Police in Norfolk have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a man threw a bike at a car on the A11.
The incident happened last Friday 8 April 2016 at around 1pm, when a woman who was driving from Wymondham to Attleborough saw the man pushing the bike along the road.
According to police, she pulled out to pass him, but as she did so, he threw the bike at her, causing damage to her car. They added that while she wasn’t injured, she was left shocked by the incident.
The man is described as “white, in his 30s with shoulder length hair wearing a red long sleeved fleece and black cycling leggings.”
Anyone who saw the incident or the man pushing a bike along the A11 that day is asked to contact Sergeant Gary Hodges at Thetford Police Station on 101 or the charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
18 thoughts on “Police seek man who threw bike at car in Norfolk”
Hmm, random bike throwing. a)
Hmm, random bike throwing. a) it’s random b) it’s tenous c) it’s a horrible thing to do to any bike. Get rid of this sick filth now.
That guy must be superhuman,
That guy must be superhuman, or she was going very very slowly indeed.
Is this like when people
Is this like when people ‘throw themselves repeatedly at a wall’, officer…?
Cowardly fuck! Probably a
Cowardly fuck! Probably a wife beater too. Bet he would never do that to a bloke. That sort never pick on people their own size.
L.Willo wrote:
Really hope you were being sarcastic. What we have here is a part of a story until the rest of it is reported. i’m not sure I believe one word of it yet.
Hmmm…. so this man, a
Hmmm…. so this man, a cyclist, dressed in cycling clothing, decided to just throw his bike at this womans car, for absolutely no reason?
He was walking along, with his bike, in cycling clothes, waiting for someone who looked vulnerable enough so that he could throw his bike at them?
To me, one of three things have happened here;
1. A cyclist has had a total cycling meltdown and rejected the bike in a most public and violent way…
2. The driver has told an at best, edited version of events, omitting the part where her actions provoked the cyclist to such an extent he threw his bike at her car.
3. The driver has knocked off a cyclist, and in the most cynical course of action possible has taken a pre-emptive approach of stating that she has been a victim of road rage.
I am intrigued to see how this one plays out.
Why are the Police bothering
Why are the Police bothering with asking for actual witnesses, when so many people seem to know just what happened?
Maybe he’d just failed to get
Maybe he’d just failed to get KOM on his very favourite Strava section due to a flat (hence was walking), and just had a total meltdown about it. Went home and kicked the cat, too.
Hmm … trying to think of a
Hmm … trying to think of a sequence of events that could in any way justify throwing a bicycle at a defenceless woman in retaliation …..
No, I give up.
Possibilities are endless,
Possibilities are endless, would love to know the cause of this meltdown. I’m going to idly speculate a bad day, went out for a nice Norfolk country ride, had a mechanical 40 miles from home, walked it back suffering dehydration and lack of will to live, first car in ages offered no help and he had a breakdown.
No excuses for throwing a bike at someone, or their car though. I’ve thrown mine down a grass verge once, and regretted it a minute later.
Here it is described as a
Here it is described as a bike thrown into oncoming traffic. The plot thickens…
http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsandevents/newsstories/2016/april/bikethrownintotraffic.aspx
It’s a totally normal thing
It’s a totally normal thing to do… throw your bike at a random passing car for no apparent reason… happens all the time around here. Suspect one side of this story is not the whole truth.
Defenceless ? She was in a
Defenceless ? She was in a ton of metal box…. Also reported that she wasn’t injured, so she was defended, by the ton of metal box.
I got knocked off by a driver who damaged my bike, I was ok, but the driver didn’t stop. I reported it to the police but they weren’t interested as I wasn’t injured. I wish did realised all I had to do was say “I was a bit shocked” and they would have investigated.
Hmmm! That’s a dual
Hmmm! That’s a dual carriageway of course!
atgni wrote:
As atgni says. Duel carriageway. Actually one of the better ones. There’s footpaths in places as well as a reasonably flat grass verge. Also drain gullyies and the hard shoulder is reasonably wide enough to allow a pedestrian to walk in safety where the footpath doesn’t exist. There’s a bit more to it than has been reported. As he was walking towards her she had blasted her horn at him resulting in the bike throw?
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Exactly! Swords at dawn etc.
Fair enough really, motorists
Fair enough really, motorists throw their cars at everyone day in day out do they not?
“she was left shocked by the
“she was left shocked by the incident”.
Sounds more like she was aiming straight at him and swerved away at the last second to “teach him a lesson”. I’m inclined to agree with giff77. Sounds more like he was retaliating at an aggressive driver.