Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

I've got a Passat.

Just had some dickhead taxi driver in a silver Mondeo on Upper Street nearly hit me while overtaking, twice. Both times I was in front of him, in primary position, which he obviously objected to, even though I wasn't going that slowly. And both times his wing mirror pretty much passed under my arm as he went by, the second time he braked sharply in front of me in case I hadn't noticed him already.

Lucky I'm pretty full after my tea or I'd have had words with him or maybe accidentally passed too close to his paintwork while holding my keys. [I wouldn't have done the latter really].

Thought I had his reg but I forgot it on the way home,

**56 UGT

Probably couldn't have called Roadsafe, but I might have called Crimestoppers and said I saw him wanking outside a primary school.

Had the most crazy Royal Mail driver last night that nearly wiped me out while giving me the finger. Simply because I was in a safe, primary position going around a roundabout. Managed to memorise his registration number and have just reported him to Roadsafe.

*I was travelling south on Hunter Street and approaching the roundabout next to Coram's Fields. As I was on a bicycle, I was positioned safely in the centre of the lane, having moved out of the cycle lane on my approach to the roundabout. As II'm familiar with the roads in that area and turn left at this roundabout often so know that there are always parked cars on the road and pedestrians crossing. Because of this I always take a safe line, often in primary position. This is exacerbated by a sharp right-hand turn after the roundabout so I do take primary position so that cars are more aware that I am in the road.

As I approached the roundabout I heard a large vehicle behind me and approaching very close. I checked over my shoulder and a Royal Mail HGV had come at speed down Hunter Street and was now approximately 2 meters from the rear of my bicycle and making a huge amount of noise. I kept looking around as I manoeuvred onto the clear roundabout, clearly signalling my left turn with a positive arm signal. The HGV continued to move closer to me and the noise was deafening. As I exited on the left-hand turn, I continued in primary position towards the sharp right-hand bend in the road, planning to move over when safe.

At this time the Royal Mail HGV swung out around my right-hand side and then swerved directly towards me, pushing me out of the lane and to the side of the road. As this happened the HGV was extremely close and I looked directly into the cab. I then noted the driver had his index finger up to 'give me the finger' with an extremely angry look on his face. After pushing me towards the side of the road he then accelerated hard away from me, it was at this time that I took his registration number from the rear of the vehicle, which was MX59 HUP.

During all of this I neither said anything to the driver, nor made any gesture towards him other than looking over my shoulder repeatedly to check his position. I was cycling courteously but assertively and had the primary position in the lane before the vehicle was anywhere near me.

In my opinion there was absolutely no reason for him to use his vehicle against me to bully his way through that junction. The roads were completely clear of vehicular traffic. Furthermore the aggression and offensive gestures of the driver were completely unwarranted and I believe his driving to be completely inappropriate for somebody in control of such a large vehicle.*

Write a letter to the Royal Mail as well, keep it very polite and said how disappointed that he put the Royal Mail in a bad light just for driving recklessly.

+1, be objective and polite. You can request a phone call back from the regional manager or someone in a similar position to discuss this further if you want to. It happened to me once (it was a delivery issue not a driving issue, but they should only take this more seriously).

Write a letter to the Royal Mail as well, keep it very polite and said how disappointed that he put the Royal Mail in a bad light just for driving recklessly.

+1, be objective and polite. You can request a phone call back from the regional manager or someone in a similar position to discuss this further if you want to. It happened to me once (it was a delivery issue not a driving issue, but they should only take this more seriously).

Thanks both, I will do.

Some crazy business in Bristol. Driver cuts up cyclist, claims he wasn't where he was and then drives off!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWXndP5zP58

^ That's ridiculous.

I had some daft mare with her daughter sat next to her waiting to turn right as I was riding straight ahead. She looked at me and seem to wait until I got close and then pulled across in front of me causing me to have to brake sharply and swerve to avoid a collision.

I had a minicabber undertake me this morning, cut me up to get out into the lane, then go hugely slow in front of me, all as he was on his fsuking phone.

He jumped like a sheep when I caught up with him, and banged on his window and screamed at him about it though, which was satisfying.

