Local paper identifies extreme road rage driver as SW London cafe chain owner

I think perhaps he uses his vehicle as a weapon to damage bicycles, thus drumming up customers for his bike servicing business: http://brew-cafe.com/unchained-at-brew/

There is a lot of good and measured comment on these fine pages.

But as someone who has spent my entire life in SW London, man and boy, I'd like to suggest that given the vehicle he drives, his style choices, his over all demeanor, he is indeed a c**t.

He chops up animals for a living, you expected him to be a nice person?

unacceptable behaviour - end of.

feel sorry for his kids.

I've been ranted at by someone in an escort going down that road the other way on the carriageway. I was doing about 28mph. I wasn't delaying them by more than 2mph. I didn't use the cycle lane because the surface is crap, it's interrupted by lamp posts and street furniture and populated by pedestrians who do not find it conducive to a good day being hit by a 6'2" cyclist at speed.

There are many reasons not to use a cycle path, especially one like that. I can see why the cyclist wasn't, as I wouldn't either.

Conversely, he didn't help the situation, calling the motorist a C word and scum. It doesn't help to fall to the level of people like that.

Yes, I agree the tight leather over @BrewWells moobs and his psycho behaviour strikes his outlets from my list of possible destinations.

I still can't work out how dear old Gatters has squeezed himself into that rather fetching tight leather jacket and the skinny jeans. He must be exploring his sexuality.

he's an Ozzie tw@t. What you expect.

I had to read his Twitter profile again. It said Master Butcher. I was thinking Master Baker for some reason...

Looking at the local paper's write-up, I find it interesting that this comment has been allowed to stand:

these rumours that jason wells drives under the influence of cocaine need to be stopped

The story has made it onto ITV London News just a few moments ago

Personally I blame the council, cyclists don't use that the cycle lane because it's shit and drivers resent cyclists for not using it. It would be better if it wasn't there, much like halfway down the road where it just stops.

This is not a person with a bad day.

This is someone who's not in control, and hasn't been for some time.

Nobody goes from normal to this over a small inconvenience.

One thing that seems lost in this is what got his ire up in the first place. He seemed to pick the cyclist based on him popping out into the lane.

Just for arguments sake (don't know what actually happened) when he overtakes the cyclist in front perhaps he didn't look over his shoulder and put himself at risk and caused 'Mr Brew' to take evasive action, which got his heart rate rising on top of the stresses in his life.

I don't think what he did is acceptable, but I do think that we have lost an impartial view point. But I agree, some statement of contrition is due.

aslongasicycle wrote:

Its all starting to get a bit vigilante. We've all had bad days, hell, if this was a bad day it must have been a shocker. Maybe someone had just died, maybe he has health issues. Maybe he's a total bastard.
But we don't know all the facts and we don't know the human behind the mask of ranting hate. There is a human, promise. There always is.
Don't ruin a man, or push him further over the edge, because this MIGHT (or might not) have been a terrible one off day for a decent man.
Public shaming is The Stocks by another name. Rise above, friends. Kindness begets kindness.

Choosing not to patronise a cafe because the owner hates your 'kind' and appears ready to threaten you with violence is not 'vigilantism', that's silly.

Plus I'd be astonished if some cyclists not buying coffee 'ruins' anyone. Your sympathy is probably misplaced - maybe save it for those who can't afford a bloody huge 4x4?

Perhaps everyone could agree to stop when he's lost enough profit that he has to sell his expensive over-large vehicle, and buy something less greedy of road-space? Though I doubt it would even have that much effect.

Didn't watch it with sound (yet) and I don't know London, but it appears from the video that he's adamant the cyclists should be using an adjacent lane/path, out of his bloody way?

Strikes me as somewhat lacking in self-awareness for someone who thinks nothing of blatting around in what is essentially a two ton living room on wheels.

A public apology and a 'significant' contribution to road safety and/or local cycling charities might bnot be a bad idea right now

driving can be stressful, but if you're going to go off on one like that you have no place behind the wheel of a car EVER!!!

Sorry he might be a "nice bloke" personally i don't buy it, life experience suggests that most "successful" people are actually sociopathic arseholes, i see no reason to believe that he is any different.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2011/06/14/why-some-psychopath...

Well, perhaps the generous spirited amongst us could get in touch with him and suggest a sincere apology, an anger management course and a period of visiting his cafés on a bicycle ?

Nick, we all have bad days sometimes. Oddly enough, the vast majority of us somehow manage not to go all out psychopath on our fellow man.

That guy is dangerous, plain and simple. He needs to be taken off the road, possibly sectioned.

I won't even watch the video, I just can't - I was in a situation like that once and was physically assaulted by the driver. I'm just glad he lives hundreds of miles south of me.

Sod him and his overpriced cafes. Given the general lack of "justice" we get on the roads I'm more than happy to see a bit of mob justice.

It's not bullying to have witnessed his behaviour and take the decision not to patronize his cafes anymore. You get small windows of opportunity to make an impression - good or bad - and people will avoid businesses for much less than his, frankly, unhinged behaviour.

Even non-cyclists would not wish to patronize such a thoroughly unpleasant individual.

Karma is instant. So is coffee.