Being raised in an environment where people, juveniles, found joy in vandalizing everything from mailboxes to lawns, one of my greatest fears while cycling [not the most popular youth sport in that type of environment] was to have someone “in good fun” run me off the road or try to push me off my bike.
As reported in Cyclingnews:
A 59 year-old cyclist in Bromley, Kent, England, was seriously injured when a rider in a passing car reached out and pushed him off his bike, cyclingweekly.co.uk reported. Tony Barrett suffered serious neck and back injuries and at first was thought to be paralyzed.
Barrett was able to tell police that a car went by him and that he felt two hands push him. He lost consciousness when he hit his head in falling...MORE
Bromley, in Kent, is where I rode every day this past year. Frightening but true. English people are terrible road hogs and hate cyclists.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the motorist's punishment should be descending Tormalet without brakes and a helmet.
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