You are reading a single comment by @thelawnet and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@thelawnet
Check this:
http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/1676111-Was-involved-in-an-accident-this-morning
Really sickening and disgusting insight into police attitudes:
*I pulled out of a road, road was clear and as I crossed the junction heard a bang. Looked in the rear view mirror a d saw a bloke and his pushbike on the floor. So I stopped and got out to see if he was ok. His head was bleeding and the women who were there who were waiting to cross the road said I'd hit him. He went into the back end of my car. I genuinely did not see him. We called an ambulance because his head was bleeding. The ambulance arrived within minutes. I had to leave to take kids to school but said to ambulance paramedics that I'd be back. They said that's fine. Just as I pulled back up behind the ambulance my phone rang. It was the police. They said that I wasn't there and I said that I'd just pulled up at the back of the ambulance. They got out the police can and I went to meet them. The police woman got in my car and took details down and gave me a breath test. Which was clear.
**She took details and I said that I never saw him. And she said I'm not going to say you were at fault as both parties were negligent. She said tbh the old guy who was 77 shouldn't h e been riding his bike in this wind as its strong anyway. **
She said I may get a letter to attend a driver improvement course but she said she doubts I will get one. She took insurance details etc
**It shook me up but glad the police saw that it wasnt all my fault. The sun was bright which she put that down to not seeing him too.
**
*
The woman is more worried about her taking her kids to school than the well-being of an old man she has almost killed. And the police don't give a fuck either.
It says that she lives in East Yorkshire.