Police appeal after cyclist struck twice by hit and run driver

Sad but true.

Muddy Ford wrote:

Everyone should ride with a camera, even if they are not interested in uploading to snap their next of kin might have something to identify the perpetrator. 

Or a gun as a defensive weapon provided and payed for by the government as on many occasions cops neglect their public safety duties, setting dangerous maniac drivers scott free, and even courts always let down victims and giving them justice in favour of the monster perpetrator, as this was☠☢

Why not make it mandatory for all motorised vehicles being used on the public highway carry both front and rear facing cameras in addition to black boxes to record speeds, acceleration, location and G forces which can be accessed in the event of a complaint against the driver of the vehicle or RTC.

This is significantly less outrageous an assualt on privacy than proposals by high profile car criminal lawyers and their daft registration tabbard ideas for cyclists.

Richard D wrote:

Hit twice?  Rather suggests that the second time was done quite deliberately, to punish the cyclist for having called out the driver's earlier poor behaviour

And feeling the need to use a 3-ton vehicle to assault a lone woman. Quite a piece.... 

Would be interesting if he pulled into the drive as he had business there and whether they knew who the driver was. 

Would also be interesting how he had hit her hand and knee AND hand and leg without knocking her over into the road. Spring mounted wing mirrors?

Richard D wrote:

Hit twice?  Rather suggests that the second time was done quite deliberately, to punish the cyclist for having called out the driver's earlier poor behaviour

I'm trying really hard to avoid any verbal interaction on the road now, I've had a couple of times recently where I said something like "you shouldn't be using your phone" only to get chased down by the car driver shouting threats and trying to cause a collision. I'm recording and posting stuff instead

Daft cow in a convertible Merc cut me up twice in succession near Knightsbridge because she was on the phone. I said something at the next set of lights. Shesaid 'do you mind, I'm trying to talk on the phone'. Phone went under a bus, I went off through stationary traffic.

If their window is down and they can hear you, you can get the phone. It goes one way, you go the other, they won't choose to chase you.

As tempting as that sounds I'm not going to give the Police a complaint against me, there's also a lot of people cycle some of these roads and I don't want my actions to be taken out on the next cyclist down the road

Dave Dave wrote:

Daft cow in a convertible Merc cut me up twice in succession near Knightsbridge because she was on the phone. I said something at the next set of lights. Shesaid 'do you mind, I'm trying to talk on the phone'. Phone went under a bus, I went off through stationary traffic.

If their window is down and they can hear you, you can get the phone. It goes one way, you go the other, they won't choose to chase you.

Tempting though it'd be, and I totally understand your reaction, you've given her the chance to feel as if she's the aggrieved vctim. It's quite likely that she won't change her behaviour and he may harbour a grudge for other cyclists. As other posters have commented, she might be able to post a complaint against you and the cops wouldn't look kindly on a male cyclist grabbing a phone from a femal driver. I'm not sure what charge that would be.

Stopping at the side of the road to take a photo to send to the cops, or downloading your camera footage for the cops, would've been a better solution.

absolutely learnt that through bitter experience too, but Im not sure Id have ignored actually being hit, especially if I see the car then pulls into a driveway, Id definitely be stopping to have few words about it, with one finger ready to dial 999 just incase the driver is a total nutcase.

also I think if it then happened again, with the same car, and close enough to hit your hand and leg, I mean how do you do that without actually knocking someone off, Id be disappointed if I couldnt get a partial plate on it.

This is why I'm recording now, and although I'm trying hard I've still got a sweary OI! that's louder than a car horn it seems. I don't want to give the police any "well what did you do before" questions to deflect with

Although someone posted that the lack of swearing was argued as evidence that it couldn't have been a close pass !!

So you have to swear, but not in offensive manner. Umm, I'll have to think about expletives that are deemed adequate to show extremes of emotion without causing potential upset. Any suggestions?

OldRidgeback wrote:

So you have to swear, but not in offensive manner. Umm, I'll have to think about expletives that are deemed adequate to show extremes of emotion without causing potential upset. Any suggestions?

Jumping Jehoshaphat!

mdavidford wrote:

OldRidgeback wrote:

So you have to swear, but not in offensive manner. Umm, I'll have to think about expletives that are deemed adequate to show extremes of emotion without causing potential upset. Any suggestions?

Jumping Jehoshaphat!

Sufferin' succotash!

or:

Frak!

Drok!

(looks for his back issues of 2000AD...)

mdavidford wrote:

OldRidgeback wrote:

So you have to swear, but not in offensive manner. Umm, I'll have to think about expletives that are deemed adequate to show extremes of emotion without causing potential upset. Any suggestions?

Jumping Jehoshaphat!

Many years ago when my kid were little, I was driving them to a birthday party when a car pulled out from a sideroad and I had to hit the brakes hard. 

I moderated my response, but then a voice piped up from the back of the car, "Daddy, what is fffff?"

You have to give a shout of suprise and swerve violently apparently. I had to point out to the defence solicitor that the defendant hadn't given me enough room to swerve without him hitting me. You couldn't hear the swearing because the mic on a garmin virb is pretty rubbish.

And then you get the police talking about public order charges, it's all a bit Schrodinger isn't it

"What is that? No sound on the video? I cycle with the microphone off to save battery life officer"