HAIRDRYERS AND HANDBAGS AT TWENTY PACES
Man tackles the marshal over the delay
The normally peaceful annual Lambretta scooter rally on the island ended up with handbags at twenty paces after one Brading resident saw red over traffic hold ups.
The Gazette can reveal Safety marshals involved in the scooter rally had stopped traffic to allow the convoy of scooters to use the roundabout near to the former Brading Experience this afternoon.
When One Brading resident who was waiting to catch a bus into Ryde saw Red.
The irate man came to blows in the middle of the roundabout with marshals after he had stopped the traffic for over ten minutes said the builder.
In an exclusive set of picture the gazette captured. The unnamed resident claiming to be a black belt in Karate said ” I’m waiting for bus this is stupid why should they be allowed to do this they think they own the road.
Other motorists caught up in the scooter rage incident sounded their horns in support of the man who tackled the group.
Speaking to the gazette after the incident man said:” I wasn’t hit and if they had tried to hit him, I would have ripped his head off and knocked him to the floor.”
Check out this weeks gazette for full story.
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haha, he’s hard, where’s his handbag?
Seriously though, he needs to get a grip. I would call that threatening behaviour if he is talking about ripping someones head off.
The reason this man was so irratible, he was waiting for the bus as he lost he licence due to drink driving, and trying to outrun the police in his car. (Very law abiding citizen!!!!!!) I know which one I would rather have on our island roads, a scooterist any day!!!
They provided much welcome revenue to the new Waterside cafe at Ryde seafront. There was no trouble and it was a joy to see, which can be seen by the members of public who were waiting waving.
Sad little muppet!¬!! He was probably keen to get the bus into Ryde to spend his benefits on cheap beer in Wetherspoons!! People like him need to get a life!!
this man actually is very nice - i know him well. he is not a doley scumbag he has worked all his life - the fact was the scooterists got righ of way in front of traffic that is here all the time which isnt fair!! you would of all moaned if you were stuck waiting in it too!!
I was in the ride out!
worked all his life until he lost his job for drink driving - nice guy!
He did not lose his job for drink driving, thats total rubbish.
not denying the drink driving though are you? Everyone knows E++ie got done. Rather have a few hundred peaceful, sober scooterists on the road, then a foul mouthed drunk behind the wheel of a car! He was out of order the way he behaved.
Well, he was LUCKY then , wasn’t he.. Its in my contract that if i lose my licence I lose my job..
He’s certainly stirred up a hornet’s nest of comment though.. Seems that he only opens his mouth to change feet! LOL..:)
These people are vermin, what gives them the right to stop other traffic!
Perhaps the fact that the ride has to be approved by the police and marshalled in accordance with their instructions maybe??
What right does a drunk driver have stopping the traffic, that what this fool is! Vermin indeed
These “vermin” are just some of the tourists that keep this little island going, so for one day a year, surely they can be excused and perhaps, we can find another available route to take to avoid such traffic?
Plus of course these VERMIN pay road tax, insurance, etc etc for the privelage of being shaken to death on our third worl roads and being beaten off their scooters at road junctions by impatient or incompetent 4 wheel road users! As some one else said.. the majority of those people in the short ride out, which passd by in about 10 minutes or less, were money spending tourists.. Pehaps if we had MORE tourists then the Brading wAx works wouldn’t have shut!!
The big August rally brings in more than 1 MILLION pounds in tourist revenue.. believe me,, if you pee people like this off they won’t come here, then about 70% of the tourism related jobs will goi and we will all be waiting for buses because we wont be able to afford a car,, and the council wont be able to “”"” repair “”"” the roads anyway!!
Patience is a virtue,, just a shame that bloke didn’t have any!!
People like him need to get a life, as Sid said these people bring much needed revenue to our island. They never cause any trouble. The buses on this island are always late anyway so what is his problem???
I agree with Sid , I am not a scooterist, but am a road user & born & bred islander of 45 years, it was great to see the scooterists all spending money in Newport & Ryde on Sunday, well done to them all for making the effort to come over to our island. The chap involved looked a bit over zelous to me he should take into account that we need to encourage groups to come here, there is clearly a ‘Scooterist pound’…..whats a few mins hold up ? a small price to pay in my opinion, I hope that idiot hasn’t scared the Scooterists off & that they return next year. Well done to the organisers…keep up the good work & on behalf of real islanders I apologise!
The bloke was Irish!!!! not even an islander! Good job WE are tolerant of overners!
Perhaps he was keen to get to Ryde to get the ferry back home to Ireland? In which case maybe he SHOULD have got priority!!
I hope this guy has not ruined the chances of another Lambretta day, it was welcome revenue to Ryde and Newport business’ . Was this guy not just a little over the top, or was that probably the drink talking????? This guy is not exactly an angel when it comes to being a law abiding citizen!
I’m sure that all the scooterists will return again next year, as a great time was had by all. Thanks to those that make the day a success, and I’m sure they all are aware that as the saying goes “every village has one!”
Ha ha, you are right about that one!
I cannot believe that twat, who does he think he is kicking off cause his bus is held up for a few minutes, if he hadn’t been such criminal then he would still have his car and license and wouldn’t have to wait for the bus! its people like him who kill Innocent people on the road due to a total disrespect of the law!
I have heard about these comments though word of mouth and decided to read the report myself. I think The Gazette have reported in favour of this guy, and I would have liked to have seen a comment in the article from the young lad who this man almost pulled off his scooter as he rode past or comments from the marshall , I think this would have then been less biased.
I do not know the gentleman in question but after reading other comments, wrongly or rightly maybe the gazette would not have portrayed him in such a favourable light, because assault and verbal aggression makes for a colourful criminal record along with alleged drink driving.
The island is world known for ’scooters’.
May I suggest to this Irishman to take a holiday August bank holiday as he may find himself up against somebody who can ‘rip his head off’ a damn sight harder then he can - honestly what a pathetic statement from a middle aged man.
Irishman man - Scooter weekend - 10,000+ scooters on the island - last weekend in August!!!!