Cyclist hurt after eggs thrown at her by car passenger

Or never ride in an area policed by an indolent constabulary. If the model and colour of the car and time of incident are known it's no great hardship to trace the vehicle from CCTV and ANPR.

I'm sorry but that's simply not true. 
 

There are many areas of the country where there is simply no ANPR coverage. Especially areas that are rural. I don't know about this particular road, but ANPR is not as omnipresent as people believe. 
 

Also most people's CCTV systems are designed to protect their property from burglars. At 25 FPS on a 1080p system you are exceedingly unlikely to get a frame with a clear VRM. I was struggling to get a VRM from 5 minutes of 1080p footage at 25 FPS where the car was within 2m of my dash cam (plate reflecting too much light or motion blur as it goes at speed in low light). 

People's expectations of what is a simple enquiry are far too high, probably due to the ridiculous amount of unrealistic police procedurals that seem to have take over TV.

(Also you forgot trying to get DNA off the egg shells or downloading all cell towers in the area to try and establish the occupants.)

Realistic advice - always ride with a camera, preferably 2(and even then you might not get the reg). 

Ive had half a McDonalds milkshake chucked at me once which missed hitting me directly but I got hit by the secondary impact as it hit the road and disintegrated, pretty sure Ive been egged too but again they missed me but was only when I was cleaning my bike post ride thinking where on earth did this eggshell and yoke come from, oh was it that bit when that car passed me and the passengers were being idiots

but it was the 1.5l bottle of coke, which was full, that came flying out of a car at me, for me daring to complain about their previous close pass, that missed me, almost took out pedestrian on the pavement who probably wondered wtf was going on as 1.5l of coke explodes around them, that convinced me it was time to get a camera, especially as that vehicles driver next move was to wait in a bus stop ahead for me, let me pass and then absolutely attempted to knock me my bike with their car when they overtook again. all the detail I could remember about it afterward was it was a car.

so not that it helps as its always a shocking experience that people want to do this stuff to you but my impression is alot of the numpties that do these things arent very good at working out speeds and moving objects and generally miss.

A pal of mine had a full can of beer thrown at him from a car behind, missed, hit a lamppost and rebounded straight into the car's windscreen. Sadly didn't break it or make it crash but hopefully gave them a nasty moment.

I hear that a flour, bicarb, and water mix to go with the egg is highly effective when painted on windscreens, door mirrors, light lenses etc, particularly if the car is parked in hot sun.

Mmmm! Bacon and maple syrup too, please.

kil0ran wrote:

I hear that a flour, bicarb, and water mix to go with the egg is highly effective when painted on windscreens, door mirrors, light lenses etc, particularly if the car is parked in hot sun.

Mix in a bit of wet fish. It'll really smell too on a hot day.