Hi all,
I was a passenger in the girlfriends car today when a cyclist has accused my girlfriend of hitting them.
She was driving along with a zebra crossing up ahead about 30-40 meters away and there was a cyclist on the pavement coming up towards the crossing about 5 meters away from the crossing, so the girlfriend started to slow down in case the cyclist wished to cross. The cyclist didn't show any signs of wanting to cross and indeed went past the crossing when the girlfriend was about 10 meters away from the crossing, at this point she was probably doing 10MPH in anticipation of having to stop, as the cyclist has gone past the crossing the girlfriend has just started to accelerate, however about 3 seconds later after going through the crossing and being around 10 meters past it the cyclist without looking suddenly starts trying to cross the road about 7-8 meters in front of us. Thankfully the girlfriend had probably only got up to about 20MPH and was very quick to apply the breaks and managed to stop in time, the cyclist was still in the middle of the road waiting for the over lane to be clear and suddenly looks at us with a surprised expression realising how close they've been to being knocked over and then suddenly just falls to the ground.
We both get out thinking the cyclist has fallen over as they were just trying to keep the bike up without putting there foot down waiting for the over lane to be clear and in the surprise of almost being knocked over just fallen off.
The cyclist then starts shouting at the girlfriend saying she's knocked her off her bike, we both reply that's not the case and we stopped in time, I still got the sense from her that she still thinks she's been knocked off and ask the cyclist what the hell she thinks she was doing just jumping in the middle of the road, the cyclist then responds that it's a zebra crossing! I point out the zebra crossing is actually 10 meters behind us but she keeps repeating herself and by now demanding we phone the police. The girlfriend does actually proceed to ring the police who turned up with an ambulance! Me and the girlfriend both explain the situation to the police officers whilst the paramedics are treating the cyclist, explaining that were sure we didn't actually collide, the cyclist was on the pavement then just jumped out etc.
The girlfriend got breathalyzed and her details checked and gave a statement by which time the cyclist is walking about fine and seems to of been given the all clear with no injuries present, the cyclist is then demanding my girlfriend gives her, her insurance details and the police just hand them over! Anyway, the police were happy for us to go and I drive the rest of the way home with the police talking to the cyclist.
Now the girlfriend is worried that this cyclist is just trying it on, there's no way she hit the cyclist, if she did surely the cyclist would have gone down straight away, not hover for another 2 seconds before going down, not forgetting the cyclist just jumping in the middle of the road without looking.
There was no damage to the car or bike but the cyclist has her insurance details, what's the chances that the cyclist is successful in claiming?
Thanks in advance.
I was a passenger in the girlfriends car today when a cyclist has accused my girlfriend of hitting them.
She was driving along with a zebra crossing up ahead about 30-40 meters away and there was a cyclist on the pavement coming up towards the crossing about 5 meters away from the crossing, so the girlfriend started to slow down in case the cyclist wished to cross. The cyclist didn't show any signs of wanting to cross and indeed went past the crossing when the girlfriend was about 10 meters away from the crossing, at this point she was probably doing 10MPH in anticipation of having to stop, as the cyclist has gone past the crossing the girlfriend has just started to accelerate, however about 3 seconds later after going through the crossing and being around 10 meters past it the cyclist without looking suddenly starts trying to cross the road about 7-8 meters in front of us. Thankfully the girlfriend had probably only got up to about 20MPH and was very quick to apply the breaks and managed to stop in time, the cyclist was still in the middle of the road waiting for the over lane to be clear and suddenly looks at us with a surprised expression realising how close they've been to being knocked over and then suddenly just falls to the ground.
We both get out thinking the cyclist has fallen over as they were just trying to keep the bike up without putting there foot down waiting for the over lane to be clear and in the surprise of almost being knocked over just fallen off.
The cyclist then starts shouting at the girlfriend saying she's knocked her off her bike, we both reply that's not the case and we stopped in time, I still got the sense from her that she still thinks she's been knocked off and ask the cyclist what the hell she thinks she was doing just jumping in the middle of the road, the cyclist then responds that it's a zebra crossing! I point out the zebra crossing is actually 10 meters behind us but she keeps repeating herself and by now demanding we phone the police. The girlfriend does actually proceed to ring the police who turned up with an ambulance! Me and the girlfriend both explain the situation to the police officers whilst the paramedics are treating the cyclist, explaining that were sure we didn't actually collide, the cyclist was on the pavement then just jumped out etc.
The girlfriend got breathalyzed and her details checked and gave a statement by which time the cyclist is walking about fine and seems to of been given the all clear with no injuries present, the cyclist is then demanding my girlfriend gives her, her insurance details and the police just hand them over! Anyway, the police were happy for us to go and I drive the rest of the way home with the police talking to the cyclist.
Now the girlfriend is worried that this cyclist is just trying it on, there's no way she hit the cyclist, if she did surely the cyclist would have gone down straight away, not hover for another 2 seconds before going down, not forgetting the cyclist just jumping in the middle of the road without looking.
There was no damage to the car or bike but the cyclist has her insurance details, what's the chances that the cyclist is successful in claiming?
Thanks in advance.
