"Point-making" rider hits back at Jeremy Clarkson

Here's why drivers are so angry with cyclists http://bit.ly/1afpA79

Oh and Clarkson is a massive Cock!

Mr Clarkson can be amusing.... but amusing in the same way as a chimp at a tea party!

Perhaps cycling commuters should post pics (with registration number) of every car driver making a highway code violation with a hashtag #amdoingaClarkson. After all there no such as bad publicity is there.

Clarkskn's reached that point in middle age where the jeans are getting tight and smoking's taking it's toll. He knows full well that running isn't an option anymore but cycling...Hmmm. Maybe he can be turned to the path of the right?

I hold a balanced view about Clarkson on the whole. He's a clever man and makes some good documentaries - he just needs to engage his brain and his fame for good for a change - instead of chummying up to the likes of Cameron and pretending that the bicycle for city transport shouldn't take priority over cars.

Clarkson can be a cock but let's never forget that this is the man who punched Piers Morgan in the face. For that I, for one, will be ever gratefull.

Cyclists are bound to be more angry than car drivers because they are far, far more vulnerable. It's not an equal situation. An arrogant tosser protected by a couple of tons of metal with a massive powerful engine v a man with no protection at all on two flimsy wheels, it's hardly surprising the cyclist gets angry when so threatened.

ADDED my say on Twitter & Tourdafarce.blogspot.com

Singletrackforum was entertaining until someone mentioned Media interest , then the peanuts joined in with crap on p.7 !

Based only on JC's picture (and leaving asside the prior altercation) the dude seems perfectly positioned; I think that this is where I would have been in the same situation.

i think cycllists become more aggressive the longer they ride in london. after all, if you get your life threatened on a dailiy (or every other day) basis your gunna start fighting back and snapping at people more quickly. enough is enough. one day, through no fault of your own you might be dead. so why not take the lane and get a few beeps while you are at it, at least u aint dead!

Opinions opinions opinions. Course riding on Dartmoor isn't like London. Did I ever say it was. Step outside the box for minute....I'm saying as a cyclist some cyclists are overtly aggressive. Bit like the road raging big mouth who shot off at Clarkson.

hmmm, Jeremy seems to be in need of a publicity boost for some reason, suckered everyone into shouting his name again.

Taking the lane has dangers where ever you ride and no matter how assertive you are (and after 30 years of motorcycle riding, I can 'do' assertive).

I live on a hill, in a seaside town in the South West of England. To get into my road I have to make a right turn from a busy 30 mph feeder road into a housing estate.

Despite 'taking the lane', and at times riding more or less on the white lines, due to parked cars on the left, I have lost count of the number of times I have been overtaken by cars, even when I have my right arm out to indicate my intention to turn right.

Too many drives in too much of a hurry and completely ignorant of what I am doing and why.

Peter Walker in the Guardian has penned a fine analysis of the situation: it's about the safest position on the road for cyclists, not some numpty that happens to present a t.v. program:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2014/jan/13/jeremy-clar...

Ahhh, things must have been quiet for our Jezza. Posting a pic taken whilst driving, publicising it. Ohhh he must be relishing in all that free publicity and oxygen we've given him. The man is no fool. He has cleverly manipulated a situation to his own narcissistic ends.

When will we learn not to stoke his ego. I suggest a total media ban on all things Clarkson. That should sort him out.

So the odious JC has committed a traffic offence, using a cellphone while driving, and publicised it. Umm, perhaps Stumpy or the Cycling Silk can let us know how this offence can be reported to the police.

I was overtaking another cyclist this evening and was overtaken by a prat in a van who then cut in, forcing me to swerve. I continued taking the lane and slowed to make a right turn, with the car driver behind me then beeping his horn. So I had two drivers in quick succession who had no idea of what they're supposed to do and why what I was doing was right. I'd have caught them both up at the next set of lights if I'd continued on the main road, because there was a long queu. That's the problem with so many dickheads inc ars, they don't see all they're doing is rushing to get to the same place in the end of the queue a bit quicker.

I ride a bicycle (well, 3 actually), I drive a car and I've got two motorbikes.

So Boris's network of quietways aren't so great.

And to lambast other cyclists....passed a cyclist on Dartmoor stopped in the middle of the lane on the brow of a hill next to an off road parking area swigging a drink. So inconsiderate and foolish I couldn't believe it.
Same morning I struggle to pass two cyclists on their Sunday ride the first was ok but his mate on a level road, was more interested in chatting whilst careering over more than half the lane at about 5mph. He didn't appear to be considering any other road users.
Last night, cyclist dressed head to foot in black with poor lighting, no reflective trim at all, out for his road ride in the country. I could barely see him myself from my bike, from a car doing sixty he wouldn't stand a chance.
Come on folks we don't need to give motorist an excuse!

Clear case of road rage by both parties. I genuinely think the cyclist, for the sake of all cyclists, needs to chill out on the bike and just let the faster cars go then pass them quietly when they get queued up. Defensive riding I agree with but aggressive riding has no place.
As for Clarkson, not quite a dickhead but amazing behaviour for a supposedly intelligent person.
I'm a cyclist by the way.

Its not an argument about cyclists & car drivers, its about people. Some people are stupid & have no moral judgement or understanding of others safety or life. Some actually give a shít about you and have patience and understanding! Until we all understand this we'll never get along. And anyway, who's re-tweeted or forwarding JC's pictures and comments to the Met police? He's clearly committed an offence which should warrant a fine or points on his licence.....

I wonder what would have happened if you were an off duty policeman - would plod be all over him by now? "Taxi driver who deliberately swerved into cycling policeman could face jail"

Has anyone asked why Clarkson needed to use such a wide, lane hogging vehicle to transport just himself around London? If he'd been on something sensible for a single adult, like a bicycle for example, he would have had no problem. Its just his fixation on lugging three tonnes of metal and five empty seats around with him when he's on his own that is causing his problem.