I will knock you out ! BBCs Jeremy Vine films woman driver`s shocking road rage

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prowla wrote: »

Oh gawd - that "prime position" rubbish!
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Suck it up and deal with it courteously. My safety is more important to me than your convenience.

Norman_Castle

Laurie_Sicard-Askey wrote: »

Am I the only one who finds her strangely attractive?

I find the crap driving and childish tantrum along with the delusional self importance a bit off putting. Add the laughable pretend gangsta gun pulling and the fake pink hair to match the pink shoes. No thanks.

Nessun_Dorma

Aretnap wrote: »

It's actually quite easy to find out if you feel so inclined.

https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-tax

(Haven't watched the whole video, but I do hope she shouted something like "you don't even pay bloody road tax!" at some point)

But that is not as "easy," compared to looking at the windscreen and reading the date on the disc.

Now, someone would have to turn on a computer, phone or tablet. Google, "vehicle tax status," make a note of the registration number, input that into the website (after spending a couple of minutes trying figure which page to use) and wait for the result and then judge whether the website is accurate and up to date or not.

Nessun_Dorma

DCFC79 wrote: »

Its good shes been arrested, maybe she will learn some manors when on behind the vehicle. She should have to retake a theory test again or a special theory test for driving in London.

Is that one devised by Albert Einstein?

Nessun_Dorma

googler wrote: »

Surely he's suggesting that SHE would have needed a car's width to pass, and there wasn't one?

I don't think that was his intention, but nonetheless, both assumptions would have nonsense, neither of them require a car's width.

Nessun_Dorma

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

Cyclists like to give parked cars a wide berth in order to avoid being injured or killed by someone opening a car door in front of them.

In which case all the space he would safely need is the width of a car door; the same as a car.

Motor vehicles overtaking cyclists should allow a full car width where possible for a variety of reasons that are regularly posted on here.

Nonsense.

Nessun_Dorma

prowla wrote: »

I leave as much space as I would a car when I overtake a cyclist.

As do I; which is about four feet. Sadly, far too many cyclist, who have looked at that guideline, have read, "motorist must leave a car's width when overtaking."

Nessun_Dorma

Mr_Toad wrote: »

No it isn't.

Common courtesy is to not expect another road user to get out of your way and not get angry if they don't! Why should a cyclist be expected to stop or ride in the gutter to let other road users with a sense of entitlement get past. Their journey is no less important than anyone elses.

I'm not a cyclist, I don't even have a bike but I have none of the self entitlement that this woman and many other people have. I'm happy to share the road with anyone. Yes it's irritating to get stuck behind a horse, a tractor or a cyclist but I play the hand I'm dealt and wait until it's safe to pass, I don't expect them to be 'courteous' and get out of the way.

I have a feeling your interpretation of "common courtesy" is quite different to what most people believe it to be. It is the same principle of holding a door open for someone who comes after you, or pressing the "door open" button a lift, while someone is just entering the lobby. Or, even a tractor pulling over to one side, to allow faster moving traffic to pass.

Nessun_Dorma

Cycrow wrote: »

Unfortuatlly many drivers dont even car how fast you are going.

i've gone down a single lane one way road, which parked cars all the way along. There was no room for a car to overtake, yet even doing 25mph when the limit is 20, i still had the car behind me beeping at me the whole way down the road.

i was also right behind the car infront of me, so even if i wasn't there, they would still be going the same speed.

then when the road opened up at the junction, he pulled up along side and said he would kill me next time i do that

The most annoying part, is that the road runs parallel to a 3-lane bypass, with a 70 limit. So no idea why they chose to go down a 20mph narrow road when they could have just got on the bypass

Perhaps it was not you who they were sounding their horn at. Maybe, it was directed at the car in front of you.

Nessun_Dorma

hugheskevi wrote: »

Absolutely - this is central London in the middle of the day. Cars will be moving at an average speed of around 8mph. Even a slow cyclist will easily exceed this average speed. As the video shows, the cyclist will rapidly catch the car and go past it as soon as the car encounters traffic and has to be stationary/very slow.

Even on roads a few miles out from the centre of London the same applies - cars may be able to get past and get maybe 500 metres or so ahead, then encounter traffic waiting for lights and cyclists will filter past them and be faster. On my 8 mile commute into central London I will take about 30-35 mins by bike and over an hour by car.

So why so many drivers think cyclists are 'holding them up' in London is beyond me - the cyclist is going at twice their average speed and is a fraction of their size. It is pretty obvious who is causing the holding-up, but as a majority group many car drivers will not accept this and instead look to blame an outside group - there are articles such as this one written on this psychological effect.

The average speed around central London maybe slow, but that doesn't mean that motorists should be limited to that speed on every road.