Where is the first port of call as far as making a complaint is concerned?
TFL? Public Carriage Office? The Police? Or elsewhere?
I ask this as only the other day, having been overtaken at a traffic island pinch point, by a licensed black taxi at speed, close enough for me to touch his vehicle, I caught up with the vehicle at the next set of lights.
I removed my sunglasses (strategic negotiation move) and politely asked that 'Next time you pass me or another cyclist would you mind leaving a little more room?'
This was met with "Did I hit you?" to which I replied with "No, but if I could touch your vehicle, you were too close".
His response was "Don't f*ck with me, if you touch my car I will kill you".
Followed by (once he had got out of his cab) "I will kill you with one mighty blow" as well as a litany of expletives directed at me.
There were several witnesses to what I've described above - so for some reason I did not feel enormously threatened - perhaps inadvertently finding it tantamount to comical.
But, and here's the but, - my Mum could've been a passenger in that cab, as could've my good friend Jane with her sub 10 year old kids (whom I love dearly) - being transported around by someone who is essentially a nutter waiting to go off on one.
I really, really, really wasn't being provocative.
I was as polite as it is possible to be.
Where do I lodge my complaint?
Or do I need to go down to Deptford Market and find an AK47?
Sorry if it seems I'm hijacking this thread - it's not intentional.