Knocked down

[Night Train]

I hope you recover quickly and the Police get the driver.

Then "why were you touching my car?". I lost my temper after that second one.

I think my next question would have been 'Why did you rub your nose on my fist several times?'

 

[Angelfishsolo]

or why do you keep banging your head into the windscreen?

I hope you recover quickly and the Police get the driver.


I think my next question would have been 'Why did you rub your nose on my fist several times?'

 

[downfader]

Cant offer any real extra advice (I think photo'ing/video injuries and how they progress is a good one, didnt see that)... but I will offer empathy!

I wish you well in Police progress and a speedy recovery!

 

[Zee]

I hope you push for a careless driving charge, zee (assuming the driver can be traced).

Now now guys, I don't condone violence But I'll be damned if I don't make him think twice before pulling this sort of pedigree bullsh*t on any other cyclists. Fine, points on his license, driving ban. Whatever works.

Downfader: thankfully there's not much to photograph on me, but the bike will be getting pap'd and examined by the LBS soon.


Thanks all.

 

[Zee]

Unfortunately, the Police National Computer does not hold details of
foreign vehicles; as such police are unable to take this matter further
as we are unable to trace the other the party.

I will place an interest report on the vehicle and if it comes to police
notice it will be stopped and the driver will be questioned regarding
insurance details etc.

Disappointing. And rather worrying that the Police apparently don't hold details of the vehicles that come over from the continent. Equates to a license to hit and run without hope of follow up? I'd be happy for someone to correct me on this point. Sigh.

Anyhow, in the interests of the Brixton cyclists amongst you, steer clear of an orange Suzuki hatch, Romanian EU plate reg: B-97-DZW. Purveyor of very poor driving. Whether it's out of ignorance, stupidity or maliciousness, God knows.

Xi

For foreign plates I would stay down and get someone to call police/ambulance

Lesson learned.

 

[fossyant]

Oh great.

 

[abo]

Disappointing. And rather worrying that the Police apparently don't hold details of the vehicles that come over from the continent. Equates to a license to hit and run without hope of follow up?

That *is* worrying! Sorry you're not going to get a good result out of this one. And I think I'll follow that bit of advice and stay down if I'm ever offed by someone with foreign plates.

 

[Cubist]

SO what would people advocate? A database of all registered vehicles, everywhere in the world, just on the offchance they visit the UK? Sorry, it just doesn't work like that.

How would you propose to administer such a database?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

An interesting point. Maybe the car you are bringing into the country should be logged against the passport / visa information? Viable idea???

SO what would people advocate? A database of all registered vehicles, everywhere in the world, just on the offchance they visit the UK? Sorry, it just doesn't work like that.

How would you propose to administer such a database?

 

[SportMonkey]

An interesting point. Maybe the car you are bringing into the country should be logged against the passport / visa information? Viable idea???

We don't log visitors to the country with a valid EU passport, open borders and all that.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Shows how out of touch I am

We don't log visitors to the country with a valid EU passport, open borders and all that.

 

[abo]

SO what would people advocate? A database of all registered vehicles, everywhere in the world, just on the offchance they visit the UK? Sorry, it just doesn't work like that.

How would you propose to administer such a database?

Well... The cars have to come into the country somehow, either by ferry or by the tunnel. So you have to register your vehicle at the terminal, maybe showing your passport and your foreign driver's licence, and the information is logged on a database. As for the cost of setting the scheme up and running it, you charge the ferry and train companies a levy for every foreign-registered vehicle they bring over. They'd then pass the charge on to the owners of the vehicles via increased fares.

 

[abo]

We don't log visitors to the country with a valid EU passport, open borders and all that.

Foreign drivers licence then. It'd have their address on it too.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Think it come to the question of who administrators the database and how would it be managed. On the surface it sounds simple but in reality a database can rapidity get out of hand and chew up a massive amount of man person hours.

Well... The cars have to come into the country somehow, either by ferry or by the tunnel. So you have to register your vehicle at the terminal, maybe showing your passport and your foreign driver's licence, and the information is logged on a database. As for the cost of setting the scheme up and running it, you charge the ferry and train companies a levy for every foreign-registered vehicle they bring over. They'd then pass the charge on to the owners of the vehicles via increased fares.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Brings to mind this story from the BBC website.


The mystery of Ireland's worst driver

Details of how police in the Irish Republic finally caught up with the country's most reckless driver have emerged, the Irish Times reports.

He had been wanted from counties Cork to Cavan after racking up scores of speeding tickets and parking fines.

However, each time the serial offender was stopped he managed to evade justice by giving a different address.

But then his cover was blown.

It was discovered that the man every member of the Irish police's rank and file had been looking for - a Mr Prawo Jazdy - wasn't exactly the sort of prized villain whose apprehension leads to an officer winning an award.

In fact he wasn't even human.

"Prawo Jazdy is actually the Polish for driving licence and not the first and surname on the licence," read a letter from June 2007 from an officer working within the Garda's traffic division.

"Having noticed this, I decided to check and see how many times officers have made this mistake.

"It is quite embarrassing to see that the system has created Prawo Jazdy as a person with over 50 identities."

The officer added that the "mistake" needed to be rectified immediately and asked that a memo be circulated throughout the force.

In a bid to avoid similar mistakes being made in future relevant guidelines were also amended.

And if nothing else is learnt from this driving-related debacle, Irish police officers should now know at least two words of Polish.

As for the seemingly elusive Mr Prawo Jazdy, he has presumably become a cult hero among Ireland's second largest immigrant population.

Foreign drivers licence then. It'd have their address on it too.