Assaulted

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:19:18 GMT
Dervin <[email protected]> wrote:

> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window
> rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

Empty a bidon in his lap?

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:19:18 +0000, Dervin wrote:

> Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and
> one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10
> yards down the road stopped at red lights.
>
> I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end
> up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
>
> I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got
> the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she
> would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get
> this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details
> and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
>
> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

Yeah, don't you just hate all those small cars (usually white or red) with
the giant tail pipe outlet and the boom boom "music" system. Dickheads
all of them.


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On 06/06/2008 21:19, Dervin said,

> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

I would have been very tempted to empty my water bottle into his lap!

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On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:19:18 +0000, Dervin wrote:

> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

I'm sure the police would have been a bit more interested if you did.
Although your defence to that would be "well you weren't going to do
anything about it".

Maybe you should try and get a complaint registered against the person you
spoke to. If the water had got in your eyes and temporarily blinded you
it could have ended in a very nasty accident and they should at least be
recording such things.

peter

Dervin wrote:
> Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and
> one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10
> yards down the road stopped at red lights.
>
> I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end
> up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
>
> I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got
> the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she
> would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get
> this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details
> and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
>
> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

Squirted with water by some kids on a summer's day! Why don't the police
take these things more seriously. It is almost as bad as the winter that
I had snowballs thrown at me.

"Dervin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and
> one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10
> yards down the road stopped at red lights.
>
> I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end
> up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
>
> I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got
> the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she
> would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get
> this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details
> and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
>
> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

Nowt much the Poilce will do as you've said. The other option if you really
want justice is a private prosecution. A few years ago a workmate did
something similar. A youth threw a beer can from a car and hit his car -
very little damage was done, just a few scratches. Police didn't want to do
anything. So he hired a Private detective (I think) and claimed all expenses
(loss of wages etc) and costs and claimed £50 repair damage to car, total
was over £400 and won. The driver didn't even turn up for court and got a
nasty suprise when a bailiff arrived ;-)

In your case was it water? Did it not ruin your clothes and you need a whole
new outfit. Better still, was you're feelings hurt? If so you're inline for
at least a few thousand £'s compensation.


Jhimmy

"Dervin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and
> one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10
> yards down the road stopped at red lights.
>
> I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end
> up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
>
> I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got
> the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she
> would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get
> this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details
> and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
>
> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

I would wait a week then go back to the police station for an update on
progress.

If they don't know what you are talking about and are unable to find the
details you gave them (registration number etc) you should ask them to
explain their complaints procedure to you and make use of it.
The police do seem to forget that they are there to serve law abiding people
whether they think they have time or not. When someone advises them that a
crime has been committed they are bound to follow it up.

On Sat, 7 Jun, Schrodinger's cat <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> When someone advises them that a
> crime has been committed they are bound to follow it up.

Actually, no.

They get to decide if it was a crime or not, and act accordingly.
Thus, when I was deliberately run off the road, which I reported as
attempted murder, despite having a number of witnesses to the
collision and having the number plate from me and one witness, and
despite me requiring hospital treatment for the injuries, and despite
the van not stopping, the police decided it was a traffic accident and
did not register it as a crime - there was no crime number and no
followup.

They managed to rouse themselves when the local paper reported the
incident and their (lack of) response, but only long enough to deny
everything and then go back to whatever navel-gazing they found more
interesting.

See also the recent internal memo (Norfolk police?) basically telling
the members of the force not to record as a crime anything that won't
get solved easily in case it spoils their performance statistics.

regards, Ian SMith
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On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:47:04 +0100, Paul Boyd <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 06/06/2008 21:19, Dervin said,
>
>> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
>> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.
>
>I would have been very tempted to empty my water bottle into his lap!

Tempting, sure, but it would be a mistake. If you check the law you'll
probably find penalties for 'interfering with the operation of a motor
vehicle', but no penalties for 'interfering with a cyclist'. It seems
unfair, I agree, but keep in mind a car going out of control is a
serious hazard. I doubt they distinguish between a stopped car and a
moving vehicle in this case either. Just a thought.

OTOH, people have done it and gotten away with it. So don't do it;
especially if you can be identified.

Dervin writtificated

> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window
> rolled down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

Probably smash his wing mirror off with a D lock but.... you're screwed if
he sees you again and decides to knock you off. Best to do nothing.

I wouldn't have thought what happened to you to be a police matter (prolly
comes under civil assault) but fobbing you off with ******** is not on.

> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

I'd have probably tried to smack him one, although as you said, you put
yourself at risk of police action if you do.

I had a similar situation where kids squirted a liquid at me whilst I
was a pedestrian. I sprinted off after the car in case the lights down
the road turned red; which they did. When I got closer, they bolted
through the red lights.

Hopefully I scared them into not doing it to someone else in future.

On 6 Jun, 21:19, Dervin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and
> one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10
> yards down the road stopped at red lights.
> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

Kids squirting water at me? I think I would have laughed.

Dervin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and
> one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10
> yards down the road stopped at red lights.
>
> I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end
> up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.
>
> I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got
> the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she
> would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get
> this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details
> and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.
>
> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

Demand a crime number. You have reported an assault.

Cheers,
Luke


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On Jun 6, 9:19 pm, Dervin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Whilst I was cycling some kids in a suped up corsa pulled next to me and
> one of them started soaking me with water. They then drove off and 10
> yards down the road stopped at red lights.

Idiots. No need for it.

> I was about to catch up with them but I figured anything I did might end
> up with me being in trouble. So I just carried on.

Through the red light?

> I ended up turning round and going to the police station and tell. I got
> the usual bollocks that I know won't get followed up. She even said she
> would get an officer to look into it and give them a talking to. But get
> this, she took no details and went back to her chair. I offered details
> and she wrote them down but I've got a good idea where they'll be filed.

Not good. But it's probably because they get militant loony twats
like Spindrift coming in and making stuff up about motorists just
because they don't like them. Not for the first time, the militants
make life much more difficult for their fellow cyclists (as well as
other road users).

> What would anyone else do in this situation. He even had his window rolled
> down and I could have reached in and smacked him one.

Clearly they were arseholes. But all I can say is that I've never had
water squirted at me (or anything like that) while walking or
driving. Those militant cyclists who are continually self-righteous
twats towards motorists, and spitefully campaign for anti-motorist
measures, spoil it for the decent majority of cyclists. The above
incident is just one unfortunate result of the "us and them" divide
that the militants have carefully created between cyclists and
motorists. The media's attitude towards cyclists and terms like
"lycra lout" didn't just come out of nowhere, despite what some may
say. Decent cyclists who encounter militants on the road and on the
net should leave the militants in no doubt what they think of them, if
they don't want to keep being tarred with the same brush.