Cradle Incident: Know this cyclist?

[HappyMartin]

I really don't understand this at all. Where does it come from? What is going through your mind when you behave like that on the road.

 

A few years back I was riding in my own through a really quiet part of Boksburg. A woman ina car went past me and as she got alongside she swung into a driveway. I managed to not hit her by going onto the grass verge and my right hand bumped her window. She immediately stopped and wound down her window. I went around in my bike and stopped to chat. I was quite annoyed having had a bit of a fright, adrenaline and all that. The woman was almost in tears and clearly terrified. I actually had to calm her down. Told her no harm and we all make mistakes. The thing that horrified me was how scared she was. She was expecting a physical reaction of some kind. It really made me think about how we are seen on the road. I do not want woman to be afraid of me. Men like this guy are coming from some place I simply don't have understand.

[scotty]

Guys a tjop. Going by his kit i found which cycling club he rides for. 

 

 

[andydude]

There are still missing pieces in my opinion. Something's just not right. From what I read the cyclist was in the wrong, but I am not so sure that the driver is as innocent?

 

This is classical one-sided reporting and not journalism. If you are assaulted and abused, why do you go confront your abuser?! I'm not so sure about their intensions in confronting the cyclist?

 

But please, help me if I am missing something or just being stupid!

 

"Van den Heever and her husband Gavin were on their way to the Muldersdrift police station to lay a charge after the attack when they spotted their alleged attacker at a bistro.

 

When Gavin got out of the car to ask the man’s name, the cylist allegedly threw his coffee over him and struck him with the cup. Gavin had to have two stitches in his lip, and had root canal work and a crown done on Monday."

[EmptyB]

There are still missing pieces in my opinion. Something's just not right. From what I read the cyclist was in the wrong, but I am not so sure that the driver is as innocent?

 

This is classical one-sided reporting and not journalism. If you are assaulted and abused, why do you go confront your abuser?! I'm not so sure about their intensions in confronting the cyclist?

 

But please, help me if I am missing something or just being stupid!

 

"Van den Heever and her husband Gavin were on their way to the Muldersdrift police station to lay a charge after the attack when they spotted their alleged attacker at a bistro.

 

When Gavin got out of the car to ask the man’s name, the cylist allegedly threw his coffee over him and struck him with the cup. Gavin had to have two stitches in his lip, and had root canal work and a crown done on Monday."

Of course there's always more to it than this.

 

Not for one second condoning what this clown did!

[pista]

 

"Van den Heever and her husband Gavin were on their way to the Muldersdrift police station to lay a charge after the attack when they spotted their alleged attacker at a bistro.

 

When Gavin got out of the car to ask the man’s name, the cylist allegedly threw his coffee over him and struck him with the cup. Gavin had to have two stitches in his lip, and had root canal work and a crown done on Monday."

Doesn't really make any difference what their intensions were.With those injuries to her husband the cyclist is going to do jail time for Assault GBH unless he comes forward with witnesses.

[Grogs]

... With those injuries to her husband the cyclist is going to do jail time for Assault GBH unless he comes forward with witnesses.

From your lips to God's ears.

[Grogs]

I lived in the Cradle for a couple of years, and used to ride there almost every day.

 

I remember one particular incident when training on the Saturday morning a week before the 94.7 a few years back. Some knobhead was riding right in the middle of the road, when there was plenty of space in the cycling lane (no-one else around besides the two of us for at least 200m). When passing him on the left, I said (in a pretty friendly tone) that he really should ride in the cycling lane so as not to let all of us cyclists down by pi$$ing off Cradle residents. The oke lost it completely at me, telling me to mind my own f$&@ing business, and that he was going to f$&@ me up when he caught me. He couldn't catch me (he simply wasn't a good cyclist).

 

Point is: I could so easily have been assaulted by this prick, just for gently asking him to look after all cyclists.

 

So what do you do? Do you call knobhead like this for misbehaving thereby collecting a klap from some Neanderthal? Or do you leave it and risk some neanderthal motorist venting his frustrations at the knobhead on you? Tired of facing this dilemma, so I don't go near the Cradle between August and November.

[Fat Boab]

Of course there's always more to it than this.

 

Not for one second condoning what this clown did!

 

To the best of my knowledge, Bidon Bistro has CCTV cameras. Hopefully these will provide some compelling evidence.....

[Pulse]

To the best of my knowledge, Bidon Bistro has CCTV cameras. Hopefully these will provide some compelling evidence.....

Good idea

Could perhaps get a vehicle reg number - that would be easy to track further

[Patchelicious]

To the best of my knowledge, Bidon Bistro has CCTV cameras. Hopefully these will provide some compelling evidence.....

You can't say that name without me thinking about Nutella French Toast.... #dietssuck ????

[Hennie VR]

The oke lost it completely at me, telling me to mind my own f$&@ing business, and that he was going to f$&@ me up when he caught me. He couldn't catch me (he simply wasn't a good cyclist).

 

 

 

I bet you he went home and told all his friends that you were so scared of him that you cycled extra hard just to get away from him. 

[Fat Boab]

You can't say that name without me thinking about Nutella French Toast.... #dietssuck

 

Consider it recovery food.....

[Hennie VR]

I disagree in the sense that not only the cyclists need to look in the mirror.  All road users need to look in the mirror.  It just so easy to vent our anger the cyclists.  If everybody would apply the law (see my next response on shapers post) and respect one another on the road you would not have these problems.

 

Ahhhhhh. There's the word that will solve 90% of all problems in the world......RESPECT.

 

I think it's the one of two values that society is losing the fastest, the other value being consideration. Everything must not be about ME ME ME. If we respect each other and act in a considerate way towards each other we can have a peaceful society.

 

We need a mind change. 

[Grogs]

I bet you he went home and told all his friends that you were so scared of him that you cycled extra hard just to get away from him.

 

So what if he did.

 

I always run from a fight. Some call it cowardice, I call it wisdom.

[Patchelicious]

So what if he did.

 

I always run from a fight. Some call it cowardice, I call it wisdom

I don't think that is how Hennie meant it, he was rather calling the other guy a chop...

[Grogs]

I bet you he went home and told all his friends that you were so scared of him that you cycled extra hard just to get away from him.

 

Was it you, Hennie?