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Cyclists near dynamic earth this evening (19th Sept)

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  1. tk
    Member

    If you were cycling near dynamic earth at around 19:45 tonight can you let me know. I'm particularly keen to find the following cyclist

    White helmet, grey and black rucksack, dark jacket, mid tone trousers and light shoes with a single red led rear light

    I think they witnessed me being hit (which I believe was intentional) by a silver car who tried to overtake as I turned off Holyrood Road onto Holyrood Gait.

    Likewise if you were driving/walking in the area and saw anything I'd be keen to get your details to pass onto the police.

    I'm ok luckily and managed to stay upright. The bike isn't too bad - rear wheel might need some work as its not looking very true anymore and making an odd noise but I think it was a lucky escape. Don't want to say much here as the police have the drivers details and if you did witness it I want them to hear what you saw rather than what I post.

    Thanks

    Posted 9 years ago #

  2. SRD
    Moderator

    Would you like us to tweet a 'were you cycling...' And link to this?

    Posted 9 years ago #

  3. tk
    Member

    That would be good thanks. I've luckily got enough on video to show the driver leaving the scene and got a good note of his plate but with a handlebar camera and being hit from the back I'm keen to get as many witnesses as possible. The parliament also have a fair amount of CCTV and the police have requested their coverage too

    Posted 9 years ago #

  4. Min
    Member

    Blimey tk, good luck with getting the maniac dealt with. I hope you are okay.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  5. Tulyar
    Member

    Any likely damage to the car? That often provides key clues, as Police may well have told you.

    It might also, with circulating the appeal, make the driver realise that the least damaging action is to call in at their local Polis and 'fess up.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  6. tk
    Member

    Don't think the car will have any sign of damageas they made contact with my right leg and rear right pannier as they tried to push me to the side of the road. It's the second time in the last few months I've had someone overtake during a right turn from lights although at least the first time it was into a wide road and I managed to move left.

    Don't know if it's worth me paying the £4 from MIB to get the drivers insurance details as truing a wheel and checking the bike is going to be £30 at most. Any thoughts on whether you would bother when the Police are in contact with the driver?

    Posted 9 years ago #

  7. Dave
    Member

    Depends on your perspective. Regardless of the size of the claim it will massively increase the driver's insurance premium. Somebody rear-ended a colleague who was stopped at a traffic light and their insurance went up by three figures at the renewal, even though they were essentially blameless.

    For this reason alone I would insist on getting their insurance details and going down that route. If the police wind up just "giving the driver advice" will it satisfy you?

    Posted 9 years ago #

  8. neddie
    Member

    @tk. If it was a silver vw passat estate, pm me

    Posted 9 years ago #

  9. tk
    Member

    It was silver but it was a Honda. Male driver in his 50s

    Posted 9 years ago #

  10. twq
    Member

    @tk hope you're ok.
    When I was hit by a car (not as badly as you) the police gave me the driver's insurance details. I called up the insurer, explained what happened, and how much the replacement wheel would be. They sent a cheque, no questions asked. Didn't even ask for a copy of the receipt.
    So if you'd like some new fancy wheels...*

    *I do not endorse this behaviour.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  11. Ed1
    Member

    Regardless of the size of the claim it will massively increase the driver's insurance premium. Somebody rear-ended a colleague who was stopped at a traffic light and their insurance went up by three figures at the renewal”

    My car got rear ended by a drunk while parked while outside my house, the drunk crashed in to another car and then parked their car next to mine after crashing to the back of it.

    My insurance went up even though I could not claim. The person had “blocked, suppressed” plates. Blocked plates do not appear on the dvla computer only the police computer. Typically government employees own cars, armed forces, police, out source contractors, some government department official cars also used blocked plates I notice some royal cars also do. For interest you can check if a car is likly to have blocked plates, as most false plates used now are ringers not invalids, if comes invalid it is more likly to be blocked as if drive with an invalid that is invalid likely to get stopped so criminals use ringer rather than invalid.

    The police are not allowed to give the details of someone with blocked plates out to your insurance. After having to pay the police £80 my insurance company was given a Gallagher Basset reference that Gallagher Basset claimed was invalid Gallagher Basset are a claims management company.

    You can not get paid out the uninsured or untraced fund if you get hit by a crown car, or indeed a private person given special privileges such as blocked plates that insurance company can not trace.

    They would not pay out because its not “not traced”, its that the police wont give driver details out because not allowed to.

    So yes providing of course the car in question did not have blocked plates, which given only 40k cars in the uk do then their insurance may go up.

    Posted 9 years ago #

  12. condor2378
    Member

    "For interest you can check if a car is likly to have blocked plates, as most false plates used now are ringers not invalids, if comes invalid it is more likly to be blocked as if drive with an invalid that is invalid likely to get stopped so criminals use ringer rather than invalid."

    Eh?

    Posted 9 years ago #

  13. tk
    Member

    I think it sounds like it's worth contacting their insurer and I know they are traceable as using the AskMID service I have their policy number and insurer. My only concern is whether that would put my own car policy up - is it considered an accident when I was driving a vehicle? I suspect not, otherwise the next step would be asking if you had had accidents as a pedestrian and it's not an electric bike but I've got in touch with British Cycling to ask their lawyers to confirm. I think given the fairly low value contacting the other parties insurer directly is probably the best course of action

    Posted 9 years ago #

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