neoppg wrote:All the public comments about boys in Lycra and stuff and how come only other cyclists are coming forward is pretty much because there must not have been any other cars there..... Which makes me think, why was he persistent in staying in the left lane and intimidating every rider at the time????? And in a dedicated bike lane????? Simple, by his interviews he has had some bad experiences with cyclist and at that time he wasn't backing down and took that 2.something tonne car and used it as a possible death machine on a bunch of innocent people.
We all are motorists as well as cyclists, but Merv with the Nerv clearly had some pre meditated thoughts that morning. How he did not collect someone going up that hill still amazes me. I don't think he actually realises just how close he was to everyone and I certainly don't consider him to have any skill behind the wheel of a car to be able to put it in that situation at all..... Remember. It's 2 lanes and the right hand lane was free, and approx 6:30 in the morning. Not peek time at all.
The trouble with so many of these stories is that they can easily become "he said - she said". However once Hull opened his mouth on the radio I got to the point that you allude to here - he is exhibiting stereotypical behaviour and applying his own prior issues (based on fair or otherwise assessment of prior experience) to a specific situation to which it should have no relevance.
So some are asking where are the other witnesses? Fair question as cyclists themselves are prone these days to comment on specific instances with a pre-existing ace to grind. However Merve manages in this case to at least let me fairly assess on which party is credible.
As deveil' advocate, I would wonder where are the cyclists video - I find it hard to fathom that there would not be at least several riders with GoPros etc running at the time of the incident. If none comes forward then it makes one wonder if it is disadvantageous for the cyckists to bring it out. (I also note that Merve's cameras were not working and hence he is not able to trot out any video to support him being intimidated by all you scary cyclists - yeah, right Merve

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And I wonder why we haven't heard from the good lady that Merve claims was witness to all you scary cyclists.
At the end of the day thogh, Merve has, from his own utterances on radio,made it easy for honest people to assess his credibility and it is found wanting.
PS Perhaps there is video out there. If so I'd like to be able to see and hear it. Ditto has the good lady popped up and commented?