Emma Way - Driver stupidity finally caught out

I'm with Emma on this.

Now with subtitles

#bloodycyclists - YouTube

Golden.

Definitely just knocked my bike over in the hallway— I have right of way it doesn't even contribute to the rent.

#bloodybike

"Bloody bike is imma way."

Definitely just knocked my bike over in the hallway— I have right of way it doesn't even contribute to the rent.

#bloodybike

Might have to report you the the police. Or the local council? Which one would be more suitable?

A Kangaroo court would be best for Balki

Neil channeling Oliver there.

slow clap

I'm wearing leather shorts today, I can't help it I'm afraid.

Not in your yachting getup?

It's the weekend, time to get the fancy dress out.

Today I'm going for Von Trapp.

This happened to me yesterday - reminded me of the lady that hit the man on his bike and then told everyone about it via the Tweeter service:

• Minding my own business on a narrow country road I've ridden countless times;
  
• I hear the sound of someone revving the tits off a one litre engine and brace myself for evasive maneuvers - it is common for drivers here to try and squeeze past at speed;
  
• White 2010 Corsa piloted by a young, blonde driver hopelessly over-eggs a tiny bend in the road directly in front of me, sees me, and in the small amount of time available her reaction is to shit herself, wildly turn the wheel and almost bin the car into the ditch on the right-hand side of the road;
  
• Sensing impending danger I come to a halt at the side of the road. Unfortunately there's nowhere else to go, to my left is a big hedge.
  
• In order to avoid the ditch the driver then steers violently in the opposite direction, causing the car to start to swap ends and make upsetting noises. Realising the car is now out of control, my bum jammed itself in the 'open' position and will not shut; my only recourse is to initiate swearing at the driver, a bit like this: "Fuckin' 'ell! Fuckin' 'ell! Fuckin' 'ell!".
  
• Driver manages to keep the front of the car pointing forwards but more through good luck than good judgement and just gets around me - she looked away from me but managed to beep her horn - I'm still deliberating over the significance of this;
  
• She drove off whilst I enthusiastically gesticulated and voiced my concerns over her exuberant driving style; it looked like she was going to stop but continued, albeit at a snail's pace.
  
  

Disappointingly my immediate response was to pull out my phone and start trotting out a text to a nice girl I met the other day, words to the effect of "I just nearly got mown down! You should probably come over tonight, etc etc".

^^ I think this is what's behind a lot of the cycle hatred from younger drivers - they're scared that they're going to hit a cyclist, and perhaps they realise that they're not a good enough driver. They then turn this fear and incompetence into hatred. It's completely irrational - I doubt they also have a hatred of lampposts or small children for the same reasons. This is why I reckon cycle awareness should be part of the driving test. It's not acceptable to blame other road users for the fact that you're not good enough to not hit them.

"they're not a good enough driver"

lampposts or small children
Cunts, the lot of 'em.

I don't think it's them being scared, but more ignorant of the highway code, assuming cars have right of way etc. etc.

In this instance, the problem was the lady ragging the tits off her shopping-trolley car down a single-lane road as she attempted to navigate a bit of a bend in the road where she couldn't see what was oncoming.

If there'd have been an oncoming car, she'd have hit it;
If I'd have been ten metres further down the road, she'd have hit me.

.....Disappointingly my immediate response was to pull out my phone and start trotting out a text to a nice girl I met the other day, words to the effect of "I just nearly got mown down! You should probably come over tonight, etc etc".

Did you get a shag?

Did you get a shag?

Negative. If I had, the poor driving would have been incidental to the story...

'I nearly got wiped out by a Corsa. Anyway, I immediately texted this girl saying I felt a bit upset and that she should probably come over...'

you can run but you can't hide

Is that by Bricklayer's Arms?

i think we rode under there on the 'ride south' ride.

I wonder if that's one of those cars that the BBC likes to report as having somehow magically lost control much to the drivers surprise.

Much gets made of poor city driving - and rightly so - but the off-piste motoring out in the countryside is beyond mental. I'm very defensive and always expect trouble - which was why I was ready at the side of the road with my foot out the pedal - but later the same day I had to unclip and take my right hand off the bars because a car passed so close I thought it was about to clip me.

This year I have had to pull in and stop twice because of overtaking drivers:

• Transit van, heroically and bravely overtaking despite both a corner and a dip in the road ensuring he had no clue what was oncoming - quite scary - I was really squalking at the van, he ignored me totally but the driver in the overtaken car shot me a 'Fuuuuck!' look as he went by;
  
• Little old lady in a tiny car overtaking on a long, sweeping bend on a flat road with plenty of visibility, but at the slowest speed imaginable. I could see it wasn't going well and had loads of time to stop and pull a 'what the fuck are you even doing that for?' face - even though she had plenty of time her near-side had only just started to creep across the white line by the time she passed me.
  I loved how she didn't make eye contact because she was so fixedly staring at her rear view as she inched her bumper in front of the other car with zero room whatsoever.
  

From the BBC

The case of a woman who tweeted she had knocked a cyclist off his bike after an alleged crash has been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-23087008

Her employer Larking Gowen refused to comment on whether Miss Way had been reinstated.

I bet they did.

Who wants to ring up and ask to speak to her?