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One of those all-out scooters? I saw a similar-ish incident the other day. The thing looked new so I assume a new rider.
He pelted it past everyone and misjudged the velocity going over a speed hump, flew over it and smashed head first into a car that was edging out and had no chance of seeing him fly out that fast at dusk.
Just picked up and wobbled off, leaving the driver with a broken window and dented door.
Chak
Clocked my first e-scooter incident today.
Waiting at the northbound lights at Blackfriars Rd / Stamford Street on CS6. As the (bike) lights go green, a scooterman bombs it down the outside of the bikes and into the junction, but doesn't seem to clock, or misjudges, the flatbed heading into Stamford St that's reached queued traffic and probably won't clear the junction.
Truck had been visible for ages so I presumed he'd go round it, but when I did a quick shoulder check there was a a big old bang from ahead. Dude must have been doing close to 20mph and I guess he smashed right into the rear corner of the truck. Stuff all over the junction and that horrible eerie quiet that you get after an incident. He seemed initially alright so hope he's all good now; luckily two coppers were first on the scene. Wonder how they'll approach the whole license + insurance thing in light of an incident.
A lot of stacked traffic at that junction on the regs- the box just gets ignored. But more chilled riding on the superhighways by everyone would be boss.