Doug87
Regular
- Location
- Isle of wight
Hi all. As the title suggests, Thursday evening about 8.15pm I was riding down a straight road approaching a junction on my left. A car was coming toward me and wanted to take the turn (his right) into the road mentioned. He took the turn and into his car I went. In my opinion along with the ambulance crew and police officer on scene its 100% the drivers fault. The officer said 1 thing that will go in his favour is that I was wearing dark coloured clothing. It wasn't dark and my bike is bright yellow/green almost hi vis colour. Anyway I've been checked over and I've broken my collarbone along with some aches and pains down my right side. The on scene police officer asked me if I want to prosecute the driver which to be honest I dont understand what this will achieve? He said if I dont prosecute him the police might do it anyway and I can still claim on his insurance for my bike, loss of earnings, pretty much any cost I incur from the incident. The police called me today to give me the incident number etc, I asked some questions and I got the impression they didnt want me to prosecute him. She said it can be a long process and cant guarantee the outcome. The police lady did tell me they have found some CCTV of the accident from a take away on the corner. Which surely proves the driver is in the wrong. I dont want to make more trouble for the driver but a couple people have told me if I dont prosecute him I'm accepting some blame and wont get as much compensation. The other thing is obviously he has insurance presumably with legal cover, I'm a floor layer with no knowledge of law. Should I get a solicitor involved? Hopefully some of you guys can help with this situation. Sorry for the essay.