winstonsmith
New Member
Witnessed an accident this morning on Stockwell Road
http://bit.ly/cNDLhO
What isn't shown in Google Street view is that I believe they have painted a cycle lane up the left hand side.
Heavy traffic going towards Stockwell a car going towards Stockwell had stopped to let another car turn across it into Combermere Road. A cyclist came up the left hand side in the cycle lane besides the stopped car and went straight into the rear offside passenger door.
The cyclist is OK and I managed to flag down an ambulance but I wondered where the blame lay? Is it the fault of the driver for not seeing the cyclist (view impeded by stopped car ) or the cyclist for not stopping when he saw the car in front of him slow down?
http://bit.ly/cNDLhO
What isn't shown in Google Street view is that I believe they have painted a cycle lane up the left hand side.
Heavy traffic going towards Stockwell a car going towards Stockwell had stopped to let another car turn across it into Combermere Road. A cyclist came up the left hand side in the cycle lane besides the stopped car and went straight into the rear offside passenger door.
The cyclist is OK and I managed to flag down an ambulance but I wondered where the blame lay? Is it the fault of the driver for not seeing the cyclist (view impeded by stopped car ) or the cyclist for not stopping when he saw the car in front of him slow down?