Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

I spent Sunday afternoon at Stoke Newington police shack. They were actually really good, took a quick statement and advised that it was indeed "common assault" and Have given all the details, registration plate details. When they entered the reg number there was a raised eyebrow and the guy got up an went to the back office for a minute. wouldn't say why. Intriguing. They also took the wad of spit that I had to wipe off myself, I kept in a little bag and they took it as evidence. Will see what happens but I may have to give a further statement. The police did seem to take it very seriously.

So it turns out the police were extremely helpful with this. The spit sample I provided was matched to a suspects DNA (and proved him to be the scooters owner) and he has been charged for multiple items, including an assault on an officer and my assault. Also for some other things that they can't tell me about. So it proves no matter how silly you might feel walking in to report an incident with a tissue full of spit it can get results. The detective I was assigned was extremely pro-active during the last 2 months and have to say was very good. I guess there were other more serious charges that maybe motivated them more than usual, still feels good though helping to get a bad dude off the streets,at least for a short while.