say hi ... ... to my elbow

Commuting this morning. Heading in along Logan Rd appraching the Gabba.
Guy in V8 commodore decides to see how close he can get to me at about
40 kph(talking 3-4 inches max) and then when he's right next to me, rev
the sh!t out of his engine and give me a fright. Of course, thats a
hilarious thing to do in peak hour traffic on one of Brisbane's main
conecting roads to the city. As its peak hour I caught up to him two
intersections later (big queue). I roll up to driver's window just
looking to have a chat. He rolls window down and gives me a bucket of
" get off the road, pay rego blah blah..." I tell him I'm not looking
for trouble: I just want to discuss what he just did and how
irresponsible it was. Adrenalin flowing at this stage as he is an
angry young man and his face is lighting up. Abuse continues to spew
forth and we are attracting a bit of attention which is good for me I
guess at least from a safety perspective (he has a mate in passengers
seat). He poses the inevitable question - you wanna have a go? No I
say - don't want any trouble, just some respect on the road. He goes
to open car door but cant because I'm right next to him. I tell him to
calm down and that nothing is going to happen. He gives a good shove
and still cant open it (MM is 95kg). He then summons up a big throat
lobster and spits right in my face. Is there anything more offensive
than that? Red mist rolls down, I lost it (just a bit), so he cops a
reflex elbow to the face. Not a bad one either in the circumstances
Anyway, he must be a pussy becasue he drove off. Which was probably
a good thing because I would not want to take on 2 guys off in any
circumstances let alone in carbon soled shoes with keo cleats. Would
be a bit to much like "ice dancing with the stars" for my liking. All
this happened in probably 15-20 seconds. I did not even get a licence
number. I waited 5 mins before I continued my commute. I did not want
to give him a chance to line me up again. I feel like I did the wrong
thing, but then again it was basically a reflex. A bad morning for
cyclist / driver relations. Glad I had water and not endura in the
biddons if you know what I mean


--
monsterman

That's fscking disgusting! And don't feel bad about what you did - he
deserved your elbow and more, the fscking stupid c*nt. There's no way
I could have controlled myself the way you did.

Something is seriously up with the general Brisf*ck population at the
moment. Tam and I had an absolute shocker of a ride yesterday - enough
so that I completely lost my temper and was ready to (attempt to) smash
the next person who threw any flak at us.

Then this morning, my boss was telling me that she hates when cyclists
take up the whole inside lane on Stanley Street - that it "Gets me
going". Having not ridden on Stanley Street for a long time, I don't
know what she was talking about, but if anyone can elaborate, please do
so.

Sorry you had to experience that, MM. It sounds to me like you need to
take it out on the bush this weekend.

Lotte


--
LotteBum

monsterman wrote:
Commuting this morning. Heading in along Logan Rd appraching the Gabba.
Guy in V8 commodore decides to see how close he can get to me at about
40 kph(talking 3-4 inches max) and then when he's right next to me, rev
the sh!t out of his engine and give me a fright. Of course, thats a
hilarious thing to do in peak hour traffic on one of Brisbane's main
conecting roads to the city. As its peak hour I caught up to him two
intersections later (big queue). I roll up to driver's window just
looking to have a chat. He rolls window down and gives me a bucket of
" get off the road, pay rego blah blah..." I tell him I'm not looking
for trouble: I just want to discuss what he just did and how
irresponsible it was. Adrenalin flowing at this stage as he is an
angry young man and his face is lighting up. Abuse continues to spew
forth and we are attracting a bit of attention which is good for me I
guess at least from a safety perspective (he has a mate in passengers
seat). He poses the inevitable question - you wanna have a go? No I
say - don't want any trouble, just some respect on the road. He goes
to open car door but cant because I'm right next to him. I tell him to
calm down and that nothing is going to happen. He gives a good shove
and still cant open it (MM is 95kg). He then summons up a big throat
lobster and spits right in my face. Is there anything more offensive
than that? Red mist rolls down, I lost it (just a bit), so he cops a
reflex elbow to the face. Not a bad one either in the circumstances
. Anyway, he must be a pussy becasue he drove off. Which was probably
a good thing because I would not want to take on 2 guys off in any
circumstances let alone in carbon soled shoes with keo cleats. Would
be a bit to much like "ice dancing with the stars" for my liking. All
this happened in probably 15-20 seconds. I did not even get a licence
number. I waited 5 mins before I continued my commute. I did not want
to give him a chance to line me up again. I feel like I did the wrong
thing, but then again it was basically a reflex. A bad morning for
cyclist / driver relations. Glad I had water and not endura in the
biddons if you know what I mean


