Accidently clipped someones wing mirror when riding before?

MacAndCheese
MacAndCheese Posts: 1,944
edited April 2010 in The Crudcatcher
I know I have. This is a rather sad story and clearly the guy needs some kind of mental help:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269563/Road-rage-motorist-killed-cyclist-revenge-knocking-wing-mirror.html
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  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    That's quite horrific. :shock:
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    Rather surprised the Daily Fail isn't trying to portray the driver as some kind of hero getting "justice" against this vile lycra lout.

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  • TheNorthernTrain
    TheNorthernTrain Posts: 1,049
    Thats outragous. As much as i do believe the cyclist should have stopped and apologised or whatever to do anything quite so extreme over a wing mirror is unforgivable.

    He should never be let out of jail.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Sickening. Near to me as well. :(
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  • Itsari
    Itsari Posts: 346
    Bring back the death sentence life for a life! :twisted: Or am I just being over the top again o.0
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  • Tolk
    Tolk Posts: 775
    There's no way he can get away with that. Even if the cyclist should have stopped and sorted it out, ramming someone off their bike is inexcusable. Some people really are pricks.
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Tolk wrote:
    Even if the cyclist should have stopped and sorted it out...

    I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have stopped for him, he sounds like a psycho!
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  • Hercule Q
    Hercule Q Posts: 2,655
    someone needs to Dlock the cnut

    that is terrible just shows how bad people can over react to tiny little things
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  • stuart_c-2
    stuart_c-2 Posts: 805
    I rode past a car last week on the way to work and his nearside mirror was knocked forward slightly, so he couldn’t really use it properly. For a moment I thought I’d lean over and pop it back into it’s normal place, but then figured he’d probably just see some “bloody cyclist” interfering with his car and have a strop at me so left it and just rode on.

    There are some crazy peeps out there…..
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  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    I like to think I'd not be filtering close enough to knock someones mirror in the first place (although with my bars, I could probably knock someones mirror from the other side of the road). I'd not want cars filtering that close to me.
    HOWEVER, an accident is an accident, it's certainly no excuse to drive up onto the pavement and mow someone down. The guy is obviously a psychopath.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Holy crap. That is disturbing.
    He denies one charge of murder and another of causing death by dangerous driving.
    Ok, so he could claim manslaughter instead of murder, but how the hell could he ever deny causing death by dangerous driving, when that is precisely what he has done?
  • Tolk
    Tolk Posts: 775
    bails87 wrote:
    Tolk wrote:
    Even if the cyclist should have stopped and sorted it out...

    I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have stopped for him, he sounds like a psycho!

    Maybe not him, but non scary people i would do.

    It doesn't state what damage was done though, normally the mirror would just pop forwards.
  • projectsome
    projectsome Posts: 4,010
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Holy crap. That is disturbing.
    He denies one charge of murder and another of causing death by dangerous driving.
    Ok, so he could claim manslaughter instead of murder, but how the hell could he ever deny causing death by dangerous driving, when that is precisely what he has done?

    Yes, seeing ass he was driving on the pavement :shock:
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  • OwenBird
    OwenBird Posts: 210
    I once put a foot down (not hard!) on some guy's bonnet while riding along a wall. Lucky for me, he was sitting in the car at the time and we got to have a chat about it. I apologised profusely, agreed that I shouldn't have been riding there and had done a bad, wiped the dust of his bonnet and apoologised again but he was apoplectic and kept on raging.

    In the end I ran out of patience, asked him what it was exactly he wanted me to do for him to calm down (apparently nothing), asked him to show me what harm I had done (none), then rode off.

    I think after you give a proper full apology (admit wrongdoing, express remorse, offer a remedy) you've more or less fulfilled your duties. Once you've ticked those boxes you should feel free to judge each situation individually.
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  • cee
    cee Posts: 4,553
    OwenBird

    agreed.

    I whacked a car on the passengers side rear door....pedal scrape..nasty...

    just spoke to the guy and said...traffics busy here...pop down the road and I will stop there for a chat...

    said i was sorry....how can i fix this for you...he said...get one of those scratch repairers that some round to your work and fix the car on the roadside...

    ended up costing me about £40 i think....but...I would expect the same if someone damaged my property!
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    I punched the side of an Autoglass van once when it nearly killed me on a roundabout. It wasn't a retaliation, he was actually about to squash me. The driver wasn't impressed, but I'm pretty sure he did it deliberately seeing as I was in 'primary' in front of him coming onto the roundabout. If it hadn't been a punch then it would have been pedals, handlebars or my head, so it was the best option for both of us.
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,694
    I had a Ford Galaxy a few years ago, and was driving through Beaumaris, really narrow streets and pavements etc.

    Pulled to one side to let another car by, then accelerated away. As I did, two old biddies were standing very close to the edge of the pavements edge, and my wing mirror slightly clipped one of the ladies shoulders. Only a glancing blow, and I didn't realise what I'd done.

    Boy, if looks could kill, I'd be Stone Dead !
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Splottboy
    So you ran over an old lady? :wink:
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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    See car's bikes, not compatable people who used oposed modes of transport are now killing one another this will esculate to war.... what side shall i choose!!
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Thewaylander wrote:
    See car's bikes, not compatable people who used oposed modes of transport are now killing one another this will esculate to war.... what side shall i choose!!

    With no cars on the road you can use your bike in safety, and you'll still be able to mountain bike :wink:

    Whereas, have you ever tried to get a Punto down Glentress red? Not easy, I can tell you!
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  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,694
    bails87....Yeah, ran right over the old girl, LOL!

    Well, she was probably from Liverpool or Manchester on a day trip, and not long for this World.

    Just hope she spent most of pension to "up" the local Beaumaris economy.
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    I can picture it now

    "She looks like she's had a good innings....." *Vroooooom*
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  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    bails87 wrote:
    Whereas, have you ever tried to get a Punto down Glentress red? Not easy, I can tell you!
    Well, I'm off up there tomorrow in my little Punto. I'll get back to you ;)
    It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    thekickingmule wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    Whereas, have you ever tried to get a Punto down Glentress red? Not easy, I can tell you!
    Well, I'm off up there tomorrow in my little Punto. I'll get back to you ;)

    POIDH!
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  • Itsari
    Itsari Posts: 346
    thekickingmule wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    Whereas, have you ever tried to get a Punto down Glentress red? Not easy, I can tell you!
    Well, I'm off up there tomorrow in my little Punto. I'll get back to you ;)

    It won't be as good as a 335D ;)
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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    Itsari wrote:
    thekickingmule wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    Whereas, have you ever tried to get a Punto down Glentress red? Not easy, I can tell you!
    Well, I'm off up there tomorrow in my little Punto. I'll get back to you ;)

    It won't be as good as a 335D ;)

    What the go kart with an automatic gear box thats a drivers car?? lol
  • peter413
    peter413 Posts: 4,909
    thekickingmule wrote:
    bails87 wrote:
    Whereas, have you ever tried to get a Punto down Glentress red? Not easy, I can tell you!
    Well, I'm off up there tomorrow in my little Punto. I'll get back to you ;)

    Good luck getting down pie run :lol:

    Can barely fit a mountain bike down there :wink:
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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    I'm with the punto!

    And Bails you gotta point but i can't get to 60 that quickly on abike. visiting the folks and family would takes days :S
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,694
    Got me a Silver Punto too. Exhaust starting to play up.
    Sound like the '66 Mustang I hired for a weekend a few years ago.

    Bit slower though...
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,593
    And with out the better american build quality over the ittalians :p

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