spindrift said:Flagging down a motorist to give him a flea in the ear is the police's job, not yours.
I'll speak to who I like, thanks, magna probably feels the same.
The posts on your forum, endorsed and defended by "Rikki" the moderator yeti are evidence of a thuggish, aggressive attitude that reflects very badly on the form and its posters.
To be fair spindrift. I shouldn't have flagged him down. I accept that. Although when he does stop I am not aggressive, I just ask him why he did it. My voice is raised, but then the traffic noise is quite high.
That's the only time (I can remember anyway) that I flagged a motorists down. The rest of the time I just happened to catch them up and I would ask, why did you do that (or I was forced off the road and chatted then!).
I've never claimed to be perfect, I have posted mistakes of my own that the camera picked up (I am sure there are others). However, I do not willfully break any laws on the road. I don't jump red lights, pavement cycle etc. The videos where I cross the road at some lights I dismount and walk across!
Part of the reason for posting my videos is so I can learn from them too. I want to improve my cycling. There are cycle trainers on here who are free to comment on my cycling and sometimes they do. I encourage comments, just not threats or abuse.
Yeti, I am happy for you to be here. The more cross communication there is between different road users the better. We've all got to get along on the roads, so getting along here is a good start!
I do get the feeling that a lot of people will be waiting to see what I post next. Who knows a sun reporter may well be one of my more recent youtube subscribers. Me paranoid!?!?