Another one bites the dust

and someone stretchered off for a broken collarbone
He was a cunt though.

seriously, fuck, you're moaning about a couple of scrapes and bruises! Go cry to mummy. And like skoota said, play some polo, then you'll know how to fall.

Object caused these injuries to my legs playing polo before the last tournament, am I going to sue him?

yes, my compensation comes in the form of cider.

...seriously bugger off to America where the coffee is hot, you'll know this because it says on the cup so you can't sue em.
wank.

Dude, it's going that way here. This is in the bog at a place I was contracting last month

seriously, anyone fucking thick enough to not know this, probably can't read anyway.

Sue the bastards, don't listen to any of the above. Where there's blame there's a claim!

Yeah, nice one. Where do you think the money for the settlements comes from? Do you really believe, like some do of shoplifting that no-one eventually pics up the tab? Don't ride near me, you would like me when I'm angry.

isn't that what your eyes are for? looking for hazards, the last thing i want is for anyone to get hurt, but posting that you thinking[/i]about compensation is a bit whack...no it's totally whack. I hope he stays safe, but you have a responsibility to look up ahead at potential hazards, i'd say roadworks with all their dayglo finery represent a braking moment if ever i've seen one.

Yeah, I agree - Wools, you're a tit! Look I hate the HSE and the wrapped in cotton wool attitude that seems the norm these days. Maybe I'm just a bit jumpy because I go down that road twice a day and know how hairy it gets. However, I don't think he has mentioned actually being after compensation (I could be wrong) more questioning why something like this was allowed to happen - yes, I know it was only a bit of plastic but it was enough to make him come off his bike. I'm also pretty sure if it fell towards me as I passed, I would have swerved before I'd registered it wasn't going to kill me, it's instinct. I may be mistaken again but I think the cyclist killed down there recently had swerved a manhole cover they didn't see until the last minute.

Peas

Yeah, nice one. Where do you think the money for the settlements comes from? Do you really believe, like some do of shoplifting that no-one eventually pics up the tab? Don't ride near me, you would like me when I'm angry.

Do you really believe I was serious?

Polo, polo, polo. Change the record already! I, quite frankly, have other things that I'd rather be doing with my time. If you choose to get battered about on a polo court that's your choice. I took up cycling to get fit and, more importantly, not be reliant on TfL. Taking up cycling wasn't some vain attempt at trying to be a daredevil and wanting to "feel alive". I just want to get to work on time, maybe go for a ride in the evenings/weekends and do so safely.

I'm not some lazy layabout cunt that pounces on any opportunity to sue another person. I said that I wasn't looking for compensation. What happened today was dangerous and could have ended up a whole lot worse. I know y'all don't mean any ill will but it is what it is and I thought I'd see what you'd do in the given situation. That is all. I was more than expecting the usual HTFU comments but I'm no scrounging bastard so shut ya pie hole, preachers! ;)

I was more than expecting the usual HTFU comments
Seriously? Your bike isn't totalled, you appear to be pretty much fine. Cycling can be dangerous.

Yes those of us who play polo expose ourselves to danger more often but that has nothing to do with the fact that cyclists are vunerable road users and have to take this in mind. Bobby Digital posted about a fracas with a BMW today and managed to do so without mention of compensation.

no one has spared a thought for the road worker. he got up this morning to make sure his little dirt pile was well protected at the side of the road and some reckless hipster fails to pop a bar-spin-into-bunny-hop over the top of a stray bit of safety rails and wallop. his tiny polish mind is spinning overtime with fear of revenge, job loss and deportation.

i suggest you go give him some flowers or pickled pork fat or whatever it is they enjoy. to make amends and appologise for your lack of polo bike skills.... then HTFU.. no on second thoughts get back out there and hurt yourself properly.. you are a disgrace!

^ haha. slipperyslut

It was bound to happen some time. Had my first spill this morning on Upper Thames Street and I'm not quite sure where I stand.

A roadworker was dismantling those red plastic temporary road barrier things and one fell into the cycle path just as I was riding along East to West along Upper Thames Street (near Swan Lane just after that little bridge). Didn't have time to swerve (probably wouldn't have been a good idea anyway on that particular stretch of road) so rode right into it. Thankfully I crashed onto the pavement rather than into the passing traffic. Like an idiot I didn't take the roadworker's name or the name of the company he works for and now I'm not sure what to do. Is there anything I can do now or is it just a case of thanking my lucky stars (a few of which I saw when I was lying on the pavement)?

I'm fine and most importantly the Bob's fine too. Just a coupla scrapes and bruises on my left shin/knee and a bit of discomfort when I turn my head too far left or right.