I yelled "are we texting or driving" at someone who overtook way too close while fannying with their mobile on Stepney Green the other week. They pulled over to be fair. Error of their ways and all that.

He jumped like a sheep when I caught up with him, and banged on his window and screamed at him about it though, which was satisfying.

Although I try not too; I shouted at a taxi driver last night. As he passed me on a street with loads of space he clipped my arm with his wing-mirror!

When we caught up at the next lights he was quite confused why I'd be shouting at him and didn't even know anything had happened. The passengers just looked a bit shocked.

Some crazy business in Bristol. Driver cuts up cyclist, claims he wasn't where he was and then drives off!

Cyclist down - Taypet21 down & out The Aftermath - YouTube

This is excellent!

Same thing happened to me last week (no collision though but very close) and the driver opened the window of her 4x4 and told me in a posh voice "You should watch what you are doing!!". errrr I was going straight = priority, no? But of course, cyclists are dangerous and stupid, therefore it was my fault.

Some crazy business in Bristol. Driver cuts up cyclist, claims he wasn't where he was and then drives off!

Cyclist down - Taypet21 down & out The Aftermath - YouTube

Sorry, this is appalling however it makes me laugh purely because they are arguing in Bristolian accents.

I thought it was Justin Lee Collins having a row!

Taypet can be seriously out of order:

http://www.youtube.com/user/taypet21#p/a/u/1/NGO3bt6YPKo

No need.

Agreed, I've pretty negative feelings towards Taypet21.

http://www.youtube.com/user/taypet21#p/u/4/0wIDCosIt8E

Maybe he could have anticipated this happening, maybe not. Either way there's no need for all the aggression.

Really hope this guy doesn't drive anything motorised.

Taypet has time to bib his little horn but chooses not to brake? Silly sausage.

Have been watching some of Taypet's other videos. Not sure what to say about them really...quite bizarre.

n.

Really hope this guy doesn't drive anything motorised.

His channel is called Electric Cycling. He rides an electric bike. He goes too fast on it, cannot anticipate hazards and mistakes his bell for his brakes.

Agreed, I've pretty negative feelings towards Taypet21.

http://www.youtube.com/user/taypet21#p/u/4/0wIDCosIt8E

Maybe he could have anticipated this happening, maybe not. Either way there's no need for all the aggression.

There's a lots of time, space and observation to prevent such collision from happening.

He definitely could have anticipated this, he ride as if the traffic and pedestrian are completely aware of his presence.

So basically the guy is an arsehole who is devoid of road-sense and to top it all off cannot be taken seriously due to his unfortunate comedy regional accent.

Thanks both, I will do.

Royal Mail drivers are consistently the worse drivers matched maybe by the nutty coach drivers up and down the Old Kent Road.

Terrible

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Taypet has time to bib his little horn but chooses not to brake? Silly sausage.

If you set up an Air Zound properly you can brake and hit the horn (wih your thumb) at the same time.

This video has more of the lead up to the incident and it's clear that the cyclist does wipe-off speed before the collision:

http://www.youtube.com/user/taypet21?feature=watch#p/a/f/0/sfokJpBcQ-c

I cycle regularly on Bayswater Road/Holland Park Ave and the Oxford Tube coaches down there often drive really fast and close. This morning one whizzed past me, nearly sucking me into his slipstream and then braked sharply in front of me. Wasn't anything too serious (well, not for London) but I dropped the coach operator a quick, polite email asking if they could pass on to the drivers that they're not giving cyclists enough space on that road (those coaches tend to pull in/out of stops pretty quickly and often cut up cyclists down there).

Almost immediately I had a reply from the company and then the duty manager who apologised profusely and asked for more details so he could check the on-board CCTV. Wasn't expecting such a response but was pleasantly surprised.

Totally don't want the driver to get into any unnecessary trouble, and mentioned that to them, but it'd be great if the drivers were more aware of cyclists down that road as it's often a bit too full-on really. I did make a point of commenting that the drivers are probably rushing around to stick to timetables so maybe adjusting these for London traffic might work.