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On a more serious note, I have had a number of instances of abuse while I have been on the road with a school group. This includes a BSM instructor ("You're all a bunch of fucking twats" - shouted at a groupe of Yr6 children) A taxi that ran a child off the road at a pinch point as the snake was going through and a number of people who shout versions of, "you shouldn't be on the road!". Thankfully this is very rare but it does happen.
I am acutely aware that as an instructor I am representing Cyclists/the school/the bourough and am a role model for the children in my care. My standard response has become, "Would you like your children to be spoken to or treated in that manner?" Always makes the fools stop and think.