England: Van driver throws juice bottle at cyclist for “not paying road tax”
Ah, the wonders of helmetcams and YouTube. What before were mere stories about drivers throwing objects – and barbed gibes – at cyclists can now be watched by all. A cyclist in Gosport, Hampshire, has uploaded an HD video of a van driver throwing a full bottle of juice at him through the open passenger window. Why? Because of a ‘love tap’ and because the cyclist said “road tax” hadn’t existed since 1937.
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It’s pretty tough to carry on a debate about road funding while on the move in two separate vehicles, but this cyclist and the van driver managed it. Not that it was a reasoned debate: the van driver swore, and threw a missile. But kudos to the cyclist for getting the right date for the cessation of the Road Fund.
The driver of a grey Vauxhall Vivaro, registration number HN56 HHC, has been reported to the police for his poor driving skills and his anger-management issues (see update below). In the video he can be clearly seen weaving along the road, intent at arguing with the cyclist. In doing so, the driver was partially on the wrong side of the road, endangering traffic coming the opposite way, including an adult cyclist pulling a child on a trailer bike.
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Shocked at the erratic driving, the cyclist yells “You’re driving!”
The driver shouts back: “You don’t pay road tax though, do you?”
Cyclist: “I do actually mate, but I choose not to use my car.”
Driver: “You should pay f*cking tax…”
[…other obscenities shouted, but not clear on video].Cyclist: “Neither do you. Road tax hasn’t been around since 1937.”
Driver: “You don’t pay road tax on this [van] though do you…”
At this the driver – who has been holding a bottle of orange juice on his steering wheel – swears again, and throws the almost full bottle of juice at the cyclist.
posted Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
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