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ok, well here goes.
pertinent bit of the first clip is at 18seconds in if you look to the bottom right. https://youtu.be/yqEmQG0UKr0
i hate this bit of powerscroft road, i don't think there's space for someone to overtake safely whilst also keeping clear of the door zone. that's why my positioning is aggressive.
i don't really know why i retreated on to the pavement, i think maybe i felt a bit safer having street objects, bollards etc between me and the car. i felt safer once i'd noticed he had got out of the car and it couldn't be aimed at me, hence why i stopped and decided to give him an earful.
if the rider in the thrasher sweater is on here, thank you for stopping and asking if i was ok. i was more brisk than i would have liked to have been. i was feeling embarrassed and ashamed by the whole thing and just wanted to get home as soon as possible.
the second clip approx a minute in shows what i perceive to be an additional close pass further down the road after they had got back in their car and caught up with me. spidey senses were tingling so i opted to just get to the side. https://youtu.be/9G5saidF1nY
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that's why my positioning is aggressive.
No need to apologise for it mate, you have as much right to be on the road as that cunt.
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that's why my positioning is
aggressiveassertive.ftfy
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Fuck him in the face with fire. Glad you are ok and looking forward to cunty chops getting a sizable wallet reaming by his insurance company.
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Well done for keeping your cool and great news on the conviction.
You've come out on top in every aspect.
Nothing you did there was wrong. Taking the lane is never questionable as it's your right. Riding on the pavement as you were being harassed with a weapon is never questionable either. -
That’s exactly what you should do. If you feel threatened get out of the road way.
If I’m going to interact with the driver of a car, who has put my life in danger, I always make sure I am out of the roadway and have an escape route.
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i hate this bit of powerscroft road, i don't think there's space for someone to overtake safely whilst also keeping clear of the door zone. that's why my positioning is aggressive.
Only just saw this. As someone partly responsible for that contraflow being there, I agree that the current layout is far from ideal--it should be fully two-way. However, we (LCC in Hackney) were facing the prospect of TfL forever blocking the changes necessary at the Lower Clapton Road junction for full two-way, so reluctantly said Hackney officers should proceed. It's very interesting that the driver didn't seem to grasp the concept of the contraflow. Glad nothing serious happened and there was a reasonable judicial outcome.
SwissChap
Brun
Aroogah
Tomo187
farewell
Oliver Schick
You can now as it won’t affect the prosecution