2011-30-11 - Rider Down

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  • Acton - I'm overtaking stationary traffic on the Uxbridge Road heading west.

    Car parked (in the cycle lane) on the inside of the traffic pulls out through a gap to head down the opposite lane and doesn't check for overtaking vehicles and BAM.

    I'm ok apart from a chipped tooth, cut lip and some bruising. Front wheel is buckled - I can't blame the radial lacing for that...

    The guy is pretty amicable afterwards, we exchange details but he believes I am in the wrong for overtaking in the middle of the road.

    The police are "too stretched" to attend to the scene due to the strikes so I am left to write down everything I can remember and take the details of the pub manager who saw what happened... sort of.

    Am I too cynical for thinking that I am never gonna see a penny out of this guy??? I'm pretty sure dental work is not going to be cheap.

  • Sorry about that. Centre of the road is OK I'd say.

    Check this thread if you haven't seen it.

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