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Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Can someone help me?
- Thread starter Matthew_T
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apollo179
Well-Known Member
Yes dont put your mum through that again.
Anyway your van driver there is just what van drivers are like mat - i dont really see the harm myself. If your going to report all this kind of stiff youd better get a dedicated phone line put in straight through to Prestatyn police.
And also did the van driver "park up just so he could have a go at" you - wasnt he out of sight and you caught up with him ?
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Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
He purposely parked up just so he could have a go at me. I saw him parking and in the vid, you can see him turning off his lights.
After he had satisfied himself, he got back into the van and passed me about 30 secs after (I purposely cycled in the gutter to avoid him).
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
Matthew. That assumes that he knew where you were going doesn't it?
apollo179
Well-Known Member
Ok accepting that he pulled up just to have a go at you then i would regard it in the perspective that he didnt do anyhting worse than he did - he didnt hit you and he didnt threaten to hit you with his van , he just blew off some steam. Not acceoable i know but hey there but for the grace of god etc etc. You wait till youve got a mortgage to pay and a nagging wife and your driving a shitty van for a living mat (hopefully you wont be but you get my point) and one day you may see the other side of the coin.
Anyway you did well to defuse the situation and if you think its worth reporting you know best. It might be good for him to have his unacceptable behaviour pointed out - who knows.
I also woudnt have let him out of the t junction btw.
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Mirrors?
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
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Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Well after we went throught the 5th set of lights, I was in the lane to turn right, and he changed lanes after me. From then on, he must have worked out which way I was going to go.
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Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
I would certainly hope that I am not a member of a gardening company with 3 staff. From making a career choice of being a civil engineer, I would be a bit confused if I was running a garden company, not a civil engineering company at his age (Late 30's).
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Watch the video again and watch the roads and how the second to last turn was always going to be a left one, wouldn't take a genius to work out where he was going.
Using your mirrors at +30mph is a pretty easy task, if you can't do that then you really shouldn't be on the roads.
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Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
I bet you anything that if I had stayed in the right lane, he would have moved over, just so he can do what "he thinks is right".
Angelfishsolo
A Velocipedian
- Location
- Cwmbach, South Wales
You know I meant using the mirrors to tail someone from infront. Yes the road bore left but there were other roads as I recall he could have turned onto.
Anyway, I don't really care.
Anyway, I don't really care.
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Personally, I'd have moved over to let him pass. You had plenty of opportunities.
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Personally, I would have let the guy out at the lights where he was waiting, effectively in the queue for the light, although he was not able to emerge from the side-street. I doubt if a motorist would have been rude enough to block him off like that. Squeezing in front of him then was what wound the guy up initially. Failing to let him pass was just adding insult to injury - as MP says, there was plenty of opportunity to do so.
Personally, I'd have moved over to let him pass. You had plenty of opportunities.
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Personally, I would have let the guy out at the lights where he was waiting, effectively in the queue for the light, although he was not able to emerge from the side-street. I doubt if a motorist would have been rude enough to block him off like that. Squeezing in front of him then was what wound the guy up initially. Failing to let him pass was just adding insult to injury - as MP says, there was plenty of opportunity to do so.
apollo179
Well-Known Member
You never know what fate has in store for you mat. (queue spooky music)
Hip Priest
Veteran
What's wrong with being a gardener? What's wrong with a company having only three staff? You're just being a snob now.