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If I'd been in your shoes and not even able to claim compensation from the insurer for bike/lost wages etc I would have been fucking livid.
There's a point in life when I realise I feel fairly defeated. Not having the privilege of a decent home, the violence and abuse of my youth, spending time on the streets, shoplifting to survive and have it impact all future travel (even today), living in a council estate that's constantly full of drama, just life stuff... but always having expectations lowered, a sense of worthlessness pervade.
I basically feel defeated when I come up against bureaucracy. I don't know the game, I fail at it. I hate it, it depresses me.
If I can, I disengage. I work out how to survive, for my own sanity, even if I face huge losses in the process.
This feeling is back again.
I'll go through the motions, but my heart isn't in it. There's anger, but there's also depression... and guess which one hits when I approach the police station, look online to see what the MIB claims process is.
I just want to heal, be happy. It would be nice to be able to believe that the Serotta is fine, it's rideable. It would be nice to think it could be replaced if not. But I'm not feeling hopeful, and I just want to heal, be happy.
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I know my general forum style can come across as quite acidic but I genuinely think there's a very nuanced approach to justice that has created your situation and the Police have been negligent with regards to what is a very serious crime that could have seen you in a wheelchair or worse.
Police attended my RTA and arrested the guy on the scene but he still got let off as my eventual injuries probably proved not to justify their time prosecuting it, I was out of work for 4 months, racked up serious debt, got very depressed with all the adverse effects that has on friends/relationships and ended up being extremely stressed and anxious cycling in London for the remainder of my time there. If I'd been in your shoes and not even able to claim compensation from the insurer for bike/lost wages etc I would have been fucking livid.