tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post7251993065643811887..comments2012-02-14T09:47:59.224+00:00Comments on MCRcycling: Rush Hour Ride 2Dr C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10234078254243840589noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-6591148314610257152010-11-24T10:42:27.080+00:002010-11-24T10:42:27.080+00:00yup! Agree with you on following it up and def wit...yup! Agree with you on following it up and def with Ian. If it's no reported it doesn't exist. I have worked with Police Authorities across the country and I can say, from my experience, they are all very different. You may find that you have a much more positive experience with GMP than, unfortunately, Martin had (I was shocked too to learn that even by being a barrister didn't assist the situation, very disheartening!).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-3282856155399872702010-11-24T08:40:13.576+00:002010-11-24T08:40:13.576+00:00Blimey - there are far too many idiots out there.....Blimey - there are far too many idiots out there...grrrr<br /><br />Get him reported. Who knows what the Police will say. Thing is - if nobody does report these tossers, then no 'paperwork' gets generated & so the problem doesn't officially exist. They don't even have to find an excuse, because they knew nothing of the problem :>/Isla...https://www.blogger.com/profile/09569097700652272494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-28661824958815039562010-11-23T22:15:45.292+00:002010-11-23T22:15:45.292+00:00Well the internets says the car was a: PEUGEOT 406...Well the internets says the car was a: PEUGEOT 406 RAPIER 4 DOOR SALOON 1749cc (24-10-2001) PETROL<br /><br />Which might be helpful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-38163436305693443822010-11-23T15:29:32.796+00:002010-11-23T15:29:32.796+00:00I think that hassling the Police would be the only...I think that hassling the Police would be the only positive outcome from reporting it, as was seen by <a href="http://thecyclingsilk.blogspot.com/2010/11/metropolitan-police-do-they-take.html" rel="nofollow">Martin Porter</a>. What really puts me off is that he had actual video evidence of the incident, the guilty party didn't just threaten violence but specifically threatened to kill him, and the fact that Martin Porter himself is a barrister and still couldn't get the Police to treat the incident with the seriousness it deserved. Sadly it seems like the approach <a rel="nofollow">this cyclist</a> took is more effective (the article is written from the motorist's perspective, but it will sound very suspicious to anyone who has ridden a bike).<br /><br />I may still end up pursuing it though, simply because when the Police run the reg I suspect they may find the car to be uninsured or another similar offence which they may just treat seriously.Dr C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10234078254243840589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919432872771641105.post-71956598635904534812010-11-23T11:57:24.513+00:002010-11-23T11:57:24.513+00:00I wonder if instead it would be worthwhile to cont...I wonder if instead it would be worthwhile to contact/report it to the Police? The chap threatened you with physical assault!! I am not a lawyer but I'm aware of the Public Order Act, 1986.<br /><br />An extract reads: " Section 4 - Fear or Provocation of Violence <br /><br />A person is guilty if he either <br /><br />a) uses towards another person threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or <br />b) distributes to another person any writing or sign which is threatening, abusive or insulting <br /><br />and either <br /><br />i) he intends to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person or to provoke such immediate violence, or <br />ii) it is likely that the person will believe that such violence will be used against him, or it is likely that such violence will be provoked." <br /><br />So, surely the police would need to act (somehow) or at least record it, and if something similar happened by the same driver and someone else reported him, the Police could start building a bigger picture... perhaps you're right, perhaps they'd do nothing... but if they start getting 'hassled' by abused pedestrians and cyclists perhaps they'd take more notice, or at least they'd have to do something about it.<br /><br />Glad to hear you had a more pleasant journey back though. Sometime I prefer staying at work (or in the library, as of lately) little longer to let the traffic die down for same reason =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com