Near Miss of the Day 194: Close pass at night (includes extreme swearing)

dreamy wrote:

vonhelmet wrote:

I’m sure she’ll get over it.

Not to bothered about her feelings. This is a video posted by road.cc. it's of bad driving. I think the reversing is worse than the over take. It's also of a man calling a women a cunt. I think it tarnishes the road.cc brand.

As the rider involved, I had no idea of the sex of the driver at the time I swore.  All I saw was a large black car looming up very close to my right elbow.  My exclamation had NOTHING to do with the fact that she happened to be a woman so reel in the white knighting.

Eton Rifle wrote:

dreamy wrote:

vonhelmet wrote:

I’m sure she’ll get over it.

Not to bothered about her feelings. This is a video posted by road.cc. it's of bad driving. I think the reversing is worse than the over take. It's also of a man calling a women a cunt. I think it tarnishes the road.cc brand.

As the rider involved, I had no idea of the sex of the driver at the time I swore.  All I saw was a large black car looming up very close to my right elbow.  My exclamation had NOTHING to do with the fact that she happened to be a woman so reel in the white knighting.

I was hoping you would comment. Because it's not about you. Road.cc posted this on the internet. They are aligning this to their brand. Yet they post Chris Hoy saying we should stop the us v them culture.

Which one is it here? Us or them.

Cyclist Vs motorist?
Men Vs women?

dreamy wrote:

Eton Rifle wrote:

dreamy wrote:

vonhelmet wrote:

I’m sure she’ll get over it.

Not to bothered about her feelings. This is a video posted by road.cc. it's of bad driving. I think the reversing is worse than the over take. It's also of a man calling a women a cunt. I think it tarnishes the road.cc brand.

As the rider involved, I had no idea of the sex of the driver at the time I swore.  All I saw was a large black car looming up very close to my right elbow.  My exclamation had NOTHING to do with the fact that she happened to be a woman so reel in the white knighting.

I was hoping you would comment. Because it's not about you. Road.cc posted this on the internet. They are aligning this to their brand. Yet they post Chris Hoy saying we should stop the us v them culture. Which one is it here? Us or them. Cyclist Vs motorist? Men Vs women?

I am struggling to see what your point is.  Road.cc has posted this in News - y'know, the factual reporting of actual events.  Do you want them to only report on things that 'align to their brand' (whatever that means)?

Chris Hoy's daft comments have nothing to do with it.  I doubt the guy even rides regularly in the UK.  I do - every day - and, like many other riders, am getting thoroughly fucked off with cunts in cars endangering my life on a regular basis.  That stupid cow turned right a few yards after passing me.  Why even bother passing me at all?  What the hell was she thinking?

The only reason I have a camera is because this sort of shitty driving is far too common in Bristol.  It actually seems to be worse in the suburbs than in the centre, ironic for a city that prides itself on being cycle-friendly.

dreamy wrote:

Eton Rifle wrote:

dreamy wrote:

vonhelmet wrote:

I’m sure she’ll get over it.

Not to bothered about her feelings. This is a video posted by road.cc. it's of bad driving. I think the reversing is worse than the over take. It's also of a man calling a women a cunt. I think it tarnishes the road.cc brand.

As the rider involved, I had no idea of the sex of the driver at the time I swore.  All I saw was a large black car looming up very close to my right elbow.  My exclamation had NOTHING to do with the fact that she happened to be a woman so reel in the white knighting.

I was hoping you would comment. Because it's not about you. Road.cc posted this on the internet. They are aligning this to their brand. Yet they post Chris Hoy saying we should stop the us v them culture. Which one is it here? Us or them. Cyclist Vs motorist? Men Vs women?

I guess that makes sense in your head; it's not making a lot of sense to any readers.

dreamy wrote:

Eton Rifle wrote:

dreamy wrote:

vonhelmet wrote:

I’m sure she’ll get over it.

Not to bothered about her feelings. This is a video posted by road.cc. it's of bad driving. I think the reversing is worse than the over take. It's also of a man calling a women a cunt. I think it tarnishes the road.cc brand.

As the rider involved, I had no idea of the sex of the driver at the time I swore.  All I saw was a large black car looming up very close to my right elbow.  My exclamation had NOTHING to do with the fact that she happened to be a woman so reel in the white knighting.

I was hoping you would comment. Because it's not about you. Road.cc posted this on the internet. They are aligning this to their brand. Yet they post Chris Hoy saying we should stop the us v them culture. Which one is it here? Us or them. Cyclist Vs motorist? Men Vs women?

What's your point?  Chris Hoy's comments were kind of stupid, in my opinion.  What's the relevance to this issue?

dreamy wrote:

Awful word.

Awful pass. Which was more dangerous?

vonhelmet wrote:

dreamy wrote:

Awful word.

Awful pass. Which was more dangerous?

Yep terrible pass. No doubt.

I've had few just like it.

The word cunt though. Awful.

a1white wrote:

She was compeltely clueless as to what she had done wrong. It's a good example of where Cycling UK's VR initiative would work.

It seems to me that this ^ is the point to take away from this clip.

The driver clearly didn’t understand what she’d done wrong at all, meaning that she’ll almost certainly go on to do it again and again.

This whole thread seems to have got very diverted onto dreamy’s objections to the use of a swear word under stress.

brooksby wrote:

a1white wrote:

She was compeltely clueless as to what she had done wrong. It's a good example of where Cycling UK's VR initiative would work.

It seems to me that this ^ is the point to take away from this clip.

The driver clearly didn’t understand what she’d done wrong at all, meaning that she’ll almost certainly go on to do it again and again.

This whole thread seems to have got very diverted onto dreamy’s objections to the use of a swear word under stress.

100% agree. I'm partly to blame. Like I said the reverse was worse than the over take.

dreamy wrote:

brooksby wrote:

a1white wrote:

She was compeltely clueless as to what she had done wrong. It's a good example of where Cycling UK's VR initiative would work.

It seems to me that this ^ is the point to take away from this clip.

The driver clearly didn’t understand what she’d done wrong at all, meaning that she’ll almost certainly go on to do it again and again.

This whole thread seems to have got very diverted onto dreamy’s objections to the use of a swear word under stress.

100% agree. I'm partly to blame. Like I said the reverse was worse than the over take.

Solely, really, which is why so many are arguing with you, I suspect. It is for me. 

It's muddying the issue of some really stupid, inconsiderate and dangerous driving. That has real consequences. Being offended at words just doesn't. 

The rider has said it was used as a general purpose 'cunt', so isn't representing the misogyny you're seeking. Misogyny should rightly be challenged, but crying wolf doesn't half undermine legitimate challenge.