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That was until I got a letter in the post this morning saying that the police had taken the guy to court, fined him £150, and thanked me for "helping [them] try to achieve [their] objectives of reducing the number of killed and seriously injured on London's road".

Have other people had experiences like this? Clearly I was lucky not being seriously hurt, but I can't help to think that it seems harsh as it was an 'accident'. I hadn't pressed for prosecution and if the police hadn't been called by the public then that would have been the end of it.

However, is it a sign that the police are listening to concerns over cyclist safety, and so are coming down hard on those who are a threat?

I hope everyone is as lucky as me and those who are involved in accidents heal up soon.

Stodd

I may be cynical here but
"helping [them] try to achieve [their] objectives of reducing the number of killed and seriously injured on London's road".
sounds like PR.
I was hit by a car and the driver accepted full liability.
A year later I got a couple of letters from the police outlining the resolution of this event (£60 fine and some compulsory driver awareness course) but it sounded they were just patting themselves on the back.

Last August I got doored while filtering in stopped traffic on Fulham Palace Road. . . . . . . .

That was until I got a letter in the post this morning saying that the police had taken the guy to court, fined him £150, and thanked me for "helping [them] try to achieve [their] objectives of reducing the number of killed and seriously injured on London's road". . . . . .
Stodd
Reducing the number of Killed and Seriously Injured is the key performance indicator for the Met Police traffic command. It is great that they are beginning to take dooring seriously. In four years working on TfL's Cycle Safety Working Group we have made great progress putting the focus on HGV deaths but dooring and cyclists being hit from behind are areas where we need to make more progress.
Prosecutions for dooring are very rare, most car drivers don't even know it is a crime, nor do most juries, that's why people like Sam Harding's killer get to drive away free. In London about one cyclist a year dies in a dooring related crash, more than twice the rate of RLJ deaths. Dooring is always in the top group of causes of serious injury to cyclists. [table 12, page 17 of casualty report] We have constantly asked the police to take note of the casualty evidence and put real resources into cracking the dooring problem. It may be that they are beginning to take notice. We also need the legal changes so killing someone by opening a car door is treated the same way as killing them by dangerous driving.

How many death by dangerous driving cases have resulted in conviction where a cyclist was concerned?

How many death by dangerous driving cases have resulted in conviction where a cyclist was concerned?
Not many, and now that 'causing death by careless driving' is an option many of the 'dangerous' cases are downgraded to get a conviction or 'gulity' plea.
Tracing the legal outcomes of serious injury crashes is something Roadpeace and LCC have been pushing at TfL's Cycle Safety Working Group. The short answer is that no one has been tracing this from the crash investigation, to the police action, to the prosecution decision to the court outcome. There are 4 or 5 different organisations involved and any case can be blocked or lost at any stage. TfL have promised to improve reporting, but only for cyclists and only for fatals. They have almost finished the analysis for the 2010 cases but we don't know when this will written up and published.
At least one of the 2011 cyclist fatalities has yet to come to court.

I've been given the all clear from the doctors! Gonna start riding again tomorrow, I'm so excited!

Nothing as healthy as cycling!

I've just fixed my bike, tempted tho go out for a spin.

Great news, Jim. Hurrah!

Don't lean.

You of all people know the dangers of leaning.

Great news though!

I need to chuck some self-levelling compound on the floor tomorrow, then leave it to set- could go and do slow circuits of Regents park if you fancy Jimbo?

Hooray for Jim Billy!

:) jb

Great news Jim! You healed up fast :)

That was fast, wasn't long ago you told me it might be a month or two to go.

Now it's even better, time to get some miles in before the summer.

Jim doesn't just share the facial hair of Wolverine. Adamantium bones FTW!

Great news, Jim! x

(sorry if in the wrong thread)

Minor incident last night on my way home from work.
I take a short cut and cycle through a park and across a couple of horse fields which has a foot/cycle/bridle path.

Coming to the end of the park about to approach the fields when i see this doberman coming bounding toward me from my left.
Keep cycling as im approaching the gate to path when bang, doberman jumps at me full pelt and take me out completely. wtf !
No time to unclip so down i go, luckily missing the tarmac but hitting a nice patch of mud.
Fell quite awkwardly and have pulled my left shoulder again.

Apparently dog was only 11 months.... got quite angry with the owner who was oldish with another geriatric hound.
Tried to cycle off after checking myself over and having words with the owner and the dog tried to do it again, then had to wait for the bloke to chase the dog to get it on the lead before i could cycle off.

Still flabbergasted !

What the fuck? is it not on a lead?

Dogs dont have to be on a lead in all parks

Funny thing is, I have had 3 falls since last october in that area, literally with in 10 metres of each other..... something to say about short cuts !

#sticktotheroad!

Dogs dont have to be on a lead in all parks

But it is an offence to not be in control of your dog.

I've been given the all clear from the doctors! Gonna start riding again tomorrow, I'm so excited!

Rider Up forum >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Great news!

Press charges on the owner. He is being very irresponsible allowing an untamed doberman to run around free in the park. I bet it chases everything down.

yeah, sad thing is if it happens to a kid and someone does tell the police, you know what could happen.....
Owner's fault.
Hopefully he will keep it on a lead from now on and get some dog training classes !

Get hillbilly to cycle after the dog and eat it.

Then get him to eat the owner.

2 problems, 1 solution.

You're welcome.