Super Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 From the post article the victim said: "Last night a white BMW travelling in the opposite direction slowed and swerved across the road towards me. "The driver leaned out of the open window, put his hand on my right hip and gave me a strong shove. Although it unbalanced me slightly, I was able to stay upright and no injury occurred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Bill Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 I am sure there are many BMW drivers who are perfectly decent but the marque does appear to attract more than its fair share of tossers....or is it my imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddevon Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 No idea exactly without seeing any footage after, but one scenario is the bus pulling in - the BMW attempting to pass it with little room and sun in his eyes and signalling "sorry" to the cyclist or another road user behind. The Ford? behind appears to make a move to the left perhaps having seen the oncoming traffic. All I'm pointing out is that he doesn't extend his arm toward or hit the cyclist (as reported in the article) and doesn't even turn his head or eyes toward the cyclist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 6 minutes ago, reddevon said: No idea exactly without seeing any footage after, but one scenario is the bus pulling in - the BMW attempting to pass it with little room and sun in his eyes and signalling "sorry" to the cyclist or another road user behind. The Ford? behind appears to make a move to the left perhaps having seen the oncoming traffic. All I'm pointing out is that he doesn't extend his arm toward or hit the cyclist (as reported in the article) and doesn't even turn his head or eyes toward the cyclist. The cyclist says he shoved him or do you think he is making it up? also you can clearly see how close he gets to to the cyclist look how far away the bus is from him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 He's doing the lords work, to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goatersfloater Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Oxygen thief Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EstoniaTallinnRed Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 46 minutes ago, Red Bill said: I am sure there are many BMW drivers who are perfectly decent but the marque does appear to attract more than its fair share of tossers....or is it my imagination. No you are not imagining it, it's the same here, if you hear a car doing a wheelie away from the lights, it's usually a BMW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Taylor is GOD Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Collis1 said: It takes a lot of stupidity to do something like that. How has this guy earned enough dosh to afford a BMW? I doubt he's bought it outright. Probably on the never never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigratedRobin Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Call me naive, but I just thought they were 'high-fiving' each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pride of the west Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Looks like he's got his 14 yr old mrs in the passenger seat n all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Northski Posted March 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 23 minutes ago, pride of the west said: Looks like he's got his 14 yr old mrs in the passenger seat n all. Perhaps he's a Premiership football player. ............Too soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wardy Returns Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Judge, Jury and Executioner. OTIB at it's finest. The car clearly does not swerve as reported and if you watch it in real time, I fail to see how he could possibly make contact with the cyclist. Unless he has the hand speed of Sugar Ray Robinson. There is an assumption of guilt based on what? He drives a BMW, he looks a bit of a young chav and it is in Lockleaze. He does not swerve, his eyes are clearly not on the cyclist, the sun is very low and he might be looking out of the open window due to glare on the screen. It is probably more probable than him actually making contact. You have to wonder about a bloke who rides around wearing a camera on his head. And I drive a BMW and commute to work on a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 12 hours ago, Red Wardy Returns said: Judge, Jury and Executioner. OTIB at it's finest. The car clearly does not swerve as reported and if you watch it in real time, I fail to see how he could possibly make contact with the cyclist. Unless he has the hand speed of Sugar Ray Robinson. There is an assumption of guilt based on what? He drives a BMW, he looks a bit of a young chav and it is in Lockleaze. He does not swerve, his eyes are clearly not on the cyclist, the sun is very low and he might be looking out of the open window due to glare on the screen. It is probably more probable than him actually making contact. You have to wonder about a bloke who rides around wearing a camera on his head. And I drive a BMW and commute to work on a bike. Why does he go right over to the other side of the road then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 We need a referee here to decide intent and a penalty decision against beemer man or simulation and a yellow card to pedalcamman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Super said: Why does he go right over to the other side of the road then? We can't possibly know for certain, as we don't get to see. Like we don't get to see the "shove". 2 things for me: 1) in today's evil post the pavement terrorist claims that he knew the driver was planning to do something because of the way he was looking at him. In the video, the driver doesn't look at him once. 2) The pavement terrorist has posted a video that could have a completely different context from a different angle. The allegation and video are now being pushed by local and national video as fact. This doesn't sit well with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 8 minutes ago, Barrs Court Red said: We can't possibly know for certain, as we don't get to see. Like we don't get to see the "shove". 2 things for me: 1) in today's evil post the pavement terrorist claims that he knew the driver was planning to do something because of the way he was looking at him. In the video, the driver doesn't look at him once. 2) The pavement terrorist has posted a video that could have a completely different context from a different angle. The allegation and video are now being pushed by local and national video as fact. This doesn't sit well with me. It's pretty obvious to me there is no need for him to get that close, look how far away the bus is from the cyclist, also you see his hand come out what was he trying to do? His passenger seems to think something is funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Northski Posted March 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 55 minutes ago, Barrs Court Red said: We can't possibly know for certain, as we don't get to see. Like we don't get to see the "shove". 2 things for me: 1) in today's evil post the pavement terrorist claims that he knew the driver was planning to do something because of the way he was looking at him. In the video, the driver doesn't look at him once. 2) The pavement terrorist has posted a video that could have a completely different context from a different angle. The allegation and video are now being pushed by local and national video as fact. This doesn't sit well with me. Perhaps you could also champion the cause of the Asbestos or Tobacco Industry as well, I'm sure we all misunderstood them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 17 minutes ago, Lord Northski said: Perhaps you could also champion the cause of the Asbestos or Tobacco Industry as well, I'm sure we all misunderstood them too. Two things judged by clear, comprehensive and considered evidence? Yeah fantastic comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 19 hours ago, Red Bill said: I am sure there are many BMW drivers who are perfectly decent but the marque does appear to attract more than its fair share of tossers....or is it my imagination. A lot of former owners have since purchased Audis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 I'd have a lot more sympathy if I hasn't been run off the pavement and sworn at so often by cyclists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin25 Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Oh! oh!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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