Was I wrong to laugh?

Paulie W

Cycling in this morning and on pretty much the only steep section of the commute I was tailgated by a man in a little sports car. I chose not to push myself into the bramble filled hedgerow or to get off (I had the big gears rolling OK!) and made him wait until I reached the top of the climb where the road opened out - 2 or 3 minutes at most. As he came past he beeped his horn, galred at me and made some kind of insulting gesture. As it was a fine, dry morning - unlike yesterday - and I was feeling good, I chose to ignore this.

After the climb, the tight, windy singletrack road descends for a couple of miles and I know from experience that my average speed here is probably just above that of a car, especially one who doesnt know the roads and sure enough within about 30 seconds I'm up the backside of the sports car. I dont know whether my presence - sat up, one hand on the bars - irritated him and made him go faster but next minute he's in the hedge! He wasnt hurt and the car looked OK but he couldny get out and I left him waiting for the AA!! P!ssed myself for the rest of the commute.

Bugly

Hope you stopped and gave assistence , (then laughed)

GraemeT

Nice one.

The Gods of cycling justice were with you today

Or do you have a brain zap device on your handlebars? Now that would be a worthy commuting accessory

Clever Pun

I'd have laughed too...it's all about karma...

Car have an inherent need to overtake cyclists even if there is a queue 10 metres away and they have to slam the breaks on immediatley

Edit:

In all fairness I would have asked if he was alright while trying not to laugh

phil s

I would have stopped, taken some pics with my mobile phone, laughed and then ridden off

A - W

Glad you weren't involved.

Chriscommuter

Nice one!! That's made my day....I'm laughing here

dirk_van_gently

I may be laughing all day :-D

Thanks for sharing

cntl

Good to know that karma sometimes works in this life, not the next

PhilTheFish

Hope you dinged your bell at him as you passed!

formerlyknownasbonj

In answer to the question, the answer has to be a resounding 'No'.

mrchrispy

I'd have stopped and checked he was okay and laughted my ar5e off.

I'd have also asked if he wanted to report incident to the police and offered to provide a statement - one they said he was aggressive towards as you were in his way and then he crashed because he was driving like a knob

BentMikey

No, you weren't wrong to laugh. I would have stopped and offered help, as well as taking a picture though.

helz

I'd have done the same as Phil S and BentMikey. This thread would be even funnier if you'd provided photos!

Massimo

On behalf of everyone here, thank you.

jedster

hilarious - may be there is a god

Chriscommuter

I'm STILL laughing.....

misterben

See - now if there's any justification for buying a helmet camera, then that's it!

DavidTQ

great story, how often do you WISH this would happen

Paulie W

I should point out that I did stop and check on him but didnt offer to help move his car. Call me a luddite but my mobile doesnt have a camera!

BentMikey

Paulie W wrote:

I should point out that I did stop and check on him but didnt offer to help move his car. Call me a luddite but my mobile doesnt have a camera!

Awesome dude!! You've made my day all the same.

prj45

Wrong to laugh!?! This was a convertable right? I would've jumped on the back of his bonnet and pissed in his footwell!

prj45

(while laughing)

Jonah2940

Sorry if I'm hijacking the thread but I had an idiot this morning make a concerted effort to slow down and call me a proverbial whilst attempting to give me a death stare. Oh how I laughed when he drove straight into the oncoming traffic island.

fossyant

Just as funny :P