Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

I agree there's no problem with cars using the road from a spatial perspective, but the no entry signs were put up to stop the route becoming a rat run because of the school at one end and the playground at the other.

My issue is the lack of enforcement and the number of cars that speed through at 30mph plus. The police would be more useful located here with their speed guns than hiding behind a tree in Hyde Park.

The signs alone will ward off a lot of people, but you can't expect signs alone to keep everyone out. Even active enforcement doesn't as people use false plates, don't update the V5, refuse to say who was driving, etc.

If you want to have a slight effect yourself then don a Hi-viz jacket, ideally borrow one of those "Polite" gilets, DSLR camera mounted on tripod. Stand next to the signs for an hour each morning taking photos of cars that ignore the signs. A friend with a video camera to record the few people that will stop and try and punch you might be a good idea too.

If you really want something to happen then get the school involved, they'll have a lot more sway in the argument, especially if they pull the "Won't someone think of the children" H&S card.

Silver Toyota Yaris on the A38 near Cheddar at lunch time, thanks for overtaking me in the narrow road section and making me pull my right arm in to save it hitting your windscreen. You do realise this is the signal to tell you I am turning right don't you? I know you do, as when I looked across at you, with your white / grey hair and matching beard, you were staring straight ahead in that Ican'tseeyou Ican'tseeyou Ican'tseeyou kind of way that people like you do when you know you've just been an utter cunt.

I have your registration number and a video, and I WILL be reporting you to Avon and Somerset's finest.

DAMN! I love my little camera.

EDIT: I've had an e-mail from A&S asking me to attend a station, give a statement and hand over the video footage from today. BLIMEY!

The "I can't see you look" is used by motorists as it's a full proof get out of jail free card if they kill you.

fool.

+rep

He must have just been practicing on me then, cos I'm still alive and pedalin.

Let's hope the police have a word soon, before he turns into serial I can't see youist.

Girlfriend got clipped by a cab this evening on whitechapel road. She was in the bus lane, cab to the right of her sees he's not going to make the amber light as there's a bit of traffic in front of him/her so dips across my gf, clips her right knee as he/her goes into the bus lane to run the red.

She's reported it to roadsafe, there's a tfl email address to complain about cabs... anything else?

Sorry to hear that, sounds scary, is she all right?
Sadly, I don't think the PCO do anything about complaints that aren't from a customer. If you have details and the time and inclination it would be better to take it up with the police (avoidable collision, leaving the scene of an accident, RLJ sounds pretty dangerous to me).

She was shaken up, terrified and angry but seems ok now. She thought better of chasing the driver down.

She's now filling out the Road Traffic Collision / Accident Form 207, which after reading the info seems to be the correct thing to do.

Good, hope they catch up with the bastard.

Chased down the young driver of some bright white Aston Martin who left a woefully inadequate gap between his motor and myself at roughly 40mph on conduit street in mayfair.

He was highly apologetic. I felt like the angry sweary cyclist. le sigh.

@Howard You may cringe at yourself but that dude must learn for everyone's safety. And whilst it's not always necessary to shout, soft words risk going unheard in important cases like this. Good work.

THE elderly driver jailed for causing the death of a young mother when his car left the road in West Hampstead has had his prison sentence reduced due to ill health.

Geoffrey Lederman, 85, was sent to prison last month after being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving after his vintage Mercedes collided with Desreen Brooks as she walked along West End Lane in November 2012.

The pensioner's 18-month sentence was cut to 12-months today (Tuesday) during an appeal hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Justices Caroline Swift QC, Sir Colman Treacy and Dame Kathryn Thirlwall rejected the defence team's complaints that sentencing judge Peter Clarke QC had unfairly compared the severity of Mr Lederman's offence to that of a drunk driver but decided to exercise “mercy” because of his health.

The court was told that Mr Lederman's mental and physical health had “deteriorated” significantly during his month in prison and that he had struggled to be given the appropriate medication.

http://www.camdennewjournal.com/appeal-cut-lederman

Wish I'd got the numberplate of the absolute fucktard behind the wheel of his AMG Mercedes that thought he could intimidate me by revving his engine as he sat inches off my rear wheel at 18-20mph.

