Back in the day when I was a University bum I first decided to get into cycling. It was cheap to run and good exercise, I would ride in most days during summer and chain my bike to a pole just like hundreds of other people.
One day on my way home I was riding down Grote Street just past Morphett Road where a small delivery truck was just a bit larger than the 45 deg parking space it was occupying. I was keeping left as much as possible as not to interfere with the light afternoon traffic down Grote Street So I checked behind me and moved out a bit further to move past the truck. Unbeknown to me some idiot in a Commodore was on the other side of the truck and decided to floor it in reverse to get back into the traffic. I had to take evasive action and move further into the centre of the road and as I moved past him I just said 'Watch it' in reaction to nearly being cleaned up. The driver must have had his window down and heard me and proceeded to wind down the passenger side window and hurl abuse at me whilst driving down the road did not let up until past the lights at West Tce
In hindsight I should have slammed into the boot of this pricks car and had him pay for all the damage he cause to my bike/me
