Forum Rider Down and/or notification of minor incidents

He's on morphine, not viagra.

Crash sounds nuts and a bit more than a minor off WjP! Sounds like you're in safe hands though. GWS!

Duuuuuude. The waiting for flesh to heal bit sounds especially grim.
Enjoy the opiates and heal well.

Fuckin' ouch. Heal up.

26-06-2013, 115 Station Road, Hampton.

Guessing this is the place to post, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Riding with a friend when a parked minivan managed to open the driver door in between us. Collected me and spilled me across the both lanes of traffic. Luckily evening so road was empty.

Happened near 115 Station Road Hampton. Got great assistance from the near-by fish and chip shop (Marini's?). The guy initially said "I just opened the door you came out of nowhere" to which I replied "You opened the door without looking". As the people came out from the shop he did take responsibility and even apologised.

Result: me - torn ligaments left ankle; laceration left hand; bruising all over; bike front wheel, crank, frame, brakes (cables, covers, bar tape). Getting it seen to over the weekend so I can post more details.

The man did provide his details and I have filled out a police report.

I will write more details pending how he deals with bike repair costs.

Any advice and/or suggestions appreciated.

Ouch. Get witness details and a solicitor all firmed up. If you are lucky his insurance will cover repairs and other damages.

Still, morphine is good.

Wait for the light to go green, then push the button. Don't forget to breathe.

You mean I can't RLJ...?
shame

Normally the morphine drip system won't let you. Do you have the button of happiness? Or are you on a regulated dose?

I'm on the button of happiness. But I have a habit of not waiting for green lights.

RED!

I'm on the button of happiness.

I loved the button of happiness.

Press the button, mentally wander off somewhere nice for 5 minutes, come back and see the green button again. Woo hoo!

Repeat.

Seriously though, do not forget to breathe. Morphine seriously represses your breathing response, on morphine and oxygen I got down to about 3 breaths a minute. It took me a while to work out what the "3" was measuring on the monitor. :S

Riding a black run at Llandegla.
Landing a jump with my weight just a little bit too far forward.
Hit a root.

Over the front.

Broken left wrist.
Left arm broken in three places. radius and ulner burst through the skin by about 3 inches.
Left collar bone broken in 4 places.
Right collar bone broken in 1.

Mountain rescue.
A&E.
Emergency surgery.
A week in hospital.
6 more operations.
A LOOOOONG time off work.
This is just the beginning.

I would post pics but I might wait til y'alls breakfast has gone down.

A real mans crash, where those scars with pride.
Make sure they put you back together again properly ;)

I had an incident recently where a driver out of nowhere overtook me yelling and hit the brakes directly in front of me, resulting in me hitting him, but luckily only with enough force to lift my back wheel up slightly.
As I pulled over to the pavement to examine my bike he hops out of his car, yelling and screaming runs over to me, grabs my bicycle out of my hands and throws it across the pavement.
His friend hops out of the car and holds him back from attacking me, and when the driver finally calms down he looks at his rear bumper, claims it's damaged and begins to get aggressive again.
At this point I'm completely intimidated and tell him that I just want to do the right thing, and agree, against my will, to £20 damages (£40 for his bumper minus £20 for damage to my bike).
It's all quite ridiculous anyway since he caused the accident and then assaulted me, but I give him my contact details as I have no cash on me.
Instead of dropping it, yesterday he contacts me, having Googled to find my email address, and claims £300 damage to his bumper.

Firstly, what is wrong with people ... all this happened in front of children in the back seat of the car, is this how you teach children to behave?
Secondly, is there any way to make this all go away. I don't want damages, I just want this cock to drop it.

Report him to the police for assault? Probably SOL due to no witnesses/Mets unwillingness to do anything, mind.

I've reported him for assault now and have the self-reporting Road Traffic Collision / Accident form. I do have one witness, so far, to the bike-throwing ... found him in the cafe nearby a couple days after the incident.

In terms of contesting his damage claim, is that at all realistic?

Have you got his name and address?

If so I'd contact one of the Solicitors who have proved to be friendly to cyclists (Oliver Jeffcot I think?) and/or CTC ones.

Get them to write to the guy saying that you are contesting his view of events, and that you will wait for the decision of the police on the matter before proceeding any further.

