This morning's commute and other commuting stories

Unbelievable. Glad to see the boys in blue doing the hard yards in fighting crime.

I got told off for using zebra crossing with kids the other night, I think he was talking out of his arse.

So if you are riding a bike across a zebra crossing on a bike or doing something else not strictly legal (grey area kids on bikes) then a car is not obliged to stop? It can legally cruise through you? Yeah fucking right! WAC!
Perhaps if you ride like a maniac across a zebra and a car hits you, you might be held partially responsible but it's a little different to what you did. In fact he was at fault, trying to block you with his car.
His main thrust is, because there are aggressive idiots that drive at people, you need to be told off to stop you being a potential victim.

I liked your explanation to your daughter: "because he's a police man I have to say yes, OK"
Patronizing cop speak, the only thing more annoying is that "This girl is on fire" song

A guy drove at my daughter when I was walking her to school, I was on my bike riding on the pavement at child walking speed, always deferring to any pedestrians (I did it every day for 2 years never got a complaint from a pedestrian, did however get 3 complaints from drivers*) As I crossed an entrance to a car park he drove at us. Then when I slapped his car went on to explain that in this country (France) we don't ride on the pavement. No but apparently you drive at kids on them in cars. Suffice to say one way or another he worked out that it would be a lot less hassle if he just let things that had nothing to do with him slide in future. The logic of the arsehole driver.

(*I rode my bike simply because it takes less space than walking it and I could move behind my daughter on the rare times there was a pedestrian)