Two wrongs don't make a right....

Just read this (apologies, its a Daily Fail article); now whilst the tone of the article is clearly horror etc at the actions of the passenger of the car (and rightly so), but there is a bit more to it for me (watch the video).

Yes, the Audi driver was in the wrong for pulling forward into the cyclists box, and he clearly wanted to exploit the power in his car to blast away from the lights so he wasn't stuck behind the cyclists, however the cyclist was more in the wrong than the Audi driver in many respects.

Firstly, did he have to do the stereotypical cyclist thing and remonstrate with the driver whilst sat in the box? Yes, the guy in the Audi was behaving like an arrogant door-handle, but was the initial confrontation really necessary?

But then, to chase the guy up to the next set of traffic lights, and then start gobbing off at the car driver again - well, I'm sorry but he was simply looking for a confrontation, and he got one. I am not condoning violence, not in the least, but to behave the way the cyclist did and not expect some sort of reaction is foolish at best.

 

Uh, yeah you do. Especially when the pregnant fish cyclist is clearly gunning for a fight. Well he got a very short one.
If he had just let the car go past safely then it wouldn't have been anywhere near his foot which he had put there!
Cyclist rage, not road rage to me.

Now, in proper news, there was also a link at the bottom of the page for this - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/video-1079093/Woman-rushed-hospital-THREE-HOUR-orgasm.html
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So he can brag lol

 

Should the Audi have hung back? Cars are bigger and faster and a bundle of cyclists would block the flow of traffic. It was clear in the video that was happening so the car nudged forward to prevent himself getting boxed in and then having to pass on a busy road after the lights change. Safer, in my opinion, for all concerned. That cyclists seem to get their spandex in a twist over it is comical.
All that aside, you don't go up to a car driver in London and mouth off or you get smacked. It's a foregone conclusion!

 

No need to apologise Jenny, everyone has their opinion

 

Yes, that's what the cycle box is there for.

It allows the cyclists to get to the front and then move across the crossroad before any traffic wishes to turn left. The cyclists are then supposed to move to the left. A lot of the recent deaths in London wouldn't have occurred if the roads had the boxes.

I'm not condoning what the cyclist did at the second set of lights. He should have let it go. The passenger clearly committed assault and I hope the cyclist decides to make a formal complaint.

 

The passenger shouldn't have lamped the guy, fair enough.

I agree with the theory of the cycle boxes and what <should> happen but it doesn't. The practice just doesn't tie in or account for location. London is very, very busy with a lot of stress heads and pregnant fish drivers. Cyclists do need to keep that in mind when they fly off the handle at them for whatever reason. I'm not condoning any actions in the video as both parties had faults that led to the ultimate end.