• Lovely one this morning...

    Doing my usual route up the OKR, 2 lanes, most drivers happily sat in the right hand lane as the inside is about to become a bus lane just outside the big Asda. Van driver squeezes past in inside lane to jump traffic so i gave him and "oi!" and tap the side of his van as he's way too close. Window goes down, lots of effing and jeffing, he then drives in front of me and then cuts into the curb to force me to stop. He gets out and whilst i'm still standing over bike gives me a massive shove which slams me to the ground. I get up and he gets his pigeon chest out and tells me how he should knock me out. Bystander is pleading with him to stop, i foolishly remain over bike so he gets me again with a shove and once again i trip over my bike. Lots more abuse to follow, i hold my ground and say nothing just get my phone out to take reg. Next thing i know is some other riders stop behind (as we're blocking the lane) and he storms off. Unfortunately the witness wonders off when other riders arrive and i don't get any details from her. After realising this I did get details of one of the riders but i not sure how much he saw. Popped into Asda and there CCTV doesn't catch that area.

    Was gonna leave it based on the fact i didn't have a clear witness but decided to pop into the city station and ask their opinion. Was told i needed to report dangerous driving and common assault. 2 hours later i've now done a full report at my local station. They're going to see what CCTV they can retrieve but i won't hold my breath.

    Arm and knee a bit banged up but nothing visible so no point in getting a check up. Was thinking of calling LCC as i'm a member for their advice, anything else i should do?

  • Glad to hear you're ok and good work to stand your ground and also not escalate it.
    Fingers crossed plod get their finger out.

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