Hitting Cars

Tyre wrench to the head. I have a very good throwing arm.

OOooh Impressive.

But really, you'd stop you car, pop the boot, locate your toolkit, retrieve wrench (spanner) step into the road....now where'd that cyclist go.....

I had this happen to me at a set of lights, Group of cyclists went through and some didn't make it. I was first in the queue and a cyclist fell on to my car whilst trying to track stand the lights turned green. I moved my car out of the way and went round the corner to see if the was ok. Was given a load of grief after offering to take him and his bike home or to hospital. Walked back to my car to discover that my bonnet and front wing needed fixing, this leaves me out of pocket.

I guess what I am trying to say is that if you touch sommebody's car you should do the right thing and say sorry or if you cause damage you should pay for it. You would expect this if it was them who damaged your bike.

The cab driver in your case was a cunt, but any cyclist who just rides of and doesn't offer an appology or to fix the damage would also be a cunt IMO.

I wouldn't disagree with that.

And I would like to point out I put a lot of effort into not hitting things, as it tends to hurt.

True. Ride safe.

OOooh Impressive.

But really, you'd stop you car, pop the boot, locate your toolkit, retrieve wrench (spanner) step into the road....now where'd that cyclist go.....

It is always at hand.
My car.....

if you touch somebody's car you should do the right thing and say sorry

I'm presuming this isn't what you really mean? Anyone who thinks their car is so precious that if I touch it I should apologise to them is going to get quite the opposite of an apology.
Of course damaging someone's car is quite a different matter, as you went on to mention.

Touch was the wrong word.

I have hit a few wing mirrors out but always waiting till i am alongside again to put them straight and blow a kiss.
Unless... and big UNLESS - their road positioning is shit, they are on the mobile or they have just cut me up. Then i make a point of getting stuck into them

I hit a car at some speed when drunk - full speed into the side, smacked wing mirror back, hit door and wing and finished with a 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 6.0 army roll over the bonnet.
I didn't stop to see the damage, as i wanted to get back on the bike to make sure my legs were still working.
I did feel pretty bad about that.... if anyone here lives in shep bush and owns a car with man shape dent in the door that appeared like stigmata mysteriously over night... i am sorry.

Touch was the wrong word.

touch is good, i have a feeling my cheese gets guilty in the vicinity of cars

To be fair it's pretty hard to damage a car's paintjob with soft material...face or rucksak. I can't think of the number of times I've slapped the hood of a driver revving his engine or inching towards me as I crossed a road. No damage but lots of noise.

Had a hi-vis noddy ride face first into my trucks mirror last year(head-height van mirrors that stick out a bit) was no reason for them to do it, was a perfectly good and empty bus lane for them to ride in but they insisted on trying to ride inbetween my truck and chipper, then as i slowed for some lights they just rode into the mirror. Stopped to check they were ok(hit mirror with face and didnt stop) they were fine but scared shitless. This accident happened due to really poor riding on their part(i'd been checking mirrors for about a mile as this joker kept doing dumb stuff near my truck and being as close as poss to the most dangerous parts of my truck when they had miles of space.

Oh, and i had to pay for a new mirror.
Such is life

Edmundro - i would have loved to see an inept panicky nodder go face first into a clearly missable head height mirror. i'd have paid for the replacement just for the comedy gold! HA

how would you stop someone on a bike?

overtake then invite them in by opening the passenger door and stopping?

If a car hit you and drove off would you not be supremely pissed off?

If I hit a car I would at least have the decency to stop and check if I'd done any damage. Oh apart from on Boxing day CM when I put one hand on a car and the woman got out and started screaming at everyone, then two motorcycle coppers decided to 'pull over' some riders and it went batshit insane so I rode off.

