While cycling around Chew Valley Lake this afternoon, just south of Bristol, on the CTC ride, we
were harassed by two dorks in a Jeep, R746 PPY, for not riding on the abysmal cycle track. The
driver sounded his horn continuously, the passenger leaned out of the window and shouted abuse, so
we stopped across the road, forcing them to stop, and I took their picture.
Neither the passenger nor driver appear to be acquainted with the relevant road laws: a cyclist may
use a cycle track, but has every right to remain on the road, and they appear not to know that cycle
tracks have a higher accident rate than riding on the road.
They did appear to consider that they had the right to insist that cyclists should use substandard,
dangerous and inconvenient cycle tracks, and were more than willing to demonstrate their
incomptetence and arrogance by behaving like complete cretins.
If you know either of these morons, a polite word in their ear might save them a lot of hassle later
in life: something along the lines of "you are complete idiots, try and grow up before you drive a
lethal weapon again." should suffice.
Rich