Such a fcuktard I think he needs his own thread... G4U UK

anonymousblackfg

Enough said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGRpqmky ... agLpdfeOqQ

scraff

I would have just told the lads with the cameras to turn away for a moment and give him a slap, I was fuming when he had hold of that lads bike.

tgotb

I tried watching the cycling part of that, but couldn't really see what was going on. Just flicked through the rest of it, but without the context of the initial incident it seemed to be along the lines of:
Group of cyclists start an argument with driver
Driver argues back
Everything gets a bit heated
There may have been more to it than that, but all the video actually shows is a bunch of people trying to have an argument with each other.

I can't helping thinking that commuting would be less stressful if people didn't wind other people up by trying to educate them when they are clearly in no mood to be educated. Yes, you may be right, but if the other person isn't listening what's the point?

Mikey23

Yawn

awavey

TGOTB wrote:

I tried watching the cycling part of that, but couldn't really see what was going on. Just flicked through the rest of it, but without the context of the initial incident it seemed to be along the lines of:
Group of cyclists start an argument with driver
Driver argues back
Everything gets a bit heated
There may have been more to it than that, but all the video actually shows is a bunch of people trying to have an argument with each other.

agreed its not that clear what the context is from just the end confrontation cant hear half of whats said anyway, but in the comments part it says the beeping horn you can hear the whole way through in the cycling bit at the start, including a bit where the car rushes past beeping as he goes (though that would be considered a quite generous pass in my neck of the woods :roll: ) is the same guy, so hes obviously got frustrated somewhere earlier and the cyclists at the lights, (being the same ones he thought he'd managed to overtake and clear) were the final straw perhaps when some friendly advice was being exchanged.

his number plate is illegally spaced though isnt it

itboffin

Mikey23 wrote:

Yawn

+1

fat_tail

couldn't follow it as the sound is quite bad.. what I don't understand is why the police didn't show up ? That is a very busy junction and they were clearly causing an obstruction.

tlw1

Think I know him.... Will have a check later if that's his plate. Ironic thing if it is him, he's a keen cyclist!

tgotb

fat_tail wrote:

couldn't follow it as the sound is quite bad.. what I don't understand is why the police didn't show up ? That is a very busy junction and they were clearly causing an obstruction.

They probably did, especially if the driver's keys were taken, as alleged elsewhere, but sounds like all the cyclists would have ridden off by then. If so, I wonder whether there's an ongoing police investigation, and what they would make of the video?

I wonder whether any of the cyclists involved think that any of their actions have improved the attitude this driver is likely to have to other cyclists in the future?

LiveGiantly

Bit too long for me to watch at work, might watch it when I get home...

anonymousblackfg

matthew h wrote:

Think I know him.... Will have a check later if that's his plate. Ironic thing if it is him, he's a keen cyclist!

Surely if he was a keen a cyclist he would have stated that in the useless drivers bingo of cliche's of excuses for his behavior.

jzed

Didn't the camera chap claim to have a rear view camera but the video shows two views of the front.

tlw1

anonymousblackfg wrote:

matthew h wrote:

Think I know him.... Will have a check later if that's his plate. Ironic thing if it is him, he's a keen cyclist!

Surely if he was a keen a cyclist he would have stated that in the useless drivers bingo of cliche's of excuses for his behavior.

I'm not here to defend him (if it is him). There are no excuses for the behaviour

Gazzaputt

Whilst he was out of the car if the keys were still in there I'd done the off with them and dropped them down a drain.

Fella is a fcukwit.

pblakeney

I was unsure as to how best word my response.

I asked my young nephew and he simply said - "Meh, whatevah".

sloppyschleckonds

LiveGiantly wrote:

Bit too long for me to watch at work, might watch it when I get home...

Do you suffer from insomnia? May be a good time to watch it.

BigLights

He's a special guy. Remarkably I, too, have had the privilege of a similarly civil conversation with this charming fellow following on from another episode of his exceptionally considerate driving......

DrLex

BigLights wrote:

He's a special guy. Remarkably I, too, have had the privilege of a similarly civil conversation with this charming fellow following on from another episode of his exceptionally considerate driving......

Ignoring the fact that he's failed to learn from his experience with you, was yours more entertaining?

