Witnessed a SMIDSY collision this morning

[MrHappyCyclist]

... on a car!

Young lady drive up the inside lane with stationary cars queuing in the outside lane. Someone flashed an oncoming car to turn right, and he just crossed both lanes, so the young lady went into the side of him. Good grief, if they can't notice a car with dipped headlights, what chance have I got?

It's a classic. The right turner was in the wrong, but I think the young lady will learn something from it.

Anyway, her dad was coming to help her out, so I left my number. He's a police officer, and was pleased when I sent him a video of the incident. (Must find out which bit of the local police he works in.)

 

[BentMikey]

YouTube or it didn't happen!

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

YouTube or it didn't happen!

View: http://youtu.be/B21UJsx9vWk

Well it will be once (if) it finishes uploading. Right now it's a race between the upload and my laptop's battery.

Yes, I looked back at the moment of impact, but the before and after positions can be seen.

 

[Holdsworth]

So was she undertaking traffic do you think to skip the queue or going a different way at a junction up ahead?

 

[oldfatfool]

Bet the insurers settle for 50:50

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

So was she undertaking traffic do you think to skip the queue or going a different way at a junction up ahead?

I think the queue was behind a right turning car, but couldn't swear to it. A court could conclude contributory negligence on the part of the young lady.

Something i found interesting was how different things appear on the video compared to my memory. I knew from a theoretical point of view that eyewitness testimony is very unreliable, but this really illustrated it for me.

 

[Kiwiavenger]

if the road is normally used as 2 lanes then 100% in favour of the KA, if its not then 70/30 in favor of the KA. knowing my luck this will land on my desk tomorrow at work! lol

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

Bet the insurers settle for 50:50

50:50 can seem unfair, but is (usually) invoked where responsibility is not obvious, rather than protracted legal wrangling which only benefits the Briefs: cheaper for all policyholders in the round.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

Bet the insurers settle for 50:50

And the one that caused the collision, the" warmfuzzyfeelinghunter" who did the flashing just drives off as if it was nothing to do with them! :-(

 

[CopperCyclist]

And the one that caused the collision, the" warmfuzzyfeelinghunter" who did the flashing just drives off as if it was nothing to do with them! :-(

And technically has a legal right to exchange details too!

:EDIT: Replace right with 'responsibily', 'duty' or any other word that makes it clear that you have to whether you want to or not!!!

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

And technically has a legal right to exchange details too!

"right" or obligation?

 

[HLaB]

The last time I witnessed a rtc, was when a WVM went straight on to rab, with good visibility and straight into the side of a Volvo Estate, but I never videoed it. I gave my details but they never got back to me, so I guess the WVM must have stood by his statement that he was 100% to blame, at least he done something right!

 

[CopperCyclist]

"right" or obligation?

As soon as I wrote that, I thought 'damn, bad grammar - shall I go back and change it?'. I decided I couldn't be bothered as people would understand the point, and no one would think its a 'right' to have to stop when involved with an accident!

I should have guessed...

 

[MrHappyCyclist]

if the road is normally used as 2 lanes then 100% in favour of the KA, if its not then 70/30 in favor of the KA. knowing my luck this will land on my desk tomorrow at work! lol

Yes, it is marked as 2 lanes through all the junctions and always treated as such in between.

 

[400bhp]

Ka driver was going far too fast, which I think was your point about the young lady learning from the incident.

It's a 2 lane road.