Edmundro - i would have loved to see an inept panicky nodder go face first into a clearly missable head height mirror. i'd have paid for the replacement just for the comedy gold! HA

To be perfectly honest it was hilarious, well, once i'd established they weren't too hurt. Especially as i'd had my eye on the fool for a while. I was expecting them to get into a mishap with the trailer which would have been very serious indeed. But watching them get closer and closer to the passenger mirror(yep the nodder was trying to pass a truck with trailer on the left) whilst looking straight into the mirror without any apparent knowledge of what was about to happen. Noddys need help.

Always stop, always stop the other party.

when your coasting through traffic

"Won't see me coasting, or braking" - MC Rush Hour

Phew! I was wondering when someone was going to pick up on my inappropriate use of the word coasting.

if you're gonna make contact with a car, do it deliberately and on your terms. If you hit a morroe accidentally and don't do any damage then a wave and a sorry usually gets you by, but if you damage someones car by your own lack of riding skills then you should stop.

just think, WWSD*?

*Sheldon

I've never hit a mirror on my bike. Years of motorcycling have given me the skills to tell how wide gaps are. I've hit couple on my motorbike. Once I had no idea how, but apologised politely. Another time the car drove into me at 40mph, so not only did I hit his mirror, I smashed up his nearside doors and front wing. He drove away quickly. I'm so glad he did, because the adrenaline hit I was experiencing would almost certainly have resulted in me smashing him to fuck in the middle of the A4, which would have only meant lots of trouble.

When cars do try and block me as I'm filtering I ask the driver "how much are your mirrors? Because mine are only 8 quid", which seems to make them move back over, sharpish. No idea why - it's a polite enough question...

When cars do try and block me as I'm filtering I ask the driver "how much are your mirrors? Because mine are only 8 quid", which seems to make them move back over, sharpish. No idea why - it's a polite enough question...

Fantastic, wish I had a motorbike now just so I could go out and try that.

I hit a van driver's mirror last year at Old Street roundabout early one morning.
The reason I hit his mirror was 'cos he overtook me, then while he was at the lights let his passenger out into the bike lane.
I had to squeeze past the passenger and I struck his mirror in the process.
I probably moved it a fraction of an inch. Didn't break it or damage it at all.
I didn't feel the need to apologise for brushing past his poorly placed vehicle.
I jumped the lights and he started sounding his horn at me and bascially chased me towards Holborn. I just ignored him.
It ended with him trying to force me off the road and blocking my way with his van.
He didn't manage to though and I managed to get past leaving him stuck in a traffic jam.
This presented me with the chance to call him a "wanker" and stick my finger up at him while cycling slowly away.

Maybe that makes me a c*** - I certainly know he's one.

I was passed very close by a Land Rover last year and he clipped my with his wing mirror which promptly fell off into the road and smashed. Deciding that this was my fault he anchored up and opened his door shouting all manner of obscenities, I rode around him and tried to ride off only to be overtaken and pushed into the kerb. He then got out of the car and came at me with a crook lock. Fortunately I was wearing my Carbon soled roadie shoes and slipped to the floor whilst trying to dodge his swipe. I then Kicked him in the knees he beat me with the crook lock (on the helmet which I didn't wuite understand) and he left. I had his Registration and it was all caught on CCTV. He was done. Hard.

On my motorbike I kicked a BMW's off-side mirror off on the motorway after the driver nearly killed me by pulling out in front. Figured that if he wasn't using it he didn't need it...
Never got any come-back...

Well BWM drivers don't use mirrors.. he probably thought you did him a favour by making his car more aero/lighter.

it depends on alot of factors, if its their fault (they where over to far, in the bike lane, stopped for no reason, pulled out towards me, ect.) i hope i broke something and ride off. If its my fault i generally stop, the execption to this are 1. if I'm drunk, then its any thing goes, 2 if I'm in a bad mood they should realize that the world exists solely for my entertainment, and that i now feel better having broken something, they should be glad to play a part in the meaning of life. 3, its a rough hood, sorry buddy I aint stoping in The Bronx/ Canarsie for nothing. 4 if its a cab, fuck you buddy.

I allways stop if i ding privite cars in midtown, beacuse living well is the best revenge.