• Well after years of commuting I finally had my first accident with a car. Driver pulled out and I hit the brakes. Managed to avoid major catastrophe and ended up being very slow contact. Driver decided to keep driving (their car into me) and then drove off.

    Luckily pretty minor however annoyed the driver made no effort to stop. I called the police but they didn't sound too interested.

  • Happy to hear you avoided a major collision.
    It's disgusting that the driver didn't even stop to acknowledge you.
    I'm always torn in moments like this whether to report to the police or catch up with the car and just go apeshit and smash as much of their car as possible before fleeing.

  • Sometimes I wonder just how aware other road users are that cycling with a good pair of locks actually equates to being armed to the teeth... Just saying...

  • Happy to hear you avoided a major collision.

    Well police report lodged however not hopeful that the police will do anything. They quoted 2 weeks to look at it (if they look at it at all). Also the process for lodging a report is completely manual. You cannot lodge anything online. Hardly surprising many don't file a report.

    Not much luck on any CCTV. Local borough and nearby buildings don't have any road facing cameras. Next option is TFL but doubtful they will provide anything as no TFL cameras in the area. And don't think they will supply anything else where I am not featured.

    Lesson learned to wear a camera at all times otherwise you have no chance of progressing anything.

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