betty swollocks
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Ok so you're cycling along a clearly signposted shared cyclepath/footway at about 10 mph, with the traffic on the adjacent road coming towards you. You spot a car coming out of a driveway up ahead and slow down a bit, but just as you go across the driveway bit, the car comes out and pinches your front wheel under its tyre, crushing your rim and buckling your wheel. You're ok because you saved enough off your speed to be able to stop and pull the wheel out from underneath.
So who's at fault?
The lady driver at the time was immensely apologetic and was a very nice person, so we simply exchanged phone numbers and I agreed to get a quote for the wheel repair and she undertook to pay it.
I got the quote - £99 - and now they're disputing it, or rather, I suspect here husband is. The wheel was a Mavic Ksyrium Elite, so the repair quote is a fair one.
The husband texted to say that he's visited the incident scene and that 'he's afraid' that the cyclist is at fault.
Below are two pics, the first taken immediately after the incident and the other a little later, showing the driveway in relation to the surroundings.
Opinions are welcome.
So who's at fault?
The lady driver at the time was immensely apologetic and was a very nice person, so we simply exchanged phone numbers and I agreed to get a quote for the wheel repair and she undertook to pay it.
I got the quote - £99 - and now they're disputing it, or rather, I suspect here husband is. The wheel was a Mavic Ksyrium Elite, so the repair quote is a fair one.
The husband texted to say that he's visited the incident scene and that 'he's afraid' that the cyclist is at fault.
Below are two pics, the first taken immediately after the incident and the other a little later, showing the driveway in relation to the surroundings.
Opinions are welcome.