Woman Blocks Road And Claims Cyclist Is Attacking Her

[Sara_H]

A right mentalist that one.

A mentalist indeed. Mind you, I think the film maker was a bit overly sweary.

 

[Thomk]

I do find clips like this quite educational. Before we had cameras I'm pretty sure we knew a lot less about THE TRUTH concerning these types of confrontation. I imagine that cyclists, motorists, mental health practitioners, judges, lawyers, the police etc could all learn stuff from clips like this. In another universe without cameras I could imagine a chap like this being arrested following a scene like this.

 

[Mugshot]

I think the woman played a blinder, she couldn't be arsed to talk to the cyclist she started her histrionics and the cyclist clears off. Exactly what she wanted.
Mental? Nah, not even a little bit.

 

[kedab]

i saw this yesterday. i thought it was brilliant

 

[Headgardener]

Golly Gosh!

The motorist appears ill-mannered, ignorant of the HC and a generally poor road user to swing across when it meant impeding the oncoming traffic (the headcammer).

I live in a market town with narrow, closely-parked roads and one gets this sort of thing a lot - although usually rather less blatantly and oafishly than in the clip. I really do get the impression she thinks she's in the right. I cannot imagine how. Her driving is vergeing on the bullying.

However... I fear we may have here another headcammer who is delighting in having found 'postable' footage. It is a fairly bland, everyday piece of motoring duncery that he just has to elevate to top billing in his own masturbatory theatre of street heroism.

She is undoubtedly a colossal turnip, is utterly in the wrong and ought to have been listening when manners and good driving were being taught.

He gives the impression of being just a little too excited about recording a confrontation with somebody who's in the wrong and looks like a man who wants to have the last three hundred words. Or more.

Neither party comes out of it looking clever. But she is wrong. He is just a bit of a tool.

As an aside, I re-watched the excellent Wind that Shakes the Barley a few nights ago. It is as harrowing as it is beautifully framed and filmed. In the back of my mind, I find the echoing question "Did I shoot Chris Reilly in the heart so a cock with a headcam and a paranoid loon with no roadsense could shout at each other about rights of way?" I may be cheapening the heroic struggles leading up to the civil war with that comment... But really!

Does the HC apply in Southern Ireland or do they have their own set of traffic rules. Either way she was a bit of a drama queen towards the end.

 

[wheres_my_beard]

This clips has more farks per minute than The Big Lebowski!!

 

[Hitchington]

Quite often I watch these headcam postings and am left wondering "what was all the fuss about?"

 

[gavintc]

Quite often I watch these headcam postings and am left wondering "what was all the fuss about?"

Yep, most of us, would have got past her and then cycled away. But, if you have a headcam, you need to justify the expense; might as well stand there filming an unstable woman

 

[Black Country Ste]

A mentalist indeed. Mind you, I think the film maker was a bit overly sweary.

I'm pretty sure that swearing is part of the Irish national curriculum. Half my family are Dubliners and every other word is an eff and blind.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I dunno, I think there's comedy value in the posting of this one that a wider audience can appreciate, and that's in the woman's behaviour and reaction. Especially the "I'm a lone woman being attacked" bit. Priceless.

Particularly since she claims she's being attacked yet continues to hold her door open..

GC

 

[The Brewer]

He should of just said go on go on go on go on go on go on

 

[cyberknight]

Yep, most of us, would have got past her and then cycled away. But, if you have a headcam, you need to justify the expense; might as well stand there filming an unstable woman

Both a couple of numpties who deserve to spend time together to work out their differences .

 

[DWiggy]

Wow........wouldn't want to be her other half, you'd never win an argument!

 

[Tim Hall]

Does the HC apply in Southern Ireland or do they have their own set of traffic rules. Either way she was a bit of a drama queen towards the end.

Umm, it's Ireland. Not Southern Ireland. The Highway Code doesn't apply there, just as it doesn't apply in France, Russia or any other foreign country. The nearest equivalent is Rules of the Road.

 

[RiflemanSmith]

Overly sweary and confrontational, blimey I'm glad I don't wear a helmet cam then.