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

I used to get a lots of that in Morocco, but with no road side, and usually tend to be HGV overtaking HGV.

Was fun for the first five time...

you need a horn to survive there. You would have to pay me a lot of money to cycle anywhere in that country.

you need a horn to survive there. You would have to pay me a lot of money to cycle anywhere in that country.

I'm doubtful bout that, never had to get a horn, just be more visible.

Didn't you see him indicate? I hope you didn't scratch his car.

Yeah, I saw him so I slowed down (or more properly, didn't accelerate as you normally would at light), to prevent a collision. But he literally took the "long way" round me, so actually made a special effort to be a douche.

My point is indicators or not don't excuse that kind of driving.

Maybe a picture will explain. The red thing is me, the green thing is him, the yellow star is where he FIRST indicated left. NB The boxes are our positions at traffic light red and the arrows the trajectory when they went green.

http://i46.tinypic.com/2drrimp.jpg

Good picture. They should be mandatory.

1337 paintskillz me

Dear minicab driver, just because you gave me a cheery wave as you cut in front of me doesn't mean you're not still a cunt.

That's a classic.

I'm doubtful bout that, never had to get a horn, just be more visible.

really? I've been in cars a lot in Morocco, my step uncle is from there. If there is a gap someone will drive into it, regardless or what might be in the way. It's one beep for "watch out I'm moving" and two beeps for "get out my way". That combined with how fast every one there drives is just lethal. In Tangier nearly every day I would see someone get hit by a car.

Very different from riding a bicycle then, Tangier's definitely a mess thought.

Yeah, I saw him so I slowed down (or more properly, didn't accelerate as you normally would at light), to prevent a collision. But he literally took the "long way" round me, so actually made a special effort to be a douche.

My point is indicators or not don't excuse that kind of driving.

Maybe a picture will explain. The red thing is me, the green thing is him, the yellow star is where he FIRST indicated left. NB The boxes are our positions at traffic light red and the arrows the trajectory when they went green.

http://i46.tinypic.com/2drrimp.jpg

You miss sarcasm better than you miss taxis.

;)

Fuck

I had a run-in with a homicidal bus driver a few weeks ago. The guy kept honking at me to get out of his way despite me keeping up with the flow of traffic and having nowhere to go (narrow single lane, high curb), then passed me and my girlfriend with literally only centimetres between us and the bus before left-hooking us to make a stop. We passed him and he did it again. I took his details and reported him to Kyoto City Transportation.

Today I found this in my mailbox. Result!

Epic win >>>>>

I'm sure he'd argue that his horning was entirely necessary.

L008 HDD. Intimidating me whilst I was in primary and overtook me just after a pinch point by swinging around me, into the oncoming lane, brushing me with his wing mirror in the process. WAC.

i hope you brushed back against the wingmirror and it fell off

especially if it was one of those expensive electric wingmirrors

Unfortunately not, I swerved towards the pavement. Its okay, I'm unscathed and I will be reporting him. Reason? Being a cunt.

Intimidating me whilst I was in primary

Via unnecessary horning?

It would be a shame if it fall onto the tarmac...

I had a run-in with a homicidal bus driver a few weeks ago. The guy kept honking at me to get out of his way despite me keeping up with the flow of traffic and having nowhere to go (narrow single lane, high curb), then passed me and my girlfriend with literally only centimetres between us and the bus before left-hooking us to make a stop. We passed him and he did it again. I took his details and reported him to Kyoto City Transportation.

Today I found this in my mailbox. Result!

Nice reply. Nice win.

While I imagine the streets of Japan to be mental for a cyclist the corporate response that doesn't just brush it under the carpet is also very Japanese.

Sweet. :-)

^Racist

Just made my first submission. More because of the implied violence than the driving...

Just started cycling again after a hiatus - off cambridge heath road going down by Sainsbury's and some woman on a school run no doubt - doesn't shoulder check and starts driving along the curb and then pulls out. Wanted to 'd-lock' justice her car but calmed myself down.

Via unnecessary horning?

Driving about half a metre from my rear wheel. Beeping. Flashing. Revving. To reiterate WAC.

I had a near-mincing from a Cargo Express van exiting City Rd roundabout Jan 3rd (Details: http://www.lfgss.com/post3324854-1523.html). I reported this to the company and Met Roadsafe. After complaining of no reply (their SPAM filter eats email to enquiries@... LOL ) I received this message citing contact between Met and company. Good stuff this Roadsafe.

Dear xxx,

Thank you for your email. I can assure you it was not ignored, I hope my colleague explained it was probably caught in our anti-spam filters.

I'm sorry you had this near miss with one of our vehicles. We have had notification of the incident from The Metroplitan Police whom I guess you reported it to. We interviewed the driver and passed the letter to him. He allegedly has no recollection of the incident.
He has been employed by the company for over ten years and is personally known to myself. I can assure you he has had no accidents during the last three years nor have we received any complaints from the public previously. He is a mature driver with over twenty years' experience
of driving commercial vehicles.

We have placed a record of this complaint on his file and it will be taken into consideration if we receive any further complaints or his accident record deteriorates. I believe taking into consideration his employment rights and previous good record this is as much as we can do.

We do have an active driver training programme and we take all complaints involving our employees seriously.

I apologise on behalf of the company and thank you again for bring the matter to our attention.

xxx
(Director)
CARGO Express