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Old June 3rd 18, 06:30 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
AMuzi
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Default cyclist self defense video

On 6/3/2018 2:32 AM, Sepp Ruf wrote:
Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jun 2018 09:11:56 -0500, AMuzi wrote:

Feckless idiot cyclist, but entertaining.
https://www.rt.com/uk/428474-zombie-...ttack-croydon/


Some observations.

The cyclists had noticed that the VW driver was about to pull out of
the parking space and stopped next to the drivers window. However,
the driver didn't see the cyclist and almost pushed over the bicycle
and the rider. I would blame the driver for not looking out his side
window before entering traffic.


Come on, this did not start with a traffic mishap, at least not one within
the video. Rerun the video to observe more carefully: The right lane doses
not look like parking space, but like traffic stuck behind the bus on the
right side. And the Polo's driver would not, without some "good" reason,
suddenly pull out in front of opposing traffic and even try to squeeze through.

Noting the behavior of the two approaching pedestrians who do not get
attacked, this DM commenter might have put the pieces together correctly:

"Artless Dodger, Galway, Ireland, 1 day ago

This was not road rage, This was an attempted attack, The Cyclist pulled up
next to the car knowing who was in it. The driver saw the guy and realised
it was an attack and tried to escape. Once things got going, the two lads
who were hanging back egging on their cyclist machete wielder wanted to
witness it. Nothing to do with road rage, This guy was targeting the driver.
Wait and see,. Gang related."

The cyclist was not doing a very good job of trying to break the car
window. It looked like he was trying to cut the window with the
knife. You would have done better if he just hit the window with the
knife pommel.


He did, look at DM's still. Himself clearly not the sharpest tool in the
shed, the cyclist might not have maintained the pommel's edges well enough
to break glass with little effort.

Or, he could have used the knife to slash the tires or
break the plastic light lenses.


He's not interested in causing material damage to the car: In the end, he
can be seeing running (after the driver).

The switch to "wide angle" as the attack progressed was because the
video was from the rear view of a dashboard camera. The driver of the
camera car was probably watching on a small LCD monitor and pulled
away either to get a wider angle view, or to get the hell away before
things become more violent.

More zombie knives. Buy one before they're banned:
https://www.google.com/search?q=zombie+knife&tbm=isch


"Bevers, Babylon, United Kingdom, 1 day ago

It cannot be a Zombie knife the government banned them."


Oh, like Heroin. Well, then! that problem's solved!

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