To think this man only approached me because I was a lone female

[BlondKadie]

Was driving earlier and the car infront of me pulled over to the right to turn and I then slighty moved to the left to get around him. It was easily done to move around him.
A male cyclist who was behind me then started screaming "what are you doing stop"
Like he couldn't see from the start that the car was turning what did he think I was going to do stay and wait? It was a large road and wasn't a squeeze and the cyclist was behind me so I had right of way!
Anyway so he then bangs on the back left side of my car and I put my finger up to him.
Then there are traffic lights ahead, I watch him out of my window and he is coming up but it looks like he's trying to suss out if I'm with anyone
He then comes up to my window banging on my window asking me why I put my finger up at him and I did it again and told him to fuck off and that if I wasn't female he wouldn't of approached me
He then rode off swearing.

I'm not a feminist or anything so don't get me wrong but I feel this way a lot about male drivers. I notice when I drive my boyfriends tinted Audi nobody drives up my arse or try's to shout at me but in my little KA which known to be a girls car males are constantly trying to bully me with tailgating/flashing ect

Anyone else have this issue?

YWBVU to cut up the cyclist

YWBU to stick your finger up to him

None of us know, but I suspect he would have been angry at any driver who first cut him up and then swore at him, so I suspect (but can't 'know' as you can't) that YABU to jump to the conclusion that he only carried on the road rage because you are a woman.

YWbothBU to get angry at people's mistakes when driving - it doesn't help any situation.

I think you need to revisit your highway code and maybe give some thought to considerate driving.

These items are the same for both male and female motorists.

You need to check your mirrors before going around other vehicles. If there's a bike you just have to wait. Yabu!

How can you claim he was "picking" on you, when you cut him up, then *you swore at him ?

OP, being a feminist means you believe men and women should be treated equally, why on earth would you think one gender should be treated poorer than the other??

JefferysMummy - excellent point!

I didn't cut infront of him, he had enough time to stop he just couldn't be bothered to.

I think that's the crux, in his mind he was probably leading the peloton in Le Tour de Commute and was angry about being interrupted. Any road user should travel at a speed that enables them to stop in the distance they can see to be clear.

However OP, you should always check your mirror and blindspot before changing position on the road.

Was it a badger riding the bike? As I have similar rural incidents involving gadgets, they can be so aggressive but nit as bad as the cows

Women who say they aren't feminists usually don't know what feminism is so the definition is useful.

Yeah I'm sure he just couldn't be bothered to stop. Pulling on the brakes is so much more work than crashing into some idiot who has just swerved in front of you.

You cut him up and then filcked him the bird, then think he protested because you're a woman, but you're not a feminist. That's quite a niche bunch of behaviours and opinions you've got there.

The cyclist was behind the op not alongside. If it was a car behind the op, would you expect the op to wait for them to pull around her? Or would you expect the car behind to slow and follow the traffic. why are there special rules for cyclists? The op was in front, the cyclist should have waited.

As for the rest, meh.

So you cut in front of him causing him to have to stop. As a matter of interest, would you have done that if it was me (6' 4" Bloke) driving my Land Rover, rather than a bloke on a bike?

Why the fuck would you try to drive round two cars on a single lane in a Land Rover?

You don't pull across in front of a moving cyclist causing them to stop. You wait until the lane is clear, then you pull over.

Who said anything about two lanes?

You're the one who brought up the fact that he didn't treat you like he would a man .

deary me, this has all got a bit tangled hasn't it ?

I don't believe I cut him up. I saw him and he was way away. He saw the car stopped, he saw I was turning he just couldn't be bothered to stop.
If I was the cyclist but a car I would of stopped.
And it doesn't explain why he moved from the left to the middle and was looking in my car, it seemed like he was trying to suss out who's in the car.

Can you make mittens out of socks?

Just as an aside, I can't be bothered to start a thread in handicrafts

I don't have to be a feminist. I don't label myself and you cannot bully Me to think like you.
if I want to call myself a sausage from out of space who are you to label me for my chooses?

WMittens

So sorry, I read the OP's description as "car in front indicates left", I swerved to the left to pass him on the inside, straight into the path of the cyclist behind me. In which case, I'd put money on me being able to pass the right-turning car on the inside, after I'd done the emergency stop to avoid ramming the op's Ka.

Maybe I've misunderstood.

I'm coming off this thread now, good evening everyone.

Jeffrey's every post you don't agree with is "made up" like mileend post was to even though the user is regular.
You are a bigot. Learn to accept others are allowed to think differently to you.