I have an e-bike for heavy shopping and I was coming home yesterday with a heavy load. It was dark, wet, & windy. At a road crossing, two young people illegally on a weird tiny pedi electric bike, without number plates, started mocking me.
Then they started weaving about the cycle path laughing & giggling, following me home bullying me and intimidating me, hoping I would fall off my bike. I got home safely but they were at my house and frightened me. They didn’t care about the law.
However the bullying was minor compared to what happened on Tuesday. I had a big load of grocery shopping after Christmas coming from the big Tesco on Newmarket Road. I took the easy way home by road.
When l left the car park a boy racer roared past me to put himself in front of me on the space allocated to cyclists at the traffic lights and revved his engine to blow fumes into my face. I objected.
On the green lights, I moved ahead to the bus/cycle lane, while the racer was confronted with congestion. He than lost his temper, accelerated in front of my on the cycle lane, nearly knocking me over.
He then jumped out of the car and furiously marched up to me as I struggled with bike and shopping. I was so frightened I had a panic attack. The other motorists were concerned but did nothing.
The middle-aged muscled boy racer decided that it was not a good idea to punch me (I’m 81, disabled, helpless on a bike), and ran back to his filthy car and drove off. The police were driving around causing chaos with sirens screaming, so no help there.
What am I to do to draw attention to the lawlessness on the UK streets? I wouldn’t go to the police, because all I get is form filling, box ticking, & sympathy. This country is broken: I blame the #Conservatives for their meanness & incompetence over the last 12 years.
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