Daughter left brused and battererd with bent bike, but it could have been so much worse!

[Drago]

You mean frag grenades? Ex military cyclists should be allied to carry white phos grenades.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

I hope she isn't too sore and that this hasn't put her off. It's a "Get well soon" from me as well.

 

[cubey]

Hope she gets over the incident soon and back on the bike. Maybe look at using a bright day light running front light on the bike, there are some very powerful light available these days.

 

[flake99please]

A big GWS to your daughter!

Ditto from me.

 

[rugby bloke]

A close shave, I hope she gets better and back up on the bike soon.

 

[mjr]

Maybe look at using a bright day light running front light on the bike, there are some very powerful light available these days.

Again, no evidence they work for cycling. I still suspect the problem is the motorists aren't seeing cyclists, not that the cyclists are invisible.

 

[Buck]

Glad she is Ok and you hopefully manage to sort the bike out and she gets her confidence to jump back on the bike.

 

[porteous]

Thanks for all the support folks. I have no doubt she will be back cycling. She has notified the police and has a photo of the car, so hopefully the driver will be "spoken to" and his insurance will cough up for repairing the Dawes.

 

[Drago]

Any word on what actually happened?

 

[porteous]

No witnesses yet, but basically they were coming from opposite directions and he turned right, hitting the front wheel of her bike. Despite the fact that she was wearing a high viz jacket and helmet. The damage to the bike bears out the bike being struck from the right. Another 2 feet and it would have been her taking the damage, not the bike. At least the bloke apologised and gave her his phone number.

 

[Drago]

Blimey, glad she's alright.

 

[I like Skol]

A GWS from me too. Hope it doesn't knock her confidence and she is straight back out on the bike at the first opportunity.

I'm with @mjr on this one. I don't think it makes a blind bit of difference if you are wearing hi-viz or have a bright daytime light on, the drivers seem to have selective blindness when it comes to cyclists and I have been on the receiving end of this many times (luckily near misses due to alertness and anticipation) despite being on clear roads, in a prominent position and with excellent daytime visibility. I also wish you wouldn't keep referring to the fact that she was not seen despite wearing hi-viz and a helmet, what on earth has a helmet got to do with helping someone to see you?
Anyway, it sounds a bit like I am bashing you or your daughter, which I am not, the collision sounds to be entirely the fault of the muppet driver. Your daughter will have learned a valuable lesson from this, and thankfully at a very low real cost. Do not put your faith in pseudo-safety devices like hi-viz or helmets but be continually aware that any one other road user might not see you and always be prepared to react accordingly.

 

[Treewisemonkey]

Best wishes for full recovery.

 

[albion]

Hope she gets over the incident soon and back on the bike. Maybe look at using a bright day light running front light on the bike, there are some very powerful light available these days.

Every little helps but the person likely looked for cars, that being the only conscious thought process.
Motor bikes are at even worse risk, them inspiring the 'Think Bike' campaigns.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

A high viz jacket and helmet won't stop drivers making stupid manueaveres. Sadly drivers just aren't concentrating and looking. They are in their own little bubbles oblivious to much of what's going on around them.