Insane car chase

Well done for keeping your head in such a high pressure situation.

There are some real nutcases out there for sure.

Good luck with the Police and stay on their case. They will usually try and blame you in the first instance so stick to your guns.

Mark

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by squirrel_hunter

I understand what happened now to get you in that situation. All I can say is "Some people...". The only advise I can give is to drive defensive and not allow yourself to get in to a situation where you retaliate to another drivers aggression no matter how deserving they are. And if you discover how to do this please let me know.

This.

Resisting the temptation to flick the bird, kick their door, shake your head even is very hard but if they're showing off to a car full of similar bottom feeders* it is a red rag. Well done for finding a safe haven, good luck in pursuing it, try not to let it bother you.


*drunk, drugged up, testosterone through the roof just out for a punch up - choose your preference. We all see cars full of these oxygen-wasters repeatedly and with a lack of traffic officers on the road they know they can get away with a lot before they get caught. Viscious circle.

Thanks guys.

Police - You'll have to take it to court
Me - So he'll get my full details ... name, address, bike reg etc?
Police - Yeah
Me - He's already tried to kill me with a car and you want me to give him my details?!

anyway its a silver vauxhall astra BW03 0CK

The police put a warning on their system that he was an "erratic driver" so now I'll feel super safe riding through there again.

[chris8886]

Originally Posted by Scylla

Thanks guys.

Police - You'll have to take it to court
Me - So he'll get my full details ... name, address, bike reg etc?
Police - Yeah
Me - He's already tried to kill me with a car and you want me to give him my details?!

anyway its a silver vauxhall astra BW03 0CK

The police put a warning on their system that he was an "erratic driver" so now I'll feel super safe riding through there again.

surely those things are/would be kept confidential?!

[widepants]

and that the problem with a bike ....nowhere to keep your baseball bat

Originally Posted by chris8886

surely those things are/would be kept confidential?!

in a police report - yes... but not in court.

Originally Posted by widepants

and that the problem with a bike ....nowhere to keep your baseball bat

Theres a tail pack for my size 23 spanner though - its for adjusting my chain

Wow, sounds pretty hectic - good to hear you made it to safety OK!

Sadly I've heard far too many stories like that. These random nutcases don't seem to need much to tip them over the edge into a bike-hating/murdering rage.

Especially in London, where you never know what element from the criminal underworld is in the car. One guy I know even had a gun pointed at him after flipping the bird at a dangerous driver! Safest to just to ignore them TBH

[Fallout]

Serious this! Glad you're ok mate. Wouldn't want an orger to get killed by some ultra fools.

On a personal level, I would never get pished off with someone in a car. It's not worth it. You're too vulnerable. If someone does something ridiculous I just protect myself and either drop back or get as far ahead of them as possible. Flipping someone the bird when you're on a bike is like provoking someone in the street when you've got your hands tied behind your back. Not worth the risk!

Originally Posted by Fallout

Serious this! Glad you're ok mate. Wouldn't want an orger to get killed by some ultra fools.

On a personal level, I would never get pished off with someone in a car. It's not worth it. You're too vulnerable. If someone does something ridiculous I just protect myself and either drop back or get as far ahead of them as possible. Flipping someone the bird when you're on a bike is like provoking someone in the street when you've got your hands tied behind your back. Not worth the risk!

Thanks but I don't get the part about provoking them.

In one post You said you sounded the horn and in another that you flipped them the bird.

The second bit is just making things worse (they may have given up quicker otherwise) and the first is really improper use of the horn, it's for letting people know you're their if you think they haven't seen you, not for expressing disapproval at their driving (unless you disapprove in their failure to see you) once the first car sounded its horn that was enough.