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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 -- vaudegiant |
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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 |
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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 -- vaudegiant |
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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. |
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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 -- 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 |
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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 message ... 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 -- vaudegiant |
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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 |
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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 -- vaudegiant |
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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 -- vaudegiant |
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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. -- roshea |
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