2008-05-03 - Rider Down, #746

Shit, sorry to hear about your accident and hope you recover soon! Just for info, you can still make a claim even if the police can't trace the driver throught an organisation called the M.I.B. Basically they compensate victims of uninsured/untraced drivers. Take care.

Thanks for that, just read through their web site, quite interesting stuff.

http://www.mib.org.uk/MIB/en/Default.htm

Going to speak with the police later today (on a Sunday, they might all be on holiday...) to see if they've managed to trace the vehicle doing a partial search on the reg no.

Fucking hell, Sam, some good luck is well overdue. Hope everything gets resolved satisfactorily, and you've no lasting complications.

I was riding down Farringdon Rd to Herne Hill this morning, and completely got the fear. Some maniac in a large Post Office van came hurtling past, swerving across lane markings, and then I felt a presence behind me. I was in the cycle lane as the road narrows to go under the bridge, and looked round to see a black cab right on my wheel, in the cycle lane, obviously intent on undertaking another cab next to me, presumably to catch up with the PO van and continue the race/argument.

I bailed out at the Smithfield turning, and sort of emergency stopped, and to be honest, I don't know if the cabbie saw me, or gave a fuck.

There are some fucking maniacs out there, irrrespective of mode of transport.

[/stating the obvious]

You did the right thing, BMMF. Fucking nutcase drivers. I hate them. Apart from myself of course. Not the missus though, she's a shit driver.

My face looks worse today by the way, much more bruising around the eye socket.