I really don't know what to say...

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4F

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The bitch who was driving that bus deserves the book to be thrown at her. That was an insane piece of driving.
 
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West Midlands
What's the point of these bendy buses ?
It was empty and after the incident in Brum last year I was hoping they would have been taken out of service.
Still next time down that road move across a bit, Dictate to the bus what you want it to do.
 
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Crankarm said:
Might it better to maintain silence over the airwaves until you reach a conclusion of the matter Mags? I don't think it right that you broadcast on going correspondence between you and the other party and vice versa. How would they feel about it if they knew, or if the roles were reversed, yourself? By all means update us generally when you have their full response. Generally when parties correspond when in dispute it is in confidence.
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Oh come on Cranks, I don't and never have posted all correspondance! I posted this to highlight the fact that it was a good initial response! It paints First in a good light!

I've just been reading Cranky to the kids tonight (Thomas books) he's a bit grumpy too...:smile:
 
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SavageHoutkop said:
Leaving the response at the roundabout out of it, do you think the close overtake was intentional or did she just forget you were there as soon as she was past you?

Every now and again I get this sort of thing from (non-bendy, thankfully) busses and if I give them benefit of the doubt perhaps they (in their mind) are thinking as if driving a car rather than a bloomin' long vehicle?

I did have one particular altercation with a bus who cut me off to go into a bus stop, and I did report him to his company as there was no way he could not have seen me, but yet decided to cut in front (so diagonally 'through' me - if I hadn't braked I'd have hit him on the left hand side of his bus - and I'm not a fast cyclist at the best of times).
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I honestly don't know. I don't think we can ever really know from individual events what the reasons behind it were. All we can do is look at the response afterwards and infer from that, although that could just be bravado.
 
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Location
Auld Reekie
magnatom said:
In fact, reading that further, if a cyclist hits a ped, then the cyclist has liability. Would this mean compulsory insurance for cyclists. No bad thing, but difficult to police...
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I am not sure that it would mean compulsory insurance for cyclists, it is a case of need, people so seldom stop to think why we have these laws. There is a odd assumption that because a law applies to drivers there must be a need to apply it to every other form of transport, without think the scale of the problem. In the mean time the UK is one of only five countries in the Europe which doesn't have a Strict Liability, the others being, Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and Romania, but then again the UK is steadily being turned into a Banana Republic... :sad:
 
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HLaB said:
If was just a bad OT I suspect it would have been swept under the carpet but the gesture does not present a good company image, they'll be more concerned by that :sad:
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I suspect it wouldn't have been ignored. Remember I am well know to First as I took part in the Give Cyclists Room campaign with them in the past. I made sure I linked to this in the complaint to get their attention! :smile:
 
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HJ said:
I am not sure that it would mean compulsory insurance for cyclists, it is a case of need, people so seldom stop to think why we have these laws. There is a odd assumption that because a law applies to drivers there must be a need to apply it to every other form of transport, without think the scale of the problem. In the mean time the UK is one of only five countries in the Europe which doesn't have a Strict Liability, the others being, Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and Romania, but then again the UK is steadily being turned into a Banana Republic... :sad:
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Is there a requirement for 3rd party insurance for cyclists where Strict liability does apply?

I must admit, before reading the article you linked to, I didn't understand it properly.
 
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Don't worry folks, it's not in the same league, and it wasn't me who came off worst. Give me a few minutes....
 
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