BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Oi is good - I like to keep it polite, though I don't always succeed. Oops!
What is the correct response to the driver that pulls in front of you ?
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HobbesChoice
New Member
- Location
- Essex
My instant word of choice is also a very loud "OI" but I doubt they hear when in their car with the windows up and the radio on. I love the sound of hackbike's car horn fitted to his bike! I'd love one of those as it would be so unexpected.
I was guilty of shouting "you're an idiot" last night to a guy who had overtaken me as I was in primary going through a pinch point. He'd overtaken me to stop almost immediately at a set of lights. Luckily for me he'd wound down his window to have a cigarette so he heard me. Even luckier for me is that I needed to turn right at the lights while he carried on straight ahead!!!!!
For me, shouting something stops me getting wound up as the situation had been dealt with and I can move on. But I undertand not getting wound up in the first instance is the way to go!
But on the other end of the scale, when shouted why does "THANK YOU" have to sound so much like "F**K YOU" ?????
I was guilty of shouting "you're an idiot" last night to a guy who had overtaken me as I was in primary going through a pinch point. He'd overtaken me to stop almost immediately at a set of lights. Luckily for me he'd wound down his window to have a cigarette so he heard me. Even luckier for me is that I needed to turn right at the lights while he carried on straight ahead!!!!!
For me, shouting something stops me getting wound up as the situation had been dealt with and I can move on. But I undertand not getting wound up in the first instance is the way to go!
But on the other end of the scale, when shouted why does "THANK YOU" have to sound so much like "F**K YOU" ?????
Arch
Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
I usually shout Oi, or Whoa!, as much as out of instinct as anything, it's just an exclamation of surprise. I follow up with a quiet, but clearly mouthed, 'self-gratification artist!' in case they look in their mirror....
the reluctant cyclist
Über Member
- Location
- Birmingham
oooooooooooiiiiii!
and sometimes a nice...
Don't mind me!
usually one of the other hits the mark!!!
and sometimes a nice...
Don't mind me!
usually one of the other hits the mark!!!
The motorist pulls out of a side road infront of you?
Grab the brakes BUT fail to stop in time before putting a nice tyre scratch on the door paint. Make sure you have a frightened ( not malicious ) look on your face.
If the driver attempts to open the door, it will get scratched worse by your QR skewer or brake handle..
Get your mobile out and take a photo of the car with its R5END still in the sideroad; and the scratch on your QR skewer (which the motorist's insurance will have to pay to rectify).
Exchange details ( you are a member of the CTC, aren't you?).
Grab the brakes BUT fail to stop in time before putting a nice tyre scratch on the door paint. Make sure you have a frightened ( not malicious ) look on your face.
If the driver attempts to open the door, it will get scratched worse by your QR skewer or brake handle..
Get your mobile out and take a photo of the car with its R5END still in the sideroad; and the scratch on your QR skewer (which the motorist's insurance will have to pay to rectify).
Exchange details ( you are a member of the CTC, aren't you?).
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Say nothing. Just a weary shake of the head and roll of the eyes. Followed by a repeat of same when I pass them at the next choke point on their journey.
Why should I let someone else's bellended behaviour in a car disturb the very peace I seek to find by riding a bike.
Also applies when I'm driving my car. Behind the wheel of a cinquecento you get treated pretty much like a cyclist; bottom end of the petrolhead food chain you see. Why let such knobjockeys get to me?
Why should I let someone else's bellended behaviour in a car disturb the very peace I seek to find by riding a bike.
Also applies when I'm driving my car. Behind the wheel of a cinquecento you get treated pretty much like a cyclist; bottom end of the petrolhead food chain you see. Why let such knobjockeys get to me?
jeltz
Veteran
- Location
- Radstock, Somerset
Occasionally its a loud Oi if they have obviously haven't seen me but mostly I shrug, do the why hand gesture, shake my head wearily.
