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

When will you be ready to go again?

give him 15 minutes and the chance to have a quick cigarette and he'll be raring to go again.

Just had a massive lunch, so will be longer than that... Unless you fancy some docking?

Ahhh, the only thing that stops me converting to Judaism.

the massive lunches?

Ahhh, the only thing that stops me converting to Judaism.

I've had the dubious pleasure of working with a chap that used to indulge in fruit / 50p self-docking after a few too many drinks.

He converted to Islam (not to inherit a fucking boatload of cash from his new bride's parents, oh no), and had his polar neck lopped off.

He kept it in a jar on his desk.

Ha, I used to work with a guy that came down to the bar after hours, naked, with a tulip stuck right down his nob. That was odd.

epic wtf>>>>>

Bit of a revelatory one for me just now. Heading down Lea Bridge rd on way back from a spin round Epping. I'm in left lane and doing about 25mph. Cabbie comes past me in right lane. I would have preferred more space tbh as I was passing parked cars and avoiding the door zone. I was just thinking how much more of his lane I should have taken when he drifted over into my lane (bus lane at this point) to avoid a queue forming infront of him. I'm braking for a set of lights anyway but have to brake harder not to become a passenger in his cab. He spots me as I arrive at his open window and I give it a moment. Usually at this point I'm embarrassed at the high pitched and ott noise I make and I've recently promised myself to count to ten before engaging the rage cannons. Before I get a word out he smiles at me. "Totally my fault mate! That was stupid sorry. I wasn't paying enough attention". I was totally disarmed. "It's ok mate, no harm done". Bit more chatty chat as we await the lights, a bit of after you sir as we pull away and a wave and a beep as we go our separate ways a few mins later. Amazing how a deep breath from me and him not being a total prick left us both feeling better about cabbies / cyclists as we went about our day.

I'd have been more miffed if I'd lost my teeth on his door mind you.

Counting to 10 is a lesson I need to learn. Well done. Good outcome.

Helpful?

^^^ You should've got his number

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https://www.facebook.com/CampaignToS...mpingRedLights

This might just become my favourite site on the Internet.

"Watched a cyclist jump a set of lights right in front of me this morning...Mitcham Lane, Ambleside Avenue."

Reply:

*Shoot them! Honestly, nobody would be bothered with scum like that around! It's cyclists like that one that cause solar radiation, tsunamis and use the last bit of toilet roll while leaving them empty tube on the holder!

Scum. Sub-human scum.*

Bit of a revelatory one for me just now. Heading down Lea Bridge rd on way back from a spin round Epping. I'm in left lane and doing about 25mph. Cabbie comes past me in right lane. I would have preferred more space tbh as I was passing parked cars and avoiding the door zone. I was just thinking how much more of his lane I should have taken when he drifted over into my lane (bus lane at this point) to avoid a queue forming infront of him. I'm braking for a set of lights anyway but have to brake harder not to become a passenger in his cab. He spots me as I arrive at his open window and I give it a moment. Usually at this point I'm embarrassed at the high pitched and ott noise I make and I've recently promised myself to count to ten before engaging the rage cannons. Before I get a word out he smiles at me. "Totally my fault mate! That was stupid sorry. I wasn't paying enough attention". I was totally disarmed. "It's ok mate, no harm done". Bit more chatty chat as we await the lights, a bit of after you sir as we pull away and a wave and a beep as we go our separate ways a few mins later. Amazing how a deep breath from me and him not being a total prick left us both feeling better about cabbies / cyclists as we went about our day.

I'd have been more miffed if I'd lost my teeth on his door mind you.
I hope you still followed him home & shat in his flowerbed though.

Before I get a word out he smiles at me. "Totally my fault mate! That was stupid sorry. I wasn't paying enough attention".

Not sure if I've posted this here before but one late evening I was riding around Aldgate when a taxi blasted through a junction. I swerved and he just missed me by inches. At the next lights I pulled up next to him, and calmly asked him what happened. He said "Have to admit, I didn't even look. All I can say is if anybody does that to me one day I hope I have your reactions".

