A cyclist in Surrey has filmed the moment a passenger got out of a car to confront her because she was riding in primary position – however, police have said they will not be investigating the incident.
The rider, named Katherine, filmed the incident on her way home from work in Esher on the evening of Thursday 4 November.
She told road.cc: “I reported the incident to the police, who recently contacted me to let me know they would not be investigating the incident further, meaning the men in the video will not receive any communication from the police, as confirmed by the officer I spoke to.
“While I find that extremely frustrating, considering the stress and anxiety the men put me through, I would at least like to share the video so other cyclists in the Surrey area may be a bit more wary should they come across these men,” she added.
There’s one specific aspect of the video that underlines how some road users single out cyclists for abuse – namely, that even if there had been no-one on a bike on the road in question, the vehicle and its occupants would not have got through the junction any quicker, due to the Audi in front of them.
Would the passenger have got out of the car to give the driver of that vehicle a piece of his mind? Somehow we doubt it, and Katherine agreed.
“Exactly, had they succeeded in overtaking me on that road, they would still have been stuck behind the other car,” she said.
"The police officer told me the car I reported is registered in Walton on Thames, so the odds of coming across them are reasonably high, considering I have a few colleagues travelling from that area to Esher.
“However, the officer insisted the ongoing risk to me is low so they would not be speaking to these men.
“So now, these men have gone on thinking what they did is acceptable and will probably do the same or worse to another cyclist. But ‘the police don't operate under what if statements’, or so I was told.”
Add new comment
68 comments
Why does it become safe to close pass a cyclist if the road is busy? Riding in single file on narrow (i.e. roads without a centre line) is prudent. Riding single on a 'busy' road is just likely to encoruage a dangerous squeeze pass, such as this driver wanted to attempt. If the road really is busy there will be no gap in oncoming traffic, so we are no wlooking to line up safely two cars and a bike in the width of the road. Not forgetting the oncoming drivers will not accept the overtaking driver encroaching over the line. So now we are squeezing a cyclist and a car into a lane width, which we all know is not wide enough for safe passing on 95% of UK roads.
So does anyone actually think that if this was anywhere else but Surrey, he would have been blaming the cyclist for not being courteous enough to pull over and let the lord and masters past. But because he suddenly has a bee in his bonnet (but dare not talk to the sarge directly, only make accusatory statements from his own keyboard) he is suddenly deciding the whole of Surrey Police are lazy Police.
I mean apparently the cyclists in the other video LASHED OUT. (Anyone see any violence from them, no.)
Precisely, it's so transparent that it's actually insulting to the readers of this site that he even tries it. Fortunately even those of his own political persuasion can see through him.
You say "he" as if it's anything other than a Russian autobot that changes its name from time to time.
My talking Action Man had more changeable phrases...
"sit behind a computer screen blah-blah-blah-doughnuts"
"lazy policeman blah-blah-blah top lawyer Nick blah-blah-blah"
Go on, try and justify that remark. Be careful though, don't forget you have already been banned for lying abuse in the past.
I've not only no idea what you're talking about, but I'm pretty certain you don't know either: "You know what I'm talking about but I won't tell you and now I'm not answering" - primary school stuff.
Well he has lied in the comment to me anyway. I mean remember when the cyclist was knocked off by someone who drove into the back of them. Instanty he was blaming the cyclist for swearing at them ("My take is") in the attempts to score points against you. The cyclist then came on to make his point and confirm exactly what was said was exactly on the video "what the fuck". Not Fucking Twat which is what Boo claimed he heard. Of course he might be psychic as everyone states that to him when they read his lastest diatribe.
As for his caring for female cyclists. Anyone want to guess what his comments about the female rider killed a few months ago might have been. I will give a clue, without any idea of the exact circumstances he was blaming her. He even changed his username to TT Danger at that time.
Don't waste your time Rendel, he's just being a complete jerk (yet again).
His useful contributions to this site can likely be counted on one hand (where the victim has unfortunately lost a digit or two). By contrast, his trolling bullshit is deeper and wider and more toxic than 'the big stink' at its worst. He's more like a fatberg, an amalgamation of (arse)wipes wedged in a sewer.
I find it a bit saddening that someone feels they need to behave that way over and over again but that's life.
Pages