Road Rage in London!

Somehow when I hear an English accent I can no longer take the subsequent events seriously :hysterica
 
Of course he is going to have trouble with cars...he's on the wrong side of the road. 😛

In 25 years of road riding, I've never had someone get out of their vehicle and threaten me. I think that incident had nothing to do with the bike. It simply involved an a-hole and another human being.
 
BiknBen said:
Of course he is going to have trouble with cars...he's on the wrong side of the road. 😛

In 25 years of road riding, I've never had someone get out of their vehicle and threaten me. I think that incident had nothing to do with the bike. It simply involved an a-hole and another human being.
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I've had a guy try to take off only to be pulled over and arrested 20 feet later after bumping me off the road. But the guy that got out was irate, I couldn't tell for sure but did the cyclist kick/slap/punch the van or something? Or did he get out because he was just angry at the situation
 
ellbiddy said:
And you'd be right a majority of the time 😛
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I thought I was Jeremy Clarkson for a moment there! I can't get the video to play anyway. One thing I'll say, from living in the UK, they are much quicker to go from words to violence then here in the US.
 
al415 said:
I thought I was Jeremy Clarkson for a moment there! I can't get the video to play anyway. One thing I'll say, from living in the UK, they are much quicker to go from words to violence then here in the US.
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Speaking of violence, stereotypes and Jeremy Clarkson 😀

have u heard about the new Mexican sport car THE TORTILLA?

this have my countrymen up in arms! :popcorn:

Back to topic, American drivers are tame compared to their counterparts South of the Border, I would never commute by bike down there.:scared: I dont even want to drive a car anymore as I might get shot 🙁
 
elzoller said:
Speaking of violence, stereotypes and Jeremy Clarkson 😀

have u heard about the new Mexican sport car THE TORTILLA?

this have my countrymen up in arms! :popcorn:
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That story was front page on the BBC website for a couple of days. On the one hand, in the context of American perceptions of race, it's offensive. On the other hand, in the context of British perceptions of nationalism, it's business as usual. You grow up making fun of foreigner's national "characteristics" (aka stereotypes). The French are smelly, Germans are humorless and so on. Guardian readers might hate it but it's a very normal way of poking fun at the outside world. It might have its roots in a sinister racist past... or it might not. The flipside is that brits do self efacing stereotypes about themselves as often as they make fun of other people.
 
al415 said:
That story was front page on the BBC website for a couple of days. On the one hand, in the context of American perceptions of race, it's offensive. On the other hand, in the context of British perceptions of nationalism, it's business as usual. You grow up making fun of foreigner's national "characteristics" (aka stereotypes). The French are smelly, Germans are humorless and so on. Guardian readers might hate it but it's a very normal way of poking fun at the outside world. It might have its roots in a sinister racist past... or it might not. The flipside is that brits do self efacing stereotypes about themselves as often as they make fun of other people.
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Same goes for Mexicans, so I think it is ridiculous that now THEY are upset, when they are the first ones to make fun out of everything and everybody including race, religion, political views, sexual preference, etc.
 
I'm a part time commuter and have had a few close calls and did get squeezed off the road once. My dad has a video camera/sunglass combo. That probably would be a smart thing to have as an insurance policy. With some new traffic patterns near my house this year I was able to cut out the most reacherous part of my ride and when the weather improves probably will be more inclined to ride more to work
 
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