Ouch! You should have joined us on the LA ride instead, MM - we could have done
with your bulk to shove off the peleton that nearly wiped Joan & I out


--
Karen Gallagher

"Reverse the polarity and invert the particle flux!"
"You mean put the batteries in the other way?"
"...yes."
-Star Trek (any of them)

LotteBum wrote:
That's fscking disgusting! And don't feel bad about what you did - he
deserved your elbow and more, the fscking stupid c*nt. There's no way
I could have controlled myself the way you did.

Something is seriously up with the general Brisf*ck population at the
moment. Tam and I had an absolute shocker of a ride yesterday - enough
so that I completely lost my temper and was ready to (attempt to) smash
the next person who threw any flak at us.

Then this morning, my boss was telling me that she hates when cyclists
take up the whole inside lane on Stanley Street - that it "Gets me
going". Having not ridden on Stanley Street for a long time, I don't
know what she was talking about, but if anyone can elaborate, please do
so.

Sorry you had to experience that, MM. It sounds to me like you need to
take it out on the bush this weekend.

Lotte


Somehow I think the whole of Brisbane's gone mad today. Must be because it's
Friday 13th. I've never seen so much bad driving, bad cycling & aggression in
one morning before.

On Coro Drive a big bunch went through every set of lights on red. And Stanley
St, and Logan Road. Not just the odd cyclist either.

--
Karen Gallagher

"Reverse the polarity and invert the particle flux!"
"You mean put the batteries in the other way?"
"...yes."
-Star Trek (any of them)

LotteBum wrote:
That's fscking disgusting! And don't feel bad about what you did - he
deserved your elbow and more, the fscking stupid c*nt. There's no way
I could have controlled myself the way you did.

Something is seriously up with the general Brisf*ck population at the
moment. Tam and I had an absolute shocker of a ride yesterday - enough
so that I completely lost my temper and was ready to (attempt to) smash
the next person who threw any flak at us.

Then this morning, my boss was telling me that she hates when cyclists
take up the whole inside lane on Stanley Street - that it "Gets me
going". Having not ridden on Stanley Street for a long time, I don't
know what she was talking about, but if anyone can elaborate, please do
so.

Stanley Street is like any other arterial at peak hour. Tell her from
me that I'm working on having her and her type kicked out of the lane
altogether. When it's turned over to buses, T3 and bikes, I'll be done.
She's welcome to share OUR lane on a bike.

Donga

monsterman wrote:

than that? Red mist rolls down, I lost it (just a bit), so he cops a
reflex elbow to the face. Not a bad one either in the circumstances

Ahh an ending to a road rage story I can appreciate. Way to go MM! (err
not that I would condone that kind of behaviour )

DaveB

Donga wrote:

LotteBum wrote:
That's fscking disgusting! And don't feel bad about what you did - he
deserved your elbow and more, the fscking stupid c*nt. There's no way
I could have controlled myself the way you did.

Something is seriously up with the general Brisf*ck population at the
moment. Tam and I had an absolute shocker of a ride yesterday - enough
so that I completely lost my temper and was ready to (attempt to) smash
the next person who threw any flak at us.

Then this morning, my boss was telling me that she hates when cyclists
take up the whole inside lane on Stanley Street - that it "Gets me
going". Having not ridden on Stanley Street for a long time, I don't
know what she was talking about, but if anyone can elaborate, please do
so.

