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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!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 17:47:08 +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> 	 	 	<9g9eo41dr89mtqmf4khpn9jh5o78o5evhh@4ax.com>  Lines: 46 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 1233596841 82.21.204.127 (Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:47:21 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:47:21 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 3583 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:684736

spindrift wrote: > On Feb 2, 4:58 am, David Hansen  > wrote: >> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 06:27:15 -0800 (PST) someone who may be spindrift >>  wrote this:- >> >>> Magna's original letter: >> Thank you for repeating that. I don't think I had seen it before. >> >> -- >>  David Hansen, Edinburgh >> I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me >>  http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54 > > > > I guess the second response from the council means the driver will be > interviewed and asked why what he claims happened is so at odds with > what's on the film. > > The driving was sloppy, lying about what happeneed is inexcusable. > Drivers for private firms have, I've been told, been sacked for > similar. Once I came out of work and saw a van alongside a traffic > warden, I'd kind of come across the middle of an argument. "Do you > driver?" screamed the driver, "DO YOU DRIVE!!" He launched launched > into a tirade of abuse, I mean a sustained verbal assault, and > screeched off and mounted the pavement as he turned the corner.

Sounds like the same level of fury displayed by the cyclist in the clip.

> Me and > another witness checked we had the right reg and I emailed the > company. They had GPS in their vans so they checked the position, > checked with the driver who admitted it, and sacked him. Parking > tickets are an occupational hazard, they said, but abuse of someone > doing their job classes as "Bringing the company into disrepte"- a > sackable offence. > And I bet you felt real good about yourself. That makes me want to puke...

> The boss I spoke with was embarrassed more than anything else. > > You wonder what these people are like in Tescos psuhing their trolley: > > "Move, get out of the way, God, you stupid bastard, I must get ham and > cheese, MOVE YOU BASTARD"