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Left for some Richmond Park laps but within 200 yards of my flat a van hit me from behind - not directly, a sort of forceful graze. He stopped, I took his details, and set off again. Just up the road were two police officers, so I flagged them down and pointed out the van. They pulled it and checked his insurance etc, all clear. The driver was admitting guilt so I should have got the police to sign something but completely didn't think of it until much later. So basically I can report the incident on the usual form and nothing will happen. At least it scared the driver I think, so maybe he'll be more careful for a while.
Did one lap of Richmond and was soaking wet/shaken up still, so set off home. Stopped at a red light and some really, really old man prodded my back wheel with a £40k+ Lexus.
I despair.