Anyhoo, any advice about roadwork-cyclist related accidents would be much appreciated. I know this is very much a C+ thread but an addiction to one forum is probably enough.

Thanks

sorry my mistake i assumed you wanted the name of the road worker and the company for other reasons, clearly you just wanted to send flowers.

fuck i've turned into tynan, i think i will just shut my pie hole ;)

I sometimes wish I had the unscrupulous values and morals of your average Jeremy Kyle viewer.

At the risk of sounding like a tart, my neck is hurting quite a bit now so looking over my shoulder when riding is clearly going to be an issue. May have to adopt those Jeremy Kyle scumbag values after all. I'll see how I feel in the morning.

I didn't mention compensation. In fact you could probably assume I was pretty much against it. I wrote about it from a road safety perspective. You know, do I write to the company to make them aware that they could have been responsible for a fatal accident, etc.

I was joking about adopting these Jeremy Kyle values. I neglected to include the very much required :P emoticon. My neck still hurts though. And yes, I'm aware that I'm probably being a tart.

Bobby Digital posted about a fracas with a BMW today and managed to do so without mention of compensation.

See above.

sorry my mistake i assumed you wanted the name of the road worker and the company for other reasons, clearly you just wanted to send flowers.

fuck i've turned into tynan, i think i will just shut my pie hole ;)

That's right. You assumed.

You stated, "Like an idiot I didn't take the roadworker's name or the name of the company he works for and now I'm not sure what to do. Is there anything I can do now" This implies some sort of action. So tell us, what would you have wanted to do about it? What advice did you expect?

*assumption is the oil in the engine of the internet.

*assumption is the oil in the engine of the internet.

makes an ass of u and mption

pfft.

Phone the local authority and ask to speak to whoever works on Traffic and Environmental issues. If that doesn't work, ask to speak to the Health and Safety officer.
Explain what happened, how dangerous it was, that a cyclist was recently killed on this very stretch of road. Mention things like duty of care, that you were really shaken up. etc.
Say you want them to better supervise their workers. Suggest that they should cone off the section temporarily or close off the cycle path whilst they remove the barriers.

It's all common sense really.

They may punt you on to TFL, but stick with it and say that it's a local problem.

You stated, "Like an idiot I didn't take the roadworker's name or the name of the company he works for and now I'm not sure what to do. Is there anything I can do now" This implies some sort of action. So tell us, what would you have wanted to do about it? What advice did you expect?

Like write/call the company/TfL/City of London Highways Department about the dangerous and unstable barriers on busy streets? When I asked "Is there anything I can do now?" I meant "right now". The barriers were being dismantled (and weren't going to be there for much longer) so I was hoping for something more along the lines of how to ascertain that information before the equipment/evidence/whatever was gone.

I can see how peeps read my initial post the way they did. I did however say I wasn't after compensation after it was mentioned but compo-related rants continued. I'm just trying to say that I'm not that type of person.

Phone the local authority and ask to speak to whoever works on Traffic and Environmental issues. If that doesn't work, ask to speak to the Health and Safety officer.
Explain what happened, how dangerous it was, that a cyclist was recently killed on this very stretch of road. Mention things like duty of care, that you were really shaken up. etc.
Say you want them to better supervise their workers. Suggest that they should cone off the section temporarily or close off the cycle path whilst they remove the barriers.

It's all common sense really.

They may punt you on to TFL, but stick with it and say that it's a local problem.

Thank you.

Like write/call the company/TfL/City of London Highways Department about the dangerous and unstable barriers on busy streets? When I asked "Is there anything I can do now?" I meant "right now". The barriers were being dismantled (and weren't going to be there for much longer) so I was hoping for something more along the lines of how to ascertain that information before the equipment/evidence/whatever was gone.

I can see how peeps read my initial post the way they did. I did however say I wasn't after compensation after it was mentioned but compo-related rants continued. I'm just trying to say that I'm not that type of person.
on't worry about it, we're just some cunts you may know (in real life or virtually through this site). Our shouldn't count for shit.

Honestly,

Polo? Yeah, thats a real hard mans sport. The guys who think they are being toughened up by playing bicycle polo are on gear, or actually are so soft that bike polo is actually hardening them up.. which sounds really ghey. haha.

Peace

You sir, are a cretin.
We play polo because it's fun. Not to help us harden up or be able to claim hardman status from people we more than likely don't care about.

i concur with your summation object, but the main reason i play polo is because i love the flup flup flup that my disc wheel makes through the forks, aural pleasure... ooh