Rob3rt
Man or Moose!
- Location
- Manchester
Commuting home to my girlfriends last night and some complete tool turned into my path as I entered rusholme in Manchester. He turned from the other side of the road across the other lane and up into a side street which I was passing. Pulled directly into my path. Hit the brakes, flipped over bars and nailed his front wing.
He gets out saying, what the hell, aggressively, so I reply, "you just f*king hit me, what are you shouting at me for, I had right of way, and you turned into my path."
Just happens by coincidence there was a bike accident there 5 mins prior so a paramedic was present. Checked I was okay and was prompting me to get the drivers details. Driver tried to blame me, going to fast apparently. Paramedics told him its a 30 mph limit, and I had right of way, and that driver was to fault. I was doing just under 16 according to my garmin data.
His follow-up excuse, "you hit your brakes so you must have seen me" erm..... what am I meant to do if a car pulls in my path, just hit it without braking?
He then said that he seen I was going so fast, when challenged by paramedics with why did you turn into his path then? He shook his head started to get in his car to leave, so I took a photo of registration plate, while I was doing this he started to come toward me aggressively asking what I was doing and why. I pocket the phone and ask witness to write down his reg unsure if my photo would be okay, asked a witness to hold bike because I thought he was about to hit me and wanted to be able to defend myself. He pulls car a bit further gets back out still refusing it was his fault or to give details.
Showed me damage my body had done to the car, front passenger wing was dented badly by my elbows and ribs. I said it was his fault and the extent to his car damage was irrelevant, he said what am I going to do about his car. I say F*ck all, its his fault. By now I was fuming and shouting at him. The paramedics says will phone police because he thought we were about to start fighting and leaves.
Driver then says its not even his car. I inform him this makes no difference. He then tells me I can't claim of him as he isn't insured, gets in car and drives away.
I go my girlfriends get her flatmate and some paper go back get a witness name and number. I have phoned police to report it, have garmin data, photo of his reg also shows damage to his car. Police say they will be able to trace the paramedic who was there.
I am buying a helmet camera ASAP now.
He gets out saying, what the hell, aggressively, so I reply, "you just f*king hit me, what are you shouting at me for, I had right of way, and you turned into my path."
Just happens by coincidence there was a bike accident there 5 mins prior so a paramedic was present. Checked I was okay and was prompting me to get the drivers details. Driver tried to blame me, going to fast apparently. Paramedics told him its a 30 mph limit, and I had right of way, and that driver was to fault. I was doing just under 16 according to my garmin data.
His follow-up excuse, "you hit your brakes so you must have seen me" erm..... what am I meant to do if a car pulls in my path, just hit it without braking?
He then said that he seen I was going so fast, when challenged by paramedics with why did you turn into his path then? He shook his head started to get in his car to leave, so I took a photo of registration plate, while I was doing this he started to come toward me aggressively asking what I was doing and why. I pocket the phone and ask witness to write down his reg unsure if my photo would be okay, asked a witness to hold bike because I thought he was about to hit me and wanted to be able to defend myself. He pulls car a bit further gets back out still refusing it was his fault or to give details.
Showed me damage my body had done to the car, front passenger wing was dented badly by my elbows and ribs. I said it was his fault and the extent to his car damage was irrelevant, he said what am I going to do about his car. I say F*ck all, its his fault. By now I was fuming and shouting at him. The paramedics says will phone police because he thought we were about to start fighting and leaves.
Driver then says its not even his car. I inform him this makes no difference. He then tells me I can't claim of him as he isn't insured, gets in car and drives away.
I go my girlfriends get her flatmate and some paper go back get a witness name and number. I have phoned police to report it, have garmin data, photo of his reg also shows damage to his car. Police say they will be able to trace the paramedic who was there.
I am buying a helmet camera ASAP now.