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Fella on green brakeless Bob Jackson this am Ram Street/Wandsworth - too early for me to be friendly but nice bike...
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Hey Jeff! Yep all over now, like I said right result but in hindsight I was way too laidback about it and consequently took a bit of a comical shredding in the box... Preperation!
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Lager09 that was pretty unpleasant experience for you but an excellent result, I can only assume you had some pretty good witnesses and he probably got the heavier end of the stick because this wasn't a misjudgement his was a calculated act of aggression.
This time last year i was knocked off my bike as a car overtook and then turned left on me, i almost avoided the back of the car but not quite! So ended up on the floor - mostly cosmetic damage to bike and myself! He didn't stop thu - silly boy! Fortunately for me a witness stopped who also got the reg and I called the cops, who I thought were pretty good. They arrived quickly, concerned for me and the bike and took a statement there n then. I had to give another statement via the post months later and I suggested not to go to court but to re-educate the driver on some driving learning experience, however, that was over-ruled and we all had to go to court. (I was more keen on the driving experience because i believed the driver showed incredibly poor judgent and/or arrogance in assuming that i would give way to them as they just barge pass me - I wasn't in the primary position but was certainly going fast enough that any experienced road user would realise that I couldn't just stop dead - I felt punitive punishment would fail to avoid the driver doing it again. Having seen him now in court I am sure he is just more pissed off with cyclists.
Anyhoo this driver was also charged with due care n attention and failing to stop; found guilty of due care n attention but not guilty of failing to stop. I think that is a reasonable outcome, he got three points and a 150 fine plus charges of 250 and 15 quid to me!
My main points are 1) I was completely unprepared to give evidence and my statement was brief/lame with some obvious inconsistencies - for which I was shredded by the defense lawyer, who had only just read it!
2) When writing your statement show it to someone else and ask them what they think are the major holes in it- identifying the driver was a big one for me, I couldn't and therefore should not have tried but i felt compelled to try and was shown in court to be unreliable but hey i was the one seeing blue then black then blue then black and again...
3) for those that dont realise mag courts are surprisingly fluid, defense and prosecutor swopping courts and cases at the last minute - cn all feel a bit fast n loose.
4) Do not under-estimate how nervous you will feel when you are in the box but once there after a few minutes you settle in quick and get the gist of the mood...
So just don't be as laid back as me but trust the court they often come down lightly but on the right side...!
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Yep it does when the flap's down! Sorry got too excited and forgot to say Howdy!
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Chelsea Bridge on 137 bus about 6pm today, guy with a confident and quick riding style turned off into Battersea park just after the bridge, pink campag style cap and all black everything else, Rapha something (potentially the full length bibs), big bag with two rear lights on, unwrapped drops? Potentially pinkish frame?
Might have been me! Black Rapha jacket, black swrve shorts, full black bag with light on it and one on the bike - a La Piovra, (bare drops) in black but might have looked pinkish in red lights? I was wearing a pink LCEF cap.
Confident? well Wiganwill did give me some cycle training, so possible?!
Quick? well I was going home and it is Friday!?I'm gona claim it as its my first spot!
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H hope you feeling bit better now. Dont worry about your rights being read to you, they have to do that before they take your statement, which is just a formality and must be done because an accident occured on the road. You as the cyclist come higher up the food ladder than the ped, as a consequence you have the first responsibility to avoid the accident, even if they step out like a lemming. If you got hit by a motor vehicle then you would be the one (hypothetically) getting more of the sympathy.
Don't know why they think they can search someone injured at the scene of an accident and could be worth taking further if you felt inclined but at most I guess you might get an apology! If you volunteer to it then no paperwork needed but they have to record it. If you phone the local cop shop they can give you the unique number to your incident and therefore any coppers numbers etc...
Write it all down and cover your arse - just in cases...
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If he has not passed you his details then he might have failed to stop and the scene of an accident, not sure about that so you need to check with a lawyer type - not the cops as they might not be interested. Or it might be in the link above. If he has failed to stop then this will go to court, assuming the cops follow it up. Make sure you start thinking about every detail of the accident and very importantly write down a description of the driver.
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A jar of Nutella and a spoon - thats dinner sorted...
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How about a sports therapist course, I am sure you can do this part-time and it will be less selective and cheaper. You can then specialise in something you are interested in (?cycling injuries?), build up a client base, whilst keeping main job - part-time maybe. Isn't there a physio on here, maybe they can offer some more inside info, ?Bluequin or something?
If you go down the masters route research it thoroughly and especially what jobs people got after doing it and if you can find out, whether potential employers were impressed enough by that masters etc... Unless its the NHS then I hope you like working with old people because they are all I ever dealt with, a long time ago now.
PS - old people are great to work with - cantankerous or delightfully cheerful you can never be sure...
This?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIl7bZC7ci4&feature=youtube_gdata_player