the reluctant cyclist
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- Location
- Birmingham
I'm really sorry to hear about your accident and hope you are feeling better today. I am sure that you will get your confidence back within time.
I second the suggestion of changing your route - I can't go back to a spot where I have been knocked off (there are just three of them!) so have changed my route a bit!
I can empathise with the calmness after your incident too - it's almost as if it "nearly happening" is worse then it actually happening isn't it? If you have a near miss you can feel really really angry and yet if somebody does actually hit you you can feel much more pragmatic about it can't you?! Human nature is a funny thing!
Re the driver staying in the car - I thought it was rude and I am often a lone female driver but there is no way I wouldn't have been out of the car and making sure you were okay - I would have been running into the road to get your water bottle and making you sit down etc etc and generally being v.apologetic!
Make sure that she does pay for any repairs that you need - I had an agreement with one chap who hit my bike but he complained when he got the bill (£30) and then said he "hadn't hit me that hard" ???!!!! Hubby was not v.impressed with that I can tell you!!
I second the suggestion of changing your route - I can't go back to a spot where I have been knocked off (there are just three of them!) so have changed my route a bit!
I can empathise with the calmness after your incident too - it's almost as if it "nearly happening" is worse then it actually happening isn't it? If you have a near miss you can feel really really angry and yet if somebody does actually hit you you can feel much more pragmatic about it can't you?! Human nature is a funny thing!
Re the driver staying in the car - I thought it was rude and I am often a lone female driver but there is no way I wouldn't have been out of the car and making sure you were okay - I would have been running into the road to get your water bottle and making you sit down etc etc and generally being v.apologetic!
Make sure that she does pay for any repairs that you need - I had an agreement with one chap who hit my bike but he complained when he got the bill (£30) and then said he "hadn't hit me that hard" ???!!!! Hubby was not v.impressed with that I can tell you!!