What should have I done?

maybe he didn't take you seriously because you told him your name was Snufkin?

that was a Super precise answer :)

"although I never let go of my bike "

You can hold your head high!

Burly fuckers need a beating every now and then - you should've just spazzed out and hurled your bike through the windscreen of his car - only then would you have been able to use the "element of surprise" to take him down with the mighty pincer grip....

rofl, double standards, imagine the opposite??

bad enough the way some legal drivers perform, let alone uninsured fuckers.

death's too good for them, castrate their balls! kill them in the brain!

shout things at them, like "paedophile" and "nasty man"

You shouldn't have given out your address.I'd move house if I were you.
This guy sounds like a nutter.He'll put the frighteners on you.
Hope you're gonna be ok.

+1 I think you did the correct thing more or less but don't give out your address, your phone number in enough.

+1 to Hippy too, if you are going to ride away make it count, don't stop in the first place..

what an exciting twist to the tale!

just how I role

he has my address

he was let go because the license is road legal but he needs to get it changed so he can get insurance which is why he was so angry I think

so did they let him drive off then?

His car might be insured even if he doesn't have a UK licence. The police probably told him to go away rather than get into more trouble. In theory if you have a crash involving damage or injury both sides should stop and exchange details. A driver should have a licence that should be proof of address. A cyclists doesn't have to carry proof of id (yet) so they don't have a way of proving their address.

If you are a member of one of the cycling organisations (eg. LCC) you will be covered by third pary insurance that gives you cover against claims. This guy obviously wanted cash today rather than be tracked down. If you do exchange cash then it might invalidate any insurance claim.

I think you should pre-emptively petrol-bomb this nutter's house.
Driving without insurance FFS!!!

so did they let him drive off then?

yep

thanks charlie ill look in to joining the LCC link?

I think that, since the police were involved, he's unlikely to do anything to bring you to harm, such as waiting at the end of your road in a hat pulled low and a large dark coat, hefting a pickaxe handle wrapped round with lead cable.

so did they let him drive off then?

yep

if they let him drive off then he had valid insurance its probably his licence that was not in order.
if he wasnt insured to drive they would have had the car taken away on a trailer.

I'll +1 to joining the lcc, purely for the peace for mind of have third party insurance... and lawyers to stop anyone bullying you...
unsurprisingly:
http://lcc.org.uk/

ha result. i hope you gave him the bird as he was carted away. damn criminal!

such as waiting at the end of your road in a hat pulled low and a large dark coat, hefting a pickaxe handle wrapped round with lead cable.

neep

Ha! great ending to a typical tale. No insurance is 6 points and a fine, btw. 3 points is for speeding / RLJing.

Glad you were ok. Work address is a great idea, The cycling-away-surreptitiously option works best if you go for it like hippy said, and chuck in some u-turns / one-way streets / some RLJing!