[Closed] What would stw do? (video content)

i thought it was staged when I first watched it. I'm still not convinced it isn't

Totally agree with her right up to the point where she does 'criminal damage' to his van.

She should not have to put up with such an idiot but her final action puts her on the wrong side of the law.

Took some balls mind 😆

LOL, nice one.
Touching her without consent, asking for her number, asking if she's on her period, insulting her physical appearance. absolute ****ing scumbags.
resulting action entirely justified imo

Karma.

[i]her final action puts her on the wrong side of the law[/i]

Although, tbh, I can't see the CPS touching the case with a barge pole - too much mitigation, too much 'they deserved it' for a succesful prosecution?

Can't say I have a problem with anything she did there. Good on her, it'll make the idiots think twice next time they start to abuse some one.

good for her, shame it's probably a works van.

So many passers by at the traffic lights and not one intervened or said anything 🙁

While I don't agree with the damage done it certainly was a quick street court hearing and subsequent punishment metered out!

Probably will think twice about doing it again to another female.

I've done worse so can't really say anything. Suprisingly easy to rip the mirror off a Transit.

I have no problem with her behaviour. No one should have to put up with that.

Little else she could have done that might make them think again. This might

Although, it might make them more likely to close-pass other cyclists in future as revenge, so not all roses IMO.

Nice!

Brilliant, they got what they deserved. Imagine it was your wife/girlfriend/daughter, I know I'd be bouncing

IMO, nobody looks good in that video.

IMO, nobody looks good in that video.

Sexist.

DrP

Good work! About time things should be going the other way.

Why should all the general law abiding people be wall flowers all the time, letting scuz balls get away with it constantly.

Give her a medal.

Well done that women, there are too many wing mirrors in this world.

Good for her, shame on the passers by.

I'm all good with her reaction there 🙂

I'm fine with her reaction.

I don't know why the faces of the vans occupants have been pixelated though.

Make them famous, show their mothers, wives and daughters the sort of people that they are.

[I] but her final action puts her on the wrong side of the law. [/I]

well sometimes the law is a little bit wrong, what she did was entirely justified.

I can remember about 25yrs ago when a work colleague was driving us through London and after eating a sandwich whilst in a traffic jam he opened the van door to brush the breadcrumbs off the seat. A female cyclist promptly hit the open door at quite a speed, she did an endo trying to stop and went kind of sideways over the bars and into the railings. it was quite a crash and she was obviously hurt and very angry at having a door opened on her. My mate apologised profusely several times but she wasn't having any of it and continued a tirade of abuse at him, at which point he snapped and shouted 'well why don't you $£&% off you lesbian £$%&!!!' - she then pulled the D-Lock off her bike and proceeded to whack it all over the bonnet and the front wing of the van leaving 50p size dents with every hit, about ten of them. Whilst my mate was standing there in shock she then chucked her bike over the railings, leapt over herself and rode off in the opposite direction whilst we were still stuck in the traffic. I thought that was justified too although my colleague wasn't too impressed!!

I think they deserved tar & feathers. tossers.

I don't have too much of an issue with what she did, just a shame it's unlikely to hurt the scummy drivers.

I guess if she'd known there was a video she could have gone to the filth.

I don't think it's staged.

The billowing scarf close to her rear wheel nearly played a part in that chase down.

What a pair of oxygen thieves.

For once, I don't care what the law says - good on her for standing up to them. Hopefully if they do that to another woman she'll turn out to be a boxer or something and knock their ****ing teeth out. Scum.

If that was my van (i.e. the guys worked for me) and I saw that video I'd be taking the cost of the mirror out of their final pay packets.

It might not have been legally sound but I've no problem with what she did. Remember she likely felt threatened by two blokes in a big van so the adrenaline would have been pumping.

i'd have lent her my D-lock

scaled - Member
Make them famous, show their mothers, wives and daughters the sort of people that they are.

But from the competence of the Wing (Chun) mirror removal, I would hazard a guess that it’s not the first time she’s done that.

If you click on the Vimeo poster’s name, from two other videos, he clearly is involved with bikes:

Cross: 30 seconds of cyclo-cross comedy gold

Danny Macaskill: 49 seconds of err Danny Macaskill

However, on a lighter note, also worth watching…
Skillz: 53 seconds of “Yeah I’ve got skills – What you gonna do about it?”

