So its not just me

[Boris Bajic]

Unfortunately I didnt have my camera with me so I saw no point in gesturing.

Like you, I only gesture when I have a camera with me. Unlike you, I do not carry a camera when cycling.

I'd put that spade down sharpish @Matthew_T. You might end up digging a hole.

@Spinney I am so, so sorry, but the whole world just went fuzzy and I posted here again....

 

[glenn forger]

You haven't read the situation properly, It's not mere poor driving, it's a driver who was delighted he had inconvenienced another road user. I doubt it was an action that was going to cause injury unless the cyclist was particularly inattentive, particularly as the cyclist had time to gesticulate!

cast your eyes over the op again, the gesticulation was afterwards, not before.

 

[Mugshot]

 

[Lockring]

tell me what roads you ride on, I'll drive at you and give you a real belly laugh!

I think this is joke, no? Or it is a joke or it is a criminal. Whatever it is funny. i am laughing. but i am not telling the road iride on. you are funny. i am not telling. It will be dangerose if i tell you, because you will drive at me and i will be afraid.

 

[glenn forger]

How do you know? Were you in the van with him? Were you in fact the driver if the vehicle? You don't have a clue what he was smiling at and neither does MT.

Do you think smiling is a natural response after placing someone in danger?

How do you know? Were you in the van with him? Were you in fact the driver of the vehicle? You don't have a clue what he was smiling at and neither does MT.

Sure, if you concentrate on what we don't know, it's a different story. So, how about we concentrate on what we do know:

Driver carries out a dangerous maneuver and nearly collides with someone on a bike, then smiles.

Either the driver saw the cyclist, carried out the maneuver anyway, then smiled because he thought it was funny, in which case he's a terrible driver.

Or the driver saw the cyclist, carried out the maneuver anyway, then smiled for an unrelated reason, in which case he's a terrible driver.

Or, the driver didn't even notice the cyclist, smiled anyway for any reason you can think of, in which case he's a terrible driver.

 

[glenn forger]

I think this is joke, no? Or it is a joke or it is a criminal. Whatever it is funny. i am laughing. but i am not telling the road iride on. you are funny. i am not telling. It will be dangerose if i tell you, because you will drive at me and i will be afraid.

You think it's funny when it happens to others, but scary when it happens to you?

 

[Leodis]

Matthew T for PM.

 

[ianrauk]

I can see thread bans on the horizon if people continue to post in the way they are doing.
Less of the personal abuse. Address the post, not the person.

 

[Leodis]

I was a couple of yards back to where the clever cyclist is now and nodder was on the dashed lines about 5 yards ahead of me.

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=meanwood road leeds&ll=53.810565,-1.541262&spn=0.003767,0.004823&hnear=Meanwood Rd, Leeds, United Kingdom&gl=uk&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.811364,-1.542173&panoid=uDnNoDEXIhg3Yb9r9-OOZA&cbp=12,322.53,,0,0

Car over takes me and violently overtakes nodder within inches... Horrid to watch

 

[Mugshot]

Do you think smiling is a natural response after placing someone in danger?

You don't know what he was smiling at or when he started smiling

Driver carries out a dangerous maneuver and nearly collides with someone on a bike, then smiles.

As above

Sure, if you concentrate on what we don't know, it's a different story. So, how about we concentrate on what we do know:

Either the driver saw the cyclist, carried out the maneuver anyway, then smiled because he thought it was funny, in which case he's a terrible driver.

Or the driver saw the cyclist, carried out the maneuver anyway, then smiled for an unrelated reason, in which case he's a terrible driver.

Or, the driver didn't even notice the cyclist, smiled anyway for any reason you can think of, in which case he's a terrible driver.

So as I suggested you don't have any idea what the driver may be smiling at, so this

a driver who was delighted he'd nearly seriously hurt someone.

appears to be a rather wild speculation on your part, who would have thought it

 

[glenn forger]

The smile is inexplicable, none of us is able to explain it. The terrible driving is beyond question, but the usual suspects turn up to heap abuse on matthew and ignore the terrible driving. How come?

 

[raindog]

...but the usual suspects turn up to heap abuse on matthew and ignore the terrible driving. How come?

I think it's Pack Instinct - you see a lot on comments pages and forums.

 

[Mugshot]

The smile is inexplicable, none of us is able to explain it. The terrible driving is beyond question, but the usual suspects turn up to heap abuse on matthew and ignore the terrible driving. How come?

So which do you want to talk about the terrible driving or MT? You appear to have changed direction somewhat.
BTW, nice way to threaten another poster.

 

[glenn forger]

The thread's about terrible driving, it's not about matthew, stop going on about matthew and discuss the point, and I've threatened nobody, someone said they think it's funny when cyclists have cars driven at them, they've since clarified their position to say it's only funny when it happens to other people.

 

[Mugshot]

I'm not going on about him you said;

the usual suspects turn up to heap abuse on matthew and ignore the terrible driving. How come?

The question mark seems to be inviting discussion. Then you said;

The thread's about terrible driving, it's not about matthew, stop going on about matthew and discuss the point

You need to make your mind up!