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How NOT to handle yourself

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  • October 17, 2013 at 7:19 am #20083
    Gkam84

    How not to handle yourself when you are faced with a close pass while cycling.

    YES, toot you horn, but confronting an unknown individual after they have brake tested you, then shouting law’s at them….not a good move.

    If that happens, take a moment and let them drive off, don’t immediately get on your bike and power after them. Its only going to lead to further confrontation.

    Opinions on this video please

    http://youtu.be/QpT_-_QlQZI

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  • October 23, 2013 at 9:04 am #760757
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    comm88

    Okay, the car driver was a
    Okay, the car driver was a bit close, but it wasn’t a life threatening issue – the cyclist turned it into one. There are drivers out there who would not have stopped at the point of the cyclist’s verbal barrage and continued harassment. They simply would have smacked him good and hard and kicked three bells out of him on account of his whingeing confrontation.

    As a cyclist, you simply cannot behave like that – not if you want to live a good, healthy and active life! Sorry, but I have no sympathy with the cyclist. He shames us all. :”(

    October 22, 2013 at 8:26 pm #760755
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    arfa

    Couldn’t agree more. There is
    Couldn’t agree more. There is absolutely no need to go looking for trouble on a bike. It’s already hard enough to avoid it and even then I have still managed to encounter nutters ready to dish out wanton violence. As Botham put it, the trouble with fighting is that it’s a choice between hospital and prison food, neither of which appeal.

    October 22, 2013 at 8:20 pm #760753
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    OldRidgeback

    So you get cut up by someone
    So you get cut up by someone driving aggressively who beeps his horn as he does so. Said aggressive driver then turns out to be shaven headed and young and just as aggressive out of his car as in.

    So let’s be honest, this buffoon on a bike was lucky not to be attacked and given a heavy beating.

    There are a lot of crap, aggressive drivers out there. But there are some aggressive cyclists too and he’s one of those, going by this footage.

    Sending footage of crap driving to the cops may or may not result in them doing anything about it. But contacting the Cycling Silk for advice might have a little more effect. However, shouting at oiks in cars won’t change them from being oiks. And they might also hit out, hard.

    October 22, 2013 at 7:19 pm #760751
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    Raleigh

    I think I’ve seen this guy on
    I think I’ve seen this guy on the Edgeware road when I was walking to Kilburn Station.

    HE IS A MENTAL NUTTER

    He shouts at pedestrians, shouts at busses, shouts at cars, shouts at cyclists, shouts at the road, shouts at himself, shouts at children, shouts at police cars, shouts at traffic lights, shouts at trains, shouts at yellow lines, shouts at young mothers, shouts at teddy bears, shouts at noodles, shouts at puppies, shouts at youtube videos, shouts at shoes, shouts at cookies etc. etc. etc.

    If you have like… 20 go pro cameras on your bike then you’ve taken it too far.

    Must be a full time job uploading, watching and editing all the footage, even from a ten minute ride.

    Can’t help but feel that he’s waiting for something to happen just so he can get it on film and the upload it to his youtube account.

    Weird also how in that video he only had one camera view…

    October 22, 2013 at 12:54 pm #760749
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    giff77

    Have a wee look at his stream
    Have a wee look at his stream on you tube. I think he is now up to six cameras on his person/bike. The only reason he doesn’t get smacked is because the individual will then need to take all the cams

    October 22, 2013 at 12:08 pm #760747
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    md6

    I get the impression he goes
    I get the impression he goes looking for confrontation, and obviously gets it. I’m not sure i’ve ever had a driver that aggressive to get out of the car to go at me. I try not to confront like that as in cleats i’m like bambi but there have been times when i have not managed to hold my temper. I wouldn’t have had the control he showed if someone got out and shoved me if i was still on my feet that is…

    October 22, 2013 at 11:22 am #760745
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    Vili Er

    And don’t cycle with a GoPro
    And don’t cycle with a GoPro on the end of a stick. That’s got to be illegal. A pair of twits.

    October 22, 2013 at 11:06 am #760743
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    freespirit1

    I generally find the one’s in
    I generally find the one’s in ‘Baby BMW’s’ i.e. Mini’s are among the worst as well.

    October 22, 2013 at 10:50 am #760741
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    freespirit1

    Both passes were also
    Both passes were also illegal. The first should have been completed before the zig zag lines and the twat was all over the crossing.

    October 22, 2013 at 9:42 am #760739
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    Bob's Bikes

    whilst I think that not
    whilst I think that not confronting the driver but just handing the film into the police will (unfortunately) not do any good as the police will take a look at it go ho hum then if you’re lucky wait 40 days before telling you over the phone that they will not be persuing the matter further.

    I would not have done what this cyclist has done it could have ended very tragically.

    October 22, 2013 at 7:28 am #760737
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    pants

    You should not bother trying
    You should not bother trying to reason with if they are driving any of the following make of cars:

    Vauxhall
    BMX
    Mercedes
    Audi – the last three usually five years or older old and come with tinted windows.

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