Dangerous Driver Alert:
Kendrick Rd / Ridge Rd Area (York County, SC)

• Club member Bill Gintert has reported a vehicle to the York County, SC Sheriff's Dept as being used to intentionally & unlawfully endanger the lives of his wife & himself.  These photographs may be of the same vehicle, since the vehicle matches the description, & was seen travelling the same route, but on a later date.
• Gintert's original warning of this problem, & plea for help, is reprinted at the bottom of this page.

Fellow Cyclists,

Over the past 2-3 weeks I have encountered a problem driver on Ridge Rd and Kendrick Rd. which are two of the more popular roads we ride on in South Carolina.

This man is travelling towards Clover SC on these two roads between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm every evening. He drives a work truck with a white cab with a flat front, where the seat is directly over the engine compartment. It has mirrors that stick way out to the sides like those used when you pull a trailer. The bed of the truck is painted Safety Yellow(like the yellow road signs) and is the type that has tool compartments around the wheel wells. There are some green gas tanks in the bed of the truck (acetylene maybe?) and what appears to be a blue colored welder.

This person has made a game of seeing how close he can get his truck to myself and my wife as he passes going the same direction. This has happened 4 times in the last 2-3 weeks.

Last night we were headed South on Kendrick Rd, going towards Ridge on the Wednesday night Route, he pulled up beside us just before the bridge at the bottom of the hill, blasted his horn (which has a high pitch like a Japanese car) and swerved into us. We had to ride off the road into the ditch to avoid being hit. There has not been any other traffic around when this guy has done this and it is clearly intentional. This man is doing this repeatedly and getting a little closer each time.

I have filed a Police Report with the York County Sheriff's Office regarding these incidents. I really need a license number so they can go after this guy. Please be on the lookout for this vehicle. If you see it while you're riding be alert and try to get a license number or company name from the side of the truck. If you have had a similar incident or can provide any information please contact me and the York County SC Sheriff's Office.

This person needs to be taken off the road before he kills someone. Thanks for your help.

Bill Gintert
D: 704-391-5142
E: 704-853-8986
email: gintert@msn.com