Result!

[iateyoubutler]

A short time ago, while cycling to work, I had the worst "close pass" I`ve ever had. The offending van passed me and scraped my elbow is it did One more inch and I could have been in a very bad way.

Luckily, for me, it belonged to a company, who`s name I made a mental note of, and when I got to work I found their website and they got an email from me showing my gratitude for the way their driver had behaved.

Then I heard nothing..........................

Until this morning. When I had a reply from the guy himself. There were a few textbook excuses in there but he was very apologetic, and very nice about it. I did thank him, for being a big enough man to reply to me and admit being in the wrong, and to be honest I was taken by surprise. A victory for the cyclist I think

 

[classic33]

See, good things do happen on the commute...

Nice to know you got a result you're happy with.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Yay!

 

[DCBassman]

Nice one!

 

[steveindenmark]

The other 4 cyclists who were not so lucky, got nothing. 🙄
But the driver may have learnt something.

 

[iateyoubutler]

The other 4 cyclists who were not so lucky, got nothing. 🙄
But the driver may have learnt something.

??

 

[ianrauk]

Well worth emailing him if he did learn from his mistake. But a bloody big one at that if he managed to scrape your elbow.

 

[annedonnelly]

And there's a good chance now that he will realise that cyclists are humans too and will take more care around them

 

[12boy]

I ride like they are all out to kill me. Not deliberately, perhaps, but through inattention, haste, the huge size of the ubiquitous 3/4 ton diesel pickups, and simply not expecting to find a cyclist on the street. Of course, some are drunk or on meth, or maybe just texting.