“I’ll knock your f***ing teeth in!” Road rage motorist who got out of car to threaten cyclists after pulling recklessly into bike box was driving whilst disqualified and without insurance
Cyclist Peter, one of the two men threatened by the motorist after pointing out that he shouldn’t have stopped in the advanced stop box at the lights, was cycling home from work when he first heard the blast of a car horn after crossing the Albert Bridge. He continued: “I was waiting for the lights to change when I heard a blast of a horn from behind me. I looked around to see an individual in his car gesturing to me in a fairly animated fashion to move over closer to the kerb. I ignored him and faced forward to wait for the lights to change.
“Throughout this I did not make any gestures with my hands other than to point at him. I didn’t even swear at him, I was so stunned by his attitude. There was me clipped into the pedal, rucksack on my back, and my bike between my legs, it wouldn’t have taken much to push me over.
“At this stage I stopped and noted his car registration in my phone. When I got home I reported the driver immediately and made an appeal through X for witnesses. “The video from Translink was the vital piece of information, although both the guy on the bus and the other cyclist both offered to make statements,” Peter says.
Ironically, in late January we reported on another social media furore following a crash on the very same stretch of road – albeit in the opposite direction – where Peter was confronted by the bike box-ignoring motorist.
“We all have a duty of care on the roads but no you can’t rely on anyone these days. Some take that duty of care more seriously than others.”