[Closed] First dice with death. 🙂

"If I would have passed you that close in my car, would you have called me a ****er?"

I find it's a pretty good response. Almost always makes them stop and think.

I think he started to recognise what he'd said. 😆

So what happened?

I'm not proud, but I battered the **** out of him.

EDIT: Isn't there a certain irony in the anonymously written tag saying "keyboard warrior pwned"? 😛

I battered the **** out of him

Welcome to Britain. 🙁

Hmmm....

Comeuppance! 😈

We got shouted at by a pack of roadies overtaking us on Saturday. Out for a gentle spin with friends and their tandem and one woman starts screaming "get out of he way" at Mrs Rickmeister. Fortunately, Ms R didn't hear this or there may well have been another meaning to the term "being dropped"

They all overtook us, bumping elbows and the only one that said a cheery hello was the last rider struggling to keep up.... looked like a load of fun...

kayak23, I think the answer is in your question. What drives someone to the levels of confrontation like that in a couple of seconds? And the fact that you're not surprised by this.
Second point is that this used to be an area of punch first, ask questions later, so he was a bit of a tart. 😀

We got shouted at by a pack of roadies overtaking us on Saturday. Out for a gentle spin with friends and their tandem and one woman starts screaming "get out of he way" at Mrs Rickmeister. Fortunately, Ms R didn't hear this or there may well have been another meaning to the term "being dropped"

Don't get this at all with the roadies, took the newbies club road ride out yesterday and as well as doing riding eittiquette, introudcing them to 1 in 7's and dealing with bumps potholes etc trying to teach them civility to other cyclists, saying hello to other riders /runs and always asking stopped riders if they are of, re the above ffs the racing seasons over chill out time now.

Kilo, exactly. Did a TCL and MBL course recently and one of the big things on the programme was being nice to anyone else we met, walkers, bikes, kids the lot... what goes around comes around...

I'm not proud, but I battered the **** out of him.

I'm proud

sweet

We got shouted at by a pack of roadies overtaking us on Saturday. Out for a gentle spin with friends and their tandem and one woman starts screaming "get out of he way" at Mrs Rickmeister

Perhaps it was a "I'm out of control and will run you over" type warning, rather than being rude?

Got my elbows knocked the other night by a club run while I was commuting home last week - totally unnecessary, lots of room to get past. First time it's happened though.

My own experience with an irate driver was posted back in the summer - I didn't attack him though, which is why he got the warning for assault.

Perhaps it was a "I'm out of control and will run you over" type warning, rather than being rude?

If Mrs Roadie was out of control cycling up hill on Milton Road out of Musselburgh at about 10mph, then she perhaps shouldn't have spent so much money on team kit and a fancy bike before learning to ride in a straight line and change direction easily

Good work fella!!!

Were these required....

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I had a roadie draft me t'other day, along the cycle path in Cable St. He went to overtake me, but din't use a bell or owt so I din't know he was there. I 'swerved' slightly to avoid something on't ground, and we nearly crashed. I told him it might be an idea to get a bell, he responded with 'learn how to ride a bike propperly'. 😆

I caught him at a set of lights, and asked him why he thought it necessary to be such a knob. He din't have an answer for that one. But there was a bashing of elbows as we both pulled away from the lights.

Little Tip for roadies what want to act like knobs; Don't wear club kit what I can then use to identify exactly who you are, where you live and who you work for. Look forward to seeing you again... 😈

Shall I send him poo in a tupperware container? Shall I? Shall I??? 😀

Elf, no need - you just need to find his shoes 🙂

Effin, just invite him to an Internet debate with you. It'll drive him to suicide.

One of my last rides in England, I was buzzed "for fun" by some council workers in a flatbed transit. When I gave them the finger they stopped and wanted a fight!
Then moved to a civilised country, nothing like that's happened in three years*, versus almost weekly in London and environs. Why are people wound up so tight?

*Ok, once. Traffic light altercation, driver spat at me out the window. Wind blew it back into his female passenger's face.

Then moved to a civilised [s]country[/s] region, nothing like that's happened in three years*, versus almost weekly in London and environs

I don't live in London or its environs, and that's never happened to me.

bob_summers - Member

*Ok, once. Traffic light altercation, driver spat at me out the window. Wind blew it back into his female passenger's face.

Ha, ha!

Great example of providence.

