Accident with cyclist - Seeking advice

jpaul said:
you should have been sitting forward, straining, to remove A pillar liability, that is within drivers responsibility (I assumed there was no passsenger too)
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It doesn't remove the A-Pillar blockage it just moves it, and depending on height of the driver and angle of the car.
 
Seriously? Why the debate?

The cycle was on the pavement. Thus in the wrong.
His own fault, purely because he shouldn't have been on that path on that side of the road.

End of story.
The law is black and white, its because of people like some on here that decide to interpret it incorrectly that cause issues.
Much like the muppets who are a member of various religious groups.
 
Just saw another one of these morons literally a few minutes ago.

Went straight through a red light on a crossroads while texting on his phone and no hands on the handle bars (holding a bag in the other hand), right across the front of a moving car, then up the a pedestrian crossing on the other side. Sooner or later he is going to get mowed down if he keeps it up.
 
Diagro said:
Seriously? Why the debate?

The cycle was on the pavement. Thus in the wrong.
His own fault, purely because he shouldn't have been on that path on that side of the road.
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Its not black and white though. Thats the whole reason for the discussion.

The Driver was also on the pavement. Who has priority on the pavement
 
mattyg said:
Its not black and white though. Thats the whole reason for the discussion.

The Driver was also on the pavement. Who has priority on the pavement
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The Driver does, as he was there in plenty of time before the cyclist - thus the taking care to emerge slowly. :confused:
 
bJN said:
The Driver does, as he was there in plenty of time before the cyclist - thus the taking care to emerge slowly. :confused:
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He didnt emerge slowly unfortunately, he is stopped for a bit and then moved forwards at the last minute. Not having a go at OP but he stopped. The cyclist appears and sees the car stopped. If he saw the car creeping forward i am sure the cyclist would have taken evasive action.

The cyclist is still in the wrong though. He is moving at speed on the pavement , he sees the car stopped and assumes all is fine but just prior to being hit the car moves towards him hence his shocked expression.
 
Colour me stupid if need be, but if you're on a path and see the front of a car sticking out perpendicular to the pavement, with lights on, and an indicator, wouldn't you judge that as trying to emerge? Or would you just barrel on through with your head down because you're oblivious to your surroundings? The car is at an angle, the front offside of the car is sticking well into the pavement. The front wheels barely managed half a turn judging by the distance travelled if you watch the video at quarter speed. He also pulls away at pretty much the exact moment that the cyclist comes into view.

The taxi that goes pass after the bump looks to have a dash cam, OP considered getting in contact with them for any possible footage?
 
mattyg said:
Its not black and white though. Thats the whole reason for the discussion.

The Driver was also on the pavement. Who has priority on the pavement
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What are you smoking?

The driver has priority as he was merging into the road.

Oh and the small tiny fact that the cyclist SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE PAVEMENT. The car was entitled too as he was leaving a drive way.

The OP was legally allowed to do what he did, the cyclist not. End of story. Get over it.
 
Diagro said:
What are you smoking?

The driver has priority as he was merging into the road.

Oh and the small tiny fact that the cyclist SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ON THE PAVEMENT. The car was entitled too as he was leaving a drive way.

The OP was legally allowed to do what he did, the cyclist not. End of story. Get over it.
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Nobody is legally allowed to knock someone off their bike.
 
Admiral say that with "vunerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists" that it goes does as "automatically liable" but this can change at a later date.

They haven't heard from the cyclist yet, but said these things can often take 6 weeks to even start if the cyclist goes through a no win, no fee type of claim - That's because they wait to see if injuries develop and assess how much it's affected the person making a claim

If the cyclist doesn't claim after a certain peroid of time, they just close the case. It doesn't matter that I didn't take out personal liability because I'm not the injured party suing somebody else, and my insurance covers claims against me anyway (phew!)

A dedicated/specialist team deals with those types of claims and will assess it properly at a later date.

TL - DR

Nothing much has happened. Car is due to go in for repair next week.
 
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