I don't meet that many idiots thankfully, but I was annoyed a couple of weeks back while passing parked cars that some woman overtook me to stop and wait to turn right 20 yards further on causing me to have to break hard. Of course there was not clue that the right indicator was no longer applying to me but the the turn she now wished to make.
I don't meet that many idiots thankfully, but I was annoyed a couple of weeks back while passing parked cars that some woman overtook me to stop and wait to turn right 20 yards further on causing me to have to break hard. Of course there was not clue that the right indicator was no longer applying to me but the the turn she now wished to make.
upsidedown said:
Saying nothing makes them think they've done nothing wrong and you are totally ok with it.
Shout at them, and some people might be dicks and believe they've done nothing wrong and not care, but at least you've made them think. Most people might realise they shouldn't have done that and might be more careful in the future.
"OI!!" does work. On one occasion I was hurtling (not cycling furiously, you understand) over a hump-back bridge. At the bottom, there's a junction on the left, from which one of those rag-and-bone trucks was creeping forward.
I yelled "Oi!" (I've got a load voice), and the driver instinctively jammed on his breaks. His mate, who was not wearing a seat belt, but was drinking coffee from a flask, shot forward, bashed his face on the windscreen, and spilled coffee all over himself.
"Thanks!", I said, as I whistled (but not furiously) past.
I yelled "Oi!" (I've got a load voice), and the driver instinctively jammed on his breaks. His mate, who was not wearing a seat belt, but was drinking coffee from a flask, shot forward, bashed his face on the windscreen, and spilled coffee all over himself.
"Thanks!", I said, as I whistled (but not furiously) past.
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Normally shout "Look next time" or "Observation" while tapping my glasses with two fingers & moving them away in a searching pattern.
On one memorable occasion I went to the outside of the lane, I actually was over the centre line of the road, as I was boxed in by traffic on all sides, it was wet n' greasy & the traffic was doing about 10mph I firmly placed the palm of my hand on the drivers window. The driver was not happy but hopefully the muddy splat of a hand print would give the guy some idea of how close he came to knocking me off.
On one memorable occasion I went to the outside of the lane, I actually was over the centre line of the road, as I was boxed in by traffic on all sides, it was wet n' greasy & the traffic was doing about 10mph I firmly placed the palm of my hand on the drivers window. The driver was not happy but hopefully the muddy splat of a hand print would give the guy some idea of how close he came to knocking me off.
GrasB said:
Now the difference between a muddy handprint and a tyre mark on the door paint is the latter of these two occurred DURING the collision caused by the motorist's negligence.
The former was due to the cyclist's annoyance or aggression.
Moral - Always try to inflict damage/misery when a passer-by would see it was the fault of the motorist.
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Actually the former was to inform the driver I was STILL on his RHS & he was pushing me into the oncoming traffic by continuing to move into the flow of road traffic. Don't presume you know exactly what happened from a brief & incomplete description of events.jimboalee said:
Trevrev
Veteran
- Location
- Southampton
I say nothing, maybe a shrug of the shoulders.
No point in saying anything, it's always going to happen.
Infact, it happens so often it just goes over my head.
Just stay calm.........
No point in saying anything, it's always going to happen.
Infact, it happens so often it just goes over my head.
Just stay calm.........
jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
I used to shout a fair bit, then just got a bit bored of it (or maybe used to it is a better expression).
Although when I was riding last year (i still like saying that) I did have words with one errant driver. it ended with him ramming me into a bus at the next junction, so I tend to just move along now
I honestly think (and this is not me trying to look like the "big man" here) that I will continue to ignore small "errors" as we all make mistakes.... but if someone did something truly talented and dangerous, I am fairly sure I would just lamp them...without saying any words.
Although when I was riding last year (i still like saying that
) I did have words with one errant driver. it ended with him ramming me into a bus at the next junction, so I tend to just move along nowI honestly think (and this is not me trying to look like the "big man" here) that I will continue to ignore small "errors" as we all make mistakes.... but if someone did something truly talented and dangerous, I am fairly sure I would just lamp them...without saying any words.
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
CraaaSh!
