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    Posted: 16-April-2010 at 08:16

I'm in the car on my side of the road approaching a set of traffic lights which are at red,  I'm coasting to a stop.  A cyclist shoots out of a side road on my left, cuts in front of me so I hit the brake, hard, hit the horn and the headlights, mutter an un repeatable word for this family forum and continue to come to a stop behind a van at the lights.

Cyclist is now turned round come along side me and is hammering on my window, indicating for me to put my window down. 

I don't, and simply look ahead, wait for the lights to change and ignore him.  He is shouting that I'm a bottom hole.  I drive off.

I'm sorry but did I do something wrong? 
If I had wound down the window, I would have just got into a shouting match and that would have achieved nothing.

What should I have done?
Not sounded my horn as a warning to him as another road user that I am approaching? 
Not braked?  Nah I would have damaged my car and think of the paper work. (joke)
Called the police? 
Filmed him with my mobile phone hammering on my window?

I really, really hate cyclists who have no respect for the laws of the road with a passion.

I'll just come down off my soapbox now.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Dergside Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-April-2010 at 10:20

Pound to a penny the guy had headphones on?

His rant was probably just adrenalin from the "surprise" that your horn gave him (especially if the suspicion above is correct).  To my mind, your actions were reasonable.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Andrew Rolland Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-April-2010 at 12:37

No he didn't have headphones on, he did have very bad facial hair though.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote thepits Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-April-2010 at 20:49

Originally posted by Andrew Rolland Andrew Rolland wrote:

I really, really hate cyclists

That's more like it

Cats know your every thought.

But don't care.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Rhys Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-April-2010 at 21:47
Now all we need is Niggles... 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote kbannon Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16-April-2010 at 22:01
Cyclists are a law unto themselves.
Had you hit him, you would still have had a claim made against you which presumably would have been successful.
There is a "natural" order in place:

* Old pedestrians
* Pedestrians
* Cyclists
* Motorcyclists
* Motorists
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Daz Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-April-2010 at 23:07

What is a cyclist?  I fail to recognise their existance until they register their vehicle, pay insurance and road tax to justify using my roads.

What should you have done?  Since it's a family forum I'll not type it.  But it rhymes with spit and bun...

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Andrew Rolland Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-April-2010 at 08:22
Originally posted by thepits thepits wrote:

Originally posted by Andrew Rolland Andrew Rolland wrote:

I really, really hate cyclists

That's more like it

Eh?  What do you mean?

Although I did observe a number of cyclists on my drive in to work this morning who were all law abiding and I even gave way to one.

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