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Abuse on the road: ignore or call the cops?

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  1. unclejoe
    Member

    Daresay that this will have been done to death before, but I would be interested to know what other folk consider is a serious enough incident to report to the police.

    I had an air horn blasted into my ear tonight from the passenger of a car that passed me just at the old Eastern General turnoff on Seafield Road. He stretched his arm out to get close for maximum effect. It was a bunch of lads, who laughed when I gave the reflex gesture, but the noise was very loud & I'm sure some people could get shaken up (not good on a bike in heavy traffic). Would passing their number on to the police have been an overreaction?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  2. custard
    Member

    without hesitation

    Posted 12 years ago #

  3. unclejoe
    Member

    custard- That was my first reaction, then on consideration the poncey inner liberal voice piped up- just daft lads, make trouble for them by involving the cops & they'll hate bicyclists even more blah blah.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  4. wee folding bike
    Member

    I've passed numbers on to the cops and they have paid a visit.

    I've very identifiable in Airdrie/Coatbridge and I still have no hesitation about doing this.

    I might not be troubled by their behaviour but someone who is less comfortable on a bike could be very frightened and fall off.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  5. custard
    Member

    could have been an off and worse!
    we have a member who is still injured 3 months after a fall
    I myself am still recovering from a fall December 17th

    Posted 12 years ago #

  6. Min
    Member

    Tell the Police. They will refuse to do anything about it but if more cyclists keep reporting stuff to them then eventually they may be forced to take notice.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  7. Min
    Member

    There was supposed to be a report card on here (for both good and bad driving) but I can't find them?

    Posted 12 years ago #

  8. unclejoe
    Member

    Thanks for the advice- I must say I think you are right, but a lot of us are prone to be wimps & hope it will get better without becoming embroiled ourselves.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  9. chdot
    Admin

    It's here -

    http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5563

    Though for recording not "reporting"

    It's supposed to be "sticky" and near top of page but hasn't worked - will try and sort a front page link over w/e/

    YES report -

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    Posted 12 years ago #

  10. Uberuce
    Member

    One of the old boys in my gym was a retired copper of the old school. He liked to tell the tale of when he was a rookie and happened on a line that served him well until he got too senior to be arresting anyone.

    He was facing off a bundle of lads on his own and one of them had pointedly made this disparity clear. He looked at them and said "Aye, there's about a dozen of you. There's two thousand in my gang."

    Now, he was a storyteller, and I'm not in any way convinced this ever happened, but I like phrases to be turned neatly, and old Jim did just that.

    If you're a law-abiding citizen, there's now three thousand in your gang.

    Yes, call it in.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  11. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Report it. This isn't careless "larking around". It's premeditated and deliberate. Let the Police do their job, I'm sure if they type in the registration and find it has no insurance, previous, or outstanding fines then they might do something about it.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  12. ExcitableBoy
    Member

    Glad it wasn't me it happened to! I jump out of my skin at sudden loud noises, cars back-firing, ambulances starting up their sirens etc...I hate the 1 o'clock gun even when I know it's about to go off.
    So definitely report them I'd say.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  13. ARobComp
    Member

    A woman ran at me "for a laugh" while I was cycling home one night and I had to swerve into the road to avoid what could have been a horrible hit for me and her, of course she was "just messing around" but a bus or taxi and I'd be dead. I tried to point this out and her boyfriend/gorilla tried to physically assault me and I had to have an "altercation" police said that because he ran away there was nothing they could do. So yes I report it now as that sort of behaviour can and does lead to deaths.

    Posted 12 years ago #

  14. chdot
    Admin

    A policeman writes -

    "

    If its not reported then we don't know it is happening. Report it every time. Same with Bike thefts.

    "

    Posted 12 years ago #

  15. Dave
    Member

    Generally I've never bothered, and the one time that I did report something (with video) it was quietly dropped and I never heard anything more about it...

    Not worth the hassle IMO, although in principle it's a good idea (even if only to document the lack of police action).

    Posted 12 years ago #

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