Off to register a complaint...

[Deest]

FWIW I have a friend in Alabama who routinely carries small rocks in his jersey pocket. If drivers give him grief he tries to take out their back windscreen. Other times he will catch them at the lights and hold said rocks against their side door as they take off. Makes for a nice long scratch!

This guy is no mug btw. Did the Tour of Georgia last year.

 

[Terry Collins]

JH wrote:

> One suggestion from within the force is that the more effort you go to
> at your local station gives you the greatest chance of the matter being
> dealt with - such as asking to see the officer-in-charge if you think
> you are not being dealt with properly."

Absolutelty bloody fscking marvellous isn't it. You have to jump up and
down to get someone to do their basic job.

In NSW, you should also follow any station report up with a letter to
the commissioner. I understand that all such letters have to be followed
up and a report made, so if the counter jumper doesn't want to do his
job when you report it, he certainly gets inconvenienced by having to do
a report latter on.

Decades ago when I reported my ramming, the fuzz did zip "your word
against his", but after a letter to the commissioner, I recieved a visit
at home to basically give me the flick off.

Fortunately the sargeant was "known" to my mother (scouting[1]) and he
left with a different attitude and decide to hear the other side of the
story.

Seems the perp was an unlisenced driver and he and his brother (who
owned the car) eventually got done for make a false statement to a
police officer. It also helped that they had ****** on one of the
sargeants business chums prior.


So, there wasn't a bicycle related conviction, but 2 of the 3 arseholes
in the car got done {.


[1] who thinks lemon squeezers on the back window ledge are a wonderful
idea. {. You have been warned.

 

[dtmeister]

Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> that? Did I deserve that?" and they looked at me blankly, except for one
> guy who looked ****** off... at me or at the driver? Anyway, it was a
> white truck, probably a Mitsubishi Canter (?) with a tray, 464DEP,
> happened around 0645 this morning at the Logan/Kessels Rd
> intersection... and we caught him before Klumpp Rd. ******!

*Fsck*. Whenever I read this stuff my heart rate climbs 10bpm. I feel as
if it just happened to me. I guess because we can all relate to this. I
hope you get somewhere, people like this need to lose their licence and
never get it back.

We ban guns, but we're quite happy as a society to allow people to use
their cages as a weapon, daily. If he had taken out a gun and pointed
it at you, one call to the cops and there would have been police choppers
hunting him down. But threaten you with deadly force by use of his
vehicle and hey, that's okay. Sheeesh!

--
..dt
1996 Diamond Back 'Expert Tg' Roadie (7spd DT shifters, favourite bike!)
2004 Trek 2300 Roadie (9spd Ultegra)
2003 DiamondBack 'Criterium' Roadie (8spd Sora, rain bike)

 

[Paulie-AU]

I say dont make the official complaint

Track him down and fire bomb his truck. Or mabye C4 wired to the ignition.

But seriously it would be more satisfying to reap vengence with your bare hands.

But with the desire not to be locked up, mabye the reporting to the police option is more sensible.

 

[Tamyka Bell]

dtmeister wrote:
>
> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > that? Did I deserve that?" and they looked at me blankly, except for one
> > guy who looked ****** off... at me or at the driver? Anyway, it was a
> > white truck, probably a Mitsubishi Canter (?) with a tray, 464DEP,
> > happened around 0645 this morning at the Logan/Kessels Rd
> > intersection... and we caught him before Klumpp Rd. ******!
>
> *Fsck*. Whenever I read this stuff my heart rate climbs 10bpm. I feel as
> if it just happened to me. I guess because we can all relate to this. I
> hope you get somewhere, people like this need to lose their licence and
> never get it back.
>
> We ban guns, but we're quite happy as a society to allow people to use
> their cages as a weapon, daily. If he had taken out a gun and pointed
> it at you, one call to the cops and there would have been police choppers
> hunting him down. But threaten you with deadly force by use of his
> vehicle and hey, that's okay. Sheeesh!

Nah it won't be okay. I'll get him. Next time he tries to run me over,
he'll at least have a good reason

 

[Tamyka Bell]

Paulie-AU wrote:
>
> I say dont make the official complaint
>
> Track him down and fire bomb his truck. Or mabye C4 wired to the
> ignition.
>
> But seriously it would be more satisfying to reap vengence with your
> bare hands.
>
> But with the desire not to be locked up, mabye the reporting to the
> police option is more sensible.
>
> --
> Paulie-AU

That's why you and Lotte are so damn cute.

That, and the ****-spanking.