The Meridian Dan wannabe nearly pulled his German Whip out on me up Mare street as he decided he didn't need to wait for me to pass the junction he was coming out of. He obviously didn't take too kindly to my head shake and death stare and proceeded to use the bus lane up Mare street and follow me right on my rear wheel while shouting out his car. I took the right lane to get onto Well Street and he decided to cut up other road users to stay with me. Managed to put a van between the two of us as the traffic was moving slowly, but that didn't last long as he bullied himself past that driver too. Fucks sake.

I looked around and could smell the stench of cunt rag coming from the drivers seat, he was that close. I decided to put the old driving skills to practice and I remember one of best way to deal with tailgaters is to slow down gradually. Did he not like that? The cunt only tried to force me off the road by attempting to overtake me as we were reaching stationary traffic. He had to emergency stop in the opposite carriageway with a bus coming at him.

I wish I'd stopped and d-locked him in the face, because he deserved it, but I decided to filter through the traffic and distance myself from the untameable beast.

Stay safe out there kids. There's cuntards in them cars.

Doing it wrong. You slow down until you stop, that either forces them to run you over (way too obvious usually and might damage their car) or they get out and have a go, in which case it's really obvious assault but usually they are quite surprised that their tough guy powers disappear when they're not encased in a tonne of steel and they're now staring at a ragey bike rider who'd like nothing more than to embed a cleat in their face.

Did it to a bus driver tonight in fact, after he twice either punishment passed me or had no idea I was there. He fucking knew I was there after I was done though, the cunt. No, I won't stay behind your bus you fucking shit breather.

I tried making a "call me" phone sign at a guy in a white van who drove for about a mile with his phone in his hand, occasionally checking texts and Facebook, failed a bit when I finally caught his eye and the lobster gloves just confused both of us. Had to settle for a dismissive head shake.

Think I just had my closest ever near miss. Riding along after polo with a couple of wheels on my bike and spot a car approaching at the end of a road on the left, I was just inside the remnants of a cycle lane as it's a pretty quick road and I was going pretty slow. The junction he was attempting to pull out of was quite open towards me and I see him look briefly down the road and know the only cars going with me have just passed me. He obviously looked through me or I was behind his windscreen pillar as he continued on oblivious, looking down the road and starting to accelerate, I didn't have time to stop so accelerated and moved round the front of his car, must've been inches at most in it. Obvious shouts of "What the fuck!" were made by me. I looked back and he mouthed "move" or similar at me. I explained that if I hadn't fucking moved he would have fucking killed me and he needs to look both ways properly before pulling out. He was now alongside me with his window down and a smug prick grin on his face, which pissed me off more than anything, trying to say he did look, I played the driving instructor and sweaty, shoutey, bearded guy card, that he didn't look properly and emphasising how close he came to seriously fucking me up. He told me to go ahead past the cars on the left in the remnants of the bike lane and I thought we'd get to chat more at the impending traffic lights but he must've turned off. Thought I'd be losing adrenaline after polo but arrived home pretty pumped up. Thankfully my bag still has 4 beers and some Irished up coffee in it.

Hope that stream of consciousness makes sense.

Makes sense. Did the beers make it all better?

They are helping, I'd also had 3 before it happened which helped a great deal.

Just when you think you've see just about the depth of idiocy that the human mind is capable of.....

Sitting in primary position at a T junction on a little country road, waiting to turn right onto a busy main road. After a minute or so I hear a horn sound twice, but even with a hearing aid in my directional hearing is crap, plus I didn't think it had anything to do with me until a gent in a large black Audi coupe of some sort pulled up to my left, turned towards me and put his right indicator on.

I glanced across at the suited shitforbrains in the drivers seat and considered the consequence of being forced into oncoming traffic by the twat.

I've been driving and motorcycling for a long time, and have a pretty good eye for the converging speed of other vehicles, so when the traffic cleared to my right and two cars came from the left at just the right speed, I kicked off hard and slotted right behind the second car. A quick glance back showed Audiwanker to be still sitting at the junction.

I then turned left off the main road and continued a very pleasant but chilly ride.

Not able to report him unfortunately, as I never saw his reg, but it made for an interesting interlude.

That's just nasty of him. Why do pricks exist? :(

I must confess I don't easily take fright on the road, but it was a little alarming to see what he was contemplating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuKnR8RvxHY