Farrier in Road Rage Assault

oh dear.
but
seeing the way these arrogant lycra-clad cyclists hog the road 3 abreast with no thought for other road users,i`m not surprised.
 
I don't think there will ever be a good solution to the cyclists v motorists issue any more than there will to riders v motorists :(

From other reports I've seen the video went viral within the cycling community with Nicholls full address and website details being published and consequently bombarded with abuse. I wonder where the prosecution leaves him with the FRC?
 
sally2008 said:
I don't think there will ever be a good solution to the cyclists v motorists issue any more than there will to riders v motorists :(
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I would make agressive cycling a capital offence:D there isnt a more unplesant and selfish group of people as some cyclists, absoulute self centerd scum and thats being generous .......
 
Poor cyclist. Having a car pass far too closely is bloody frightening and there's no need for it whatsoever. Dangerous driving. No excuses for it whatsoever. Cars are potential lethal weapons. Anyone who drives a car should realise their capacity to kill and maim pedestrians, cats, dogs, horses, cyclists.

Better to fit a 6" protuding knife from the centre of the steering wheel than a bloody airbag. Then people would drive more slowly and carefully at all times.

I've been on the end of a nasty road rage incident while on my bike from a motorist and it was one of the scariest moments of my life as he chased me down in traffic and tried to run me off the road.

The minority groups would have a far stronger voice if we learnt to work together rather than pull in our own narrow-interest directions.
 
sally2008 said:
I wonder where the prosecution leaves him with the FRC?
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When the next issue of Forge Mag arrives I'll let you know - but personally I don't care what the provocation, or a person's state of mind is at the time, a blatant act of aggression like this speaks volumes about someone - would you want someone that violent shoeing your horse? :confused:
 
Rowreach said:
When the next issue of Forge Mag arrives I'll let you know - but personally I don't care what the provocation, or a person's state of mind is at the time, a blatant act of aggression like this speaks volumes about someone - would you want someone that violent shoeing your horse? :confused:
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If I was in the market for a new farrier it would certainly rule him out. Call me cynical but I can't help but wonder how much of his remorse is due to him realising the damage this incident will do to his business? Do you know if the FRC take steps against those they consider bring the profession into disrepute?
 
sally2008 said:
If I was in the market for a new farrier it would certainly rule him out. Call me cynical but I can't help but wonder how much of his remorse is due to him realising the damage this incident will do to his business? Do you know if the FRC take steps against those they consider bring the profession into disrepute?
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Yes they most definitely do.
 
I for one will watch with interest, as I am sure will many of his clients.

I'm not going to get into the rights and wrongs of cyclists and motorists but I have to say I have some admiration for the way the cycling community acted to get something done. Despite the seriousness of the whole issue, I couldn't help but chuckle at this appeal posted on the easyasridingabike website:

"I write this post in the interests of tracking down the clearly violent individual shown in the video above.

Although the police were easily able to locate the registered keeper of the car involved, it seems that – by an astonishing coincidence – the car was taken without consent on the day of the incident (the keys apparently being left in the ignition – how careless), before being returned to the owner at a later date.

All the details are at road.cc, including the account of the victim.

The attacker is still at large, and the police are not taking any further action – despite having several witnesses, including a bus driver, and video footage of the entire incident. And even the attacker’s first name, which appears to be ‘John’.

This yields a number of intriguing possibilities.

■A) the registered keeper of the car is the attacker, and the Metropolitan Police are incompetent.
■B) the registered keeper knows the attacker, but is refusing to name him, hiding behind the story that his car was taken by persons unknown, and then miraculously returned to him.
■C) the registered keeper does not know the attacker, who is in the peculiar habit of stealing a car with his mates, driving around and assaulting a stranger, before returning the car – undamaged – to its rightful owner.

I think that covers it."

This was posted before Mr Nicholls, alledgedly, turned up at a Police station with his solicitor to confess.

