What do you make of this?

[glenn forger]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRpqmkyDX0

Road safe update -
"Thank you for your submission to Roadsafe London concerning the incident below.
You provided details of the vehicle concerned and all appropriate checks have now been undertaken.From the information you have provided, but without further corroboration, police will not be taking any further action however a letter of warning has been issued to the driver concerned. The letter contains the link to your You Tube footage** along with reference to Highway Code Rules relevant to the incident (guidance only, not enforceable), along with the equivalent sections/regulations of Road Traffic enactments (enforceable) and their penalties upon conviction."

KT3CAM
5 days ago




Personal call from Road safe this morning. Driver is disputing this video and trying to sue me. Would like to appeal for the other riders to come forward so they can give the MET police their version of events.

 

[midliferider]

If I am faced with an incident like this, first thing I will do is to ring Police. No one seem to be interested in doing it in the video.
Why is that?
I am asking it to clarify as I have never lived or worked let alone ride a bike in London.

 

[400bhp]

It's 10 mins long. Got to about 3 mins and gave up.

No idea what's going on?

 

[midliferider]

I think the incident is just after 3 minutes and then an argument from then on wards

 

[sickboyblue]

What exactly is he trying to sue for? There's clearly no damage to his car..

 

[glenn forger]

I don't understand how he can "dispute" the video, and what on earth is he taking legal action for? I think that driver's a bit odd, he blasts his horn over and over and over, barges into the ASL, threatens violence and carries out an unlawful detention.

 

[addictfreak]

You must be a very patient bunch down south! If he wouldn't leave go of my bike, I would have chinned him!

 

[HLaB]

Sorry if I got this wrong but it seems likea cyclist winds up a horn happy tw@t for x minutes, he then does a daft overtake out of frustration. A group of cyclists wind him up further into doing a further stupid retaliation, so one knocks his electric mirror off or at least thats what he claims. I switched off mentally after the arguing started

 

[Cuchilo]

You must be a very patient bunch down south! If he wouldn't leave go of my bike, I would have chinned him!

Id have used my nut myself incase letting go of the bike allowed it to fall over

 

[midliferider]

Sorry if I got this wrong but it seems likea cyclist winds up a horn happy tw@t for x minutes, he then does a daft overtake out of frustration. A group of cyclists wind him up further into doing a further stupid retaliation, so one knocks his electric mirror off or at least thats what he claims. I switched off mentally after the arguing started

You describes the incident well. Rather perverse it may be, I quite like this incident.

 

[glenn forger]

You must be a very patient bunch down south! If he wouldn't leave go of my bike, I would have chinned him!

Yeah, all that beeping was the driver, you don't even see the vehicle till 1.50, he then does a TS10 offence at the asl, then a punishment pass, then he grabs the bloke who'd done nothing wrong and makes a load of threats and makes up the damage claims.

 

[Accy cyclist]

That bloke on 7 mins 55 seconds has my jacket on! I always wondered if they stood out,now i know!

 

[mr_cellophane]

I've watched this. The driver claims £350 worth of damage to his wing mirror, but no one can see a mark on it. Like to know what he can claim for in court. The video is fairly clear that there is no noticable damage, so he would have to prove any marks were done then and not afterwards.
Mountain out of a molehill. I would forget it, ignore any letters and move on. Anyway, surely the Police shouldn't give out the complainants name and address, so not much the driver can do.

 

[Frood42]

Another impatient tw@t in a car and another "warning" letter...

<sarcasm> What a surprise... </sarcasm>
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[anyuser]

I gave up on Roadsafe years ago.