I thought I was a goner there

Glad you aren't hurt, Guy.

Sometimes there just isn't anything else we can do to be visible and safe, when a complete and utter
tw*t inb a motorised cage decides to risk not only his/her life & limb, but that of those around
them. I feel a sudden urge for eugenics coming on...

Cheers, helen s

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Just zis Guy said:

This morning Mr White Van Man thought a sharp right-hander on a narrow lane with six hedges would
be a great place to overtake.

How do you fit six hedges on a narrow lane ;-)

Tony

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I feel a sudden urge for eugenics coming on...

With whom would you take out your urge for some selective breeding?

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Actually I thinking more along the lines of selective not being allowed to breed...

Using the Approved URC Method, I take it? ;-)

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dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Quoted message said:

With whom would you take out your urge for some selective breeding?

Actually I thinking more along the lines of selective not being allowed to breed...

A radiation source fitted in the drivers seat squab of all white vans to sterilise them?

Tony

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Glad you aren't hurt, Guy.

Sometimes there just isn't anything else we can do to be visible and safe, when a complete and
utter tw*t inb a motorised cage decides to risk not only his/her life & limb, but that of those
around them. I feel a sudden urge for eugenics coming on...

Cheers, helen s

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I emptied a whole airzound on one tonight as it turned left on me, with no option, brakes full on,
to follow it to the left

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Tony Raven said:

How do you fit six hedges on a narrow lane ;-)

Two in the front, two in the back. Oh, hold on, wrong joke...

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Quoted message said:

This morning Mr White Van Man thought a sharp right-hander on a narrow

lane

Quoted message said:

with six hedges would be a great place to overtake. He had to work at it because I was a good way
out from the edge, to deter Mr WVM from doing

just

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that while still allowing me to avoid oncoming traffic.

I didn't notice him staring to overtake because I wasn't looking behind at that point - it was
such an obviously stupid place to try that I really didn't believe he'd try it. Silly me!

The thing is, there really are some insane people out there behind the wheel. Not just stupid, but
nasty. While most drivers will put up with 'obstruction' reluctantly if they have to, a small
minority are just GBH on wheels. If I suspect there's someone like that behind me, usually indicated
by following ridiculously close, revving of engine etc., personally I'd usually rather slow and pull
right over so as to let them pass and get it over and done with as quickly as possible, than try to
force them not to, and in doing so 'force' them to try something really dangerous and unexpected.

Rich

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Glad you aren't hurt, Guy.

Likewise.

Quoted message said:

Sometimes there just isn't anything else we can do to be visible and safe, when a complete and
utter tw*t inb a motorised cage decides to risk not only his/her life & limb, but that of those
around them. I feel a sudden urge for eugenics coming on...

Some days I wish for a set of Boadicea knives on my front wheels - in your part of the world you
might get away with it as part of your "cultural heritage" :-)

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Carol Hague "Follow that chariot!" - Meg, Xena, Warrior Princess

Richard Goodman said:

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The thing is, there really are some insane people out there behind the wheel. Not just stupid, but
nasty. While most drivers will put up with 'obstruction' reluctantly if they have to, a small
minority are just GBH on wheels. If I suspect there's someone like that behind me, usually
indicated by following ridiculously close, revving of engine etc., personally I'd usually rather
slow and pull right over so as to let them pass and get it over and done with as quickly as
possible, than try to force them not to, and in doing so 'force' them to try something really
dangerous and unexpected.

While I agree with being aware and looking after your own safety, that course of action just
reinforces for them the benefits of their methods. I tend to hold my line but stay alert and
prepared to take appropriate action for my own safety if needed.

Tony

Tony Raven said:

While I agree with being aware and looking after your own safety, that course of action just
reinforces for them the benefits of their methods.

Agreed. Never defer to bullies. They are mostly cowards anyway (the motor car is of course an ideal
way for cowards to assert themselves, since you are anonymous inside a car). I take the primary
riding position, which at least gives me somewhere to go if Captain Clueless decides to demonstrate
his superior driving skills by overtaking with millimetres to spare.

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Agreed. Never defer to bullies. They are mostly cowards anyway (the motor car is of course an
ideal way for cowards to assert themselves, since you are anonymous inside a car). I take the
primary riding position, which at least gives me somewhere to go if Captain Clueless decides to
demonstrate his superior driving skills by overtaking with millimetres to spare.

I'm not just talking of ordinary bullies though, who abound in numbers. I mean people apparently
bordering on the criminally insane, in charge of a ton of metal travelling at speed who'd sooner
risk leaving three families fatherless than wait a few seconds because one of them happens to be a
cyclist, who can usually, although maybe not without inconvenience, find room to give way safely if
he wants. I just think there may be times when discretion is the better part of valour, albeit that
it is rare that things are that bad. Sometimes of course, which is mostly what happens to me when I
encounter these, you don't realise just how crazy the person behind is 'till they actually start
overtaking in places where you would never believe that they would.....

Rich

Tony Raven said:

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Quoted message said:

With whom would you take out your urge for some selective breeding?

Actually I thinking more along the lines of selective not being allowed to breed...

A radiation source fitted in the drivers seat squab of all white vans to sterilise them?

Ahem....*some* white van drivers are on your side y'know....

Of course I'm probably a bit past breeding age by now anyway....

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Richard Goodman said:

I'm not just talking of ordinary bullies though, who abound in numbers. I mean people apparently
bordering on the criminally insane, in charge of a ton of metal travelling at speed who'd sooner
risk leaving three families fatherless than wait a few seconds because one of them happens to be
a cyclist

It is really hard to tell the difference between that dsort of person and the run-of-the-mill
arrogant jackass who thinks their [censored] wil shrivel if they don't beat you to the next traffic jam,
or the imbecile who decides that he will wait 30 seconds and then overtake whatever is coming the
other way because otherwise they might not get the best parking space, and indeed all the other
idiots. There is a continuum of idiocy.

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Ahem....*some* white van drivers are on your side y'know....

I should imagine that white vans with large recumbent crocogators on the side are exempt...

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Carol Hague said:

Ahem....*some* white van drivers are on your side y'know....

Sorry, exceptions to the stereotype does not compute

Tony

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

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Ahem....*some* white van drivers are on your side y'know....

Oh course - you are female, ergo, you are *sensible.

*Splorfle*! Me? Sensible? How *dare* you! :-)

it's just that van drivers do tend to be predominantly of the male persuasion for some reason.

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Oh yes. I can see myself in full PSF get-up, and Boudica knives on wheels...

Perhaps something for a party over the festive season. I don't think I have seen PSF get-up, does it
involve a short pink dress and a magic wand? Where do the slabs come from?

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Carol Hague said:

Quoted message said:

it's just that van drivers do tend to be predominantly of the male persuasion for some reason.

A more sensible distinction would seem to be "normal driver" and "stressed out executive always
late for the next meeting, in flash exec-mobile, of either gender". We're seeing more female
execs nowadays.

Saw one on the phone last night - the big glowing handset gave it away, as well as the quite erratic
steering. It was in a supermarket car park though, so legal or not being on private land? Also no
police around. The steering and general control was quite erratic.

- Richard

PS - enough radiation down there to sterilise, or give 99% chance of sterilisation if not for
suitably heavy lead plating in the right place, is quite painful. You won't get WVM on his bike
for a while, perhaps even if its a recumbent.

Perhaps an alternate route would be something like ifosfamide in the coffee at appropriate road-side
cafes. Hopefuly its side effects will just be put down to a bad day for food hygiene. Even then, WVM
is likely to have decided never to eat/drink at such a place again before enough is given to be
effective. :-P

- Richard

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