Tam

 

[Absent Husband]

Glad you're OK dude. And what everyone else has already said...
*laughs*

Abby

 

[SteveA]

dtmeister wrote:
>
> Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > that? Did I deserve that?" and they looked at me blankly, except for one
> > guy who looked ****** off... at me or at the driver? Anyway, it was a
> > white truck, probably a Mitsubishi Canter (?) with a tray, 464DEP,
> > happened around 0645 this morning at the Logan/Kessels Rd
> > intersection... and we caught him before Klumpp Rd. ******!
>
> *Fsck*. Whenever I read this stuff my heart rate climbs 10bpm. I feel as
> if it just happened to me. I guess because we can all relate to this. I
> hope you get somewhere, people like this need to lose their licence and
> never get it back.
>
> We ban guns, but we're quite happy as a society to allow people to use
> their cages as a weapon, daily. If he had taken out a gun and pointed
> it at you, one call to the cops and there would have been police choppers
> hunting him down. But threaten you with deadly force by use of his
> vehicle and hey, that's okay. Sheeesh!

Nah it won't be okay. I'll get him. Next time he tries to run me over,
he'll at least have a good reason

One of my work colleagues used to be in charge of ALL the Army's explosives. Should I have a word to him?

SteveA

 

[Graeme Dods]

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:16:13 +1000, Terry Collins wrote:

> [1] who thinks lemon squeezers on the back window ledge are a wonderful
> idea.

Eh?

 

[zog]

Graeme Dods wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:16:13 +1000, Terry Collins wrote:
>
>
>>[1] who thinks lemon squeezers on the back window ledge are a wonderful
>>idea.
>
>
> Eh?

heh! I would like to know too

 

[John Tserkezis]

Sir Lex wrote:

> Who are you going to make your complaint to? You should go straight to
> the Police.

The police don't take "nearly" accidents. If nothing happened, there's
nothing to report.

Straight from the horse's mouth the first time I tried to report a woman who
pulled out of an intersection into my path.

The police said "you have my word I'll call them". They all but laughed
their guts out while I was there.

Best you can hope for is bad karma finds their way.
--
Linux Registered User # 302622
<http://counter.li.org>

 

[dtmeister]

John Tserkezis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sir Lex wrote:
>
>> Who are you going to make your complaint to? You should go straight to
>> the Police.
>
> The police don't take "nearly" accidents. If nothing happened, there's
> nothing to report.

What accident? It was a threat of physical violence. Very different!


> Straight from the horse's mouth the first time I tried to report a woman who
> pulled out of an intersection into my path.
>
> The police said "you have my word I'll call them". They all but laughed
> their guts out while I was there.
>
> Best you can hope for is bad karma finds their way.

Yes, but it's worth a try. And from what others have written her,
sometimes you do get a good result.

--
..dt
1996 Diamond Back 'Expert Tg' Roadie (7spd DT shifters, favourite bike!)
2004 Trek 2300 Roadie (9spd Ultegra)
2003 DiamondBack 'Criterium' Roadie (8spd Sora, rain bike)

 

[SteveA]

Sir Lex wrote:

> Who are you going to make your complaint to? You should go straight to
> the Police.

The police don't take "nearly" accidents. If nothing happened, there's
nothing to report.

Straight from the horse's mouth the first time I tried to report a woman who
pulled out of an intersection into my path.

The police said "you have my word I'll call them". They all but laughed
their guts out while I was there.

Best you can hope for is bad karma finds their way.
--
Linux Registered User # 302622
<http://counter.li.org>

I wuold hope they would be more interested in threatening behaviour which is not just a 'nearly motor vehicle accident'

Or I may be overly optimistic

SteveA

 

[TimC]

On 2005-09-08, John Tserkezis (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> Sir Lex wrote:
>
>> Who are you going to make your complaint to? You should go straight to
>> the Police.
>
> The police don't take "nearly" accidents. If nothing happened, there's
> nothing to report.
>
> Straight from the horse's mouth the first time I tried to report a woman who
> pulled out of an intersection into my path.
>
> The police said "you have my word I'll call them". They all but laughed
> their guts out while I was there.

But that is because we don't play the right cards. I've brought this
up before, and I'll bring it up again. Write a contemporaneous note,
and report in the proper way, and they have no choice but to follow
up. A contemporaneous note can be admitted as evidence in court, but
hopefully the driver will be smart enough to take the option that
proceeds court (much less penalty if they are found guilty; and
hopefully the cop will be smart enough to make that clear):

http://groups.google.com/group/aus.bicycle/browse_frm/thread/6ba45fca8de3e6c4/b06f678609efdac4
-- for archival sake, message-id:
[email protected]

And references therein.

--
TimC
pivot_root manpage: BUGS:
Some of the more obscure uses of pivot_root may quickly lead to insanity.