Stanley Street is like any other arterial at peak hour. Tell her from
me that I'm working on having her and her type kicked out of the lane
altogether. When it's turned over to buses, T3 and bikes, I'll be done.
She's welcome to share OUR lane on a bike.

Yay! I can't fscking wait.

Although I am one of those cyclists the b!tch was
complaining about. I am happy to take on anyone with enough
guts to get out of their fkn tonne of cage, let me at them.

MM - now who will provide you with legal advice...? :P

T

monsterman wrote:
Commuting this morning. Heading in along Logan Rd appraching the Gabba.
Guy in V8 commodore decides to see how close he can get to me at about
40 kph(talking 3-4 inches max) and then when he's right next to me, rev
the sh!t out of his engine and give me a fright. Of course, thats a
hilarious thing to do in peak hour traffic on one of Brisbane's main
conecting roads to the city. As its peak hour I caught up to him two
intersections later (big queue). I roll up to driver's window just
looking to have a chat. He rolls window down and gives me a bucket of
" get off the road, pay rego blah blah..." I tell him I'm not looking
for trouble: I just want to discuss what he just did and how
irresponsible it was. Adrenalin flowing at this stage as he is an
angry young man and his face is lighting up. Abuse continues to spew
forth and we are attracting a bit of attention which is good for me I
guess at least from a safety perspective (he has a mate in passengers
seat). He poses the inevitable question - you wanna have a go? No I
say - don't want any trouble, just some respect on the road. He goes
to open car door but cant because I'm right next to him. I tell him to
calm down and that nothing is going to happen. He gives a good shove
and still cant open it (MM is 95kg). He then summons up a big throat
lobster and spits right in my face. Is there anything more offensive
than that? Red mist rolls down, I lost it (just a bit), so he cops a
reflex elbow to the face. Not a bad one either in the circumstances
. Anyway, he must be a pussy becasue he drove off. Which was probably
a good thing because I would not want to take on 2 guys off in any
circumstances let alone in carbon soled shoes with keo cleats. Would
be a bit to much like "ice dancing with the stars" for my liking. All
this happened in probably 15-20 seconds. I did not even get a licence
number. I waited 5 mins before I continued my commute. I did not want
to give him a chance to line me up again. I feel like I did the wrong
thing, but then again it was basically a reflex. A bad morning for
cyclist / driver relations. Glad I had water and not endura in the
biddons if you know what I mean

That sucked, but I think your response was the correct one. Hope you
broke his nose.

Tony F

In aus.bicycle on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:01:11 GMT
Duracell Bunny wrote:
Somehow I think the whole of Brisbane's gone mad today. Must be because it's
Friday 13th. I've never seen so much bad driving, bad cycling & aggression in
one morning before.

In Sydney it seems to be parking in clearways and no helmets. 4
parked cars and one truck plus 6 nohelmet cyclists. 4 of them had the
lid dangling from the bars, the other two had no lids at all that I
could see.

Zebee

Duracell Bunny wrote:
LotteBum wrote:
That's fscking disgusting! And don't feel bad about what you did - he
deserved your elbow and more, the fscking stupid c*nt. There's no way
I could have controlled myself the way you did.

Something is seriously up with the general Brisf*ck population at the
moment. Tam and I had an absolute shocker of a ride yesterday - enough
so that I completely lost my temper and was ready to (attempt to) smash
the next person who threw any flak at us.

Then this morning, my boss was telling me that she hates when cyclists
take up the whole inside lane on Stanley Street - that it "Gets me
going". Having not ridden on Stanley Street for a long time, I don't
know what she was talking about, but if anyone can elaborate, please do
so.

Sorry you had to experience that, MM. It sounds to me like you need to
take it out on the bush this weekend.

Lotte


Somehow I think the whole of Brisbane's gone mad today. Must be because it's
Friday 13th. I've never seen so much bad driving, bad cycling & aggression in
one morning before.

On Coro Drive a big bunch went through every set of lights on red. And Stanley
St, and Logan Road. Not just the odd cyclist either.

Another funny thing happened yesterday - we hit a record of 28 bikes in
our lockup at work - up from the previous record of 27 that we've hit
several times.

Donga