Police appeal as Paisley hit-and-run puts road.cc reader in hospital

Get well soon!

Doesn't Scottish law state the incident must be witnessed by 7 virtuous men or it didn't happen?

I hope you heal up soon. It's hard to imagine how a driver didn't know they'd hit a cyclist. Maybe they were listening to Motorhead turned up to 11? Or maybe they just did a runner.

"We are unsure at this time what type of vehicle was involved in the accident and it may be that the driver is unaware that he struck the cyclist."
However neighbours in their houses heard the thump and went to investigate . .  If people in their houses heard it, and the driver was "unaware" then the driver requires their licence removed and shredded urgently.*
Alun : Hope you're soon on the mend and back on 2 wheels. 

One of my neighbours has just been sentenced to 4 years in prison for growing cannabis plants in his spare room. 

4 years!, you couldn 't make it up could you, yet if your an ignorrant, couldn't give a shit arsehole, in charge of a metal killing machine and you run someone over, giving life changing physical or mental injuries or kill someone, do you get 4 years in jail?  not bloody likely.

The law in this country stinks, and if your a cyclist, you are right at the bottom of the pile and will be treated like an obstacle and a minor irritation, just like a pot hole that gets in the way of the motorists daily God given right to drive like a fu*king lunatic.

And it's not going to change anytime soon as far as I can see.  It is a sad reality that the only chance of catching these bastards is if you have front a rear cameras running everytime you go out and then they will most likely get off with a fine!

How very sweet of Inspector Tracy Harkins to help construct the drivers statement for them. Best stop now as I could go on to theorise if one of their own were to get knocked down whether that would be an acceptable excuse, but it wouldn't be appropriate to do that.
RIP PC Andrew Harper

It’s Alun here. Thanks for your thoughts. Reallly appreciate it. Loving some of the comments. Have brought a smile to my face and sum up my thoughts as well. It has lessened the tedium of my stay here. Once out of here will see state of bike. Not looking forward to that.  

According to a driver of big trucks on the comments section in a StreetsBlog article I read, he could feel the bump if hitting small animals in the road, and it would affect him deeply.

yeah, i don't get it. I hit a chicken while i was driving. It had ran out of a farmyard that was adjacent to a main road. i felt the whole thing and it was totally unpleasant. I too stopped. 

About 6 months prior to that i was driving through some road works behind an HGV in a narrowed off section of road. the HGV hit some cones and one of them went under the front of my car. I had to stop and get the cone out. 

How you could hit a human and not notice i just don't know. I'm bemused by this, and sickened that people could hit a person while driving and not notice. it doesn't make any sense to me. 

When i think of the Alan Mason case, didn't the driver say she thought a bag of potatoes hit her car. Like, WTF why would a bag of potatoes be randomly going through the air to hit your car, 

But, I don't understand.  They already have the guilty party.    Why has Alun Gifford not been charged with being on a bicycle in a public place?

Quote:

She said: '"We are unsure at this time what type of vehicle was involved in the accident and it may be that the driver is unaware that he struck the cyclist

Really?

I hit a pigeon the other day and was immediately aware I had hit something solid, stopped and got out to investigate. I really cannot fathom the circumstances in which I could hit a cyclist and not realise it. 

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery

Good luck in your recovery Alun.

Unaware?