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"A cyclist was jailed for nine-and-a-half years today for first shooting and then stabbing a
motorist he wrongly accused of cutting him up. "

Makes a change. Normally the driver who considers the cyclist to have cut him up kills the cyclist
using the weapon of choice for the discerning killer, and gets off scott free.

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"A cyclist was jailed for nine-and-a-half years today for first shooting and then stabbing a
motorist he wrongly accused of cutting him up. "

Reading further into the article it appears that the 'cyclist' was / is a psychopath, but
nevertheless, it seems to me that it isn't only drivers who can get 'road rage' .. and over
something so simple as a mistaken identity

That'll learn him! If you want to hurt someone and only have a short stay with Her Majesty -
Use A Car!

Richard Webb

Quoted message said:

thisislondon.com9498190Open ↗

"A cyclist was jailed for nine-and-a-half years today for first shooting and then stabbing a
motorist he wrongly accused of cutting him up. "

Reading further into the article it appears that the 'cyclist' was / is a psychopath, but
nevertheless, it seems to me that it isn't only drivers who can get 'road rage' .. and over
something so simple as a mistaken identity

The mechanics of cycling /driving are irrelevant - it's about what resides between the ears and what
'tirggers' those reactions that is important. On second thoughts, boy, that's a big one....sadly the
highway code don't cover it.

Garryb

garryb59 said:

Quoted message said:

thisislondon.com9498190Open ↗

"A cyclist was jailed for nine-and-a-half years today for first shooting and then stabbing a
motorist he wrongly accused of cutting him up. "

Reading further into the article it appears that the 'cyclist' was / is a psychopath, but
nevertheless, it seems to me that it isn't only drivers who can get 'road rage' .. and over
something so simple as a mistaken identity

The mechanics of cycling /driving are irrelevant - it's about what resides between the ears and
what 'tirggers' those reactions that is important. On second thoughts, boy, that's a big
one....sadly the highway code don't cover it.

It often seems to me that the problem on roads is the lack of communication. It's easy to [censored]
people off without realising, or without being able to explain why we're doing what we're doing (I
would love to let you past, but that kid 3 cars in front might door me if I pulled in...).
Everything builds up to a head until someone leans on the horn, starts a shouting match, or
thankfully very rarely pulls a gun...

I have no idea what the solution is - scrolling LED displays would be fun but possibly wouldn't
improve safety. I'd like a highly directional megaphone - if such things exist.

AC

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I have no idea what the solution is - scrolling LED displays would be fun but possibly wouldn't improve safety.

I would think they're quite likely to increase road rage incidents. THe temptation to write "Stupid ignorant [censored], learn to drive [censored]!" would be too much for many people :-/

Graeme

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"A cyclist was jailed for nine-and-a-half years today for
first shooting and then stabbing a motorist he wrongly
accused of cutting him up. "

Stupid and senseless, if he had used a car he would have got
away with a slap on the wrist!