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'Dickhead' horse drawn carriage operator.pngVIDEO: 'My name's P*** Off, D***ckhead' - what happened when a Melbourne cyclist accused a carriage operator of using his horses as a weapon
A cyclist in Melbourne has accused a horse drawn carriage operator of using his carriage as ‘a weapon’ in an aggressive altercation over the use of bike lanes.
Last weekend, the YouTube user Dukeo Kent filmed the operator’s response after he asked him to keep out of the bike lane.
The cyclist said: “He belligerently mouths off, claiming he can do whatever he likes. He runs several red lights, including failing to give way to a group of pedestrians on a crossing.
“I ask him for his name and apparently he is called "P*** Off D***head". I tell him he gives his industry a bad name and he responds by using his carriage as a weapon, trying to run over me on my bicycle.
A campaign group, Melbourne Against Horse-Drawn Carriages, claimed to have identified the carriage operator, and said that he did not have a permit to operate within the City of Melbourne as a street trader.
ABC News attempted to contact the man, who confirmed he was a driver but would not say whether it was him in the video, adding: "What do you think I am, a f---ing police informer. F--- off”.
The cyclist said: “I don't like the horse drawn carriages, but if they do their job professionally and look after their animals then maybe we can coexist.
“My main objection to them is that they believe they are above the law, blatantly flaunting their disregard for the road rules from their misguided belief that everyone has to give way to a horse.
“But as a cyclist, what really annoys me is how certain operators ride in the bicycle lane, blocking it for even the slowest of riders, spilling manure from overfull horse poop bags onto the bike lane. “
A spokeswoman for Melbourne Council, which issues permits for horse-drawn carriages, said: "The incident captured in the YouTube clip has been reported to Victoria Police which is the responsible authority for monitoring and enforcing the Road Safety Road Rules.
"As such the City of Melbourne cannot identify the driver of the horse-drawn vehicle, but can confirm that the operator in the clip is not a current City of Melbourne horse-drawn carriage permit holder."
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May need insurance, tax and a licence. No problem with the lights though.
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LMAO! he is a fucking dickhead
but I admire his use of expletives! Chopper would love him!
punishment passes can be avoided if you ignore the bad behaviour from the motorist, however there is never justification for using a vehicle as a weapon to threaten someone. If you are going to do that you may as well shoot a gun next to someone's face to scare them.
How? By never being in front of a motor vehicle at all?
Tbh I think the cyclist has to take some of the blame. Instead of making his point and riding off, he seems slow down and wait to have another go. Also it's human nature to turn the way we are looking. Easy to say after the incident I know.
Until a few months ago Princes Bridge was 2 lanes city bound for cars with a shared cycle/ped' pavement that didn't work as its a very busy tourist area - it was a very contentious move for the council to actually take a vehicle lane and make it a cycle one and it is a very busy cyclist route.
Its a location were the Police are very active on cyclists running the Ped' lights but carriage drivers (and Taxi drivers) consider the bike lane to be an aid to running their businesses and use it as a pick up / drop off / photo opportunity / random move lane -I'm not sure what is meant by co-existence but if its give and take then some of the carriage drivers are just taking - the video stops but the straight ahead is cyclists and carriages only - with a pick up/set down point for the carriages which isn't that easy to negotiate sometimes.
Typical vid' but there are some issues about cyclists being given road space only to have it abused
I wonder if he's related to Mr Penis Head.
http://road.cc/content/news/121405-video-my-name-penis-head-—-meet-britains-sweariest-driver
Yes, both Homo Erectus, a primitive furry inarticulate sub-species.
Can't have been easy growing up with that name, what were his parents thinking of?
[[[[[ Mr. & Mrs Head named their son "Dick". Dick Head is married to the former Agatha Batterer, who, not wishing to entirely lose her name, is now Mrs. Head-Batterer. I wouldn't argue with either of them, frankly.
P.R.
His name is MR D**KHEAD, his name suits him very well......
Was he actually in the bike lane before the guy on the bike started complaining?
#Watches video#
Yes.
edit: but I do think the cyclists was being rather impatient, he was barely held up at all. And double standards - he said nothing to the driver of the coach parked in the bike lane.
Why can't we all just get along?
If everyone behaved reasonably then...well it would be very nice.
Apprently mr d**khead wasnt behaving reasonably, hence the altercation.
Apprently mr d**khead wasnt behaving reasonably, hence the altercation.
"The cyclist said: “I don't like the horse drawn carriages, but if they do their job professionally and look after their animals then maybe we can coexist.
“My main objection to them is that they believe they are above the law, blatantly flaunting their disregard for the road rules from their misguided belief that everyone has to give way to a horse. "
Hmm the same arguments used by drivers Who do not like cyclists.
Cars, bicycles horse carriages are not the problem. The problem is people's inappropriate behaviour And stupidity and selfishness when in control of their chosen mode of transport. O yeah and sometimes that selfishness and stupidity kills.
Makes no sense: 'As such the City of Melbourne cannot identify the driver of the horse-drawn vehicle, but can confirm that the operator in the clip is not a current City of Melbourne horse-drawn carriage permit holder.'
If you cannot identify the driver, how can you confirm that they are a valid permit holder or not.
Its Autralian for 'we dont give a f***.'
Rule 3.5
Permit Holders operating a carriage within the
municipality must display an authorised Permit
Plate issued by the Council on the
front and rear of the carriage and must be plainly visible from 20
metres in all directions
That is probably how they can say he is not a permit holder, but still be unable to identify him.
Presumably there aren't many of these operators so they looked at photographs of valid permit holders in a process of elimination.
Perhaps they mean they have identified the driver but won't publicly identify him because the police are involved, but they will confirm that he isn't a permit holder.
Identify can have a couple of meanings, it can be to 'indicate' who someone is, or it can be to 'establish' who they are. So in this case they're just saying they won't indicate who the person is, i.e. they won't publicly name him, not that they've been unable to establish who he is.
Like so: There are three horse drawn carriage permit holders in Melbourne. Johno, Mike and Toadfish. He aint any of them.