Black cab assault

was that near the Brunswick centre?

Always the fucking 'we pay road tax' argument, there no such thing! It just normal tax

the 'road tax' argument is flawed on so many levels that it doesn't even deserve discussion!
what if i also own a car? what if i do pay car/road/petrol/whatever taxes?
there are countless reasons why cars cost the taxpayer more than bikes, so why the fuck should i pay to cycle along a crappy, polluted, poorly maintained, pothole-filled road with a load of angry, dangerous-driving cunts anyway?!

i tell you... ;-)

Just torment them and then ride off. Endless hours of entertainment.
I find a nice bitty greenie works pretty well too.

Slightly similar thing happened to me the other day with a motorbike courier. At the junction of oxford Street onto New Oxford Street. The dick undertook me on the left. Got to the roadworks where the lane is bottlenecked. He actually shoulder barged me whilst we were both moving so that he could get round the right of a bus infront of us and I just managed to stop myself flying into the roadworks in the middle of the road. Didn't even think about reporting it as I wasn't injured. Just shrugged it off and yelled 'c**t!' at him as I overtook him further down the road.

Just be careful people. There's c**ts all over the place.

I find it depressing reading this shit, i might go back thinking of Balki in animal fur

It's only going to get worse people, more nodders doing silly things annoying hot motorists who are stuck in traffic where they don't want to be and looking for a way to vent.

Just got to smile at them untill you hit your tipping point, if that's stopping and giving them a fucking good pasting, taking their details and making a complaint or ignoring them. just do what you feel right at the time and don't regret it.

That way no shit feelings to dwel on afterwards

Will, if someone shoots a bullet at you, and it lands near you, and you weren't hurt, would this be a crime?

I say report it. The time and places are known, so there will be a chance CCTV captured some of it.

The police are useless enough i don't agree with giving them more crap to go through, stolen bikes and severe accidents then 100% report it else it's really too much effort and waste of effort IMO

get it on video
i would
theres a freedom of infomation act or something were you can ask for cctv footage
post it on you tube
then people will be able to see his number plate and menace him

you should of hit the bastard

If you expect cabbies not to do this shit you need to wake up. Cabbies hate cyclists. End of. Like Mr Wigan says, its not worth following this up. The pigs don't give a shit about you.

Look behind you a lot. Use your psychic abilities and spot the tell tale signs (clutched high revs, road position, steam coming out of their ears, using phone handset) to anticipate and avoid the dangerous drivers.

Next time you ride, be sure to say thanks and wave/thumbs up to any vehicles or pedestrians that allow you space to ride or any kind of awareness of your existence. This is how to deal with your rage. Negate it with optimism!

2p and all that.

If you expect cabbies not to do this shit you need to wake up. Cabbies hate cyclists. End of. Like Mr Wigan says, its not worth following this up. The pigs don't give a shit about you.

Look behind you a lot. Use your psychic abilities and spot the tell tale signs (clutched high revs, road position, steam coming out of their ears, using phone handset) to anticipate and avoid the dangerous drivers.

Next time you ride, be sure to say thanks and wave/thumbs up to any vehicles or pedestrians that allow you space to ride or any kind of awareness of your existence. This is how to deal with your rage. Negate it with optimism!

2p and all that.

+1 on all that - sound advice - cabbies (the black Hackney cabs) are generally ,by the fact that they spend alot of hours on the roads , experienced 'drivers' with a road sense/skill to intimidate (i.e. driving 6" past you to shit you up) and they know the consequences of an actual 'collision' will not be good for business.

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+1

I always try to acknowledge courtious drivers, all it takes is a nod, wave or thumbs up.

forget reporting anything to the carriage office - or for that matter that matter to the Police - if you are hell bent on a little retribution, keep a reasoned argument going & the poor cabbie will usually have to resort to a physical response - bingo self defence m'lud

But as Skully sensibly points out, a Karmic response is far more satisfying - their lives are probably a world of spiraling shite compared to yours

A belief in karma helps, if people are living that way it will catch up to them sooner or later.

i'm all for the thumbs up, waving and smiling behaviour, and i do expect bellends to be bellends, this one particuarly fucked me off though. i'm going to try to be extra polite when people overtake dangerously etc. ie "excuse me sir could you please leave me a little extra space when you overtake" then if they get aggro or tell me to fuck off then i'm just gonna taunt them into getting physical then unleash the fury, and punch them in the throat then sprint into the distance laughing!

just be careful, re level of force! a while back I had an ABH charge in similar circumstances, fortunately could argue self defence & reasonable force - still got a caution

Best leave well alone - unless you are really in a tight spot

late night run in with the souths posse ?

That's what my Fist O' Punches did.

If you expect cabbies not to do this shit you need to wake up. Cabbies hate cyclists. End of. Like Mr Wigan says, its not worth following this up. The pigs don't give a shit about you.

Look behind you a lot. Use your psychic abilities and spot the tell tale signs (clutched high revs, road position, steam coming out of their ears, using phone handset) to anticipate and avoid the dangerous drivers.

Next time you ride, be sure to say thanks and wave/thumbs up to any vehicles or pedestrians that allow you space to ride or any kind of awareness of your existence. This is how to deal with your rage. Negate it with optimism!

2p and all that.

2p well invested

Karma indeed, just think for every car driver you cut across and shout at a cyclist gets cut up my an angry car driver?

i remembered this last night as i flew across the bonnet of car on the way to Kilburn, as he "didn't see me" i wasn't overly worried about that fuck off dent in his wing and bonnet, the dents he wont notice with his poro eyesight!

magpie great to see you last night.

I wasn't trying to take away from what was obviously a horrible experience. I fully understand your need to have a word with the guy.

Just before I saw you a cabbie stopped for a passenger just as he'd passed me outside the British Museum. He indicated, I slowed down a bit late but made it around behind him and he pulled over. He waved a 'sorry mate' and I was all smiles and 'no probs'. It was an exemplary experience! He certainly didn't try to do anything aggressive though, I know it would wind me up like hell if he had.

Agreed, any angry cyclist hating car driver is looking for a reaction from you. In most circumstances it is best not to rise to it - you will only give them the reaction they are looking for if you do and enough justification to want a fight or run you off the road.

If you could argue reasonable force, why did you accept a caution?

the other guy, who had tried attacking me with a claw hammer, had 32 stitches, whereas I only had cut knuckles - so the Police agreed, if I accepted a caution they would put it to bed.. those were the days eh

Leaving my house on my roadbike, fully clad in lycra on a sunny but chilly morning; i get pushed to the side of the road by 2 white van cunts who shout 'puff' as they speed past. Stopping at the lights near the bottom, i rolled up to his open window and promptly emptied my freshly filled water bottle over him, that had been freshlly filled from the fridge, with sticky energy drink..... chilly.... asked if he'd ever been fucked over by a 'puff in lycra' before, then rode away at speed to the sound of his screams. Its the little things that make life sweet eh?

but definately agree with the karma thing. I always take time to thank courteous drivers. Sometimes i feel like im thanking them for doing what they were supposed to do, which doesnt feel right somehow?

Yes, but it's nice to show your appreciation for good behaviour. People respond well to praise. That is how you train them.

Bit of the old pavlovs dog going on there.

I agree though, as psychotic as I can become when my life is put in danger, I am always very quick to thank drivers who have been considerate.

I generally find cabbies to be ok on the whole. Only had a couple of run ins with them in all my time on Londons roads