:) :) :)
 
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Cahill said:
oh dear.
but
seeing the way these arrogant lycra-clad cyclists hog the road 3 abreast with no thought for other road users,i`m not surprised.
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Quite. And hitting his car with his hand was pretty provocative. I know some riders leave a lot to be desired but in my experience Sporting cyclists are a foul arrogant bunch of roadhogs. (And do they REALLY think lycra is fashionable on a man Urgh!)
 
Mike007 said:
Quite. And hitting his car with his hand was pretty provocative. I know some riders leave a lot to be desired but in my experience Sporting cyclists are a foul arrogant bunch of roadhogs. (And do they REALLY think lycra is fashionable on a man Urgh!)
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I agree that these cyclists are a pain but some of you think that it is justifiable to punch someone to the ground because they have annoyed you :eek: Crikey :confused:
 
I must admit I am surprised at some of the comments made about cyclists posted here, cyclists and horse riders are both vunerable groups who use the road and both groups experience numerous near misses and serious accidents from vehicle drivers who cannot be bothered to wait a couple of minutes to make sure they pass the vunerable road user safely. Unfortunately cyclists and horse riders do have to ride aggressively on the road to hold their position, yes I am sure sometimes a group of cyclists do not move out of the way quick enough for some car drivers but they are the ones who end up being killed, not the car driver !!
 
Mike007 said:
Quite. And hitting his car with his hand was pretty provocative. I know some riders leave a lot to be desired but in my experience Sporting cyclists are a foul arrogant bunch of roadhogs. (And do they REALLY think lycra is fashionable on a man Urgh!)
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Absolutely agree. I can never understand how professional road users, like taxi drivers or farmers rushing to get hay in off the fields at the end of the day, can give way to horse riders and be considerate road users, while the Lyrca Boys out on a jolly are seemingly unable to slow down or give way to anyone.
No other group of road users has caused me be speechless by their selfish arrogance on so many occasions over the years, when hacking or driving my car.
 
I must admit that round here I get groups of about 10 cyclists taking up the entire road - even the cars coming the other way have to move over...
I still think that publishing the guys full name and address is out of order, by all means give the footage to the police but let them deal with it - that is their job after all.
As to using him as a farrier well if I already had him and was happy with his work then I would continue using him, if I didn't then I would go on recommendation like I always do.
 
irishdraft said:
I must admit I am surprised at some of the comments made about cyclists posted here, cyclists and horse riders are both vunerable groups who use the road and both groups experience numerous near misses and serious accidents from vehicle drivers who cannot be bothered to wait a couple of minutes to make sure they pass the vunerable road user safely. Unfortunately cyclists and horse riders do have to ride aggressively on the road to hold their position, yes I am sure sometimes a group of cyclists do not move out of the way quick enough for some car drivers but they are the ones who end up being killed, not the car driver !!
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Totally agree. I am a cyclist and a horse rider. I have as much right to be on the road as any motor vehicle. As a cyclist, there is no obligation to pull over to let a car past and any good driver should be able to hold back and overtake when the road is clear. What on earth is wrong with people today?
 
Holly Hocks said:
Totally agree. I am a cyclist and a horse rider. I have as much right to be on the road as any motor vehicle. As a cyclist, there is no obligation to pull over to let a car past and any good driver should be able to hold back and overtake when the road is clear. What on earth is wrong with people today?
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No there is no legal obligation, but what about a moral one. Arrogant, ignorant idiots seems to be the norm with Lycra clad bike riders - why are they such obnoxious tools? I got stuck in the middle of a bike ride, they were so dangerous, and seemed to think nothing of undertaking cars on a narrow road, with 6 inches of space, when the car is held up by bike riders in front of them, if I had knocked the idiot of the bike while his mates in front blocked the road I would have been the one prosecuted, not that stupid fool. And the ride was organised by the police! Just find them all incredibly rude. I'm sure there is a nice one out there somewhere, maybe he should get a facebook page as he is so rare.
 
