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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.246.MISMATCH!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe29.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Dangerous driving complaint and response. Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:44:12 +0000 References: <3a30696f-4bca-46fb-87d4-a4c5dac7867a@q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com> 	<9a64b15d-ccf0-4507-b780-df7011e8561f@r29g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> 	<70c5e31e-616a-47f8-b327-804e2dd9504a@p36g2000prp.googlegroups.com> 	 	<9096e90b-cff5-4199-9378-5c9164176d5f@r24g2000vbp.googlegroups.com> 	 	 	<3gFhl.20267$875.12542@newsfe21.ams2>  Lines: 37 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe29.ams2 1233596665 82.21.204.127 (Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:44:25 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:44:25 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 3467 X-Original-Bytes: 3424 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684734

spindrift wrote: > More likely the cabbie'll be reprimanded, a note put on file, and told > not to do it again. You don't necessarily lose a taxi driving job for > what this guy did. Magna has at least demonstrated that recklessly > stupid behaviour on the road is more and more likely to be detected, > helm cams are less than a ton now. > > His blog's interesting: > > http://www.cyclechat.co.uk/blog/author/magnatom/ > > I've never cycled in Glasgow, or Scotchland for that matter, but some > of those clips are similar to what I experience in London, there's no > reason to believe the sweaty transvestites are better or worse than > English bods. > > That Ideal  driver who I reported was sacked from the courier firm, > but the very fact that he can behave like that IN A LIVERIED COMPANY > VAN suggests many drivers think they can get away with whatever they > like. > Can you give us some more details, so I can contact the company and point out what a vindictive nutter you are on a bike and that they should apologise to the driver and reinstate him? > > Not any more.

Fortunately, most employers are able to apply a bit of common sense to issues such as these and look all apologetic to nutter letters (easily identified by their self-congratulatory tone, hugely biased reports, and the 100% gaurantee you've got a nutter sign of video footage from a headcam) but file them straight in the bin afterwards. The problem, of course, is that when a driver DOES screw up and gets reported, the manager is less likely to treat the complaint with any merit. So, in real terms, berks like you (Magna/Spindrift) actually do the cyclist/car issue a *dis*service. But hey ho, you feel good about yourself, so all's well, eh?