 

[Graeme Dods]

On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:05:32 +1000, John Tserkezis wrote:

> Best you can hope for is bad karma finds their way.

Reminds me of a recent Dilbert cartoon. One of the characters take on karma
is that he can be as horrible as he likes to people as karma means they
must deserve it.

Graeme

 

[Kathy]

Tamyka Bell wrote:

> I had an irate, small-truck driver demand I get off the road, while Mark
> and I were waiting side by side at the traffic lights. We were there
> first - it's not like we had pushed through, and there was another lane
> anyway. He told me to get out of the way. I pointed out I was doing
> nothing wrong and I would not move. He said, "Fine, I'll fscking run
> over you," and I pointed out that such behaviour was illegal and would
> result in prosecution. He went on with these two statements for a bit.
> When the lights changed, Mark and I did a very clean, fast take-off.
> Despite the fact that bikes accelerate better than trucks, this guy
> revved it, laid on the horn continually. He sped up until he nearly
> clipped my rear wheel, then slammed on the brakes, and did this
> repeatedly as we crossed the intersection. Once we were across, I could
> move over to let him through... which would have been my intent from the
> start, had he asked. I yelled out to onlookers, "What the -? Did you see
> that? Did I deserve that?" and they looked at me blankly, except for one
> guy who looked ****** off... at me or at the driver? Anyway, it was a
> white truck, probably a Mitsubishi Canter (?) with a tray, 464DEP,
> happened around 0645 this morning at the Logan/Kessels Rd
> intersection... and we caught him before Klumpp Rd. ******!

Yeah sometimes I wish evil ex was around. Be nice to have her wander up
to the ****** and arrest him for dangerous driving. Ahhh well.

 

[Kathy]

Stuart Lamble wrote:

> On 2005-09-07, TimC <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>On 2005-09-07, Tamyka Bell (aka Bruce)
>> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>>
>>>The backup plan is the friend with the RPG.
>>
>>Lotte?
>
>
> Lotte only has a shotgun. For an RPG, I suspect Tam will be contacting a
> friend in the military ...
>

Firepower.. I love fire power.

My dad always said his idea of a fair fight was him in a MBT versus a
bloke 3 km away with a pistol.

 

[Terry Collins]

zog wrote:
> Graeme Dods wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:16:13 +1000, Terry Collins wrote:
>>
>>
>>> [1] who thinks lemon squeezers on the back window ledge are a
>>> wonderful idea.
>>
>>
>>
>> Eh?
>
>
> heh! I would like to know too

Definitely not old scouting types.
Lemon squeezer was the nick name for the old felt scout hat, except when
in the hands of the younger members (but that is another story).

So when my mother was a young gal and cars had rear window ledges,
complete with cushions, you always kept your scout hat on the rear
window ledge. She says it was very handy for a lady in distress[2] as
you it labled you as a gal of moral fibre and worth of rescue.


[2] Also very handy for a yound gentleman in the movement to stop should
he see a young lady with such a hat stopped by the side of the road. You
always had something to talk about to give you an excuse to hang around
should she live up to explnations. but it wasn't my mother who pointed
that out.

 

[Terry Collins]

SteveA wrote:

>>Nah it won't be okay. I'll get him. Next time he tries to run me over,
>>he'll at least have a good reason
>
> One of my work colleagues used to be in charge of ALL the Army's
> explosives. Should I have a word to him?

Hmm, perhaps I should start carrying a tin of nitropill, diesel and a
sparkler to give to motorists who **** me off. Only problem is I don't
know the effect radius and probably suggesting that will now earn me a
14 day free holiday.

Memo to self to put a pack of cards in the handlebar bag.

 

[David Trudgett]

Tamyka Bell <[email protected]> writes:

> I had an irate, small-truck driver demand I get off the road, while Mark
> and I were waiting side by side at the traffic lights. We were there
> first - it's not like we had pushed through, and there was another lane
> anyway. He told me to get out of the way. I pointed out I was doing
> nothing wrong and I would not move. He said, "Fine, I'll fscking run
> over you," and I pointed out that such behaviour was illegal and would
> result in prosecution. He went on with these two statements for a bit.

I would have got off the road around this point, if not
sooner. There's no point being dead right, is there? There are a few
real looney tunes on the roads, you know.

Glad you're still with us.

Oh the shame, the shame... ;-)

David



--

David Trudgett
http://www.zeta.org.au/~wpower/

[About the conscription and making of a soldier.] And when a
good-hearted lad has been brought to a state lower than that of a
brute, he is just what is wanted by those who use him as an instrument
of violence. He is ready; the man has been destroyed and a new
instrument of violence has been created.

-- Leo Tolstoy, "The Kingdom of God is Within You"