Just imagine if you were one of those idiotic horse riders who thinks its acceptable to hit a car with a whip as it goes past - this could be you!
 
dieseldog said:
No there is no legal obligation, but what about a moral one. Arrogant, ignorant idiots seems to be the norm with Lycra clad bike riders - why are they such obnoxious tools? I got stuck in the middle of a bike ride, they were so dangerous, and seemed to think nothing of undertaking cars on a narrow road, with 6 inches of space, when the car is held up by bike riders in front of them, if I had knocked the idiot of the bike while his mates in front blocked the road I would have been the one prosecuted, not that stupid fool. And the ride was organised by the police! Just find them all incredibly rude. I'm sure there is a nice one out there somewhere, maybe he should get a facebook page as he is so rare.
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Oh I agree there are some obnoxious ones out there - as there are obnoxious horse riders, obnoxious drivers - the list goes on - but as with everything you can't tar the whole group with the same brush. I'm merely a leisure cyclist so you won't see me in lycra anytime soon LOL! But to be honest, there's a lot of people who think riders look pretty silly in jodpurs and other riding wear - lets face it - if you're not the slimmest in the world - and I'm not, jodpurs/breeches are hardly the most flattering of things to wear! Practical yes - flattering, rarely. Just as we wear our stuff for a practical purpose, the road cycle racers wear theirs for a purpose too.
 
Some years ago we were hacking a newly bought horse home, a cycle race was happening on the road we took from her previous home. A rude rmore stupid bunch of people have yet to be created, than the lot that overtook her, on both sides, screaming, whooping, and behaving like idiots. This was a 16.3 Clydie, with feet the size of dustbin lids, who luckily for the,. ignored the lot of them. She could and should have kicked them into next week. I would have thought it was appropriate for cyclists to follow the highway code, just as it is for horse riders to.
 
i remember not long ago when a very prominent MP thumped a person live on camera and most people thought it was right . this incident should in reflect on a persons ability to do his work in a professional manner
chris
 
ferrador said:
i remember not long ago when a very prominent MP thumped a person live on camera and most people thought it was right . this incident should in reflect on a persons ability to do his work in a professional manner
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lol well he was a prime example of someone with a foul temper who relied on his fists because he was unable to form a coherent sentence, lacked the necessary self control to turn the other cheek, who had the morals of a tom cat, and who probably wouldn't know what professionalism meant, let alone be able to spell it :rolleyes:

Road rage incidents kill.

I can't believe so many of you think it's acceptable to stop your car in the middle of a busy town and smack someone so hard in the face that you knock him off his bike and onto the pavement. Oh, and then be dim enough to lie to the police about it even when you've been caught on camera:confused:. Ferrador I'm surprised you think he's a credit to your profession :(
 
hey steady on i am not defending anybody , i am saying dont knock the actions because he shoes horses , if an MP can do it publicly we should all be allowed to it .
chris
 
If he were my farrier, I'd sack him. He seems like the type to wallop horses with a rasp.

It's all our responsibilty to behave courteously on the road. No one has more right to it than anyone else.

As a car driver, I see it as my responsibilty to show care to vulnerable road users like horses, cyclists and motorbikers. I am the one in the dangerous weapon, so I am the one who has to behave like an adult, whether I like them or not.
 
Rowreach said:
Road rage incidents kill.

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sorry but it is rare that a good rider driver or other sensible road user to find themselves a victim of road rage it is usaly the result of agressive or more likely selfish actions that will push someone to lose it !!! not condoning it just saying why and how it can be avoided by pulling over if you can only go at alot less speed than the prevaling conditions would allow other vehicles to legaly travel at , not hoging the middle lane or driving with fog lights on when it's not foggy cutting people up or pulling out infront of someone that causes them to have to brake to avoid a colision or a cylist forcing up the inside of trafic , the other thing to remember is people have other things going on in their lives and a idiot is all it needs to tip someone over the edge .. think
of other road users and be relaxed......
 
