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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!69.16.177.242.MISMATCH!cyclone02.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe21.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Dangerous driving complaint and response. Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:47:48 +0000 References: <3a30696f-4bca-46fb-87d4-a4c5dac7867a@q30g2000prq.googlegroups.com> 	<6uis19Ff35gnU1@mid.individual.net> <34a4c060-bad6-478e-9a7f-c719f323eb33@z27g2000prd.googlegroups.com> 	 	<6uj19lFfnvl5U1@mid.individual.net> <088cd0f2-72ef-4679-8955-4d8cee962cb8@z27g2000prd.googlegroups.com> 	 <3416dc25-8a50-4077-b233-f110b6f20de9@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com> 	 <96afac66-fff0-4f4f-9207-d2a6193e0626@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com> Lines: 30 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <96afac66-fff0-4f4f-9207-d2a6193e0626@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com> 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: newsfe21.ams2 1233413280 82.21.204.127 (Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:48:00 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:48:00 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 3078 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684398

spindrift wrote: > On Jan 31, 2:18 am, _  wrote: >> spindrift wrote: >>> On Jan 31, 1:44 am, _  wrote: >>>> spindrift wrote: >>>>> "so what? No-one got injured" >>>>> IIRC, a cyclist was once nearly side swiped by a driver passing way >>>>> too close at speed. The cyclist remonstrated and the driver responded >>>>> "I didn't hit you, did I?" >>>>> The cyclist unclipped his D lock and swung it at the driver's head. >>>>> The shocked driver asked what the hell he thought he was doing. >>>>> "I didn't hit you, did I?" said the cyclist. >>>> Sounds like a nutter who needs taking off the road to me... >>> Agree entirely, drivers like that have no idea how stupidly reckless >>> their actions are. >> What, he was a driver too? Kept the D lock in the boot then? > > hang on, you defend the driver but a cyclist who carries out a similar > act is a nutter who should get off the roads? > Like the twat in the video, sounds like this cyclist has bitter, twisted, anger management issues. A positive danger, then. The driver and remember this is a cycling group). The cyclist deliberately endangered the driver, and attempted to intimidate him on purpose. The two are not remotely comparable, in my view. > > Do you recall what the HC says about overtaking cyclists? In what way > did the driver comply with those rules?
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