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14.5 years ago a taxi driving faster than 30 in a 30, hit me as I crossed. I was on a skateboard, and crossed some 20yd up the road from a pedestrian crossing. Previously skateboarding over said crossing I had a police officer tell me they could slap a fine on me for cycling in the town (bylaw forbids it), so I always used a road junction. I flew some distance. I have nerve damage in my left hand that never healed.
I was never able to claim compensation, and the driver didn’t even receive a caution.
Reason? The compensation people told refused to progress, because there was a “witness statement” (I got a copy) that stated:
“I DID NOT SEE THE INCIDENT. I was waiting at the bus stop. He should have used the crossing” - written by a lady in her 60’s.
What’s my point? I wasn’t at fault in any way shape or form, but the words on a witness statement allowed the driver to avoid any charge AND any compensation that his insurance would have covered.
TL/DR. Only write the bare essentials of the impact. Even if he was riding like a scrote.
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lynx
This is the important bit, but you are deciding whose fault it is.
So vehicle pulling out without a clear view of the road, yet you blame the motorcycle as he did things in the past that made you unhappy.
Do you see what the issue is?