YorksG said:
Some years ago we were hacking a newly bought horse home, a cycle race was happening on the road we took from her previous home. A rude rmore stupid bunch of people have yet to be created, than the lot that overtook her, on both sides, screaming, whooping, and behaving like idiots. This was a 16.3 Clydie, with feet the size of dustbin lids, who luckily for the,. ignored the lot of them. She could and should have kicked them into next week. I would have thought it was appropriate for cyclists to follow the highway code, just as it is for horse riders to.
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I think that sums it up nicely :D

I know cyclists are as vulnerable as horse riders on the roads but I have yet to be thanked by a single cyclist of the thousands I have met on the roads and I am always courteous and give them plenty of room both in a car and on a horse. Contrast that with the horse riders I meet of whom about 90% thank me (apparently for simply being there not doing anything special) and the motorcyclists who unfailingly slow / stop /turn off their engines for me when hacking past them, often without being asked. And God bless the motorbikers who let my mare spend 5 minutes sniffing their bikes after she has been frightened by cyclists riding up her a*se on a bridleway despite me wearing a "Please pass wide & slow" tabard. Now where is a nice brick wall I can bang my head on ;) :p

I should add that I am in no way condoning the behaviour of the farrier in question but I do think cyclists should take a long, hard look in the mirror occasionally........

Oh, and I forgot to mention the cyclist who overtook me on the left while going downhill in a horsebox in a 30 limit. THANK GOD I am good at checking my mirrors and I still nearly soiled my underwear because the road was narrow and traffic was coming the other way so I had no way of giving him any more room if he had needed it *bangs head*
 
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I wouldn't normally have any sympathy for someone who acted like this, but reading the story he was driving to the undertakers to arrange his mother's funeral, who had died a few days before. I know I wouldn't be my usual self under that situation, and it could be that this was totally out of character and he lashed out more as a response to his grief than anything else.
 
perfect11s said:
sorry but it is rare that a good rider driver or other sensible road user to find themselves a victim of road rage it is usaly the result of agressive or more likely selfish actions that will push someone to lose it !!! not condoning it just saying why and how it can be avoided by pulling over if you can only go at alot less speed than the prevaling conditions would allow other vehicles to legaly travel at , not hoging the middle lane or driving with fog lights on when it's not foggy cutting people up or pulling out infront of someone that causes them to have to brake to avoid a colision or a cylist forcing up the inside of trafic , the other thing to remember is people have other things going on in their lives and a idiot is all it needs to tip someone over the edge .. think
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Totally agree with this.

These lycra clad cyclists are the most arrogant of road users, they seem to have this 'I have a right to be on the road and **** everyone else' attitude. They ride virtually in the middle of the road and go too slow to follow but too fast to pass quickly and safely. I had to follow one for a mile along a country lane not long ago, he passed several passing places. Once, the the same lane, I managed to get past one when towing, only for him to pass me when I was waiting at the level crossing and I was stuck behind him again!!!! They want cars to give them plenty of room, yet when it comes to them passing cars, they will squeeze through the smallest gap. They want to be treated as and afforded the same rights as other vehicles, yet ride through red lights when it suits them and they are the only people on the road who NEVER slow down when passing me when I'm on a horse.

Yet yesterday, I came up behind two normal, non-lycra clad folks on bikes on the same lane, when the heard me coming they both pulled over and stopped while I passed.
 
nona1 said:
I wouldn't normally have any sympathy for someone who acted like this, but reading the story he was driving to the undertakers to arrange his mother's funeral, who had died a few days before. I know I wouldn't be my usual self under that situation, and it could be that this was totally out of character and he lashed out more as a response to his grief than anything else.
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That's what I thought. I'm not in any way condoning his behaviour, but it sounds like he may not exactly have been in his normal frame of mind. And considering that he is what, 29, it sounds like his mother may not simply have died of old age. So yes, report him to the police, but then leave it to them. All this publishing the video on youtube and publicizing his contact details strike me as being in poor taste. And yes, I'm feeling pretty anti-cyclist right now, considering that one nearly gave my mare a heart attack yesterday when it whizzed passed at goodness knows how many miles per hour without slowing down in the slightest.
 
I'm a "lycra clad cyclist" and a horse rider. Not all of us are arrogant tw*ts (in fact none of my cycling mates are) How many riders have I passed when driving, riding double breasted on narrow country roads, arrogant jodhpur clad tw*ts :rolleyes:
 
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