Well, it was 6 years overdue i suppose! 6 years of riding these mean streets to and from work and this is my second 'incident'. The first being a patch of ice and an unlucky fall.
tl; dr - Car hit me, shoulder busted, phoned police, was I right?
A driver right hooked me last night - came right across my bow and caught me head on. Wheel trapped underneath the car, I went over the handlebars and off the bonnet. Landed on my shoulder pretty hard.
"Sorry mate, i didn't see you!" was the cry.
"Oh you 'silly sausage' was my response.
The chap, clearly shaken up also, comes over. He works in a popular car showroom, its his company car. His manager comes out. They pick me up, and pick the bike up and take it indoors. The chap who knocked me off offers to run me up to A&E and the manager agrees to settle the bill for repairs to my hunk of metal, or what was my former bike.
I agree. We chat on the way up to A&E and.
"Look, this can be settled amicably and I don't think there's any point in involving the police" I said. He agrees, thanks me for taking this so lightly.
"After all, these things happen. I mean, at least i'm walking away from this so I'm happy" I add.
He smiled, and thanked me again.
At A&E it's a short wait, some x-rays, and it turns out i've popped some ligaments in my shoulder. Ah yes, that would explain the pain on movement and the fact that I can't put my arm above my head anymore. Some painkillers to take and i'm on the road home.
Back into work today (what? It's just an arm) and i'm advised to phone the coppers to report the incident, which I do. Once on the phone i'm chided for having not reported the accident at the time it happened, the irate phone operator giving me a proper dressing down. I apologise and he says he'll send an officer up.
Sure enough, the policeman turns up an hour later. He takes a statement and I explain that I don't want this to be pressing charges or what not, just to put it on file in case it needs referred to. He agrees and then pops off down to the store to speak to the chap involved and his manager.
But somehow I feel i'm doing them wrong - I don't want to upset them about this, i just want to collect my bike, see if its salvageable, and then get it repaired on their tab. Not much to ask, considering i'm firing back painkillers for a knackered shoulder.
Was I right to phone the police?
tl; dr - Car hit me, shoulder busted, phoned police, was I right?
A driver right hooked me last night - came right across my bow and caught me head on. Wheel trapped underneath the car, I went over the handlebars and off the bonnet. Landed on my shoulder pretty hard.
"Sorry mate, i didn't see you!" was the cry.
"Oh you 'silly sausage' was my response.
The chap, clearly shaken up also, comes over. He works in a popular car showroom, its his company car. His manager comes out. They pick me up, and pick the bike up and take it indoors. The chap who knocked me off offers to run me up to A&E and the manager agrees to settle the bill for repairs to my hunk of metal, or what was my former bike.
I agree. We chat on the way up to A&E and.
"Look, this can be settled amicably and I don't think there's any point in involving the police" I said. He agrees, thanks me for taking this so lightly.
"After all, these things happen. I mean, at least i'm walking away from this so I'm happy" I add.
He smiled, and thanked me again.
At A&E it's a short wait, some x-rays, and it turns out i've popped some ligaments in my shoulder. Ah yes, that would explain the pain on movement and the fact that I can't put my arm above my head anymore. Some painkillers to take and i'm on the road home.
Back into work today (what? It's just an arm) and i'm advised to phone the coppers to report the incident, which I do. Once on the phone i'm chided for having not reported the accident at the time it happened, the irate phone operator giving me a proper dressing down. I apologise and he says he'll send an officer up.
Sure enough, the policeman turns up an hour later. He takes a statement and I explain that I don't want this to be pressing charges or what not, just to put it on file in case it needs referred to. He agrees and then pops off down to the store to speak to the chap involved and his manager.
But somehow I feel i'm doing them wrong - I don't want to upset them about this, i just want to collect my bike, see if its salvageable, and then get it repaired on their tab. Not much to ask, considering i'm firing back painkillers for a knackered shoulder.
Was I right to phone the police?
