Reversing van = stuffed wheel

Waiting behind a van at the Mont Albert Rd / Burke Rd lights yesterday,
I was a little suprised to find the van suddenly start reversing, and
then keep reversing despite my flashing lights in his window and my
protests. I was unable to get out of his way before the rear bumber
caught my new back wheel which is wrecked. When I enquired as to why he
did this, through the 1 inch slit of the drivers window, this upstanding
citizen replied "Sorry mate, my foot slipped". I told him that this was
a lame and pathetic excuse and that he had stuffed my derailer (which I
thought he had), to which he replied " ". Nothing but silence for
the next minute or so until the lights turned green and he drove off.
Mr. Plod was most encouraging of my report and will be having a chat to
the driver forthwith. I am in little doubt that this was a deliberate
act, and this very brave example of manliness manged to commit 2
driving offences (reversing when ensafe and failing to exchange
details), to which hopefully he'll have to answer to his/her Worship.



Pat


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vaudegiant

vaudegiant wrote:
Waiting behind a van at the Mont Albert Rd / Burke Rd lights
yesterday, I was a little suprised to find the van suddenly start
reversing, and then keep reversing despite my flashing lights in his
window and my protests. I was unable to get out of his way before the
rear bumber caught my new back wheel which is wrecked. When I
enquired as to why he did this, through the 1 inch slit of the
drivers window, this upstanding citizen replied "Sorry mate, my foot
slipped". I told him that this was a lame and pathetic excuse and
that he had stuffed my derailer (which I thought he had), to which he
replied " ". Nothing but silence for the next minute or so until
the lights turned green and he drove off. Mr. Plod was most
encouraging of my report and will be having a chat to the driver
forthwith. I am in little doubt that this was a deliberate act, and
this very brave example of manliness manged to commit 2 driving
offences (reversing when ensafe and failing to exchange details), to
which hopefully he'll have to answer to his/her Worship.

Yes, there really is an arsehole born every minute. How did he back into
your _back_ wheel?

Theo

Theo Bekkers Wrote:
vaudegiant wrote:
Waiting behind a van at the Mont Albert Rd / Burke Rd lights
yesterday, I was a little suprised to find the van suddenly start
reversing, and then keep reversing despite my flashing lights in his
window and my protests. I was unable to get out of his way before
the
rear bumber caught my new back wheel which is wrecked. When I
enquired as to why he did this, through the 1 inch slit of the
drivers window, this upstanding citizen replied "Sorry mate, my foot
slipped". I told him that this was a lame and pathetic excuse and
that he had stuffed my derailer (which I thought he had), to which
he
replied " ". Nothing but silence for the next minute or so until
the lights turned green and he drove off. Mr. Plod was most
encouraging of my report and will be having a chat to the driver
forthwith. I am in little doubt that this was a deliberate act, and
this very brave example of manliness manged to commit 2 driving
offences (reversing when ensafe and failing to exchange details),
to
which hopefully he'll have to answer to his/her Worship.

Yes, there really is an arsehole born every minute. How did he back
into
your _back_ wheel?

Theo


I usually feed through to the front of traffic at the lights but as he
was the only one at the stop, it was early in the morning and I wasn't
in any hurry, I stopped behind him. I watched the reversing lights go
on and as he slowly reversed, I even more slowly realised that he
wasn't going to stop, so as I scrambled away to the side, with on foot
still clipped in, he cuaght the back of my rear wheel. He seemed
neither suprised when I confronted him about hitting me nor in any way
remorseful which lead me to think it was deliberate.


Pat


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vaudegiant

Are there still any "Dob in a D!@k" sites out there? This guy sounds
like a good candidate to have his rego displayed to the world.

On Aug 3, 10:19 am, vaudegiant vaudegiant.2up...@no-
mx.forums.cyclingforums.com wrote:
Waiting behind a van at the Mont Albert Rd / Burke Rd lights yesterday,
I was a little suprised to find the van suddenly start reversing, and
then keep reversing despite my flashing lights in his window and my
protests. I was unable to get out of his way before the rear bumber
caught my new back wheel which is wrecked. When I enquired as to why he
did this, through the 1 inch slit of the drivers window, this upstanding
citizen replied "Sorry mate, my foot slipped". I told him that this was
a lame and pathetic excuse and that he had stuffed my derailer (which I
thought he had), to which he replied " ". Nothing but silence for
the next minute or so until the lights turned green and he drove off.
Mr. Plod was most encouraging of my report and will be having a chat to
the driver forthwith. I am in little doubt that this was a deliberate
act, and this very brave example of manliness manged to commit 2
driving offences (reversing when ensafe and failing to exchange
details), to which hopefully he'll have to answer to his/her Worship.

