Out for a road ride yesterday and I had the pleasure of my first toe to toe meeting with a dickhead driver.
He passed me leaving very little room and I showed my displeasue. He then executed a rather splendid handbrake turn in a lay-by, stopped and hopped out of the car then went for the confrontaion.
"Did you call me a w4nker for driving too close to you?" He yelled into my face.
Not really much you can say to that really.
Welcome to Britain. 
"If I would have passed you that close in my car, would you have called me a ****?"
I find it's a pretty good response. Almost always makes them stop and think.
I think he started to recognise what he'd said. 
So what happened?
I'm not proud, but I battered the **** out of him.
EDIT: Isn't there a certain irony in the anonymously written tag saying "keyboard warrior pwned"? 
I battered the **** out of him
Welcome to Britain.
Hmmm....
Comeuppance! 
We got shouted at by a pack of roadies overtaking us on Saturday. Out for a gentle spin with friends and their tandem and one woman starts screaming "get out of he way" at Mrs Rickmeister. Fortunately, Ms R didn't hear this or there may well have been another meaning to the term "being dropped"
They all overtook us, bumping elbows and the only one that said a cheery hello was the last rider struggling to keep up.... looked like a load of fun...
kayak23, I think the answer is in your question. What drives someone to the levels of confrontation like that in a couple of seconds? And the fact that you're not surprised by this.
Second point is that this used to be an area of punch first, ask questions later, so he was a bit of a tart. 
We got shouted at by a pack of roadies overtaking us on Saturday. Out for a gentle spin with friends and their tandem and one woman starts screaming "get out of he way" at Mrs Rickmeister. Fortunately, Ms R didn't hear this or there may well have been another meaning to the term "being dropped"
Don't get this at all with the roadies, took the newbies club road ride out yesterday and as well as doing riding eittiquette, introudcing them to 1 in 7's and dealing with bumps potholes etc trying to teach them civility to other cyclists, saying hello to other riders /runs and always asking stopped riders if they are of, re the above ffs the racing seasons over chill out time now.
Kilo, exactly. Did a TCL and MBL course recently and one of the big things on the programme was being nice to anyone else we met, walkers, bikes, kids the lot... what goes around comes around...
I'm not proud, but I battered the **** out of him.
I'm proud
sweet
We got shouted at by a pack of roadies overtaking us on Saturday. Out for a gentle spin with friends and their tandem and one woman starts screaming "get out of he way" at Mrs Rickmeister
Perhaps it was a "I'm out of control and will run you over" type warning, rather than being rude?
Got my elbows knocked the other night by a club run while I was commuting home last week - totally unnecessary, lots of room to get past. First time it's happened though.
My own experience with an irate driver was posted back in the summer - I didn't attack him though, which is why he got the warning for assault.
Perhaps it was a "I'm out of control and will run you over" type warning, rather than being rude?
If Mrs Roadie was out of control cycling up hill on Milton Road out of Musselburgh at about 10mph, then she perhaps shouldn't have spent so much money on team kit and a fancy bike before learning to ride in a straight line and change direction easily
Good work fella!!!
Were these required....
I had a roadie draft me t'other day, along the cycle path in Cable St. He went to overtake me, but din't use a bell or owt so I din't know he was there. I 'swerved' slightly to avoid something on't ground, and we nearly crashed. I told him it might be an idea to get a bell, he responded with 'learn how to ride a bike propperly'.
I caught him at a set of lights, and asked him why he thought it necessary to be such a knob. He din't have an answer for that one. But there was a bashing of elbows as we both pulled away from the lights.
Little Tip for roadies what want to act like knobs; Don't wear club kit what I can then use to identify exactly who you are, where you live and who you work for. Look forward to seeing you again...
Shall I send him poo in a tupperware container? Shall I? Shall I???
Elf, no need - you just need to find his shoes 
Effin, just invite him to an Internet debate with you. It'll drive him to suicide.
One of my last rides in England, I was buzzed "for fun" by some council workers in a flatbed transit. When I gave them the finger they stopped and wanted a fight!
Then moved to a civilised country, nothing like that's happened in three years*, versus almost weekly in London and environs. Why are people wound up so tight?
*Ok, once. Traffic light altercation, driver spat at me out the window. Wind blew it back into his female passenger's face.
Then moved to a civilisedcountryregion, nothing like that's happened in three years*, versus almost weekly in London and environs
I don't live in London or its environs, and that's never happened to me.
bob_summers - Member*Ok, once. Traffic light altercation, driver spat at me out the window. Wind blew it back into his female passenger's face.
Ha, ha!
Great example of providence.
If you are lucky enough to see a passing police car following an incident like this, they do take it quite seriously. If you can get the number plates even better.
A number of recent incidents is making me think about using the Muvi-cam on the road just so the police can take action on such muppets for dangerous driving.
If someone stops their car to confront are you a victim of road rage or assualt?
neither like DS I own them with extreme violence.
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him not me as I am nails obviously
Ps Nice retort DD
so the police can take action on such muppets for dangerous driving.Hmmmmmmm. I recall the brouhaha when the police didn't do anything for the car passenger caught on camera getting out and attacking a cyclist.
superdale - "road rage" does not exist as a criminal offence. If they touch you, it's assault.
As the copper who dealt with my case said "You can shout at each other as much as you like, but the first one to touch the other loses"
In reality you can't shout at each other as much as you like, not so long back I saw a TV cop programme (UK) where a motorcyclist shouted a profanity at a car driver who nearly took him out, the cop stopped the motorcyclist and ticketed him for swearing (in front of people/kids in a shopping centre).
As an aside, was anything ever done about the guy attacking the cyclist? I remember some excuse about having his car stolen and then returned
CK; I've had nearly exactly the same experience. almost got wiped out by a BMW (he turned suddenly inot the bus lane I was in without checking it was clear), the sudden shock caused me to swear profusely, and the coppers who just happened to be walking by nicked me and din't do owt to the driver, even though they'd clearly seen him driving without due care etc. Proper bang out of order. What, swearing is worse than dangerous driving?? Jeeze...
Car is King. Psychlists are way down the food chain...
Effin, just invite him to an Internet debate with you. It'll drive him to suicide.
No, that's just nasty, but I'd quite like to see tossers like that give up cycling.
Little Tip for roadies what want to act like knobs; Don't wear club kit what I can then use to identify exactly who you are, where you live and who you work for
Just e mail the club, traditional road clubs don't actualy want their memebrs to act like knobs even more so to other cyclists - tri clubs not so sure about 
If someone stops their car to confront are you a victim of road rage or assualt?
superdale - "road rage" does not exist as a criminal offence. If they touch you, it's assault
I'd have thought road rage would be classed as assault - the threat of bodily harm, if they touch you then it's battery.
Swearing is worse than dangerous driving. On STW it is.
I've yet to see someone banned from the forum for assault filter avoidance.
Its just not worth it at the end of the day the guy in the car will win if he wants to run you over, just let it pass. Its so hard to do but its te right thing to do.
Saying that would have been nice if you had stuck the heed in him. Then 5hat in his drivers seat.
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