http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Opinions - Legal or Otherwise en Tue, 19 May 2026 01:29:16 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120188 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:32:02 +0000 ProntoPedalPower 120188@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks chaps, I'll let you know how things proceed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120182 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:12:27 +0000 kaputnik 120182@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having a crime reference number will show you mean business and want to do it by the book and hopefully lead to a positive, timely conclusion in your favour.</p> <p>Also, you don't know that you aren't the first person to have reported this company for similar offences, so always worthwhile getting them on record. Next time it could be a kid they reverse over. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120179 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:01:40 +0000 bdellar 120179@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Report it to the Polis. That should be the starting point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120177 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:48:27 +0000 Morningsider 120177@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The main thing isn't to worry about the legal niceties of this - report the incident to the police as soon as you can (even just to get the relevant reference numbers) and contact your insurance company - I'm assuming you have one, since you are operating a business.</p> <p>Don't worry about the fact you had stopped on yellow lines (stopping to load/unload is allowed unless there are yellow markings on the kerb) - that is entirely separate from the fact the guy crushed your bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120176 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:46:54 +0000 crowriver 120176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The cargo bike rider's insurers will surely chase the van driver's insurers rather vigorously? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120175 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:44:49 +0000 ProntoPedalPower 120175@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, sorry for numerous posts, I didn't report to police because I assumed (probably rather stupidly) that the party involved would just cover the costs of damage and that would be the end of it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120174 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:43:06 +0000 ProntoPedalPower 120174@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@crowriver, it's really about them admitting some sort of blame in the face of overwhelming evidence. And it'd be helpful if they'd accept responsibility for the bill, given they are at fault here. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120172 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:41:51 +0000 ProntoPedalPower 120172@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I know who did it and I'm in correspondence. They are trying to claim some sort of partial liability because the bike was parked on yellow lines, which I'm disputing. The front fork is now fixed and didn't cost a lot but there was a reasonable amount of inconvenience as you'd expect.</p> <p>It's not just about the damage costs, it's also about the dismissive nature of the correspondence, given we're dealing with a cargo bike here. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120171 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:39:36 +0000 Dave 120171@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Failure to stop and failure to report, plus obviously civil liability. Simple thing to do would be to get one of the cycling lawyer firms on the case.</p> <p>I doubt it's significant that there are motorised vehicle restrictions since you have a bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120170 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:39:17 +0000 crowriver 120170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did the man riding the bike get the van's license plate number?</p> <p>Has the incident been reported to police?</p> <p>Is this about the bike rider's insurance or claiming on the van driver's insurance? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10822#post-120167 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 10:24:32 +0000 ProntoPedalPower 120167@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Let me describe a scenario and I'd invite your views on the legality of the situation.</p> <p>Man parks cargo bike momentarily on double yellow lines behind a van. Man on cargo bike leaves bike momentarily and returns one minute later to find that van man has reversed over said cargo bike and snapped the front fork (and bike is shunted a couple of metres back).</p> <p>Van man departs the scene without acknowledging incident and leaves cargo bike man perplexed, frustrated and angry.</p> <p>What are the legal repercussions of this e.g. has the van driver left the scene of an accident? Should he be liable to recompense cargo bike man? Does the fact that the cargo bike was situated on double yellow lines make any difference? Presumably irrelevant as a non motorised form of transport?</p> <p>Hmmmmm. </p>