Police appeal to track down cyclist suspected of assaulting Bristol motorist

Plasterer's Radio wrote:

Fuck the driver.

Now, don't repress your feelings: say what you really mean...

hawkinspeter wrote:

We (cyclists as a community) shouldn't condone violence on the roads. But, we don't really form a community, so I'm quite happy to smile about this and think about how many times I've wanted to give a motorist a slap in the heat of the moment (never have though). If I spot this guy in Bristol, I'd be more likely to shake his hand than turn him in.

Personally, I always visualise the scene from Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrells where Vinnie Jones smashes someone's head repeatedly in the car door. "Never ever...ever...". Probably not as intimidating if he was wearing lycra though. 

Housecathst wrote:

Is it wrong of me to be glad to read a story where the driver is on the end of a punch rather than the cyclist. It makes a refreshing change. 

Year, yes it is very wrong of you. If you condone vigilante violence against 1 group, then you condone it against all.

And yes I did earlier post an idle speculation about the consequences of accidentally setting fire to a killer driver's car and I embrace my hypocrisy in calling you out on this.

Mungecrundle wrote:

Housecathst wrote:

Is it wrong of me to be glad to read a story where the driver is on the end of a punch rather than the cyclist. It makes a refreshing change. 

 

Year, yes it is very wrong of you. If you condone vigilante violence against 1 group, then you condone it against all.

And yes I did earlier post an idle speculation about the consequences of accidentally setting fire to a killer driver's car and I embrace my hypocrisy in calling you out on this.

don't fret, give it 5 mintues there'll be another story about a white van driver giving a cyclist a slap to redress the balance, it's much better when the cyclist is the victim isn't it. 

Initialised wrote:

If I were that cyclist and I read this article I'd be putting the jersey and shorts at the back of the cupboard for a year or two, losing the phone case and deleting the ride before it gets uploaded...

Note to self: wear inconspicuous cycling clothes.

bike_food wrote:

Driver pulls shitty move on cyclists & drives off.

Driver has to stop at traffic lights.

Cyclist catches up with driver and punches him.

Driver drives past cyclist while using phone & takes photo before scurrying off.

Drive makes up story & tells on cyclist.

Probably something like that, and I wonder why the story isn't full of 'allegedly' and 'claimed'.

Also looking forward to the lawyers telling us how much worse this is than "accidentally" killing someone with a car.

bike_food wrote:

Driver pulls shitty move on cyclists & drives off.

Driver has to stop at traffic lights.

Cyclist catches up with driver and punches him.

Driver drives past cyclist while using phone & takes photo before scurrying off.

Drive makes up story & tells on cyclist.

Sadly that sounds quite probable. How else would they snap a picture of the cyclist when hes calmly riding. How else there would be nothing else on the picture. And so on.

Not that the rider should punch the driver of course.