I'm in the local paper

[Accy cyclist]

Someone stopped me today and said "I see you were in the Telegraph last week"! My mind wandered thinking what have i done to get a mention, something dodgy maybe? He put me at ease by telling me it was my collision with a car, court case.
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/14118243.Crash_left_motorist_unable_to_afford_insurance/

 

[glenn forger]

Important to realise the driver was the victim in all this.

 

[classic33]

You're safe, for now!

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Everyone is safer for now with that level of observation off the roads.

I'd like to see his 5 points deferred until he gets driving again rather than quietly ticking off whilst he is carless.

 

[Spinney]

GOOD!

 

[Accy cyclist]

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GOOD!

I think he should get a bike.

 

[derrick]

Does that mean he is on his bike.

 

[YahudaMoon]

The headline is just so wrong

 

[Arrowfoot]

Scary when you realise the passenger in the car spotted AC and shouted and not the driver. I wonder what he was looking at?

 

[Accy cyclist]

The headline is just so wrong

Crash left motorist unable to afford insurance

 

[glenn forger]

"Paris tunnel crash left unsightly marks on concrete pillar"

 

[LetMeEatCake]

This is what i wanted thoug

I see what you mean, but their wording makes it read to me like: Oh, the poor driver, all he did was hit one of those pesky, nuisance cyclists, and now, tragically, he can't even afford to insure his car, the poor, poor driver.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I see what you mean, but their wording makes it read to me like: Oh, the poor driver, all he did was hit one of those pesky, nuisance cyclists, and now, tragically, he can't even afford to insure his car, the poor, poor driver.

Sorry, i meant to write this is what i wanted though. I wasn't expecting him to be banned as the copper said my injuries weren't severe enough to sway the magistrates. So i hoped for his insurance to go so high that he couldn't afford it. It may sound petty to some but he continued to drive like a madman long after he hit me.. One more mad driver off the road!

 

[glenn forger]

he continued to drive like a madman long after he hit me..

Oh really?

 

[Heisenberg71]

At least you're safe and in one piece. What an idiot!
All too often motorists turn left straight across you. Given they have just overtaken you then how do they not realise you are there? We are invisible.

Poor man with his low paid job and no car. At least he can't hit anyone else.

"Remember, be careful out there"
Hill Street Blues