Rammed From Behind

[Dan B]

Actually it just offers people legal advice.

I hope it offers them better legal advice than it does driving advice

 

[Parrot of Doom]

If you are a member go and invite him onto this thread, he should at least be given the opportunity of fighting his own corner.

I am a member but I won't be doing that.

 

[Bman]

The thread has been closed anyway. Admin doesn't like people changing their stories evidently.

 

[Parrot of Doom]

Because it would turn into a rather boring slanging match, and nobody would learn anything.

 

[Adasta]

I've never seen an inter-forum debate work in practice. It always sounds like a reasonable thing to suggest, but it simply doesn't work.

It's a bit like asking an "older boy" to come and play football with you, only for him to smash the ball at your face and hack you for no reason.

 

[BSRU]

Is it not like a one sided slanging match at the moment where we are demonising the guy more and more and more. All I am suggesting is to let him know he is being discussed and give him the opportunity to give his side of the story.

As for the bigger boy coming to smash the ball in our face, I would have thought quite the opposite. He would have to be very very bold to come on here and argue his side. I don't think he would be given an easy ride. Lets face it BSRU's video says it all. I would have his driving license!

<troll>Looking at the vid again. The initial close overtake; Providing the van driver normally gives cars 6" space when overtaking, then he has not contravened anything in the highway code. As it says you should give vulnerable road users as much space as you would a car (and note the should not must)
And what was BSRU doing in that strange road positioning behind the van just before he turned left, for some reason not entirely clear to us he was right in the drivers rear view mirror. Something happened here to upset Mr Van Driver!
OK there was a very very very minor bump that caused no damage, if BSRU had not pumped his rear tire up with his track pump that morning then the bump would not have even registered - you would have to be excessively pedantic to class that as a collision.
The van driver then ask why BSRU was calling him a w*nker - BSRU says he wasn't and the van driver leaves it at that. </troll>

<anti-troll>Interesting description but my report to the Police was only about the contact, however small it was it is still a collision, the law is very pedantic.
Either the guy deliberately made contact or is a such a poor driver failed to leave enough space to the vehicle in front.
Either way I beleve it is up to the Police to decide which one is true.</anti-troll>

 

[peppyuk]

Either the guy deliberately made contact or is a such a poor driver failed to leave enough space to the vehicle in front.

Seeing as he is a professional driver trusted with driving paying passengers from A to B I would like to think he knows the stopping distance of his bus.



I do like the way you keep your cool. If that happened to me, I'd be in a lot more trouble than he is.

 

[BentMikey]

I bet he's seriously regretting his actions now. I bet he would have been a model driver had he known in advance you carried cameras. Imagine how many people are learning from his actions and pain!!

 

[BSRU]

Seeing as he is a professional driver trusted with driving paying passengers from A to B I would like to think he knows the stopping distance of his bus.



I do like the way you keep your cool. If that happened to me, I'd be in a lot more trouble than he is.

I think I might have been in a little bit of shock, certainly my voice sounded higher than normal. I was mainly concentrating on ensuring that I had my bike in between us just in case.

 

[BSRU]

I bet he's seriously regretting his actions now. I bet he would have been a model driver had he known in advance you carried cameras. Imagine how many people are learning from his actions and pain!!

The main motivation for me originally getting my first camera is this exact situation, being involved in an incident and the other party saying whatever is necessary to avoid taking responsibility for their own actions.
It also allows me to review incidents to ensure I have no forgotten anything or worse remembered it incorrectly, I realise in the heat of the moment it is easy to miss things.