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Originally Posted by Footie
OK, having had a second stupid incident, I am forced to express my dismay at the stupidity of others, who seem to think it’s a joke to try to cause me to have an accident on my electric bike.
The first (few weeks ago) three kids walking along the pavement, who waited until I was almost beside them, screamed, shouted and made as if to run out in front of me. Resulted in me having to violently swerve out into the road, luckily nothing there to run me down.
The second incident (today) cycling along the road with heavy traffic. Some ass-wipe passenger in a Land Rover screamed and shouted "WAHAY, BIKER BOY" just as they passed. The sudden screaming/shouting (almost in my ear) made me jump and caused me to swerve and nearly end up in the ditch.
I am seriously thinking about getting one of those action cameras, then should something happen again and I crash, I would have recorded evidence of what happened and who caused it. However, at £100 each they are not cheap, so it needs some more serious thought.
Apart from the obvious hand signs and signal in response to dickhead drivers, anyone have any tips to deal with these very dangerous ass-wipes?
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It's a jungle out there......
not a lot you can do Footie,
wise head cautions still tongue,
it is of course wildy stupid to distract a cyclist with the intention of causing a mishap, but there are too many miscreants, dossers, drongos, drunks, druggies, feeble minded, mad children and other genetically challenged trouble makers, to ensure perfect safety from this type of threat.
i think the camera would be a waste of time & money, you never know where these 'scoundrels' will attack from, and it's usually all over by the time you can point the device.
a lady cyclist i knew used to counter stupid drivers with a small ball-pein hammer which slotted nicely into the velco straps meant for a pump, if they got too close she would whip it out and leave a lovely, neat little dent in whatever part of the vehicle she could reach, She used to brag about following a very troublesome idiot in his brand spanking new BMW into the city of London, waited until he had parked & walked away, whereupon she hit every panel on the car with her little hammer, just once, took thirty seconds, good as 'wrote off' the BMW
These days of course, you could be arrested for carrying an offensive weapon with intent.
you have my commiserations,