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Video: Road sign pushed into cyclist on Bath's London Road

Rider manages to stay on bike; witnesses say other objects were thrown at passing vehicles

A woman in Bath has been filmed pushing a road sign into a cyclist as he rode along the city’s London Road this afternoon.

Ben Baldwin, who took the footage, said he did so because the woman, who can be heard shouting in the video, had already thrown several other items including traffic cones into the road.

Another Twitter user, Danny Minty, told Mr Baldwin that he had seen the same person throw a dustbin lid at a car.

The woman had run up to the temporary roadworks sign to push it into the cyclist, who seemed to have been deliberately targeted, but who managed to stay on his feet as a car passed.

The video shows the woman running up to the temporary roadworks sign to push it into the cyclist, who seemed to have been deliberately targeted, but who managed to stay on his feet as a car passed.

Mr Bernards said in a subsequent tweet that the cyclist was “ok” and the police had been notified.

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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devoid99 | 8 years ago
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Are you sure she wasn't screaming and throwing cats out of her hair at people?...

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Shades | 8 years ago
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Used to be a regular along there until I moved. Makes a change; was usually looking the other way for crazy London Rd motorists.

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velodinho | 8 years ago
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What next? Somebody eating cheese and muttering "fuck cyclists!" ?

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Beatnik69 replied to velodinho | 8 years ago
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velodinho wrote:

What next? Somebody eating cheese and muttering "fuck cyclists!" ?

Those cheese eaters are a dangerous menace to cyclists and should be dealt with appropriately. Let's find out where they work and tweet their employers until they are sacked!!! Feckin' cheese eaters!!!  14

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kevvjj | 8 years ago
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Sometimes Road cc I despair at the tenuous links you make. This is nothing at all to do with cyclists, a cyclist, cycling infrastructure or anything remotely to do with cycling issues. Pull your head in and give us some real news.
This story is one of the reasons I have not been tempted to become a member...

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Appash29 | 8 years ago
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Fortunately no child in the seat, something happened earlier perhaps????, no excuse this is an unacceptable act and should be dealt with accordingly

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freespirit1 | 8 years ago
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Oh come on have you been on a course at the Daily Mail?

This is clearly an individual who has issues, and has not just attacked cyclists.

Your headline does you no favours, can you please leave the tabloid type stuff to; I suppose the tabloids perhaps?

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Leviathan | 8 years ago
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Anyone here vote for cuts in Mental health care budgets? Yeh, you did.

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