Pat

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vaudegiant

My admiration for your self-discipline. This will stand you in good
stead with hizonner. If you had done the reasonable thing and broken
his window in order to choke him, you would have blown it. You might
need to see a lawyer about getting compensation - the criminal/road
offence actions won't fix your bike, I think. Many lawyers will give
you a free phone consult.

donga

so, in retrospect, was moving through parked traffic a wise choice for you??
Why not wait in line - he prolly passed you 3 times already and had the
****s with you.
You need to read people. He still ought not to have backed over your wheel,
that's pretty dumb but people are weird little critters.
I may be wrong.
Jock

"vaudegiant" wrote in
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Waiting behind a van at the Mont Albert Rd / Burke Rd lights yesterday,
I was a little suprised to find the van suddenly start reversing, and
then keep reversing despite my flashing lights in his window and my
protests. I was unable to get out of his way before the rear bumber
caught my new back wheel which is wrecked. When I enquired as to why he
did this, through the 1 inch slit of the drivers window, this upstanding
citizen replied "Sorry mate, my foot slipped". I told him that this was
a lame and pathetic excuse and that he had stuffed my derailer (which I
thought he had), to which he replied " ". Nothing but silence for
the next minute or so until the lights turned green and he drove off.
Mr. Plod was most encouraging of my report and will be having a chat to
the driver forthwith. I am in little doubt that this was a deliberate
act, and this very brave example of manliness manged to commit 2
driving offences (reversing when ensafe and failing to exchange
details), to which hopefully he'll have to answer to his/her Worship.



Pat


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vaudegiant

Jock wrote:
so, in retrospect, was moving through parked traffic a wise choice
for you?? Why not wait in line - he prolly passed you 3 times already
and had the ****s with you.

From Vaudie's point of view, he had prolly already passed this van three
times but the guy insisted on passing him yet again. Surely passing a
bicycle in heavy traffic in a van is so dangerous, inconvenient, and
pointless, you may as well stay behind them. :-)

Theo

Jock Wrote:
so, in retrospect, was moving through parked traffic a wise choice for
you??
Why not wait in line - he prolly passed you 3 times already and had
the
****s with you.
You need to read people. He still ought not to have backed over your
wheel,
that's pretty dumb but people are weird little critters.
I may be wrong.
Jock




Um.....you're right...... you are wrong. I didn't move through parked
traffic, he was waiting at a red light when I rode up and stopped
behind him. It was 7 am with no other traffic around.

I did in fact wait in line....a line of 2.

It's hard to read people, and completely uneccessary, when you pull up
behind them.

You make it it sound like a nice tete-e-tete between us. It was at
least low speed, which was rather considerate of him.


Pat


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vaudegiant

Donga Wrote:


My admiration for your self-discipline. This will stand you in good
stead with hizonner. If you had done the reasonable thing and broken
his window in order to choke him, you would have blown it. You might
need to see a lawyer about getting compensation - the criminal/road
offence actions won't fix your bike, I think. Many lawyers will give
you a free phone consult.

donga


Thanks. Not my usual style. I often do a good impersonation of a
Catholic Dean when these things happen, and always later wish I had
shown a little more civility. Knowing that he had committed an offence
and that I had his rego did give some peace of mind at the time.
I'm hoping to go through his insurance for reparations.


Pat


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vaudegiant

vaudegiant Wrote:
I'm hoping to go through his insurance for reparations.That would be a good outcome for you, but you need his insurance details
(ie *from him*; I don't know any other way of getting them). Have the
police given you his info or are they even allowed to? Then again, if
you are lucky you might be in a position to memorise them at the time
of your report / statement when the police look up the rego details.

Depending on the wheel, it may not be worth him paying the excess on
his car insurance.

Seems like some legal advice may be in order. If you are a BV member
they may be able to draft a letter of demand etc.


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roshea