Forgiving and forgetting

[snorri]

I doubt many on this forum could adopt a similar attitude to that expressed by the cyclist involved in this incident. ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-en...-dashcam-footage-captures-car-hitting-cyclist

 

[Pumpkin the robot]

I had an accident when a car pulled out in front of me. I went through the drivers window and suffered a few broken bones in my neck and a year off work. The police gave me the option of prosecuting her, but even though I had no recollection of the accident, I hoped it was just that, an accident. Despite her witness statement declaring I was going too fast, in the middle of the road and wearing black I hoped she would be more cautious in future and decided not to prosecute. The officer in charge of the case did meet her to tell her none of her points were valid, and she was the cause of the accident.
My girlfriend was less forgiving, but I prefer to think the best of a situation.
I hope the driver has learned to look before pulling out and gives vulnerable road users plenty of time and consideration.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

If she had time to work out your speed she had both the time to see you and the time to decide not to pull out.

 

[Globalti]

Difficult to understand how a driver could miss that cyclist except that they were turning towards a low sun. In that case the driver should have been exercising greater caution, which he clearly was not.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That driver tried to turn into the road across the wrong side of the road they were turning into. Had the driver turned properly they would not have hit the cyclist. My guess is that something was coming from the right on main road and the driver cut the corner rather than waiting for a proper space.

 

[Slick]

Terrible piece of driving, I actually see it quite a bit on certain junctions by people not willing to wait as @YukonBoy describes.

I also think that you are quite right, I very much doubt I would ever be as forgiving, but hopefully I'll never have to find out.

 

[keithmac]

I've stopped in the middle of a road before now, waited for the car to pull out and then watch the horror as she finally clocked I was there!.

It was a big motorcycle with headlights on to get it in context.

Unfortunately nothing surprises me with standards of driving nowadays..

I'm waiting for the day someone knocks me off on a close overtake on the pushbike, had some very close passes but touch wood no contact yet..

 

[derrick]

The guy needs prosecuting, Driving without due care and attention at least. I would not let him get away with that, and it's all on camera.

 

[Bazzer]

I wouldn't forgive because on my commute and some other rides, I regularly dread that circumstance of a driver cutting a corner.
There is a junction about half a mile from my house which is blind from one direction because of a high hedge of trees, banking and low shrubbery. Does that make any difference to the drivers who seemingly think country road = no traffic? To the majority (commuters mainly) I see using it, not one jot. IME it is the exceptional driver who doesn't cut across the left hand lane.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I doubt many on this forum could adopt a similar attitude to that expressed by the cyclist involved in this incident. ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-en...-dashcam-footage-captures-car-hitting-cyclist

I'd forgive and forget after a successful prosecution, does that count?

 

[slowmotion]

I think the cyclist has taken exactly the right attitude. He seems happy to let it go and not fester about it. I'm sure the motorist has learned a lesson too. Chapeau to the cyclist.

 

[Milzy]

I think you have made the wrong choice. I hope you got a decent pay out or did you refuse that?
If you think she’s learned her lesson it’s your choice I suppose.

 

[classic33]

'I have nothing against driver who left my wife in a wheelchair for life'

The husband of a Dublin woman left with catastrophic injuries after she was knocked off her bicycle by a driver who had not turned on his headlights has said he bears no ill will towards the man.

 

[Slioch]

I wouldn't "forgive and forget" if someone did that to me.
That driver deserves to have the the full force of the law levied against them (providing Dibble can be bothered to do anything about it, of course).

 

[slowmotion]

I wouldn't "forgive and forget" if someone did that to me.
That driver deserves to have the the full force of the law levied against them (providing Dibble can be bothered to do anything about it, of course).

Why not forget it? I don't know how badly hurt the guy was or what shape his bike was in, but if both were pretty much OK (give or take the odd ding), why take it any further? Do you want revenge? Do you want to deal with the police, lawyers and insurance companies? Life's too short to fester away with all that crap. Forget it.