Koncordski

I don't know if anyone did but i'd happily have 'lost' his keys whilst he was busy being a twunt. Then he has to explain to plod why his car is parked across 2 lanes of traffic with no way of moving it.

BigLights

DrLex wrote:

BigLights wrote:

He's a special guy. Remarkably I, too, have had the privilege of a similarly civil conversation with this charming fellow following on from another episode of his exceptionally considerate driving......

Ignoring the fact that he's failed to learn from his experience with you, was yours more entertaining?

Nope. it was a lot more solo, with nobody else stopping, and it wasn't a jump out of the car situation....He was fortunate that I was enjoying a rare moment of zen and my usual militant approach was therefore not in full bore.

merkin

I had to chuckle when he offered someone a broken nose. He hardly looks like someone accustomed to streetfighting.
If you are going to get physically assaulted by a driver, then this guy would be your best option.

moarspeed

Little man in a big car syndrome, they take on the persona of the car, not of a normal human being.

A few years ago, driving to work, some nutter in a "recession white" Nissan Navara got a bit upset at being overtaken on a dual carriageway, cut me up at the next roundabout, slammed on the anchors, door opened and out jumps this skinny midget of a guy, it was so totally ridiculous that all I could do was laugh and drive off as he got near to my door......
They're a danger in their car, but a danger to themselves out of it.

greg66_tri_v2.0

The world if full of complete 'tards who drive cars. They come in all shapes, and so do their cars.

Case in point: yesterday I drove in. I diverted to Sainsburys (by The Harbour Club, north side of Wandsworth Bridge) on the way home. It's being redeveloped and there's a new car park. Guy about 50m ahead of me decides he doesn't like the speed hump, so enters the car park by diverting the wrong side of an island then driving on the wrong side of the road (big arrows painted on the road pointing against his direction).

Then he stops at the top of a lane (on his right). Dead. No indicators, no nothing.

So I'm watching this as I approach, amazingly enough negotiating the speed hump and staying on the correct side of the road. I pull up alongside him, indicating to turn right into the lane, and turn right across his nose into the parking lane. At which point he decides to turn right as well, has to brake, and seems completely amazed to find me in his way.

We both park, and sure enough he's ready to give it chat about me not looking (haha) and overtaking him (passing him on the left, not the right, while he was sitting on the wrong side of the road). When I point out his little excursion round the island and progress down the wrong side of the road, he flat out lies that that never happened.

I'm in the 4x4. He's in some Asian diesel shìt box supermini. Stereotypes are out the window. We have a frank exchange of views which consists of me delivering a series of keenly observed yet quite acidic insights into his abilities as a driver, his truthfulness, and his general levels of intelligence. Each of which are met with the rejoinder: "no, *you* are the [xyz]". Socratic debate, it wasn't.

But the best bit? On top of his car is a toblerone shaped box telling me he is a driving instructor with an official Driving School (Omar, as I worked later on the net). To be fair, the particular Driving School with which he is affiliated appears to be an umbrella outfit/name that anyone can sign up to.

itboffin

Greg have you ever considered writing a book?

greg66_tri_v2.0

To wordy?

Just trying to re-create the moment...

rjsterry

Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

... Each of which are met with the rejoinder: "no, *you* are the [xyz]"...

My 4 year old uses the same strategy. Whilst not exactly a winner, it's effective at achieving stalemate.

The Rookie

I looked several time and still can't see the dangerous overtake alleged at 1:50, not sure if it was his horn earlier or not, but once at the lights the first approach is made by a cyclist to his window.....6 of one.....

leodis75

The cyclists and driver are nobs.

mr_ribble

itboffin wrote:

Greg have you ever considered writing a book?

Greg66 Tri v2.0 wrote:

To wordy?

I think he just fell at the first hurdle

Ben6899

All I'll say is if he'd grabbed my bike like that, I'd have knocked his teeth out.

anonymousblackfg

The Rookie wrote:

I looked several time and still can't see the dangerous overtake alleged at 1:50, not sure if it was his horn earlier or not, but once at the lights the first approach is made by a cyclist to his window.....6 of one.....

You can hear the beeping through a 2km stretch of my old commute, in which I think he would have passed circa 60 riders, also watch out the the railway bridge about 5 mins in, there are numerous pinch points on the approach and over it given it's pretty narrow. From the drivers actions, I think it's safe to assume he would have near taken a few of them out.