Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:48 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

He did feel a bit of a fool.

But he thinks you're a pu55y who ran from a fight.

Can't say I'm bothered, there are things I'd get into a fight over but overtaking isn't one of them.

Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Fri Aug 23, 2013 2:06 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

He did feel a bit of a fool.

But he thinks you're a pu55y who ran from a fight.

Good job it wasn't you eh?

Wonder what's the worst, avoiding a fight but looking like a pu55y, or looking like a fool every time you post but thinking you don't?

Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Fri Aug 23, 2013 3:42 pm  

Ovavoo wrote:

Good job it wasn't you eh?

I've been in a similar situation where I refused to let someone to cut in. That lead to a truck hitting me.

On the one hand I agree that it is a stupid, very *male* thing to do to get into a fight over a petty argument about driving, but on the other hand I do think if you're willing to wind someone up so much that they offer you a scrap, you are in effect "bottling" it to then claim to be above that type of thing.

Wonder what's the worst, avoiding a fight but looking like a pu55y, or looking like a fool every time you post but thinking you don't?

I think the worst is to be like you, and not realise that they are ultimately very similar things.

Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Fri Aug 23, 2013 4:13 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

I've been in a similar situation where I refused to let someone to cut in. That lead to a truck hitting me.

On the one hand I agree that it is a stupid, very *male* thing to do to get into a fight over a petty argument about driving, but on the other hand I do think if you're willing to wind someone up so much that they offer you a scrap, you are in effect "bottling" it to then claim to be above that type of thing.

I think the worst is to be like you, and not realise that they are ultimately very similar things.

Just to details what I did in the lead up.

We were on the approach to a set off lights. I was going forward in the left lane (marked for turning left or going forward), he was in the right lane (turning right or going forward). We were both going forward, travelling at about 20mph in traffic. As we got closer to the lights the two cars in front of him started indicating to turn right, and slowed down ready to stop as there was oncoming traffic.

After slowing to their speed, it evidently dawned on him that he would likely miss the lights, so he simultaneously turned his left indicator on and slightly edged into the left lane. I was already parallel with his back bumper so presumably he expected me to sharply brake and stop to let him out. I knew he had seen me by the way he hadn't fully pulled out, so I carried on and he had to pull back in and stop behind the two cars, then once a few more cars had passed in the left lane, he jumped the red light and zoomed up the road to try and start a fight with me.

Now although I'm confident I could have stopped if he had carried on pulling out, I recognise this was hardly defensive driving on my part. However, I'd hardly say this was a case of me actively winding him up or looking for a fight. I'd be amazed if he would have stopped in my situation. I'd also not expect to be able to pull straight out in his situation. I had the foresight to stay in the left lane, he didn't, he should wait.

Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Fri Aug 23, 2013 5:28 pm  

Grimmy wrote:

Now although I'm confident I could have stopped if he had carried on pulling out, I recognise this was hardly defensive driving on my part. However, I'd hardly say this was a case of me actively winding him up or looking for a fight. I'd be amazed if he would have stopped in my situation. I'd also not expect to be able to pull straight out in his situation. I had the foresight to stay in the left lane, he didn't, he should wait.

I had a similar contre-temps with a dick4brains last year, he was driving a Porsche, was about five foot nothing, obviously into body building, and had, wait for it, a pony tail - we were both trying to squeeze from two lanes into one and I was being the arsey one on the inside just to see if he'd back down in the Porsche vs my old Peugeot.

He didn't so eventually I did and then he stopped and jumped out and came storming across to my car, I wound my window down and just laughed at him, which didn't go down to well, so I laughed at him again, he was pumping his arms up and down like a chimpanzee by now and it was then that I noticed that he had a t-shirt on for a car refinishers so it probably wasn't even his Porsche, which made me laugh at him again.

By this time he didn't know what to do next as he'd obviously been expecting a different reaction, so I pointed at the badge on his t-shirt and asked if that was the company he worked for so he called me a d#ckhead and then got back in his (probably clients) Porsche and drove off - but we were both going into town in busy traffic so I followed him for the next 20 minutes and every time he looked in his mirror I laughed at him again.

I got abused by a car wash monkey boy with a 1980s ponytail.

Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:50 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

I had a similar contre-temps with a dick4brains last year, he was driving a Porsche, was about five foot nothing, obviously into body building, and had, wait for it, a pony tail - we were both trying to squeeze from two lanes into one and I was being the arsey one on the inside just to see if he'd back down in the Porsche vs my old Peugeot.

He didn't so eventually I did and then he stopped and jumped out and came storming across to my car, I wound my window down and just laughed at him, which didn't go down to well, so I laughed at him again, he was pumping his arms up and down like a chimpanzee by now and it was then that I noticed that he had a t-shirt on for a car refinishers so it probably wasn't even his Porsche, which made me laugh at him again.

By this time he didn't know what to do next as he'd obviously been expecting a different reaction, so I pointed at the badge on his t-shirt and asked if that was the company he worked for so he called me a d#ckhead and then got back in his (probably clients) Porsche and drove off - but we were both going into town in busy traffic so I followed him for the next 20 minutes and every time he looked in his mirror I laughed at him again.

I got abused by a car wash monkey boy with a 1980s ponytail.

very few posts actually make me laugh out loud but that did

Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:28 pm  

Worst one I had recently was driving home from work on the M6. The traffic was heavy and I was in a line of traffic in the outside lane going at approx 50 mph. The van in front of me slammed his anchors on, presumably due to do some idiot cutting someone up further up the carriageway. I responded by doing the same to avoid rear ending him and pulled up about 6 foot behind him. The brand new white BMW that had been tailgating me pulled up less than a foot from my bumper. The traffic started to move again at which point the to55er in the BMW undertook me, cut me up then slammed his brakes on for no reason. Luckily I avoided hitting him. I gave a hand signal as to what I thought of his driving and received one back. Any way shortly after I moved back into the middle lane in preparation of reaching my turn off and observed said to55er in BMW being cut up by a Porsche (Justice!). To make things even more enjoyable the outside lane came to a grinding halt and as the middle lane crawled past them I once more had the opportunity to give him (BMW) an indication as to what I thought of his driving. Instead I just smiled at his bright red fuming face!

Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:45 pm  

Laughing at angry people, especially when you made them angry, is one of lifes pleasures and is guaranteed to make them even more angry because there is not insult or gesture or comeback left in their library of anger if you're just going to laugh at them even more.

Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:00 am  

Last night i drove past a cyclist carrying a set of triple ladders up the a49 in ashton in makerfield

Re: Cyclists Cycling - do they annoy you ? : Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:49 am  

roo67 wrote:

Last night i drove past a cyclist carrying a set of triple ladders up the a49 in ashton in makerfield

I can beat that. I once flew into Belfast City Airport and as we left and joined the queue of traffic on the M2, a bloke came cycling along the hard shoulder with a set of ladders on his shoulder and a bucket hanging from his handlebars. Apparently he was a regular sight each morning