Hit by car for the 2nd time.

[Hitchington]

Not sure what a cam would have done. I was thrown away from the car and only looked up after about 10secs, by which time he was gone. I doubt very much a cam would have captured anything.

This was the damage to me:

My fantastic wife has already darned and sewed the top, in such a way, you can't even see the damage anymore....miracle skills.

I'm going to have some nice scabs I MUST resist from picking (picking scabs was always a guilty pleasure as a child......)

Nasty, hope you're healing well

 

[CopperCyclist]

The problem is that many police officers run things through their heads, they decide its too much work and they can't be arsed - after all, it's only a cyclist and it was probably their fault anyway....

Just not true. Some perhaps, but their incompetence certainly isn't limited to cyclists, and it's the few, not the many.

 

[BrumJim]

Hmm, GWS. Don't let it knock your confidence, although it looks like you have that covered already.

PM me with the details of where it happened. Just near Canon Hill Park is my manor, so I can keep an eye out.

 

[BentMikey]

You should have kept the mirror and put it on ebay. You never know, there might be a driver in your area after one.

POTW!!!!!!

 

[CopperBrompton]

I'm not on knowledgable ground here, as this is more for a FSI to answer, but I think you can only examine paint and say which make and model vehicle it's from, rather than sort of DNA it to a specific car...

When I was involved with the IAM, we had a police collision investigator give a talk illustrated with a slideshow. Very interesting stuff.

The most impressive was a hit-and-run at 2am near Epping. No witnesses. Body found in the road, with only two bits of physical evidence: a small piece of headlight, and some flakes of paint.

The police took photos of the headlight fragment and ran an analysis on the paint, then sent photos and analysis reports to all the car manufacturers. Ford came back straight away and was able to identify the car as a Ford, and to give the model but not the year from the headlight fragment alone.

Ford then investigated the analysis of the paint, and were able to identify the paint batch. That gave them the year. Coupled to the model of the car, that narrowed it down to about 500 cars. Of those, 20 had been sold in Essex. The police went and knocked on those doors and basically said "We're here regarding the pedestrian you hit." Nineteen of the twenty said "Eh? What pedestrian?" and the 20th confessed.

 

[markharry66]

better to give up and walk away I think on a loser carrying this any further glad you are okay and bike it fine