Amazing how...him not being a total prick left us both feeling better

Similarly this morning I was forced out of primary towards the kerb at a ped rescue point by a whitevanman.
I caught up with him at the lights to give him a piece of my mind he blurted out he'd 'missed me by miles' I explained his miles were mere inches and he said sorry and and I instantly didn't know what to say.

I cycled off defused and feeling silly for getting so vex.

There's nothing silly about getting vexed when someone puts your life at risk.

LL09 LCM

Black cab, Clapham Common station. Objected to me filtering in front of him (into a huge gap) while he was stationary at lights behind a people carrier that was straddling two lanes. Used his front nearside bumper to push my rear wheel until I was in the left turn lane instead of the straight lane. He wasn't interested in a chat when I asked him if he'd seriously just did that, and I couldn't pursue the matter as I had to stop and make a note of his number.

2 questions:

1. Do I report it on Roadsafe or directly to Inspector Knacker as a collision?
   
2. Is there some kind of website where I can check I got the right taxi registration number for him? Didn't think to take a pic with my phone and my brain isn't amazing at holding a vehicle registration plate and a taxi number at the same time
   

Wac

Police. He failed to stop, right? Request footage from any nearby CCTV cameras.

Yeah, failed to stop. Have sent a complaint to TFL, cops next. Don't think there's any CCTV covering that exact bit but will have a look tomorrow. It's a bit of a ball-ache, tbh. I resent that I'm the one inconvenienced because he drives like a cunt.

I have to negotiate Bow roundabout / flyover twice a day (which route I take largely depends on the time of day and particular traffic circumstances at the time). I always tend to ignore the designated cycling route as its a mess, and figure it's safer to sit in the centre of the lane where I can see the lights/traffic and cars can see me.

With the Paralympics on they've coned off the inside lane of the flyover, which can be a lot quieter than the roundabout. On my way home to Stratford today the lanes for the roundabout were packed and queues backed up to the church/ped crossing so I decide to use the flyover which is bare. Before I hit it, I look behind and see that the flyover lane is blocked by the queue to the roundabout so not expecting a ton of cars behind me.

I always belt it over the flyover to get off it ASAP but I also don't want to antagonise drivers behind me if I were to pootle along. Normally drivers sit back and are patient until they can pass and I tend to give em thumbs up for thanks as I shift lane when I'm over the flyover.

Today, some fuck (the only fuck on the flyover) decides to buzz me on the descent over the other side at some fucking ridiculous pace. Cue expletives. I see him checking his mirrors as he does it - the way someone checks their mirrors when they're squeezing through a tight spot and don't want to brush their wingmirrors.

Was too damn furious to catch his plate, or attempt to catch up, and quite frankly it shit me up so I just wanted to get home in one piece.

LL09 LCM

Black cab, Clapham Common station. Objected to me filtering in front of him (into a huge gap) while he was stationary at lights behind a people carrier that was straddling two lanes. Used his front nearside bumper to push my rear wheel until I was in the left turn lane instead of the straight lane. He wasn't interested in a chat when I asked him if he'd seriously just did that, and I couldn't pursue the matter as I had to stop and make a note of his number.

2 questions:

1. Do I report it on Roadsafe or directly to Inspector Knacker as a collision?
   
2. Is there some kind of website where I can check I got the right taxi registration number for him? Didn't think to take a pic with my phone and my brain isn't amazing at holding a vehicle registration plate and a taxi number at the same time
   Contact + refusing to stop = Police.
   

The fact that he did it on purpose makes it more than just careless driving too.

If we were to start an epetition calling for mandatory CCTV on all new commercial vehicles (taxis, HGVs, vans...) which covered the entire 360 degrees and recorded whenever the vehicle was occupied, and kept recordings for 48 hours, would we be able to get 100,000 signatures, do you think? It would also call for legislation to make driving with an inoperable camera a crime.

I feel that the onus should be shifted from cycles to drivers to prove what happened. If you could just say "registration number XXX XXXX hit me deliberately" and get the police to review the footage, we'd see dozens of convictions a month on here...

Just a thought.