Angry Cyclist.

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
If you'd read the previous posts prior to posting you would know he had problems, I take it you hadn't read them to make such comments that you would knock him off his bike? And no I'm no saint but I don't threaten to knock people off their bikes joke or no joke.

Is he an Indian guy? If so he was swearing at me once when I came out of a roundabout on the A34 near park side, although he wasn't so brave when I chased after him and gave him a piece of my mind.
Luckily for him it wasn't that time of the month, as I might have just knocked him off.

No I didn't read ALL the other post as quite frankly I do not wish to or neither have the time to go through them all.
You 'must' a saint if you have never said anything similar in jest in your entire life, as I am sure many people have said things like ' I just want to smack him/her around the face' etc, although they never actually would.

Thing is, you have now put it on a Forum, a local Forum at that. If anything was to happen to the man now, and seeing how you have said about knocking him off his bike, the finger of suspiscion would possibly fall on you.
Yes the man has mental health problems, I can't/won't go into detail here. He is known to services, and will be seen regularly by a social worker and possibly a cpn. There for the grace of God go us all. And heaven forbid anything should befall you as it has him.
 
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Staffordian

A few posts under my belt
I know the chap, he's been knocked off many times.
Db says he would knock him off, and that was not even a joke.
If he came near me aggressively or touched my car I would too, as self defence.
Shit that's 3 of us under suspicion next time it happens.
Where the bloody hell are the people who should be looking after him. Who the hell is letting him out, he is a danger to society on that bike.
He could easily kill someone if they to swerve to avoid him!
But don't worry it's ok ' he has problems' pfft
 

littleme

250,000th poster!
Where the bloody hell are the people who should be looking after him. Who the hell is letting him out, he is a danger to society on that bike.
He could easily kill someone if they to swerve to avoid him!
But don't worry it's ok ' he has problems' pfft
Seriously? There are people looking after him, however they can't be there 24hrs a day & if he chooses not to take his medication them that's his business. I've had plenty of run-ins with him, but I would never once think of harming him.

If he's of that much concern then each & every time he does something dangerous/criminal then you should report him to the police, spouting threats on here is going to do nothing to help either him or you.
 

Staffordian

A few posts under my belt
Seriously? There are people looking after him, however they can't be there 24hrs a day & if he chooses not to take his medication them that's his business. I've had plenty of run-ins with him, but I would never once think of harming him.

If he's of that much concern then each & every time he does something dangerous/criminal then you should report him to the police, spouting threats on here is going to do nothing to help either him or you.

So you would do bugger all if he tried to attack you?
I would use self defence which I stand by.
 

littleme

250,000th poster!
So you would do bugger all if he tried to attack you?
I would use self defence which I stand by.
I lock the car doors everytime I see him, & I've become excellent at spotting & avoiding him. As a frumpy grumpy middle aged woman there's no way I'm.going to start a fight with him, but, he's banged on my car windows before & I've just stopped my car & got my phone out, he soon goes, each time there has been a lot of other people about. He's swerved infront of me causing me to do a near emergency stop. Yet when I've been walking he's waved & said hello. Strange.
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
I lock the car doors everytime I see him, & I've become excellent at spotting & avoiding him. As a frumpy grumpy middle aged woman there's no way I'm.going to start a fight with him, but, he's banged on my car windows before & I've just stopped my car & got my phone out, he soon goes, each time there has been a lot of other people about. He's swerved infront of me causing me to do a near emergency stop. Yet when I've been walking he's waved & said hello. Strange.
If I see him when I'm out and about, he will always stop and ask how I am, is always polite.
So you would do bugger all if he tried to attack you?
I would use self defence which I stand by.
Again, the man has mental health issues, I think you'd find yourself in trouble if you were to hit him in any way.
 

Amerlan

Well-Known Forumite
If someone has mental health issues, it does not make them immune from the law, and people should not refrain from reporting lawlessness wherever/whenever they witness it.
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
If someone has mental health issues, it does not make them immune from the law, and people should not refrain from reporting lawlessness wherever/whenever they witness it.
Report him by all means, he shouldn't get away with what he does.
Depending on how bad his mental illness is, he could possibly be classed as a vulnerable adult, you knock him off his bike, hit him, or injure him in any way, you could find yourself in trouble with the law.
 

Chick

Well-Known Forumite
Report him by all means, he shouldn't get away with what he does.
Depending on how bad his mental illness is, he could possibly be classed as a vulnerable adult, you knock him off his bike, hit him, or injure him in any way, you could find yourself in trouble with the law.

