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I had the total opposite when I got squashed on St Stevens a couple of years ago.
A taxi driver did a uturn without looking or signaling and hit my front wheel. He drove over my SWorks and I sort of bounced off their door. He drove off and pulled into the rank a little down the road. Their passenger made them come back.
The police where so helpful, the officer that took my statement, a day later after a trip to hospital etc, didn’t ask if I was wearing a helmet and a cyclist was ‘gunning’ for a conviction.
It took a good year to come to court and in the end he excepted liability and got 6 points, a hefty fine and lost his cabby license.
My point is I think it’s luck of the draw with who you get as an officer and what they feel about cyclists
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Yeah, Norwich coppers give zero shits about us.
A couple of years back, I was hit as I rode the Bullitt with our then 2yr old daughter on the front. It was nighttime but I had reflective gear on, a hella zingy rear and front light and everything else. The car saw me because it was behind and revving aggressively because it wanted to get around me on a blind corner. So he went for it, with a car oncoming, and rammed into me sideways, hitting us over and leaving us laying in the road as he sped away. Cue me not having the guts to ride for almost a year.
We went to the police as we had a witness (their dashcam failed but they gave an eye-witness account of the "extremely hard to watch aggressive attack that almost looked personal, like the driver knew us". The driver was located, damage to the car consistent with the height of the Bullitt confirmed and he was told to "treat cyclists with respect on the road." Fuck ALL this. Oh and the copper didn't understand how my bike could be as expensive as it is.
Flash forward to this year and Gavin was hit by a taxi. This time we had full Go-Pro footage (an investment after the last incident). Again, nothing was done.
I'm so sorry you experienced this @3c70. Utter shits. Nobody will be happy until they kill us all and really teach us that lesson that I can't quite understand (that being healthy, causing less emissions etc is worthy of death...?). However, I think we can all enjoy the irony of the twat that hit you being in a Smart car.