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GBH where i come from. OK the van driver was a knob but the biker is a dick. Stopping then punching a guy? Out of order in my humble opinion.

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27 minutes ago, S-Westerly said:

GBH where i come from. OK the van driver was a knob but the biker is a dick. Stopping then punching a guy? Out of order in my humble opinion.


Agreed. Thug.

 

And I wonder what we’d see if footage from the previous 2 minutes had been shown.

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That's out of order. Yes the van driver is a knob head. But when he pulled alongside me, i would have let him past. It's not worth it if you end up under a van.

 

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@bud @Hairsy@S-Westerly  fully agree.

 

however, if your telling me you the thought has never crossed your mind possibly when:

  • A car does pretty much the same, as in the video on a motorway looking at you forcing you to slow (Enfield won’t go much quicker than 70 and with a car in front had no where to go if it could) so I force the car behind to slow who is pushing trying not to let the other car in. Being left little choice but to go into side of a lorry.  It was rush hour and there was not allot of space even at 70mph.  Watching the events unfold the offending car wanted to come off at next junction, it seems I was soft option in his way.
  • You are forced on to the verge because the car coming the other way decides to over take a couple of cyclists or pass a forest pony - sometimes flashing head lights, sometimes not, just pretend not to see you.
  • Forced to stop emergency stop at road narrowing or passing parked car when it’s your priority but cars decide to drive through, not uncommon at multiple place round the forest.   Best was whilst shouting “next time you get in my way I will knock you off”,
  • Cars knowingly  pulling out of side road at you and tell you that it’s there right of way. At this junction locally it can be scarily common, some one did it to an ambulance on lights
    https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18066267.brockenhurst-crash-three-hurt-including-two-paramedics/  
    It seems they think the railway crossing changes road priority?

For me the motorway incident has been one off so far.  The others, they happen rarely but occasionally I still get caught out.  I do try and ride/ drive defensively etc.

 

Agree there is probably more to the story than in the video, and yes it is assault and the rider is in the wrong and foolish for publicising said video. 
 

However if the thought has never crossed your a far better person than me.

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I've often wished I had a death ray that would vapourise any offending vehicle. It would probably solve the UK population issue and put me in Genghis Khans category for mass murder. Fortunately I don't. 

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4 hours ago, onesea said:

@bud @Hairsy@S-Westerly  fully agree.

 

however, if your telling me you the thought has never crossed your mind possibly when:

  • A car does pretty much the same, as in the video on a motorway looking at you forcing you to slow (Enfield won’t go much quicker than 70 and with a car in front had no where to go if it could) so I force the car behind to slow who is pushing trying not to let the other car in. Being left little choice but to go into side of a lorry.  It was rush hour and there was not allot of space even at 70mph.  Watching the events unfold the offending car wanted to come off at next junction, it seems I was soft option in his way.
  • You are forced on to the verge because the car coming the other way decides to over take a couple of cyclists or pass a forest pony - sometimes flashing head lights, sometimes not, just pretend not to see you.
  • Forced to stop emergency stop at road narrowing or passing parked car when it’s your priority but cars decide to drive through, not uncommon at multiple place round the forest.   Best was whilst shouting “next time you get in my way I will knock you off”,
  • Cars knowingly  pulling out of side road at you and tell you that it’s there right of way. At this junction locally it can be scarily common, some one did it to an ambulance on lights
    https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18066267.brockenhurst-crash-three-hurt-including-two-paramedics/  
    It seems they think the railway crossing changes road priority?

For me the motorway incident has been one off so far.  The others, they happen rarely but occasionally I still get caught out.  I do try and ride/ drive defensively etc.

 

Agree there is probably more to the story than in the video, and yes it is assault and the rider is in the wrong and foolish for publicising said video. 
 

However if the thought has never crossed your a far better person than me.

The only time I ever got that angry was when a car tried to force me into oncoming traffic.

Coming up to some traffic lights with two lanes of traffic on both sides of the road. I was in the right lane going straight ahead. Car on left was in the lane to turn left. 

As the traffic moved off he thought he could get in front of me from the left lane. He didn't and just kept moving over to the right. The only choice I had was to stop on the other side of the white line, or be knocked off.

I caught up to him at the next roundabout. Pulled alongside him, and called him a few choice words. Saying you could have killed me. I was really angry. But the terrified look on his face. And the fact he was trying to climb into the passenger seat calmed me down.

Not really my proudest moment.

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23 minutes ago, bud said:

The only time I ever got that angry was when a car tried to force me into oncoming traffic.

Coming up to some traffic lights with two lanes of traffic on both sides of the road. I was in the right lane going straight ahead. Car on left was in the lane to turn left. 

As the traffic moved off he thought he could get in front of me from the left lane. He didn't and just kept moving over to the right. The only choice I had was to stop on the other side of the white line, or be knocked off.

I caught up to him at the next roundabout. Pulled alongside him, and called him a few choice words. Saying you could have killed me. I was really angry. But the terrified look on his face. And the fact he was trying to climb into the passenger seat calmed me down.

Not really my proudest moment.

Those moments never are, when you get an apologetic reaction its easier to let it go, every one can have a bad day.

When they are non apologetic, or blame you or become aggressive, then it's not so easy...

 

Attached map shows live local traffic, some added by me as Google wouldn't keep on bigger scale. 

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I know there are back roads but they are just as full of irritated locals trying to get about around the tourists.  That means lot's of bad tempered idiot drivers, I would rather stay home or go sailing. 

To day housework takes priority, encouraged by forecast of rain and the fact its a bank holiday and idiots go afloat as well...

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It isn’t something I would have done. But I think the biker was extremely provoked. Van driver acted in a dangerous manner. Deserved what he got.

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Totally deserved if you ask me! 

 

He will now think twice about doing it again which could have easily saved someone's life from an ar*ehole using his van as a weapon 

 

He f**ked around and found out 

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2 hours ago, Stu said:

Totally deserved if you ask me! 

 

He will now think twice about doing it again which could have easily saved someone's life from an ar*ehole using his van as a weapon 

 

He f**ked around and found out 

And asked for seconds! 🤔

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