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I'd have got off my bike and saw if he had the balls to get out or at least scratch his car, not on purpose obviously ;)
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I'm not going to come out well in a fight at the best of times to be honest - a skinny 6'1" and 70kg on a good day, and most of that's thigh. When I'm wearing road shoes, no fucking way. And his rage was apocalyptic.
I do think instances like this are somewhat symptomatic of a certain type of person - they've got their shiny car, it's their zone of protection, fuck anyone else outside of it. That, and the mentality that anyone not in a car must be inferior because why wouldn't you drive your stupid blacked out german whip everywhere, right?
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I had a lovely one yesterday. Just going back up Crystal Palace Park Road after a Kentish spin, and some twonk turning right out of Thicket Road has parked himself in the middle of the road, trying to force his way into stationary traffic going downhill. Several cars beeping at him, etc. As I pass, his window is down and he's got his phone held up to his face, talking away. I shout, as I often do "Get off the fucking phone".
Carry on up the hill, and hear a screeching of tyres and loud acceleration behind me. The bloke did a U-turn and the next thing I know his car is coming up behind me very fast, very close. Honestly thought he was going to rear-end me. Instead, he brakes hard alongside me, pulling into the kerb as he does. I'm anticipating this too, so manage to stop before I hit him/he hits me.
Cue the shouting - from him - "MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS, WHAT THE FUCK IS IT TO YOU" etc.
I shout back, at first, telling him he's fucking dangerous and has just become even more so by trying to kill me with his car.
He carries on shouting that it's none of my business, saying he wants to get out and punch me.
I regain composure and ask him repeatedly to calm down. He keeps telling me it's none of my business, and oddly keeps asking me "what if I got out and punched you in the face?". Obviously, big man that he is, he never actually gets out. I keep asking him to calm down, he keeps telling me to fuck off, I wish him a good day and he threatens me some more for talking to him.
He drives off, doing another U turn into yet more traffic.
Dude has anger problems.
No evidence sadly, but I noticed when he did his window up that he was waaay tinted on driver and passenger side, which is illegal. Worth reporting him for that, at least?