Registration plate
Official local mnemonic: Scotland Postal area: Glasgow
Issued: between march 2013 and august 2013 White Fiat, manufactured in 2013, first registered on 1 April 2013. Cylinder capacity: 1248cc, CO2 emissions: 113 g/km.
I get this all the time. Now wonder several police forces are running a campaign against close passing and other infractions, some are also accepting video evidence.
Some people simply don't want to share the road with cyclists, and think they can invent their own rules of the road. I had one the other week do the very thing you describe here, it was a taxi, who wouldn't stay behind - as required - because the road was narrow, uneven, had recently been surfaced with chippings, was damp and had several junctions. Oh, and I was approaching a blind bend.
Yep, just like your experience, I had the tail-gating, the dirty looks and in my case being force off the road to make an emergency stop by someone using their car as a weapon.
Some people need to be prosecuted before they kill. It goes way beyond simple mistakes everyone can make and they only understand one language: courts, and fines.
If the road isn't physically wide enough for my bike and your prat-mobile to fit side by side on a road, don't tailgate me and then look at me like I did something wrong when I don't let you overtake. You didn't miss the light anyway. Get some councelling and give the car to someone who doesn't have anger issues.
I get this all the time. Now wonder several police forces are running a campaign against close passing and other infractions, some are also accepting video evidence.
Some people simply don't want to share the road with cyclists, and think they can invent their own rules of the road. I had one the other week do the very thing you describe here, it was a taxi, who wouldn't stay behind - as required - because the road was narrow, uneven, had recently been surfaced with chippings, was damp and had several junctions. Oh, and I was approaching a blind bend.
Yep, just like your experience, I had the tail-gating, the dirty looks and in my case being force off the road to make an emergency stop by someone using their car as a weapon.
Some people need to be prosecuted before they kill. It goes way beyond simple mistakes everyone can make and they only understand one language: courts, and fines.