You nearly caused a f***ing accident - how about you nearly did

[XmisterIS]

OP - well done for standing your ground! He seems like a bully who wanted to see fear, you showed him none and he backed down.

Also, you're all forgetting one important thing with regard to the driver ... it's all about him, it's his road, everyone should get out of his way because he's much more important than everyone else. Infact, I think he probably owns the road.

I hope the police explain to him just how important he really is ...

EDIT: Please do let us know what the Police's response is.

 

[dellzeqq]

With all respect, there just isn't room to overtake safely on a bridge like that. No use expecting the traffic not to try to overtake - you need to make damn sure they can't overtake. If someone's going past you, and a car appears over the brow of the bridge, you're going into the railings and then under the wheels.

bingo! That is exactly it. I'd write the cops a letter and give them two weeks to reply then follow up. The man is a menace.

 

[arallsopp]

IMHO, your positioning was correct. He was (and likely remains) a fupwit.

 

[Kirstie]

Clearly a complete psycho who shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car. As is the sentiment of everyone else on this thread - throw the book at him.

 

[Black Sheep]

Slightly OT, but camera related. A few years ago C4 or ITV Tonight programme broadcast the footage that a cyclist had taken of his weekly commute. It was shocking the frequency of dangerous driving, near hits, agression, abuse and near assaults he captured. He had a helmet cam but also rigged up a rear facing cam attached to either his seat post or rack. It was sobering footage.

Perhaps a hi-viz gilet with words "CCTV in operation" would be a good idea to deter nutcases and pyschos? Was thinking this afternoon of acquiring one of those orange flashing lights that tractors or bin lorries use and mounting it on a 4 foot pole and attaching it to my rack, seriously .

This was brought on as I had similar situation to the OP but not on double whites, but the road was busy and narrowish. A few cars came past giving a fair amount of room, but traffic now oncoming but this silly bitch, another nurse in uniform thought she could force her way through. I anticpated her impatience by moving into primary, but she was determined to get past or over me, so when she changed down a gear to overtake I sat up and looked around directly at her so see her shouting "Get out of the f*cking way!" Bear in mind she is wearing her nurse's uniform. She was about 30 years old, white, and had red longish hair. But I put in a well timed wobble and she then held back. I guess she suddenly realised what a nobbette she was being. She then turned off left into a Shell garage about 25 yds on so her harassing and trying to run me down was totally pointless. U-n-b-e-l-i-e-v-a-b-l-e. A nurse as well, not the first dangerous driving one I have encountered I hasten to add.

she shouldn't be wearing her uniform to commute to or from work, infection risk etc (Millie is a nurse)

 

[Black Sheep]

Good luck with the report - but don't expect miracles! We all know about police indifference! Stopping right in front of you for no apparent reason - that's scary, even if he only did it to be mouthy. I've had that once or twice - makes a coward of me, makes me want to double back and run for it...

Incidentally I thought the grey car right at the start, before the RAB, passed mighty close, too. And then moved right across to the LH kerb. But you're the judge, you were on the spot.

my first thoughts when I saw the driver stop was "my brakes wouldn't stop me that quick if i wasn't ready for it"

 

[thomas]

she shouldn't be wearing her uniform to commute to or from work, infection risk etc (Millie is a nurse)

Are you serious. That's tosh (Mum's a Nurse).

 

[wafflycat]

Sorry, Thomas, but it's true - they should not be wearing their uniforms on the journey to & from work due to risk of taking in dirt & infectioous material into the wards. On the other hand, the laundry policies of hospitals can make this requirement impossible in any practical way.

 

[thomas]

Sorry, Thomas, but it's true - they should not be wearing their uniforms on the journey to & from work due to risk of taking in dirt & infectioous material into the wards. On the other hand, the laundry policies of hospitals can make this requirement impossible in any practical way.

She doesn't work at a Hospital so I guess it might be different for different types of nurses.

Certainly, it seems a bit silly as I doubt they'll bring in any more or less infections than relatives/visiting friends/etc (or take out any more or less)

 

[wafflycat]

I think the point is that they tend to be in much closer contact with many people with reduced infection-resistance, so actually *need* to be more vigilant than the general population.

 

[Greedo]

Pretty shocking to be honest.

Guy's a prick. Stopping like that as well you're luck some other motorist never ran into the back of you

 

[benborp]

It would appear that there was another fatality on this stretch of road over the weekend. I mention this as it is clear to us as cyclists that this is a particularly unpleasant and dangerous section of our rides yet many motorists seem unaware of the increased dangers even though there are more than enough cues to prompt one to take especial care here. I'm aware of several areas like this in south London.

 

[Origamist]

Ben, this is the one I think:

http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/news/Man-dies-bus-crash/article-1852371-detail/article.html

 

[benborp]

Yes, that is it. When I was Googling for info on Long Lane I found out that apparently there has been a stalemate between local and central government on how to implement improvements to this stretch of road. Nothing has seemingly happened in ten years since concerns were first raised, other than the installation of some really tame speed tables.

 

[Fnaar]

Just realised where it is... I used to live near there, once upon a time...