Friend of mind told me this story; I have no reason to disbelieve him but it just sounds like one of those generic stories so I don't know if it really happened; anyway..
During the recent heavy rain, one rush hour on a main road into Nottingham (the A6005 through Beeston for those that know it): idoit in a car decides it would be fun to drive through all of the deep puddles, deliberately soaking the cyclists. As the traffic queues at the lights, one cyclist catches up with car; stops, opens the drivers door, hauls out driver and rolls hime in the nearest, sufficiently deep puddle.
"wheelsgoround" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:
Friend of mind told me this story; I have no reason to disbelieve him but
it
Quoted message said:
just sounds like one of those generic stories so I don't know if it really happened; anyway..
During the recent heavy rain, one rush hour on a main road into Nottingham (the A6005 through Beeston for those that know it): idoit in a car decides it would be fun to drive through all of the deep puddles, deliberately soaking the cyclists.....
Although it's fairly easy to soak a ped on the pavement, it would not be easy to soak a cyclist, as most rain tends to collect near the edge of the road, and most cyclists will cycle round a kerbside puddle rather than ride through it, so the only chance to soak a cyclist will be to find a puddle in the *centre* of the road, but as this is normally several inches higher than the edge, water does not often collect there.
On 15/8/04 10:07 pm, in article [email hidden], "Adrian
Boliston said:
Although it's fairly easy to soak a ped on the pavement, it would not be easy to soak a cyclist, as most rain tends to collect near the edge of the road, and most cyclists will cycle round a kerbside puddle rather than ride through it, so the only chance to soak a cyclist will be to find a puddle in the *centre* of the road, but as this is normally several inches higher than the edge, water does not often collect there.
But the cyclist may have been *shudder* riding on the pavement.
At which point it would be perfectly possible to soak them.
Personally I think it is offensive and antisocial for drivers to not take reasonable action to avoid puddles which could soak others.
Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
Adrian Boliston said:
"wheelsgoround" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:
Friend of mind told me this story; I have no reason to disbelieve him but
it
Quoted message said:
just sounds like one of those generic stories so I don't know if it really happened; anyway..
During the recent heavy rain, one rush hour on a main road into Nottingham (the A6005 through Beeston for those that know it): idoit in a car decides it would be fun to drive through all of the deep puddles, deliberately soaking the cyclists.....
Although it's fairly easy to soak a ped on the pavement, it would not be easy to soak a cyclist, as most rain tends to collect near the edge of the road, and most cyclists will cycle round a kerbside puddle rather than ride through it, so the only chance to soak a cyclist will be to find a puddle in the *centre* of the road, but as this is normally several inches higher than the edge, water does not often collect there.
Personally I think it is offensive and antisocial for drivers to not take reasonable action to avoid puddles which could soak others.
One got taken to court after deliberately soaking a police officer. His mate down the road stopped him and decided to teach him a lesson. He was aquitted tho, having argued that there was a car too close behind him to slow down. Presumably there was also no way he could have moved to the right either, or have seen the puddle earlier and slowed down gradually. Interestingly he was a driving instructor.
