Nudged by a cabbie

Roastie
Roastie Posts: 1,968
edited August 2009 in Commuting chat
So, I'm on Vic Embankment working my way past the mostly stationary traffic and, as happens, can't go forward because all the gaps are too small or blocked. I'm track standing in front of this silver black cab - but can't go anywhere because the car in front is stationary and the gaps are too small or blocked by motorbikes.

Anyhow, the traffic ahead moves forward an inch or so. Not really significant enough (I think) to warrant moving forward. Clearly this incenses cabbie who decides to just drive into my back wheel. Nothing major, but a nudge all the same.

Exactly as this happens, the biker (having realised he could easily let me through the gap), shifts his bike slightly to let me through (*thank you*) - so the nudge and the wave happen almost simultaneously. I wasn't in the mood for argy, so I just rode off.

Fortunately no harm done, and if it wasn't for the bump (and the damage check when I got home) I probably wouldn't have noticed the small spots where the rear tyre was worn through to the casing.

But it does make you wonder.
David
Engineered Bicycles

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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    It's karma from your RLJ-er shouting earlier... :P

    NOTE: THIS IS A JOKE.


    Seriously though, did he do it on purpose? If so, definitely not cricket.
    :x
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  • Mike400
    Mike400 Posts: 226
    Ive been beeped at for not moving forward like two foot in similar circumstances. Bloody annoying but it happens when im in the car as well, just one of those things. Daft logic!
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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    It's karma from your RLJ-er shouting earlier... :P

    NOTE: THIS IS A JOKE.


    Seriously though, did he do it on purpose? If so, definitely not cricket.
    :x
    :) LOL

    Don't know if it was on purpose, didn't stop to ask (was all shouted out for the day). Either way, he really shouldn't be driving into things. :shock:
    David
    Engineered Bicycles
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    Roastie wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    It's karma from your RLJ-er shouting earlier... :P

    NOTE: THIS IS A JOKE.


    Seriously though, did he do it on purpose? If so, definitely not cricket.
    :x
    :) LOL

    Don't know if it was on purpose, didn't stop to ask (was all shouted out for the day). Either way, he really shouldn't be driving into things. :shock:

    The really bizarre thing is black cab drivers know what it's like to go around on 2 wheels after training for the knowledge don't they? Where does all that experience go...?
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Had a nudge from a cabbie's mirror a couple of years back on the approach to Vauxhall Cross from the Battersea direction. Made me wobble. Cue a stream of vitriol aimed at the cabbie. He didn't gesticulate or wind down his window to argue, which suggested to me he knew he was in the wrong. Still remember the colour and licence number...
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Potentially, he could have been setting off to early...... I got a nudge a few months back - driver hadn't stopped in time....looked back and they were 'oh I am so sorry'....grrrrrr
  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    fossyant: Good point, could well be the case.
    David
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    I've done that too, looking a bit further ahead in traffic, lift the clutch to go and realise the guy in front of me hasn't gone yet.

    Never actually hit anyone though. Points deducted.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Guilty as charged but on a bike when I were a teenager. At a roundabout behind a bakers van and was looking at the traffic on the roundabout and saw a gap but forgot about the van in front :oops: All I ended up doing was hit the step on the back with my front wheel and pull a small endo.
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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    edited August 2009
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    I've done that too, looking a bit further ahead in traffic, lift the clutch to go and realise the guy in front of me hasn't gone yet.

    Never actually hit anyone though. Points deducted.
    I have. Twice. Both very embarassing.

    1st time: I'd just got myself a brand spanking new Scooby Impreza. Driving out of the office car park (off to show off to my mates) I saw the pick-up in front start moving. So I looked down the road and started moving forward only to hear a crunch... Pick-up isn't even noticeably scratched. £2k damage to my new toy.

    2nd time: I'd just bought myself a BMW M3 - it wasn't new, but new to me and literally 5 mins after picking it up. Got light goes green, Golf ahead starts moving but then stops due to a ped. I'm fiddling with my phone texting my missus ... crunch. Damage mostly just broken light lenses. Still feel like a twerp.
    David
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  • Roastie
    Roastie Posts: 1,968
    Double
    David
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  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,120
    I've had a cabbie honk at me for being in his way...as we approached a line of traffic waiting at a red light.

    Maybe it was an accident, maybe he's a moron, maybe he had a barnie with his missus before leaving this morning...glad to hear no harm done, the Karma Police will get him one day :twisted:
    It's just a hill. Get over it.

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