Whether or not someone has a mental illness is irrelevant to whether or not anyone who knocks that person of their bike, hits someone or injures them should be in trouble with the law.

I would expect someone who does that to anyone, regardless of their mental state, should get into trouble

His mental illness might trigger behavior likely to instigate a violent reaction, but that doesn't in anyway justify that reaction

It's simple really
He shouldn't be violent towards others. If he is then he needs reporting so he can receive the relevant care, treatment or punishment
Others shouldn't be violent in response. If they are they also need reporting so they too can receive the relevant care, treatment or punishment
 

BigD

Well-Known Forumite
This arsehole was just causing serious problems on Wolverhampton road, swerving into the traffic to swear at trees. He seems to be an Asian bloke, completely loved in the head! Dangerous. I've seen him swearing and screaming cycling through the centre of town too. Police to nothing about him though.

But as anyone reported him to the Police?
 

macabremagpie

Active Member
It's been suggested that he's known to the police and the relevant support authorities..... obviously no idea how true that is, but I imagine it is because I can't believe that he's gone through life without attracting some form of professional attention.
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
It's been suggested that he's known to the police and the relevant support authorities..... obviously no idea how true that is, but I imagine it is because I can't believe that he's gone through life without attracting some form of professional attention.
I'm sure there's another post about him on here, perhaps you should take the time to read it, if you can find it.
Yes, he's known to services, but there's a 100% chance, his social worker has another 700 cases on her books, and he/she/it doesn't get to see the man as often as they would like to.
 

macabremagpie

Active Member
I've seen him mentioned plenty in the 'local characters' thread, I was directed there after making this one (this thread is over a year old, just in case people don't realise!)
 

Carole

Well-Known Forumite
I have never seem him but if I did I would now be aware of who he was because of this thread.

But for people who don't read this thread and who encounter him for the first time, it must be a offputting experience and if it was an elderly pensioner then a scary one too.

If a normal person constantly went about swearing at the top of their voice and causing a danger to motorists then they very quickly would be arrested for causing a breach of the peace.
If they constantly did it over and over again then they would end up with a tag/asbo and be banned from the town centre.

But if you are vulnerable it is ok. People are expected to understand and be sympathetic.

And its not that I am unsympathetic but I don't understand how he can be allowed out when it sounds like there is an accident waiting to happen.
 

littleme

250,000th poster!
And its not that I am unsympathetic but I don't understand how he can be allowed out when it sounds like there is an accident waiting to happen.

He's allowed out because he's not being kept hostage anywhere! You can't just section people because you dont like them or the things they do, although I find a lot of times this would be very handy! ;)

Everyone just report him to the police if you feel at threat or nothing will ever be done....
 

Carole

Well-Known Forumite
He's allowed out because he's not being kept hostage anywhere! You can't just section people because you dont like them or the things they do, although I find a lot of times this would be very handy! ;)

Everyone just report him to the police if you feel at threat or nothing will ever be done....

I know, I probably worded it incorrectly.

I meant "allowed out with a bicycle".

If he is causing a danger to others ....and it sounds like he is.

Blimey, pensioners have been banned from weeding the side of the road because it is dangerous, but it is ok for someone to veer all over the road on a bike.

Not that I know what the answer is.....
 

Glam

Mad Cat Woman
He's allowed out because he's not being kept hostage anywhere! You can't just section people because you dont like them or the things they do, although I find a lot of times this would be very handy! ;)

Everyone just report him to the police if you feel at threat or nothing will ever be done....


The more people report him to the police, the more chance of services being contacted. There's a lot worse folk out there driving round than him on his bike. I don't believe he's likely to go hitting anyone myself. But what do I know?
Possibly, because I've known him for the last 20yrs, and haven't witnessed him to be violent in all that time. There's a good chance his medication has stopped working, or he int taking it at all. If anyone is concerned - report it to the police.
 

Carole

Well-Known Forumite
There's a lot worse folk out there driving round than him on his bike.

I don't believe he's likely to go hitting anyone myself. .

@Glam

Yes there are worse drivers out there.
But if so many people on this forum know about him and he is "well known" means that he is causing a problem.

I don't think it is a case of him hitting anyone (either colliding or physically ) It is rather that if someone swerves to avoid him and they hit something or someone else.
 

littleme

250,000th poster!
I know, I probably worded it incorrectly.

I meant "allowed out with a bicycle".

If he is causing a danger to others ....and it sounds like he is.
Because he's a free man & allowed to do what he wants?

He is a danger to others, & he is scary, but unless enough people report him nothing can be done....
 
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