If you are lucky enough to see a passing police car following an incident like this, they do take it quite seriously. If you can get the number plates even better.
A number of recent incidents is making me think about using the Muvi-cam on the road just so the police can take action on such muppets for dangerous driving.
If someone stops their car to confront are you a victim of road rage or assualt?

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Ps Nice retort DD

so the police can take action on such muppets for dangerous driving.

superdale - "road rage" does not exist as a criminal offence. If they touch you, it's assault.

As the copper who dealt with my case said "You can shout at each other as much as you like, but the first one to touch the other loses"

In reality you can't shout at each other as much as you like, not so long back I saw a TV cop programme (UK) where a motorcyclist shouted a profanity at a car driver who nearly took him out, the cop stopped the motorcyclist and ticketed him for swearing (in front of people/kids in a shopping centre).

As an aside, was anything ever done about the guy attacking the cyclist? I remember some excuse about having his car stolen and then returned

CK; I've had nearly exactly the same experience. almost got wiped out by a BMW (he turned suddenly inot the bus lane I was in without checking it was clear), the sudden shock caused me to swear profusely, and the coppers who just happened to be walking by nicked me and din't do owt to the driver, even though they'd clearly seen him driving without due care etc. Proper bang out of order. What, swearing is worse than dangerous driving?? Jeeze...

Car is King. Psychlists are way down the food chain...

Effin, just invite him to an Internet debate with you. It'll drive him to suicide.

No, that's just nasty, but I'd quite like to see tossers like that give up cycling.

Little Tip for roadies what want to act like knobs; Don't wear club kit what I can then use to identify exactly who you are, where you live and who you work for

Just e mail the club, traditional road clubs don't actualy want their memebrs to act like knobs even more so to other cyclists - tri clubs not so sure about 😉

If someone stops their car to confront are you a victim of road rage or assualt?

superdale - "road rage" does not exist as a criminal offence. If they touch you, it's assault

I'd have thought road rage would be classed as assault - the threat of bodily harm, if they touch you then it's battery.

Swearing is worse than dangerous driving. On STW it is.

I've yet to see someone banned from the forum for assault filter avoidance.

Its just not worth it at the end of the day the guy in the car will win if he wants to run you over, just let it pass. Its so hard to do but its te right thing to do.

Saying that would have been nice if you had stuck the heed in him. Then 5hat in his drivers seat.

I have a long but not too steep climb home from work, I was taking it easy and got drafted then passed by two proper roadies they said 'hello' and checked by bike (Roadrat) then pedalled off.

Swearing is worse than dangerous driving. On STW it is

If I get into a confrontation I shall be looking for an opportunity to cleanly reach in and grab the car keys from the ignition, toss them into a field then cycle off. Making sure I turn off somewhere and choose a different route before he finds them. And then move to a new town and possibly country.

[i]Then 5hat in his drivers seat[/i]

Nah, get carlphillips' dog to do it 😛

Where did this happen?

Rural N. Shropshire.

You were pretty unlucky then to have that happen out in the countryside.

They're pretty aggressive villages, I wonder if anyone here can remember the Wem riots in the early eighties during the carnival. It all kicked off in one of the bars in Wem town centre before spilling out and into another bar and finished up in a bit of a fight on a garage forecourt. I was on the float and had to dodge beer glasses being thrown at me... Ellesmere was banned for something like ten years or more.

That sounds crappy.. my experience of Southern Shropshire is no more aggressive than the odd pub fight or town rivalry.

you should ensure that you wear a neck brace in rural areas like that.. I know you're hard a snails and everything Simon but you can't be too careful..

Duh ... it's 'cos you crossed the border! Should have stayed in Wales 🙂

mogrim - Member

We got shouted at by a pack of roadies overtaking us on Saturday. Out for a gentle spin with friends and their tandem and one woman starts screaming "get out of he way" at Mrs Rickmeister

Perhaps it was a "I'm out of control and will run you over" type warning, rather than being rude?

Wow mogrim that is one pathetic excuse for typical road biker behaviour
PS you are making excuses? Becasue you couold do better if it is irony??

There does seem to be an aggressive sort of driver from the villages of Shropshire,always in a rush to get in front, and for what, the a494 is a motorists nightmare at times.

Get a mini camera and film the prats.

North and South Shropshire are worlds apart.

Then theres the magic roundabout bit that used be shropshire, called Telford, a motorists dream, a cyclist and bus users nightmare

I find a sharp tap on a vehicle passing too closely scares the crap out of the driver 😀
If I get the opportunity I then point out they scared me to death - takes the wind out of their sails 🙂