8-25 this morning on the school run.Old guy comes out of a cul de sac across me and into the down traffic.Only trouble is he had not seen the 4x4 cos he was looking my way.She did her best by trying to mount the pavement.But she whacked him.Both shook up but not injured.I got out offered my details.Made sure they were both ok.Then the old man admitted it was his fault.I left them talking.All very pleasant.But noone else stopped they actually drove over the bits of bumpers that had fallen off the cars.
Body on the road, not moving, what do you do?
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longers
Legendary Member
Hope you're ok Twiggy. And I hope your bike is too.
Last week I circled back to pick up a drunkard who took a massive tumble on the pavement as I went past, by the time I got there 3 people had walked past him and left him lying very close to a 40mph dual carriageway
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He was fine, he might have hurt himself if he wasn't so drunk.
Last week I circled back to pick up a drunkard who took a massive tumble on the pavement as I went past, by the time I got there 3 people had walked past him and left him lying very close to a 40mph dual carriageway
.He was fine, he might have hurt himself if he wasn't so drunk.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Bad innit - I was worried about getting run over last night - took me a minute or so to get off the bleeding road.....dead leg from my handle bars smacking them....
My wife was a bit shocked that no one stopped - car and bike in the middle of a busy roundabout....... I replied this was common - not many folk care these days..
Good on you Longers....
My wife was a bit shocked that no one stopped - car and bike in the middle of a busy roundabout....... I replied this was common - not many folk care these days..
Good on you Longers....
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Sorry to hear about your accident Twiggy. I was going to say that I'm glad I don't live in Coventry any more, but then I remembered an incident we had up here in Hebden Bridge a couple of years ago...
Now let someone say that drivers didn't stop because this disabled pensioner might have been a carjacker!
Let's face it, there are just some very selfish, callous bastards about
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Now let someone say that drivers didn't stop because this disabled pensioner might have been a carjacker!
Let's face it, there are just some very selfish, callous bastards about
!
Bad luck, Twiggy. You're the 3rd broken thumb on here in the last 6 weeks. I was in plaster for four weeks and just got back on the bike in the last few days. First class treatment at the hospital with a couple of physio sessions thrown in - and still several weeks of flexibility and strengthening exercises to go. You are going to find it pretty awkward and painful for a while.
As for people coming to your assistance, I've been taken out twice by cars and fallen off unaided a couple of times as well over the last few years. In every case, drivers have stopped and, where other cars have been involved, offered themselves as witness. In the most recent instance a couple of pedestrians were quick to help as well as the first driver stopping. Maybe it helped that in every case I had been seen falling off, rather than just been found lying there or maybe here in the frozen North we are more community-minded.
As for people coming to your assistance, I've been taken out twice by cars and fallen off unaided a couple of times as well over the last few years. In every case, drivers have stopped and, where other cars have been involved, offered themselves as witness. In the most recent instance a couple of pedestrians were quick to help as well as the first driver stopping. Maybe it helped that in every case I had been seen falling off, rather than just been found lying there or maybe here in the frozen North we are more community-minded.
Get well soon Twiggy.
I would stop simply because it's the right thing to do. It might be me one day or someone I love and I hope others would do the same.
I guess there is a risk and it isn't to be dismissed out of hand but I reckon the greater risk is possibly leaving someone to die.
I would stop simply because it's the right thing to do. It might be me one day or someone I love and I hope others would do the same.
I guess there is a risk and it isn't to be dismissed out of hand but I reckon the greater risk is possibly leaving someone to die.
Really sorry to hear about your off Twiggy! You have my sympathies!
As for the drivers,
!
I'm not religious, however, tonight I will say a wee prayer. I will pray that the people who did not stop are haunted for the rest of their lives wondering if they left someone to die when they could have helped.
I would not hesitate to stop. The minuscule risk of have my car stolen (which would be replaced under insurance anyway), would be very much offset by my concerns for the person lying in the road.
Get well soon!
As for the drivers,
!I'm not religious, however, tonight I will say a wee prayer. I will pray that the people who did not stop are haunted for the rest of their lives wondering if they left someone to die when they could have helped.
I would not hesitate to stop. The minuscule risk of have my car stolen (which would be replaced under insurance anyway), would be very much offset by my concerns for the person lying in the road.
Get well soon!
downfader
extimus uero philosophus
- Location
- 'ampsheeeer
Christ, sorry to hear of your fall Twiggy. Sadly I think this is just human nature, and a nature we used to combat in times gone past... and for some reason in the last 50 odd years we've begun to tolerate.
My brother had a similar experience, you might say. He bought a bike to save on fuel costs this summer and was riding home from work when his chain came off and jammed the wheel. He said the bike flipped 180 degrees somehow and he came down on his head.
