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  • I don't know if this is worth anything whatsoever to anyone - and of course people ride as they need to - but a bit of advice would be to stop with the directed aggression, however aggrieved you feel. A couple of weeks ago james you had a thread about calling someone a "fucking useless cunt" or something like that. Today you did the "wanker" signal at the driver. Thing is either someone is cowed by that kind of response or they think, "who's this fucking wanker" and they go ballistic, and what started as indiscriminate bad driving then becomes direct confrontation.

    There are loads of people in London who haven't come down from the provinces after their degree to find their way in the world of banking or the media. A lot of Londoners aren't middle-aged Islington liberals. A lot of real original Londoners are tasty with their fists and hard as nails. Sooner or later someone will just want to kick your head in if you're on your bike roaring obscenities at them.

    An incredulous and annoyed "JEEEEEEZ" with a shake of the head is very different to "You fucking WANKER!!!" and accompanying hand signals that aren't part of the cycling proficiency test.

    I know you may think it's your "natural reaction" but if it really is you need to work on it if you want to avoid these situations (people getting out their cars, peds kicking off etc..- not stupid driving or walking out - you'll never get ride of those..)

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