Road RageLast week I had to stop a guy attacking another one in the middle of the road - one had run the lights whilst on the phone and the other had objected. I actually had to take the attacker's car keys out of their car and tell him he wasn't getting them back till he calmed down.
Looking back on it, I was lucky I was feeling all parental and in control or the situation could have panned out very differently.
Have you lost it on the roads, or have you been on the recieving end of some nutter?
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chthonic, Thu 12 Oct 2006, 21:31)
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Bikeswackmeister
Do my job? Every time that guy sees a white car, he's going to drive like a nun. This is but one story. I work in a busy area full of cars, bicycles and busses. I mostly deal with thieves and drunk idiots. I've arrested and charged more people in the past month than most of my peers. I’m not a traffic officer, they are the ones who are dedicated, full time, to catching idiot drivers. I do frequently have to stop cyclists though, as at least 70% of them don’t use lights, ride in pedestrian areas, pavements, cut up cars at junctions and roundabouts and as a result get punted off.
I used to be a cycle courier in Belfast. Until recently I also rode a motorbike. I know how to ride and I know what morons car drivers are. I know how dangerous it is to be riding a bike of any sort of public roads. But I’ll still nick you if you hit a pedestrian for dangerous cycling. 2 months ago, a cyclist on my patch hit a little old lady and broke her leg. He was riding in a pedestrian area with no regard for anyone and she paid the price. He had to go to court and answer for his incompetence, she went to hospital.
Don’t come and try to tell me how to do my job, I get enough of it from pissed up wankers.
*edit* like him above. sigh.
(, Sat 14 Oct 2006, 17:02, Reply)
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