What is it with Cabbies?

Spent 5 mins hurling abuse at a black cad today as when i (not too violently) banged his wing with my hand as he was inches away from taking me out, he then decided i was in the wrong andwas gonna damage his cab. Considering im a skinny 10st waif and its a massive fuckin black cab thats highly unlikely. Think i got a good few expletives in before we parted company but you know how you always think of the best things to say after youve ridden away. I need ammo for next time.

good ole fashioned warm saliva

Fat, ignorant, cockney........more of an observation than an insult usually.

"what, are you GAY or something?"

a huge percentage will take very great offence to this.

especially if you follow it up with "uuurrrgg! get away from me you homo!"

unless the cabby is actually gay in which case it might offend slightly less.

telling them "fucking hell mate, you're really shit at driving" also seems to strike a nerve as does "paedophile"

What is it with cabs? there's shit loads of them, about 90% never seem to be carrying a fare and when you want to get one, there's none around.

Driving themselves round all day, polluting, providing a service only for the rich, or tourists... cunts, they should be among the first to go.

my favourite insult at the moment is "Cock-smoker"

Recently watched Clerks and it's just stuck.

This might be controversial - but i dont mind black cabs so much - they seem to be way better drivers than say minicab drivers who drive like penises. At least when black cab drivers do stupid things i like to think they are calculated stupid things which they did on purpose knowing they werent actually going to hit me :/

i like black cabs more then mini cabs, but still, thats like saying i prefre to be stabbed over shot.

when a cabbie pisses me off, i just get infront of him, and see how far i can skid for, or how slow i can ride with out letting him pass.

thats good fun, if they pull out in front of you ride in front of them real slow, middle of the road so they can't overtake see how long it is before they lean on their horns

My favourite insult at the moment is to lick my "fuck off" finger before giving them the finger and then follow this up with a blown kiss. It seems to irritate people.

Mind you, i don't really insult drivers any more. I find it's easier to just accept that some of them are idiots - getting angry just ruins my day. Sometimes I politely tell them that they could have killed me and that they should be more careful. The ones who I still get annoyed with are those who deliberatly try to fuck me up.

Another way to retaliate, which I so far haven't used, is to hit the emergencey cut off switches on buses when they stop.

put a spud in the tail pipe...

i find cabbies are alright, they seem to be quite experienced old geezers driving them. infact, i don't really have a problem with a particular group of vehicles. The more you act like a car, the more respect you'll find. if anyone does piss you off shout 'DID YOU [u]BUY[/] YOUR LICENCE!?' like all the peds shout it GTA: Vice City.

my favorite is to look back smile and shake you head, like you mum would do when you did something stupid as a kid. really annoys them

in going to try the riding in front of cars really slowly....see how it goes down,i will probably end up like that man on that video.....lacking teeth

RJM my favorite is to look back smile and shake you head, like you mum would do when you did something stupid as a kid. really annoys them

yeah have been known 2 do that lol

do you think taxi drivers have forum disscussions about the insults they throw at cyclist??/

Smile and wave at them like they're your best friend. Makes 'em mad but they can't do anything because you are being so nice.
Leaves you much happier and relaxed too. Now if only I could follow my own advice..

aidan do you think taxi drivers have forum disscussions about the insults they throw at cyclist??/

Maybe they should. One told me he was going to "rip my cunt off" cos I gave him the Vs. I am male, btw

Rattlebag [quote]aidan do you think taxi drivers have forum disscussions about the insults they throw at cyclist??/

Maybe they should. One told me he was going to "rip my cunt off" cos I gave him the Vs. I am male, btw[/quote]

haa, thats why hes a taxi driver, hes so stupid that he cant tell the difference..(do you look like a girl??)

My two favourite replies for cycling use with drivers is a loud camp shout of 'OOOHHHH YOU ARE AWFUL' dick emery style or if a discussion has been started i play my trump card of 'I was only trying to help you ro-land' - confuse the f**kers and make yourself smile at the time, it's better than giving in to the red mist

I tend to ignore all drivers really, they're all so slow on the roads and I wanna get on.

If anyone threatens you with violence, ask them to step outside the vehicle, then give them the kicking of thier lives, a right fucking shoe-ing. Then when they are laying at your feet, groaning and spitting blood, say "You should take up cycling mate, then you might be fit enough to put up a fight"

When I was about 17 my Dad taught me not to swear "it's very uncilivised", but just blow a kiss at them smiling and speed off. It will infuriate them every time. I think this applies to all forms of transport really.

I'm loving wayne182 suggestion with Dick Emery. I can't wait to try it out.

photoben When I was about 17 my Dad taught me not to swear "it's very uncilivised", but just blow a kiss at them smiling and speed off. It will infuriate them every time. I think this applies to all forms of transport really.

I'm loving wayne182 suggestion with Dick Emery. I can't wait to try it out.

adding 'honky tonk' to the end of each insult

RPM I tend to ignore all drivers really, they're all so slow on the roads and I wanna get on.

If anyone threatens you with violence, ask them to step outside the vehicle, then give them the kicking of thier lives, a right fucking shoe-ing.

any ideas about the best type for this? Sidi's??

I guess so, or steel toe cap DMs

I don't seem to get into these situations.

What the hell are you guys doing to provoke them? Don't you look where you're going?