Woman cyclist gets her own back ...

[Globalti]

Plus they make no attempt to go after her, either on foot or in the van.

Why does the van stop a few yards up the road? Is it because the LH mirror is already damaged and the driver has stopped to check it? The driver's mate is certainly an idiot and did what he did because male bravado made him want to show off to the driver but for all we know the driver may have been a reasonable bloke with a decent job, entrusted with a valuable vehicle by his employer. Not all van drivers are cocks, some take their responsibilities seriously. Who can say they've never been embarrassed by the actions of an idiot? I stopped cycling with clubs because the aggression of a couple of members towards incompetent drivers embarrassed me.

Putting myself in the driver's shoes I'd have been embarrassed at my passenger's behaviour, concerned at the cyclists' first act of revenge against my vehicle then absolutely shocked when the second act of revenge took place. My first instinct would have been to examine the damage to the mirror, not take off after the cyclist.

 

[Jody]

[QUOTE 4693349, member: 9609"]If that was fake the acting was phenomenal - just take another look at her edge-of-control stop alongside the van, the aggression in ripping the mirror off and then the getaway, you rarely get that sort of acting skills in the movies. That woman/girl is my hero of the day.[/QUOTE]

Everyone will have an opinion hence why its gone viral. Until they interview any of the parties or the full video is shown then I am sticking to fake.

 

[sarahale]

Why does the van stop a few yards up the road? Is it because the LH mirror is already damaged and the driver has stopped to check it? The driver's mate is certainly an idiot and did what he did because male bravado made him want to show off to the driver but for all we know the driver may have been a reasonable bloke with a decent job, entrusted with a valuable vehicle by his employer. Not all van drivers are cocks, some take their responsibilities seriously. Who can say they've never been embarrassed by the actions of an idiot? I stopped cycling with clubs because the aggression of a couple of members towards incompetent drivers embarrassed me.

Putting myself in the driver's shoes I'd have been embarrassed at my passenger's behaviour, concerned at the cyclists' first act of revenge against my vehicle then absolutely shocked when the second act of revenge took place. My first instinct would have been to examine the damage to the mirror, not take off after the cyclist.

You can see the van driving closer to the woman at the start whilst the traffic light is red, clearly the driver was enjoying the 'joke' just as much as the passenger and equally trying to provoke the woman by getting closer to her/intimidating her with the vehicle...

 

[jefmcg]

You can see the van driving closer to the woman at the start whilst the traffic light is red, clearly the driver was enjoying the 'joke' just as much as the passenger and equally trying to provoke the woman by getting closer to her/intimidating her with the vehicle...

Yes.

The driver is worse than the passenger. The passenger only uses words, the driver steers towards her in a manner I would find terrifying.

 

[User482]

[QUOTE 4693279, member: 9609"]everyone just seems so angry, its not normal.[/QUOTE]
Correct.

 

[jefmcg]

[QUOTE 4693261, member: 9609"]run down inner city places[/QUOTE]
It's not run down. That's Tottenham Court Road. You might not like it, but it's just London.

 

[Bimble]

I would hope that if my daughter ever suffered similar abuse she's be just as inclined to rip off a mirror or commit some act of retribution if she got the opportunity.

I would have hoped that this kind of behaviour was much less common in 2017, but perhaps not?

Just out of interest, do the women of CycleChat get this kind of negative attention often when out cycling? And has the situation improved over the years or is it no different now to when you first started cycling regularly?

 

[theclaud]

I find it hard to believe that there are people who find it so hard to believe that women can be subjected to behaviour like this from random men that the only reasonable conclusion is that this must be fake.

I think it's a perfectly plausible narrative, but it does have a few signs of staginess. Either way I enjoyed the cyclist's revenge, and I fully support the right of women to rip off the wing mirrors of men who harass them.

 

[theclaud]

Apparently Tony Martin was just having a bad day.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I find it hard to believe that there are people who find it so hard to believe that women can be subjected to behaviour like this from random men that the only reasonable conclusion is that this must be fake.

I've no doubt women suffer this nonsense, I've seen it for myself, however I'm sceptical about the video's origin. That doesn't mean I don't believe such things happen.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

[QUOTE 4693437, member: 45"]Touch his turnip and find out...[/QUOTE]

Hey, never rub another man's rhubarb.

 

[Globalti]

I don't think the driver is trying to intimidate the cyclist - he realises he's not going to get past her before the junction so he steers the van left so as to be in the left hand lane at the lights, then straightens the steering. I guess the cyclist interprets that as a threat, I don't know. I'm not defending the men involved but I'm trying to make the point that the driver may have been a perfectly reasonable bloke and it was his passenger who started then escalated the dispute by his macho idiocy. Whatever the story, it wasn't staged.

 

[theclaud]

I don't think the driver is trying to intimidate the cyclist - he realises he's not going to get past her before the junction so he steers the van left so as to be in the left hand lane at the lights, then straightens the steering.

Give over!

 

[Bimble]

I've been around enough blokes like that to have a good stab at his motivation for moving the van closer to the woman - so his mate can get his grubby hands on her / wind her up more; nothing to with going around the corner.

 

[mustang1]

Bravo to the girl though I see some people suggest it might be a fake/setup. I didn't think it was that easy to pull a wing mirror off like that which also makes me question the authenticity.