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Banged on the rear quarter panel of a car with driver on the phone this morning.
After making the 'put the phone down' gesture he swerved twice to try and intimidate me. (I was tempted to let him hit the Boris Bike I was riding, just to make the point).
Cycled on as I wasn't interested in an immediate confrontation and a cyclist behind caught up and offered to be a witness as she had seen it all (thanks).
Driver came past a minute later and pulled up whilst I was taking photos of him and the car. No cross words from either side but he span some bollox about his daughter having a fit and that he has got Bluetooth hands free he just didn't think to use it because of the 'emergency', been driving for 23 years and never had an accident, etc. He didn't swerve at me, he was trying to pull in as he thought he had hit me.
I politely told him that whilst I'm sorry for his problems, it doesn't excuse being distracted like that and driving holding a phone.
His story sounds likes bollox to me. I guess he took a minute to compose himself, come up with something and then tried to charm me out of doing anything. He quite obviously swerved after I'd gestured that he should put the phone down. Then he swerved at me again and tried to cut me up. He wouldn't have known what the incoming call was about before he answered it, so the 'emergency' call without hands free bit seems dubious.
Have number plate, witness (another cyclist though) and photos from a few hundred meters down the road. No video.
So, report to Police directly or via Roadsafe London?