He just nodded, shrugged and then buggered off as soon as lights allowed him to.

I was furious. Absolutely stunned and naively gave chase for a while - temper & adrenaline pumping - until I saw sense, calmed down and focussed on my own cycling again.

Speechless, gobsmacked etc....you name it, i was going through it.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Response sounds typical of somebody ashamed of but unwilling to admit to their faults. Also typical of probably about 90% of UK population IMHOO.

 

[sabian92]

Either that or he just hates cyclists.

Which is ironic, as he rides a bike with a hairdrier as an engine.

 

[MLC]

Flogster,

Just content yourself that this prat is probably so far up his own own arrogant backside that he will probably keep doing this until one day he will come across someone who does not point out the errors of his ways with words but rather with a fist or a foot.

Moped guy: "you know that you just stepped on my face with your boot"

Facestepper : "good"

The only downside is that you will most likely not be there to see his comeuppance but it will happen.

 

[ianrauk]

This moton behaviour doesn't surprise me in the least.

 

[benb]

Just be zen, and take comfort in the fact that he will die younger than you, and also has a minuscule penis.

 

[abo]

a big reason for so many drivers/cyclists/bus drivers/hgv's/taxis/mototbikes displaying this sort of behaviour is due to the fact that a large percentage of the population are morons...