Hi and hope you've all had a good day.
Most nights I can go out for a ride and it's hassle free, regarding fellow motorist that we have to share the roads with, but occasionally there will be a night were it seems all the jerks will be out in force. Tonight was one of those nights. In the 17 miles I did , I got abuse from 3 separate drivers. The first was a van driver. As he approached me he put his lights on full and deliberately swerve his vehicle towards me and shouted abuse. I hadn't a clue what he said but he sounded pretty angry. When I calmed down, I thought maybe my light may of dazzled him so I adjusted downwards a little and put it down to experience. A few miles further along, number 2 abusive driver come along. This time it was a 4x4 and the driver made a close pass on a quiet secluded road with the passenger shouting obscenities at me. I haven't a clue what hell that was about. I could only put it down to some youngsters messing around thinking they've invented the car. Finally the third lot of abuse tonight I got turned a bit nasty as I was now starting to get really peed off by it all.
I had good tail wind behind me and cycling really well ,pushing an average of 20 mph for a good 7 miles or so. The car driver behind was inconvenienced by this for a minute or so, and drove close up behind me before giving me a close pass. A bit further down the road he got caught at lights and I duly filtered in front of him to get onto a cycle path. Blimey was I met with some abuse for doing that !
He was effing and blinding at me for holding him up further down the road and for filtering past him at the lights !
I was at boiling point by now and ended up giving him a piece of my mind. He soon piped down when he saw my ugly mug and realized I wasn't going to back down..
Now I'm back home and writing this, I'm starting to question is it me who's in the wrong more than I would admit to or is it just that a small minority of drivers really hate cyclists, and no matter how small the mistake a cyclist may make ,the motorist will make there life's hell on the road for it.
Anyway sorry for the negative sounding post but I just wanted to get it off my chest.
All the very best,
Johnny
Most nights I can go out for a ride and it's hassle free, regarding fellow motorist that we have to share the roads with, but occasionally there will be a night were it seems all the jerks will be out in force. Tonight was one of those nights. In the 17 miles I did , I got abuse from 3 separate drivers. The first was a van driver. As he approached me he put his lights on full and deliberately swerve his vehicle towards me and shouted abuse. I hadn't a clue what he said but he sounded pretty angry. When I calmed down, I thought maybe my light may of dazzled him so I adjusted downwards a little and put it down to experience. A few miles further along, number 2 abusive driver come along. This time it was a 4x4 and the driver made a close pass on a quiet secluded road with the passenger shouting obscenities at me. I haven't a clue what hell that was about. I could only put it down to some youngsters messing around thinking they've invented the car. Finally the third lot of abuse tonight I got turned a bit nasty as I was now starting to get really peed off by it all.
I had good tail wind behind me and cycling really well ,pushing an average of 20 mph for a good 7 miles or so. The car driver behind was inconvenienced by this for a minute or so, and drove close up behind me before giving me a close pass. A bit further down the road he got caught at lights and I duly filtered in front of him to get onto a cycle path. Blimey was I met with some abuse for doing that !
He was effing and blinding at me for holding him up further down the road and for filtering past him at the lights !
I was at boiling point by now and ended up giving him a piece of my mind. He soon piped down when he saw my ugly mug and realized I wasn't going to back down..
Now I'm back home and writing this, I'm starting to question is it me who's in the wrong more than I would admit to or is it just that a small minority of drivers really hate cyclists, and no matter how small the mistake a cyclist may make ,the motorist will make there life's hell on the road for it.
Anyway sorry for the negative sounding post but I just wanted to get it off my chest.
All the very best,
Johnny