Sara_H
Guru
Well, I was having a good day. I had to go to a meeting about seven miles from home, so I used bike hub which worked really well.
On the way back, i was overtaking a parked van when someone pulled out of the juction just ahead of me tuurning right. I slammed brakes on and started to tut, but then it got scary. Look at driver who's laughing and driving straight at me.
I turned wheel to the van that I was passing and ended up toppling sideways into side of van. Lifes gone in to slow motion at this point and I can still see driver laughing.
I let out an involuntary scream, look down see whhels pass about an inch from my front wheel. He the slams brakes on and stops with drivers door next to panniers.
He now has me pinned up against the van with his car, still laughing. Then his face changed and he wound down the window and let out a torrent of abuse about me being on the wrong side of the road and other stuff.
I tried to reason with him and said something along the lines of "if you can't see just inch out, if I'd been in my car we'd have crashed" at which point he ranted on and on about how he couldn't see me because of the van and it was my fing fault for being on the wrong side of the road. I pointed out that that's cos I was passing a parked van, but he just kept shouting "were you on your side of the road or not?"
At this point a passer by started to walk towards us, when the driver spotted him he shouted at me to "piss off" and zoomed off.
Now I'm used to drivers pulling out on me, I'm used to them passing too close. I'm used to them playing cat and mouse but this is the first ime someone has driven at me fast and deliberately. It's really shaken me up. I have a feeling I've had an encounter with a very dangerous man today.
I rang the police who have recorded it, but as I was too shocked to get the reg number, nothing much can be done obviously.
On the way back, i was overtaking a parked van when someone pulled out of the juction just ahead of me tuurning right. I slammed brakes on and started to tut, but then it got scary. Look at driver who's laughing and driving straight at me.
I turned wheel to the van that I was passing and ended up toppling sideways into side of van. Lifes gone in to slow motion at this point and I can still see driver laughing.
I let out an involuntary scream, look down see whhels pass about an inch from my front wheel. He the slams brakes on and stops with drivers door next to panniers.
He now has me pinned up against the van with his car, still laughing. Then his face changed and he wound down the window and let out a torrent of abuse about me being on the wrong side of the road and other stuff.
I tried to reason with him and said something along the lines of "if you can't see just inch out, if I'd been in my car we'd have crashed" at which point he ranted on and on about how he couldn't see me because of the van and it was my fing fault for being on the wrong side of the road. I pointed out that that's cos I was passing a parked van, but he just kept shouting "were you on your side of the road or not?"
At this point a passer by started to walk towards us, when the driver spotted him he shouted at me to "piss off" and zoomed off.
Now I'm used to drivers pulling out on me, I'm used to them passing too close. I'm used to them playing cat and mouse but this is the first ime someone has driven at me fast and deliberately. It's really shaken me up. I have a feeling I've had an encounter with a very dangerous man today.
I rang the police who have recorded it, but as I was too shocked to get the reg number, nothing much can be done obviously.
and don't give up!
