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Old 21-04.-2008, 04:07 AM   #31
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Ok guys, let us sum this all up. Riding can be risky, so please keep your wits about you and stay safe. Always assume the car driver has not seen you/assumes you are approaching at tricycle speeds/is moronic. Always remember you will lose in a close encounter with a car.

Keep your calm in close misses. If you can, approach the driver and explain what they did wrong. If they become aggressive and/or threatening call the police (does anyone ride without a cell phone these days) and make it obvious you are using your camera phone to take pics of the driver and his vehicle (this works even without a camera on your phone - pretend).

Do not lose your calm and assault the driver.
Hey, who let this guy in here? Take your "reason" and "logic" and go back to France, commie.
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Old 21-04.-2008, 05:08 AM   #32
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Hey, who let this guy in here? Take your "reason" and "logic" and go back to France, commie.
LOL, ok for accusing me of using logic and reason. But at least send me back to Italy...
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Old 21-04.-2008, 05:16 AM   #33
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Ok guys, let us sum this all up. Riding can be risky, so please keep your wits about you and stay safe. Always assume the car driver has not seen you/assumes you are approaching at tricycle speeds/is moronic. Always remember you will lose in a close encounter with a car.

Keep your calm in close misses. If you can, approach the driver and explain what they did wrong. If they become aggressive and/or threatening call the police (does anyone ride without a cell phone these days) and make it obvious you are using your camera phone to take pics of the driver and his vehicle (this works even without a camera on your phone - pretend).

Do not lose your calm and assault the driver.
Yeah... good sensible post PP. But I think the OP was asking whether he should kick the guy in the fight or just box with his fists...
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Old 21-04.-2008, 05:25 AM   #34
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Yeah... good sensible post PP. But I think the OP was asking whether he should kick the guy in the fight or just box with his fists...
Interestingly, in the one relatively aggressive confrontation I have had in the last couple of years pretending to take camera phone pics resulted in the car driver high tailing out of range.

Useful lesson, in my humble opinion.

No need to get violent. Remember all that make love and not war stuff...
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LOL, ok for accusing me of using logic and reason. But at least send me back to Italy...



Come on Pete, I would love to be dropped off in Paris and ride to Italy.
It would be a good afternoon ride.
Then I would drink vino until I hurled. Ah yes , the good life.
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Old 21-04.-2008, 08:25 AM   #36
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LOL. You just have a way with words...
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LOL. You just have a way with words...



...and a way with women.............. unfortunately,
usually the wrong way.
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...and a way with women.............. unfortunately,
usually the wrong way.
That's disgusting...
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That's disgusting...

You'll learn.
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Old 22-04.-2008, 03:26 AM   #40
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LOL. The quality of this thread is improving significantly...

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LOL. The quality of this thread is improving significantly...

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So you want me to self incriminate in an open forum. Can I think about this for a little while?
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Old 25-04.-2008, 11:23 AM   #42
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I honestly wish this never happened, and I have to accept some responsibility for the escalation. But these kinds of people are a menace and dangerous to cyclists. Why should I have to cower from these morons? I refuse to. I would have much rather pulled him from his car, so give me credit for having some restraint. I would like to know how others would handle this type of situation. Maybe someone can give me some good advice for the next time something like this happens.


We all know how you feel. I shout at drivers that do stupid, dangerous things... all it does is annoy them ... but you're right, why shouldn't we express our outrage at nearly being, injured, maimed, crippled or killed. In any other situation a violent reaction would be called self defense.
My best "revenge" on a motorist who cut me off badly was to reach into the car, when he was stopped at the lights, grab the keys out of the ignition (you gotta be quick) and biff them in the bushes on the side of the road... then nonchalantly cycle off just fast enough to stay out of sprinting range.... I must admit I was looking over my shoulder all the way home.
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My best "revenge" on a motorist who cut me off badly was to reach into the car, when he was stopped at the lights, grab the keys out of the ignition (you gotta be quick) and biff them in the bushes on the side of the road... then nonchalantly cycle of just fast enough to stay out of sprinting range.... I must admit I was looking over my shoulder all the way home.
Lol thats quite funny. I wouldn't suggest doing that in a country where guns are legal. Where abouts are you Dom?
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Lol thats quite funny. I wouldn't suggest doing that in a country where guns are legal. Where abouts are you Dom?

Fiji....

....guns ain't legal here but using a vehicle as a weapon seems to be sometimes... although it is getting better as the number of cyclists grow. Have a look here VelocityFiji.
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Fiji....

....guns ain't legal here but using a vehicle as a weapon seems to be sometimes... although it is getting better as the number of cyclists grow. Have a look here VelocityFiji.
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