"A biker who claimed he was shunted off his Harley-Davidson by an angry bus driver was sent a high-visibility jacket by the transport company, it emerged today.
Pub landlord and father-of-one Gerry McLoughlin, 47, of Bristol, said he was knocked off his motorbike after an altercation with the First bus driver who had sounded his horn at him.
But when he complained the firm sent him the jacket and information aimed at helping bus drivers and cyclists understand the obstacles they both face."
The article then goes on to say that sending the hi-viz was an error as they send them out to cyclists who get in contact and the incident was marked down as "bike" rather than "motorbike".
Now, I'm not one who subscribe to the "victim-blaming" angle as much as some people here but even I have mixed feelings about a bus company sending out hi-viz as a response. If they do it as part of the campaign as they say, fair enough. But if they do it as a follow-up to a complaint, it could very well be taken the wrong way, as here.
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