[b]DrP - Member[/b]

IMO, nobody looks good in that video.

Sexist.

Proper coffee on keyboard moment there.

A lot not to like in that video; the action of the men in the van, lack of interaction from anyone else, the trailing scarf, the ease that the wing mirror came off (come on Ford) and the snidy comment at the end to the guys in the van from the guy with the camera.

Not good all around.

wwaswas are you the one filming?

Good on her.

I cannot abide "laddish" behaviour like that, gives the rest of us a bad name. Everyone has the right to go about their business without having to put up with that sort of bullshit.

Good on her, no issue at all and I hope the 2 neanderthals in the van try and report her, be great to see them defend that.
If it was a sign written van then the pair would/should be getting their marching orders.

No one comes out well there, merely degrees of shit behaviour

Absolutely justified in my eyes. Often the only way to hurt such people is through their wallets.

Positive affirmative action from the woman, we see 1 minute 30 secs no idea want went on before and if the sexist aggressive action was happening before hand.

The camera person/ motorbike rider whilst I agree with the comments it just was all a bit Sir Percy Blakeney aka Scarlet Pimpernel voice and quote but well done to him for posting.

Seen this vid loads of times now. Great stuff, exactly what the two oafs needed IMO. I'm surprised she didn't lob the mirror at them for good measure though.

teamhurtmore

No one comes out well there, merely degrees of shit behaviour

I dunno about that. Assuming it's real (and I'm not convinced 100%) it's two men verbally and physically harassing a lone female. To me it looks like they were using the van ( a deadly weapon) to intimidate too.

So, while the cyclist isn't blameless her actions are waaaaaaaay down the shit behaviour chart imo.

Absolutely fine with that response tbh. Women have to put up with scumbags like that doing sh#t like that too often and there's rarely any comeback for it.

I would have done the same

Rachel

Shame it wasn't their heads she ripped off.

o many passers by at the traffic lights and not one intervened or said anything

This makes me almost as cross as the knuckle draggers in the van.

If that was my wife or daughter I would be proud of them.

I did smile when the camera mans voice went all wobbly at the end. We've all be there, adrenaline pumping, trying to be macho and your voice lets you down.

Assuming it's real (and I'm not convinced 100%)

On first watch I thought, hmmm, what lengths do people go to for a viral video.... Having watched it again with sound, the amount of sheer rage/fear/adrenaline evident when she stops to, ahem, remove their wing mirror suggests it's either real or she's a very good actress.

Assuming it is real, those guys got a tiny fraction of what they deserve.

Shame it wasn't their heads she ripped off

I reckon Mrs PP would have extracted him through the window and beaten him to a pulp at the first set of lights, mind....

I hope the motorbike rider passed the video on to the police.

I'm not convinced a british woman would have done that, I'm going with spanish.

This years Wonny Pickerwing ?

I like her

Are we all saying that in the face of provocation the defence of 'they were asking for it' is acceptable?

Just to clarify - I loaded the video to Vimeo because it was embedded in a Tweet and there's no way to directly post videos from there.

It was originally posted by a company that supplies dash and helmet cams.

So it's not my video but it's been more widely posted on social media now so it should be possible to identify an 'owner'.

Are we all saying that in the face of provocation the defence of 'they were asking for it' is acceptable?

So, while the cyclist isn't blameless her actions are waaaaaaaay down the shit behaviour chart imo.

True, hence "degrees of shit behaviour."

I condone neither.

Totally agree with her right up to the point where she does 'criminal damage' to his van.

I think her response is perfectly reasonable given the circumstances she was under.

We all know the police wouldn't have bothered to act even on the evidence of the video.

Didn't realise that wing mirrors come off that easily, though! Will remember this in future for when I get an urge to beat a van driver to death with part of their own vehicle.

Fair play to her, guy on the bike should have intervened though rather than filming it.

teamhurtmore - Member
So, while the cyclist isn't blameless her actions are waaaaaaaay down the shit behaviour chart imo.
True, hence "degrees of shit behaviour."

I condone neither.

Violence is at times justified.

modern life makes everyone so aggro, there is no hope

I think her response is perfectly reasonable given the circumstances she was under.

Surely it's perfectly understandable rather than perfectly reasonable? If she'd punched the guy as he tried to touch her that would be reasonable because that would readily be self defence (in response to what would readily be perceived as a potential assualt). But doing it after the fact, when you're not in any danger, is simply retaliation and makes you no better than them.

teamhurtmore - Member

So, while the cyclist isn't blameless her actions are waaaaaaaay down the shit behaviour chart imo.

