Stupid car driver sprayed his windscreen wash purposely on me

[Deleted member 125707]

I was cycling and a driver purposely (I know it was purposely because they were laughing) sprayed his windscreen wash at me. Should I worry about my bike being exposed to the windscreen wash?

 

[steveindenmark]

No.

 

[PeteXXX]

Idiots.. I'd be more worried about getting washed fluid in my eyes than on the bike..

 

[vickster]

It happens. Plenty of nobbers in cars 👎
It won’t do any harm but damp cloth if sticky

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

It happens a lot if you're a cycle commuter, and it's normally unintentional. Your bike will be OK. Forget about it and enjoy the fact you're not stuck in a metal box for your journey.

 

[ianrauk]

Had it happen to me a few times on the commute.
One time, flat bed lorry driver decided to do it as I was overtaking. Got me good. The driver and his mate found it hilariously funny. What was even funnier was when I waited for him to catch me up. I scooted back round and spayed him in the face with my water bottle. I laughed even harder, so did the drivers mate.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Shake a can of coke then spray it through the window when they stop at the lights…

 

[figbat]

I was cycling and a driver purposely (I know it was purposely because they were laughing) sprayed his windscreen wash at me. Should I worry about my bike being exposed to the windscreen wash?

Only if it’s carbon.

 

[cougie uk]

Blimey. How close were you to get sprayed ? Unless he's set his jets off to the side or something.

 

[Badger_Boom]

I have to admit to accidentally doing this to a cyclist, but only the once. It was the first time I drove my new Discovery, and unknown to me it had pretty powerful headlamp washer jets. I was waiting at some lights and decided to clean the windscreen when a huge amount of spray appeared around the front of the car, just as an unfortunate cycle commuter passed on the inside. I was horrified, but fortunately he decided to keep going.

 

[Twilkes]

I've been behind a parked up van and got sprayed three times in a minute by spray coming over the top of the van, was swearing under my breath but the guy got out with a rag and started wiping his windscreen so just wanted to clean it, don't even think he knew I was there.

To be honest it's the closest my bike got to a wash in months.

 

[neil_merseyside]

Windscreen spray always goes high (and over) in town as it's set to achieve centre of screen at 70 on a motorway. If they really wanted to frighten you they'd be using vinegar, to hurt you they'd just track left slightly as you tried to filter on the inside.

 

[slowmotion]

It happens. I got sprayed in the face with piss from a water pistol once.

Nobody died.

 

[presta]

Once when I was overtaken by a car with bikes on the roof, the passenger leaned out of the window and squirted me from a cyclist's water bottle.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I was test driving an Ariel Atom (car, but only just) and got the same treatment. I didn't open a thread, and I too am not deaded.