Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Been a long time since I was last on here but thought I would get your opinions on things.
This morning I was on my way to Hull and had just set off. I had picked up my friend and was travelling to the petrol station. I had just gone through some country roads and was approaching a junction and planning on turning right. I came up to the junction (small traffic island to my right) and started signalling and being observant to the road.
Just as I reached the give way markings and was about to stop, I heard an almighty bang and one of my rear windows smashed to the left of me.
I immediately looked left to see a cyclist stumbling around. I quickly stopped my car and jumped out to see if he was okay.
The guy was fully conscious but had what I called a deep cut to his upper right arm.
He apologised for hitting my car and said that he didnt understand how he could have missed me. He was happy to exchange details and a passing traffic officer stopped to offer help.
Before exchanging details, I asked about the mans arm. He told me that as he worked at the hospital he would just carry on his journey and sort himself out there. I insisted on calling an ambulance and said that he would be unable to go to work (it was only his second day!).
The ambulance came and attended to the cyclist. My dad suggested that I call the police and get them at the scene just to cover all basis so thats what I did.
The police came and breathalised both of us and took a statement.
The ambulance staff said that they would take the guy home as he couldnt cycle (handlebars knocked out of adjustment).
Now, looking at what I have just put, you would assume that I missed the cyclist and probably should have given way to him. However, on the shared use path that he was cycling on, it had give way markings to traffic approaching the junction. Therefore he didnt give way to me.
Now I'm not fussed about who was in the right or wrong really. Not even fussed about my car. The police officer suggested not going through insurance because it would be stupid. The cyclist said he is happy to pay for any costs so we will see how that goes.
I just wanted to put this out there and TBH me being out of all the people is probably the most likely to be involved in an incident with a cyclist.
This morning I was on my way to Hull and had just set off. I had picked up my friend and was travelling to the petrol station. I had just gone through some country roads and was approaching a junction and planning on turning right. I came up to the junction (small traffic island to my right) and started signalling and being observant to the road.
Just as I reached the give way markings and was about to stop, I heard an almighty bang and one of my rear windows smashed to the left of me.
I immediately looked left to see a cyclist stumbling around. I quickly stopped my car and jumped out to see if he was okay.
The guy was fully conscious but had what I called a deep cut to his upper right arm.
He apologised for hitting my car and said that he didnt understand how he could have missed me. He was happy to exchange details and a passing traffic officer stopped to offer help.
Before exchanging details, I asked about the mans arm. He told me that as he worked at the hospital he would just carry on his journey and sort himself out there. I insisted on calling an ambulance and said that he would be unable to go to work (it was only his second day!).
The ambulance came and attended to the cyclist. My dad suggested that I call the police and get them at the scene just to cover all basis so thats what I did.
The police came and breathalised both of us and took a statement.
The ambulance staff said that they would take the guy home as he couldnt cycle (handlebars knocked out of adjustment).
Now, looking at what I have just put, you would assume that I missed the cyclist and probably should have given way to him. However, on the shared use path that he was cycling on, it had give way markings to traffic approaching the junction. Therefore he didnt give way to me.
Now I'm not fussed about who was in the right or wrong really. Not even fussed about my car. The police officer suggested not going through insurance because it would be stupid. The cyclist said he is happy to pay for any costs so we will see how that goes.
I just wanted to put this out there and TBH me being out of all the people is probably the most likely to be involved in an incident with a cyclist.