I had an incident recently where a driver out of nowhere overtook me yelling and hit the brakes directly in front of me, resulting in me hitting him, but luckily only with enough force to lift my back wheel up slightly.
As I pulled over to the pavement to examine my bike he hops out of his car, yelling and screaming runs over to me, grabs my bicycle out of my hands and throws it across the pavement.
His friend hops out of the car and holds him back from attacking me, and when the driver finally calms down he looks at his rear bumper, claims it's damaged and begins to get aggressive again.
At this point I'm completely intimidated and tell him that I just want to do the right thing, and agree, against my will, to £20 damages (£40 for his bumper minus £20 for damage to my bike).
It's all quite ridiculous anyway since he caused the accident and then assaulted me, but I give him my contact details as I have no cash on me.
Instead of dropping it, yesterday he contacts me, having Googled to find my email address, and claims £300 damage to his bumper.

Firstly, what is wrong with people ... all this happened in front of children in the back seat of the car, is this how you teach children to behave?
Secondly, is there any way to make this all go away. I don't want damages, I just want this cock to drop it.

If this is genuinely what happened, then stick to your guns and take him to court. It sounds like a variant on the insurance scam of cranking the brakes on when in front of another driver and then claiming whiplash injuries etc. Scary business though.

26-06-2013, 115 Station Road, Hampton.

Guessing this is the place to post, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Riding with a friend when a parked minivan managed to open the driver door in between us. Collected me and spilled me across the both lanes of traffic. Luckily evening so road was empty.

Happened near 115 Station Road Hampton. Got great assistance from the near-by fish and chip shop (Marini's?). The guy initially said "I just opened the door you came out of nowhere" to which I replied "You opened the door without looking". As the people came out from the shop he did take responsibility and even apologised.

Result: me - torn ligaments left ankle; laceration left hand; bruising all over; bike front wheel, crank, frame, brakes (cables, covers, bar tape). Getting it seen to over the weekend so I can post more details.

The man did provide his details and I have filled out a police report.

I will write more details pending how he deals with bike repair costs.

Any advice and/or suggestions appreciated.

When I had my little incident this week I called the Police to come directly. The operator wanted to know if I was injured, but I simply said that although there were no injuries I wanted the Police to attend because the driver was refusing to provide his details and I was concerned that he would drive off.
In your case I would definitely have called the Police to attend. First of all because you were injured and secondly to ensure that the details collected were correct and to get the Police to take relevant statements from you, the driver and any witnesses.
With a direct Police report you will find it much easier to deal with Police and you will have a better chance of a more robust response to the Police report.

My interpretation is that the 101 number is really for incidents that are not ongoing, i.e. to report theft from railings or something similar

Seriously though, do not forget to breathe. Morphine seriously represses your breathing response, on morphine and oxygen I got down to about 3 breaths a minute. It took me a while to work out what the "3" was measuring on the monitor. :S

I had a fucking oxygen level monitor hooked to me. Just as I was about to nod off BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP FARRRK! Cunts, turn it off!!!

There is a police station on Station Road in Hampton, so in theory, it shouldn't have taken them long. It is also where the Traffic Police (motorbikes at least) division are based.

suecsi - that police station is now closed (used by london transport police only).

alexB - good advice, I just felt sheepish and wanted to get up and back onto the bike... my mistake.

howard - good news. The guy was a minicab driver and his insurance has called admitting liability and wanting to sort everything.

Be stern when explaining costs. Don't let yourself be short-changed or fobbed off by them.

howard - good news. The guy was a minicab driver and his insurance has called admitting liability and wanting to sort everything.

Good news. I second rhowe's advice above.

Rhowe / Howard - will try. Thank you for the helpful and encouraging posts. I am writing the email at the moment and would appreciate anyone with patience to read it over and tell me their thoughts? If you are so inclined please PM me your email. Would be very appreciated, but please don't feel pressured into it! I would email it tomorrow.

Thanks Dammit and AlexB. I'm sticking to my guns as you suggested, AlexB. The story has taken an odd twist, it turns out a friend of mine actually knows this guy. We'll see how this progresses, I think for now it's just a bit of a waiting game for paperwork to go through.