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@olaf_von_pokemon
I tend to shout 'red!', call out those who perform dick moves that put me or others in danger, I'll even helpfully point out when people's lights aren't working.
To be honest very rarely do they say thank you to me for worrying about the risk they've put themselves in or the danger they present to others.
I'm toying with saying fuck all and letting some type of Noel Edmonds cosmic sorting resolve these issues. I say this because the other night cycling home I had a bit of a dick who would undertake me every now and then when I did stupid stuff like slow down because I was looking down the road and I could see trafic about to stop/ car slams on etc.
I'm not sure why I didn't say anything. Perhaps it was because he was on a Boardman and I'm prone to stereotyping people. Anyway he did it again I said nothing and I'm quite proud of myself when I didn't say anything to him other than 'Are you OK ?' as I helped him off the ground after he undertook a left turning motorbike.
Luckily no one was hurt as the motorcyclist reacted well and stopped reducing the impact considerably.
I felt really smug for the rest of the journey.
I am now going to try and keep my mouth shut and see if Noel is actually right.