'New' idiot driver tactic

Tony W said:

Had a new experience today. A lad in a red mobile greenhouse decided to
impress his mates by pulling onto my side of the road on a narrow country
lane while driving at an excessive speed for the road -- leaving me about a
metre of space.

I didn't quite catch the comments that were being shouted from every
window -- but I take it they were complimentary and encouraging.

car nazis . i lived in holland for a year and cycled everywhere.
especially to the pubs and coffee shops. i have not been back on a
bike since circumstances forced me to live back in this [censored] of a
country. it is because of such pro-war anti-bike morons like that i am
wary of getting back in the saddle.

Tony W" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

"I didn't quite catch the comments that were being shouted from every
window -- but I take it they were complimentary and encouraging."

Yes, encouraging you to produce a rotten egg and throw it in.

M

(martian) said:

Tony W" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

"I didn't quite catch the comments that were being shouted from every
window -- but I take it they were complimentary and encouraging."

Yes, encouraging you to produce a rotten egg and throw it in.

so that they can get out and give you a kicking which is what they
would very much like.
take their license number and phone up the local constabulary to
report dangerous driving.

I only got the only-to-be-expected calls of "You're a long way from Athens"
from a dopey woman in a volvo as the persperation dripped off my nose at the
top of a hill.

Does she not know the road race was yesterday??!! ;0D

I think long way in terms of fitness/speed as well as distance...

"Tony W" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Had a new experience today. A lad in a red mobile greenhouse decided to
impress his mates by pulling onto my side of the road on a narrow country
lane while driving at an excessive speed for the road -- leaving me about

a

Quoted message said:

metre of space.

I didn't quite catch the comments that were being shouted from every
window -- but I take it they were complimentary and encouraging.

[censored].

T

Tony W said:

Had a new experience today.

It must be the stupid season. I'm rolling gently (*ahem*25mph*ahem*) down
the road (lochee road) and a car pulls up in a side road (gardner street).
I'm watching him to make sure he has seen me when there is a flash of silver
and some dork decides to turn right in front of me. I must have missed him
by a fraction of a second.

That was a bit of a shock.. I hadn't even noticed him because I was
concentrating on the chap in the side road.

...d

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 14:16:18 +0100, "Paul D"
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I only got the only-to-be-expected calls of "You're a long way from Athens"
from a dopey woman in a volvo as the persperation dripped off my nose at the
top of a hill.

You missed your chance for a Witty Riposte: "Yes, Madam, I left after
the road race yesterday and have only just arrived home."

Guy
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Yes, encouraging you to produce a rotten egg and throw it in.

Not a standar part of my cycling kit!!

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so that they can get out and give you a kicking which is what they
would very much like.
take their license number and phone up the local constabulary to
report dangerous driving.

Too busy checking my exit routes in case they really were homicidal & not
just prats.

T