True, hence "degrees of shit behaviour."

I condone neither.

[i]Congratulations, you have passed the internet comment neutrality test with flying colours. Your perfect career match = politician.[/i]

Just to clarify - I loaded the video to Vimeo because it was embedded in a Tweet and there's no way to directly post videos from there.

Not sure I'd be brave enough to do that! It was well deserved though.

But doing it after the fact, when you're not in any danger, is simply retaliation and makes you no better than them.

Nah, she's very definitely better than them (Assuming this is real).

" It was originally posted by a company that supplies dash and helmet cams."

Mmmm..

I must admit i've done similar, was commuting home from work and two lads in a Citreon thought it would just be funny to abuse me, first flicking a fag butt at my face as they went past, then when i chased them a McDonalds drink. They went straight through a red light at next junction as i was still chasing them, then when i started to catch them up as they got stuck in traffic (amid a lot more abuse and hand gestures) i lost my temper and unclipped and ran my cleat along his front wing as i went past. Not proud, but your adrenaline starts to boil and despite being a big lump of a guy you know you're gonna come off worse against a car.

In my mind she was completely justified, they purposively sought to block her way with their van and no-one deserves a tirade of abuse, male or female.

I don;t think there's any real reason to doubt it, they don't seem to just post 'adverts'

[url] https://twitter.com/dash_camr [/url]

My mistake - they don;t appear to sell the things, just post the results.

[i]simply retaliation and makes you no better than them.[/i]

Nobody really thinks like that do they? Seriously? Not in real life anyway. Only on the internet in my experience.

Thank you jim jam, a worse career would be hard to imagine

that was fantastic............well done to the young lady.

women should be allowed to carry a corrosive substance in a spray, for situations like that and other harassment. imho that is.

To give her credit she didn't shove it where the sun doesn't shine which would have been my next steps...

[s]women [/s] [u]anyone [/u]should be allowed to carry a corrosive substance in a spray, for situations like that and other harassment. imho that is.

Eh? What to retaliate with?

Eh? What to retaliate with?

yes.

I'm guessing the 2 apes are no better disposed to either women or cyclists now. No offence to apes like.

Question not to you, ton - geetee quoted you.

wwaswas - Member

I don;t think there's any real reason to doubt it,

The clarity of the audio makes me doubt it, along with the ease with which she ripped the mirror off, and the neatness of the whole thing.

Question not to you, ton - geetee quoted you.

I was making the point that anyone should be allowed to carry some form of corrosive substance with which to protect themselves in the face of aggression. I'm not sure why it would only be women for who that is acceptable.

I hope this is real.
Well done lass.

Once while cycling to work, a taxi pulled out into me, so I screamed. A few minutes later after huffing up a steep bend, I round a corner to see the taxi car parked up.
As I get nearer the driver with 3 passengers, leans out of his window, says "how could I have hit you with a f***ing,loud gob on a bitch like you".
Oh how big he must have felt in front of his big burly passengers. I was left shaking, then carried on quite a tearful journey onward to my place of work.

There was another incident with a male car driver a few years later. Luckily the bystanders/witnesses were fantastic and helped me. Also on that particular occasion there was a cycling bobby nearby, who came round to our house later to take a statement.

I think it fake, but still amused & if real they properly deserved it. Can you be "violent" towards an object ?

Being discussed on LBC radio now (12:19)

samunkim - Member
I think it fake, but still amused & if real they properly deserved it. Can you be "violent" towards an object ?

violent
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adjective
1.
using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or [b]something[/b]

[i]Oh how big he must have felt in front of his big burly passengers. I was left shaking, then carried on quite a tearful journey onward to my place of work.[/i]

And if you'd ripped the mirror off his taxi in retaliation, would that make you as bad as him?

That woman on the bike shouldn't have to put up with that sort of shit under any circumstances, good on her for not being the passive victim.

The blokes in the van wouldn't have learnt a lesson from a bit of a talking too and i doubt they've learnt much from having the mirror forcibly adjusted for them but at least they've been inconvenienced which seems like too little punishment for the abuse and intimidation they bestowed on the cyclist.

I like to think of it as a fine for obnoxious behaviour.