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That and you can ride like a twat and get away with it though the sympathy of others who worry they may find themselves in a similar situation.
Not too different from driving like a twat and walking away from a jury trial for the same reason.
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To be fair, he was riding like a bit of a twat, but not to the extent where he deserves to pay £100k in legal fees for an accident where the blame was apportioned equally (IMO).
It's really a shame that it went to court in the first place, causing 2 years of stress and lawyers' fees, rather than both parties recognising their own part in what happened, being grateful it wasn't worse, and leaving it at that.
abr
I think the worst thing that can be taken from all of this is that if the rider had ridden in exactly the same way, but just happened to have been a member of LCC/CTC/BC or been covered by their home insurance (i.e. having 3rd party liability cover and legal cover) they could have ridden like a twat and got away without losing/paying a penny.
#yayforlawyers