Why you shouldn't slap cars

[outlash]

You dont know whether he's indicating or not. Thats a fact. (Unless you were actually there)
Just because it happens all the time doesnt make it right.
I quote the highway code as those are the official rules, law and guidance - I do wonder why it doesnt "cut the mustard" with you? You complain that people should "make clear their intentions" yet complain about me quoting the rules - how very odd, LOL!

Just for clarification, is there a rule, law or any guidance in the highway code about handing out abuse while not in control of your bike?


Tony.

 

[downfader]

Just for clarification, is there a rule, law or any guidance in the highway code about handing out abuse while not in control of your bike?


Tony.

And where have I said abuse is acceptable? Which is worse - cutting a rider up or a bit of shouting or a non-damaging slap to a car? I think you've forgotten that the drivers actions were the catalyst for the subsequent events.

 

[Hip Priest]

No option but to create a buffer? He had about 4 foot of road to his left he could have swerved into. Or he could have braked. But what he chose to do was reach out angrily to slap the car, overstretched himself, and had a crash. Having said that, I wish him a swift recovery.

 

[Hip Priest]

I've no problem with slapping cars that come too close* but once they're in front, as that was, there's no point. I think he overreached himself in making one but it's easy to criticise when watching a video in the warm with a cup of tea. CTC and YACF forums leathered me for tooting a punishment pass at the knob who attacked me; the '200-miles a day for 86 years and no incidents' club.

*

That 2nd pass was incredibly close.

 

[Smurfy]

I slapped an overtaking double-decker earlier this week. I think it startled some of the passengers on the lower deck, but the driver did give me more space afterwards.

 

[Origamist]

TBH it doesn't even seem the car was that close, that sort of pass happens all the time. After he passes the parked cars, he's still sitting in the middle of the road. Instead of slapping the car (which doesn't seem to be doing a great deal wrong), why isn't he indicating which way he's turning at the top of the road?

Tony.

It's a crap, close pass, with oncoming traffic on the approach to a junction. The driver was an impatient idiot for cutting in and squeezing the cyclist. However, it does seem that the cyclist over-reached and lost his balance when hitting the boot of the BMW - normally, if you're going to slap a car in a desperate attempt to get more room, you'd hit the door or rear panel, not the boot.

To answer your question, it's a right turn only at the junction. You could indicate, but it would be unnecessary.

I hope the cyclist recovers quickly - busted ribs are a bugger.

 

[Drago]

"Puts his hand out to create a buffer." My arse.

Money spent on the camera might have been better spent on stabilisers, cos he sure needs them.

 

[steveindenmark]

Making a buffer with your arm to stop two ton of steel is not a good idea.

Posting it on Youtube is almost as bad.

 

[outlash]

And where have I said abuse is acceptable? Which is worse - cutting a rider up or a bit of shouting or a non-damaging slap to a car? I think you've forgotten that the drivers actions were the catalyst for the subsequent events.

I didn't ask you if abuse was acceptable, I asked where it says in the Highway Code about handing out abuse while not in control of your bike as you're quite happy to quote the highway code to defend the rider's actions. Again, the car didn't cut the rider up. The car did not swerve across him, and it wasn't a close pass.


Tony.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I agree with you, trouble is this forum (and others) seems to fill up with perfect riders whenever they see said videos.

Perfect riders? Not even in our wildest dreams. But we can tell a nobber when we see one, crashing his bike, for no good reason.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

And this is what happened to me when I fell of my bike for no good reason

Perfect riders my 'arris.

And I'm currently nursing two busted ribs from when I fell over running.....

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Cyclist falls of bike due to lack of skill and blames driver.

Next....

 

[Drago]

And this is what happened to me when I fell of my bike for no good reason

Perfect riders my 'arris.

And I'm currently nursing two busted ribs from when I fell over running.....

Bloody hell. What are the odds of half your head falling on an electric fire and the other half landing in a pile of soiled dressings?

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

He moans that he didn't get an ambulance in less than ten minutes. If he'd kept his hands on the bars instead of trying to make a point and hit the beemer he wouldn't need medical treatment in the first place. Nobber.

 

[Drago]

It's self inflicted. They should charge him for the ambo.