Legal aid for bike crash - how?

[The Stranger:Me]

@Patrick, many thanks for your input. I am sure he is relieved to have you assisting.

It will be interesting to see it all unfold. Curious to see her resisting, when it could, and should, go really pear-shaped, with nothing for her to gain and a whole lot to lose.

Steve

So ok, give us an update, where's it at?

[Patrick]

@Patrick, many thanks for your input. I am sure he is relieved to have you assisting.

It will be interesting to see it all unfold. Curious to see her resisting, when it could, and should, go really pear-shaped, with nothing for her to gain and a whole lot to lose.

Steve

Had a look and will discuss with an old hand vet with 40+ years snaking experience.....

Have PM'ed the dude direct DB....................... He can tell ya.....

[Patrick]

Have PM'ed him with advice.

He was legal, passing stopped traffic to his right. It's even in the road code.

The crash cause is the door opener. End of story.

Proviso - going from info supplied, without having viewed the actual file....

[CookMySock]

Coolies. Pretty much that was clear from the beginning - it was just the other little grey areas here and there that left us unsure, and the cops trying to book him for passing on the left didn't help either - what posessed them to do that? Oh well.

Hopefully this gives him the confidence to rail ahead and fill out all the forms. Here we go.

Steve

[Patrick]

Coolies. Pretty much that was clear from the beginning - it was just the other little grey areas here and there that left us unsure, and the cops trying to book him for passing on the left didn't help either - what posessed them to do that? Oh well.

Hopefully this gives him the confidence to rail ahead and fill out all the forms. Here we go.

Steve

At a guess, baffled by "grey areas..."

If they left many here confused, I am sure they felt, "he can't do that..." too.....

But he can.....

[CookMySock]

Success!




Steve

[p.dath]

Well done!

[jaykay]

The injured party should now go on the attack - the police have finally realised the rider was not at fault - which means the person opening the door was at fault. Insist the insurance company sort it out -

If this happened to me I would insist the police prosecute the car driver, if they didn't I would prosecute it myself (anyone can take anyone else to court).

The only thing the bike rider could have done to mitigate the crash would have been to ride slower, but the accident could still happen.

The bike rider shouldn't use the word "squeezed", doesn't look good.

[BMWST?]

Ah. On a bicycle, maybe. But i have half a ton or so of mass . And a very loud horn. And pedestrians are at least soft and squishy. A head on with a pedestrian is a better bet than a head on with a cage.

maybe but there is absolutely no question who would be at fault.

[BMWST?]

common sense prevails at last.It is entirely legal to pass traffic on the left if
you are in a seperate lane
the traffic is stationary

he passses both qualifications
the parked cars dont matter.....they are parked.

[CookMySock]

The injured party should now go on the attack - the police have finally realised the rider was not at fault - which means the person opening the door was at fault. Insist the insurance company sort it out

BE ASSURED, we will open this person from their chin to their crotch.

There won't be any fucking around arguing with the insurance company. One terse written request for payment, then we spraypaint the the inside of the courtroom with them. Revenge. :fist:

edit: hee hee

Steve

[jono035]

softly softly catchee monkey...

[CookMySock]

softly softly catchee monkey...

The time for that has passed.



Steve

[jono035]

The time for that has passed.

Steve

I see your silly looking gigantic clown-gun and raise you a silly looking miniature clown-gun:



That one actually fires, at least...

[CookMySock]

Police just showed up at his door and dropped this off ;



He said that since they've cancelled the ticket, they won't re-issue it, however they will not give me a letter for insurance purposes since they have "found me at fault" (WHAT???). I showed him the road code page where it says it was legal to pass on the left as long as all cars in question were stopped, and told him "It says right there in black and white that I can do it, why does there need to be a huge investigation before all this is sorted out?" and his reply to that was "There's more to the law than there is printed in the road code".



Yay! More paperwork and stalling!