Luckily for him he's been doing martial arts for years and isnt easily knocked out, his neck is as thick as my thigh. The thing that really pissed me off was that he said no driver stopped to see if he was ok - they just pointed and laughed.
Twiggy, do as I did and write a letter to the local rag to vent off steam.
My brother had a similar experience, you might say. He bought a bike to save on fuel costs this summer and was riding home from work when his chain came off and jammed the wheel. He said the bike flipped 180 degrees somehow and he came down on his head.
Luckily for him he's been doing martial arts for years and isnt easily knocked out, his neck is as thick as my thigh. The thing that really pissed me off was that he said no driver stopped to see if he was ok - they just pointed and laughed.
Twiggy, do as I did and write a letter to the local rag to vent off steam.
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
Sorry to hear that Twiggy.
Take heart though that there are car drivers on here that would stop to help, and would do a reasonable job of helping too. You just fell off where all the drivers were *****.
Take heart though that there are car drivers on here that would stop to help, and would do a reasonable job of helping too. You just fell off where all the drivers were *****.
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
downfader said:
+1
Nothing local rags (and TV) like more are stories like this one.
Go for it and shame the *******
BADGER.BRAD
Guru
- Location
- Shropshire
Saw this happen coming out of Croydon one day I was sat in a long traffic queue ( in a HGV). In front of me was a car that had left a gap in order to keep a junction clear A car pulled out of this junction to go the opposite way to us and hit a motorcyclist who must have been doing a good 50 mph down the right had side of us in our direction ( the poor sod ended up about 30 yards down the road) I grabbed my phone/keys put the hazard lights on and ran to the motorcyclist lying still in the middle of the road and left the wagon parked blocking our side of the road ( I couldn't move anywhere because of the traffic. Before I got to the motorcyclist I heard a load of swearing I looked round to find some one had tried to pull around my parked wagon and was arguing with a motorist on the other side they both got out and were pushing and shoving each other ! mean while the motorcyclist lay dyeing as far as they knew. Lucky the motorcyclist was still concious but did not seem in a good way.
The ambulance only took 5 mins or so but out of all the traffic that had seen this or passed us as I waited for the ambulance only one person shouted do you need an ambulance( he then drove off) to the rest we were invisible. Bar stewards the lot of them. There must have been at least 300 cars that drove by. The woman who had been driving the car was in a state at the side of the road with an extremely battered car and his bike lay just before a centre bollard for a crossing so the whole thing was clearly visible. After 10 mins with the ambulance crew he was sitting up and talking but obviously in a lot of pain so at least it appears that he wasn't seriously injured.
I have spent a lot of time on the roads in the passed 100,000 miles a year plus but have never seen anything like this apart from in London a couple of times. If anything too many people normally try to help
Aside from this story at least you are in one piece hope you get well soon.
The ambulance only took 5 mins or so but out of all the traffic that had seen this or passed us as I waited for the ambulance only one person shouted do you need an ambulance( he then drove off) to the rest we were invisible. Bar stewards the lot of them. There must have been at least 300 cars that drove by. The woman who had been driving the car was in a state at the side of the road with an extremely battered car and his bike lay just before a centre bollard for a crossing so the whole thing was clearly visible. After 10 mins with the ambulance crew he was sitting up and talking but obviously in a lot of pain so at least it appears that he wasn't seriously injured.
I have spent a lot of time on the roads in the passed 100,000 miles a year plus but have never seen anything like this apart from in London a couple of times. If anything too many people normally try to help
Aside from this story at least you are in one piece hope you get well soon.
Riding in Circles
Veteran
- Location
- EDINBURGH
When I first started walking without crutches a year after my knee surgery I would quite often find my self lying on the pavement after my knee gave way, rarely did anyone offer help, on the other hand I always stop and help people, I think it is the way people are brought up.
Nigeyy
Legendary Member
- Location
- Massachusetts, USA
Really sorry to hear this, I hope you are better. I only read this today, perhaps the answer why people didn't stop is:
http://www.newser.com/story/45740/court-allows-suit-against-good-samaritan.html
(ugh). I had to laugh about a comment made about this story: "“Never put out a burning Californian.”
http://www.newser.com/story/45740/court-allows-suit-against-good-samaritan.html
(ugh). I had to laugh about a comment made about this story: "“Never put out a burning Californian.”
ComedyPilot
Secret Lemonade Drinker
- Location
- The Kingdom of Yorkshire
Nigeyy said:
I was initially aghast at this, until I saw it was in America.
Choices:
Pull them out, to escape a possible fire (get sued and lose your house)
Leave them to their fate in the car and wait for emergency services (but keep your house - but get sued anyway for standing about doing nothing)
******* courts!
