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Poor kid must be embarrassed or used to it from his dad.

So, who was he? He seemed kind of proud that he knew who he was. I was kind of proud that I knew who I was after I smacked my brain. Good for him.
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There is no amount of gear that would protect you from a disgruntle driver.
The rider should have just avoided the continued argument. He's lucky the driver did not run him over.

But he has enough footage to report the driver to the Police.

ps: Who is he? The driver?
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What an absolute idiot...threatening...giving his name...Let the Internet show its wrath. Ronnie Pickering is going to regret being such a tool.
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I just Googled his name. Apparently, he's famous! Well, famous because of this video. Does that mean he's become his own meme?

Oh, and that's his poor wife in the car. Poor lady.
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Ah yes, the famous Ronnie Pickering. Everyone knows no man passes Ronnie Pickering and gets away with it. NOBODY.
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Judging by Google search results, he's an instant celebrity now.
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xantufrog wrote:
Ah yes, the famous Ronnie Pickering. Everyone knows no man passes Ronnie Pickering and gets away with it. NOBODY.
Insert "Ron Pickering" for "Bill Blasky"

https://screen.yahoo.com/tales-bill-brasky-airport-bar-000000422.html
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I can't believe he pulled in front of the car after all that.
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The Ronnie Pickering meme is well under way.... ROFL emoticon

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I watched and listened to the video but between my crappy computer speakers, my barely adequate hearing aids and the British verbiage, I couldn't make out too much. However, I couldn't understand why the biker continued to converse with the obviously pissed-off driver. That scenario could have turned deadly in a matter of seconds. I would have retreated with dignity and sped off as fast as I could.
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At the end, what's his name had to turn around and go back to his original route. Going out of your way to show someone how pissed you are. Oxymoron
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That rider is enjoying himself, egging him on for the camera. We're going to be seeing more and more of this.

The poor woman is hoping she remembered to buy some fish fingers or she's next.
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I watched and listened to the video but between my crappy computer speakers, my barely adequate hearing aids and the British verbiage, I couldn't make out too much. However, I couldn't understand why the biker continued to converse with the obviously pissed-off driver. That scenario could have turned deadly in a matter of seconds. I would have retreated with dignity and sped off as fast as I could.
if the road weren't as slick as greased owl poop. I take it that is why the rider was using caution turning right in front of that long string of cars.
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Must repeat:

This is not a game of who-the-fsck-are-you...for I am Pickering, Ronnie Pickering...LORD Pickering!

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Belkwinith wrote:
Must repeat:

This is not a game of who-the-fsck-are-you...for I am Pickering, Ronnie Pickering...LORD Pickering!

Hadn't seen that one before. Pretty good laugh. Perfect for this thread!
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What's all this "fooking" I keep hearing about? Nerd emoticon
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Sigh everybody knows who I am out here. Maybe I should act like an asshole. Then nobody would know me Laughing emoticon seriously. I went to a town meeting. Hadn't been in a while. No less than half the people there(30 people) knew me from my Vespa. One looked surprised that I could get to downtown near the palace. I'll sic Da Hui on Ricky Ricardo or whatever


his name and then he'll never be forgotten. I can't do a damn thing without somebody reminding me. Gotta love small towns
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GBaby wrote:
The poor woman is hoping she remembered to buy some fish fingers or she's next.
fooking classic Laughing emoticon


any road up, he must be famous, type ro into google and the first result suggestion is Ronnie pickering

I think I'd act like a big northern c*nt if it got me that famous
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Re: Do you know who I am ?
marcodweller wrote:
Its fun to have a laugh a joke about this but to be honest this is an all too common occurrence here in the UK. There are some very angry and disgruntled drivers out there that wouldn't think twice about running you over or stabbing you for a very trivial thing such as this.

The same thing happened to me last month, where a driver tried to kill me by running me over. I ignored him as much as i could but trying to purposely run me over was the last straw Just because I retaliated and punched his wing mirror as a defiant sign to get him away from me, I was torn to pieces by some people on here.

Report the idiot to the police.
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marcodweller wrote:
Its fun to have a laugh a joke about this but to be honest this is an all too common occurrence here in the UK. There are some very angry and disgruntled drivers out there that wouldn't think twice about running you over or stabbing you for a very trivial thing such as this.

The same thing happened to me
last month, where a driver tried to kill me by running me over. I ignored him as much as i could but trying to purposely run me over was the last straw Just because I retaliated and punched his wing mirror as a defiant sign to get him away from me, I was torn to pieces by some people on here.

Report the idiot to the police.
Couldn't agree more , although I strongly suspect at this stage the police will be fully aware of this idiot who's name escapes me for the moment

I doubt he will ever subject anyone to his road rage tantrum ever again
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I watched less than a minute of the video and felt I understood why the driver was so pissed off. If you're going to pull to the front of a queue then pull away smartly. My grandmother could of pulled onto the roundabout in the gaps that rider waited for. Same thing again when turning at that first junction - he let two huge gaps go past but was completely blocking all the traffic on his side of the road from getting past him. I appreciate it's raining and likely slippery but then why pull to the front of the queue and needlessly delay everyone else? If you feel confident then go for it, if you don't then just hang back and don't annoy others. In his favour he did handle the argument quite well.

PS I'm now patiently waiting for Ronald Pickering to be inserted into the (Robert Paulson) Fight Club scene.
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Lord Pickering?

Looks like the bar is set too low.

Since we aren't allow to split lanes where I ride the subtleties of such are a bit foreign to me. It did seem that his lordship started honking straightaway when the rider pulled in front of him in traffic, well before he was in the que to enter the roundabout.
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I watched less than a minute of the video and felt I understood why the driver was so pissed off.
Yeah...but still...people drive like idiots all the time and it still doesn't give Ronnie Pickering the right to act like he does. We all get angry but the intelligent mature adult deals with anger sensibly and moves on. In America, one or the other would have probably pulled out a gun and killed the other.

Life's too short to spend time getting so angry for what amounted to an inconvenience.
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