White van man gets his come-uppance

"Ian Walker" wrote

Can we honour the constabulary that took this action? Name the police
force responsible, so others can know that they take complaints
seriously. Which county are you in?

ITYM "which country are you in"? ;-)

Notwithstanding my glib reply it's nice to hear this kind of thing. I
shouldn't be so sarcastic anyway as when I got knocked off a couple of years
ago justice was done effectively with the aid of motorists who helped as
witnesses.

Pete

In rec.bicycles.misc Gonzalez wrote:
*Bumming a fag* is another thing which means something entirely
different in an English pub and a San Francisco bar, both of which are
not uncommon occurrences - though probably more acceptable in England.

well, bumming smokes is hardly acceptable in california bars, either. you're
probably better off doing heroin than smoking. the bars in the mission sf
with those little altoid's cans notwithstanding.
--
david reuteler

Mike VM wrote:
About this time last year I was cycling along a road in White City,
when a white van, unable to wait a few seconds for me to pass by a
traffic island, veered across to the right hand side of the road,
hooted at some children legitimately crossing the road from the
island, causing them to leap back onto said island, and then drove by
on the wrong side of the road, ignoring the keep left sign.

I took his number, got another witness and grassed him up to the local
plod. The wheels of justice immediately sprang into action, and this
week he was fined £300, and got six points on his licence. (His
statement to the court showed he considered he had done nothing wrong,
and that the children were at fault for having the effrontery to cross
the road when he wanted to drive across it the wrong way).

Just thought you'd like to know that just occasionally some impatient
plonker who endangers other road users gets what's coming to him.

Good work well done!

It's funny, just yesterday I was considering posting a diatribe against
white vehicles! On my rides Thursday AND Friday, I had a number of close
passes by white pickups, panel trucks, SUVs, minivans...you name it! No
other vehicles came near me at all...

Bill "is there something to this???" S.

Gonzalez wrote:
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:54:08 GMT, "neil0502"
wrote:


Mike VM wrote (in small part -- liberal excision involved):


I took his number, got another witness and /grassed him up to the local
plod/ [emphasis added]

I really *do* have to visit the U.K. some time!

While I have absolutely no idea what that means, I'd really be tickled just
to hear it in person :-)


*Bumming a fag* is another thing which means something entirely
different in an English pub and a San Francisco bar, both of which are
not uncommon occurrences - though probably more acceptable in England.

Smoking in bars in California is illegal.

B i l l S o r n s o n wrote:

Good work well done!

It's funny, just yesterday I was considering posting a diatribe against
white vehicles! On my rides Thursday AND Friday, I had a number of close
passes by white pickups, panel trucks, SUVs, minivans...you name it! No
other vehicles came near me at all...

Bill "is there something to this???" S.


It's the white paint. The pressure of light on the white paint causes a
side force, which is less for any other colour (where part of the
pressure is absorbed). This causes the white vehicle to run closer to
the gutter unless the driver (and I use the term loosely) compensates.
Only happens in the Autumn and Spring, of course, when the sun is low on
the horizon.

Isn't science wonderful?

R.

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 15:58:27 GMT, The Oldfellow
wrote:

Smoking in bars in California is illegal.

So is shooting each other, but there seems to be a fair amount of that
going on....
--

"Bob"

'The people have spoken, the *******s'

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Ian Walker wrote in news:SpamIsPants-
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In article ,
"neil0502" wrote:


Oh, absolutely, but I still found it quite entertaining... as, I suspect,
many of our idioms must be to those across the pond (I hope!)

"No brainer" has to be my favourite.

Ian

"Doozy" always gets me.

--
Chris

Gonzalez wrote:

*Bumming a fag* is another thing which means something entirely
different in an English pub and a San Francisco bar, both of which are
not uncommon occurrences - though probably more acceptable in England.

Whereas cycling on the pavement is often slated in both countries but
for different reasons ;-)

Tony

"Muttley" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 13:54:08 GMT, "neil0502" wrote:

Mike VM wrote (in small part -- liberal excision involved):

I took his number, got another witness and /grassed him up to the local
plod/ [emphasis added]

I really *do* have to visit the U.K. some time!

While I have absolutely no idea what that means

Could you not work it out from context?

Forget context -- if you'd read enough British crime novels, you'd know
terms like "grass".


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B i l l S o r n s o n wrote:
Mike VM wrote:

About this time last year I was cycling along a road in White City,
when a white van, unable to wait a few seconds for me to pass by a
traffic island, veered across to the right hand side of the road,
hooted at some children legitimately crossing the road from the
island, causing them to leap back onto said island, and then drove by
on the wrong side of the road, ignoring the keep left sign.

I took his number, got another witness and grassed him up to the local
plod. The wheels of justice immediately sprang into action, and this
week he was fined £300, and got six points on his licence. (His
statement to the court showed he considered he had done nothing wrong,
and that the children were at fault for having the effrontery to cross
the road when he wanted to drive across it the wrong way).

Just thought you'd like to know that just occasionally some impatient
plonker who endangers other road users gets what's coming to him.


Good work well done!


Excellent!! I love it when a plonker gets what he deserves.

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