2010-03-12 - Rider Down, Chiswick - Me

Ouch - laughing makes my left hip hurt!

I think I'll do all I can to take this further. I'd really like to see the driver 'punished/educated' with a cycle awareness course and make this the norm. I have several witnesses so I can't imagine it will just get dropped. Won't hold out too much hope.

I did make the driver cry... and felt horrible for a few seconds afterwards.

Rather than punished, don't you think just educating her would be appropriate, she didn't deliberately try to knock you offer your bike, she just didn't see you and agreed should learn how to avoid it happening again.

The driver probably feels awful and you are going to try and punish her either by prosecution or financially, I think this is wrong, agreed if she had shot you/beaten you up or caused injuries to you intentionally I would agree with this approach. It's a pisser that you got knocked off your bike and badly hurt, but I don't think this is the right approach.

Believe me I know how it feels to be hurt unintentionally (i was attacked in Hackney (not the same I know)) but rather than being compensated financially, I would rather than the person who attacked me was educated/rehabilitated and prevented from doing what he did to me to another member of the public. I would feel the same if knocked off my bike.

Just my 2 pence, but in my experience being vindictive does yourself no favours, it wastes your emotional energy when you need to heal.