Another Cycle Rage Incident..........but with a twist

[EddiePJ]

Cyclist?

 

[lordvincent]

I agree the cyclist could easily have touched the car, but I can't see anything wrong with that distance. As a London cyclist I bet you could touch many of the cars passing you or that you pass, I know I can. Since the driver didn't react by shouting or blasting his horn at the time of the pass, I don't see how it can be said that he deliberately passed in a threatening way. His reaction that you quote was provoked by that arrogant cyclist and was merely in his own defence.



Indeed they do, and it's your polite word that makes all the difference. It's the shouting and often aggressively bossiness of cyclists like that one in this video that I object to, since it provokes driver ill feeling towards all cyclists.

But overall I don't think cyclists in general should be or need to be verbally correcting drivers, since so many cyclists fall so far short of best behaviour on the roads. As the old saying goes, "Those who live in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones".
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It's quite unusual for cars to pass me at touching distance, unless it's slow moving traffic. I would consider that to be too close at free traffic speeds.

It seemed to me, from his reaction, that the driver had decided to pass too close since he thought that the cyclist was deliberately taking up too much space.

I agree though, that following and chasing down a car just to give them a piece of your mind, is not going to be constructive.

I think it's a good idea to engage with people, without lecturing, even those who seem aggressive at first, since their frustration is often caused by a feeling that they have been slighted in some way by a perceived lack of consideration; explaining why this is not the case means that next time they can wait patiently behind the cyclist for a couple of minutes without feeling affronted.

 

[SRS]

This one still cracks me up.

Peed myself the first time I saw, just done it again. Who is Ronnie Pickering anyway? What a classic!

 

[EddiePJ]

I loved the way that it went viral.

It amused me even more when one of the news papers turned up at his house and described the garden complete with gnomes.

 

[SRS]

Its amazing to me how peoples behavior can change when on the road. Sort of dual personality with the worst coming out.

 

[VictoryV]

Its amazing to me how peoples behavior can change when on the road. Sort of dual personality with the worst coming out.

Walt Disney had a cartoon of Goofy made sometime in the 1940's (I'm sure Mr Flecc could correct me on this) where a mild gentle character becomes a raging maniac on entering his car, so road rage is not a new phenomenon.

 

[jdallan]

Walt Disney had a cartoon of Goofy made sometime in the 1940's (I'm sure Mr Flecc could correct me on this) where a mild gentle character becomes a raging maniac on entering his car, so road rage is not a new phenomenon.

I don't want to pre-empt flecc, but that might have been Mr Magoo!

Jim

 

[Lancslass]

I don't want to pre-empt flecc, but that might have been Mr Magoo!

Jim

Blimey, we should perhaps rename this place 'old gits pedelic forum'!
We could all meet up in B&Q on geriatric Wednesdays!

 

[VictoryV]

I don't want to pre-empt flecc, but that might have been Mr Magoo!

Jim

Jim,
This is the cartoon I was thinking about, but there could be others on the same theme

VV

 

[jdallan]

Same vintage but not the one I meant. If you google "Mr Magoo driving" you'll come up with the character - sorry but I haven't as yet mastered the art of inserting a clip in my post as you did.

Jim

 

[VictoryV]

Same vintage but not the one I meant. If you google "Mr Magoo driving" you'll come up with the character - sorry but I haven't as yet mastered the art of inserting a clip in my post as you did.

Jim

All I did was copy the "http:/ address text" from the you tube clip, and then posted it into the reply. The forum software did the rest to my surprise!

 

[jdallan]

All I did was copy the "http:/ address text" from the you tube clip, and then posted it into the reply. The forum software did the rest to my surprise!

I tried that and it didn't work; oh well!

Jim

 

[lordvincent]

Probably posted here before, but this is a shocker..look at how close he gets..