Road rage

[Eddy Gordo]

I hope they find him and persecute him to the full extent of the law.

Towing a 750kg fully laden trailer with a car is something. Getting it to stop takes time!! With a bakkie its  a different story and you wont even notice you towing a trailer.

I agree, it was probably a group riding in the road 3 or 4 abreast. They should of been single file.

[Eddy Gordo]

Said cyclist must be a chop. How can he use his bike to damage the car, how does he carry on riding? surely the bike is damaged. Or maybe he will claim the car drove into him.

[Mokgaga'a mmakubela!]

Sjoe, some people have serious anger issues ????????‍♂️. Did you report the matter to CycleLab Fourways?

[King_Crispy]

There must be a lot more to this story.

I was nearly hit by a car last week on Main Road in Bryanston (who went through a red traffic light) and believe me, I would've kicked his car to pieces had he stopped at the next red light (which he also jumped).

A cyclist should be entitled to his/her own lane. Who gives a **** if he is 2 abreast. Stay wider of the rider

[The Ouzo]

Have any of you ever towed a heavy trailer?

It sounds to me from the screen shot that the driver has to swerve suddenly for a rider pulling out, if that was the case then it’s not impossible that the trailer “wagged” the rig making it look to the riders that the driver was swerving towards them.

[King_Crispy]

Have any of you ever towed a heavy trailer?

It sounds to me from the screen shot that the driver has to swerve suddenly for a rider pulling out, if that was the case then it’s not impossible that the trailer “wagged” the rig making it look to the riders that the driver was swerving towards them.

I have. I know my limitations.

I drive a lot slower even if I'm only towing the bike trailer. Especially after a ride when I'm buggered.

 

Like I said, there's a lot more to this story. Why didn't the husband get out of the car to ask what was going on?

[MudLark]

I hope they find him and persecute him to the full extent of the law.

Towing a 750kg fully laden trailer with a car is something. Getting it to stop takes time!! With a bakkie its a different story and you wont even notice you towing a trailer.

I agree, it was probably a group riding in the road 3 or 4 abreast. They should of been single file.

A trailer with a GVM of 750kg or greater requires overrun brakes. I regularly tow such a trailer and the stopping distance of the combination is shorter than that of the car on its own. This is because the trailer actually the car's rear wheels down onto the road, increasing traction. Admittedly, I tow it with a heavy vehicle but still. Maybe its different with a lighter car.

[DJR]

I have. I know my limitations.

I drive a lot slower even if I'm only towing the bike trailer. Especially after a ride when I'm buggered.

 

Like I said, there's a lot more to this story. Why didn't the husband get out of the car to ask what was going on?

Getting out of your car is a red flag smelling of blood to an enraged bull. The surest way to get beaten badly or killed.

 

By far the best is to remain in your car, use it as a defensive shield. It is quite strong. If it is breached, as in a window broken, then use something like pepper spray or in an extreme case, use the best weapon you have, the car itself, even if you have to cause damage, to get away from the attacker.

[DieselnDust]

Seems like a case of reckless driving spooked the cyclist and he lost it. Motorist now claims to be the victim. I'm not taking sides. I see too many of these incidents every weekend to realise *** drivers and cyclists with anger issues don't mix well

[wessie12]

Even if the driver was at fault it does not justify the damage that was done. It is exactly situations like that , that can get out of hand and before you know it you find yourself behind bars or worse dead. You never know who you deal with.

[DJR]

Seems like a case of reckless driving spooked the cyclist and he lost it. Motorist now claims to be the victim. I'm not taking sides. I see too many of these incidents every weekend to realise *** drivers and cyclists with anger issues don't mix well

Nothing in her post indicates reckless driving, nor has anyone else come forward with an indication of it, but beating and kicking a car is malicious damage to property - illegal. Towing a heavy trailer, swerving to avoid a cyclist, hooting at said cyclist - all legal. On the current information I feel that you made an incorrect assumption.......that of guilt on the part of the driver.

[DieselnDust]

Maybe the damage to the car was there before the cyclist hit it. How hard would one have to hit a car to cause that kind of damage?

 

There's more to this story...

Have the pot on, oil is warm and popcorn going in soon

[DJR]

The main point I want to make is perhaps THIS:

 

We, as cyclists, should not AUTOMATICALLY DEFEND our fellow cyclists. We should stand together and defend them when they are IN THE RIGHT. Otherwise, we should stand on the side of WHAT IS RIGHT! Even if it means taking the side of the driver (which most of us are as well).

 

Would you automatically defend a fellow cyclist who abuses his wife? Would you automatically defend a cyclist who expressed racist behaviour? A paedofile cyclist? One who murdered someone? Or stole our tax money?

 

If not, then why on earth side with one who willfully kicks in the door of someone elses hard earned car??

[DieselnDust]

Because if that car was used to intimidate (which happens every day in this fine country) then why not.

as a cyclist with plenty of experience of having to avoid and share the road with the kakest drivers I have ever encounted anywhere everyday whether riding my bike or driving a car I will never never side with the driver till you prove the driver did not use the vehicle to intimidate the cyclist. In 99%of the incidents I see its the motorist at fault then crying foul. That is the culture of South African motorists.

[DJR]

Because if that car was used to intimidate (which happens every day in this fine country) then why not.

as a cyclist with plenty of experience of having to avoid and share the road with the kakest drivers I have ever encounted anywhere everyday whether riding my bike or driving a car I will never never side with the driver till you prove the driver did not use the vehicle to intimidate the cyclist. In 99%of the incidents I see its the motorist at fault then crying foul. That is the culture of South African motorists.

There is no information on here to indicate that the driver used his vehicle to intimidate the cyclist.  In fact, it is claimed that the driver swerved to avoid under difficult conditions when the cyclist suddenly swerved in from of the driver.

[DJR]

Maybe the damage to the car was there before the cyclist hit it. How hard would one have to hit a car to cause that kind of damage?

 

There's more to this story...

Have the pot on, oil is warm and popcorn going in soon

Absolutely no indication that the damage to the car was there before the incident.

 

Speculating about it does not make it any more true than to say that perhaps an elephant rubbed against the car while it was stopped at the traffic light.