Finally come to my senses.

[notbike]

Just got back from A&E and all I have is a bruised elbow, luckily haha. Quit that deathtrap job of delivering pizzas on the spot with no notice, though I expect I'll be getting a call tomorrow morning from my boss and he can go fuck himself tbh.

Had another crash this time at 30 because the pizza bike's rear brake would not disengage as I was slowing down for the upcoming bend. So I had to either take the corner with the brake still binding, or try to E-stop before hitting the kerb & going into the trees (Didn't fancy my chances given the distance and rain).

Decided to do the former and just commit to the bend, even though I felt a tugging at the rear and saw the brake pedal was still kind of pushed down on it's own. Tried to kick it loose but couldn't un-jam it, had to forcibly un-jam it when I was picking the bike up off the side road, after I'd been flung up the road and ragdoll'd that is. Fucking surprising how you just cannot bloody stop when you're rolling at 30 odd.

Decided this time I'm going to actually walk away before I end up dead next time.

Also inb4 "shouldnt ride bike with dodgy brakes hurr" the brakes were fine until I was on the way back.

So now I need to sort myself out and find another part time job or I can kiss goodbye to riding for a while.

[Quornholio]

Isn't it an offence to knowingly use an unsafe vehicle on the highway?
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[monkeybiker]

I would report them, they could have got you killed.

[notbike]

[Quornholio]

[notbike]

[Raffles]

The OP recently referred to BodyGuard as a retard
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[covent.gardens]

In hindsight I think you should have called the cops and tried to get that bike impounded/inspected by VOSA or whoever do it; prove the work vehicle they supplied wasn't maintained properly and you start to build a case for your injury/loss of earnings etc with their insurer.

[notbike]

[Dave70]

You live and learn, eventually.

Good luck on the job hunting.

Try looking around for some temporary work through an agency, for the short term at least. It can be pretty dull and uninspiring work (I've had agency jobs when I was much younger that included peeling oranges for airline fruit salads, picking bad nuts and insects off of a conveyor belt and filling bottles of anti-freeze ) but, it'll not pay less than your pizza delivery job and could even pay more and you won't die...probably. (The peeling oranges job I had paid over £9p/h and that was over 20 years ago. Most jobs pay minimum wage though but, it's better than fk all.
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[notbike]

[CaNsA]

[Dave70]

[Llama-Farmer]

Call VOSA, Police and local HSE. ALL OF THEM.

If the bikes are not fit for use and the manager or owner is not repairing them, then something needs to be done before someone is killed or seriously injured.


Otherwise YOU will be partly responsible for the next injury. Because you knew and did nothing.


Safety at work is EVERYONEs responsibility, not just those it directly affects.




Glad you are not too injured, but please for the love of god report it to the relevant authorities because it is just not acceptable, and it is only a matter of time before something much worse happens.
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[notbike]

Okay guys maybe you're right, I'll start making phone calls tomorrow then. I don't wanna put myself in shit for this and I don't know what I'm doing but it's true so I'll give it a shot, I actually reckon if there was a car behind me today they may not have been able to stop and would have hit me, its kind of a scary thought.

Also as a side note I was surprised how many cars just drove past while I'm standing in the middle of the road trying to pick my bike up.

[janner_10]

Move on, find another job. Stop posting about it.
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[CaNsA]

OP needs to name and shame his now ex-employer

[Rogerborg]

[The Disapproving Brit]

[Dave70]

[lihp]

He also hasn't been there 2 years, so doesn't have full employment rights, or the right to claim unfair dismissal (though he may still be able to for whistle blowing as that is not usual circumstances). He would still have to have a couple of hundred in his bank to initiate a tribunal case.
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[Raffles]

Meef, why haven't you applied to that other pizza outfit with the shiny new bikes, better gear, better pay etc?
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[Suntan Sid]

Move on, forget about it!

Plod getting a conviction against your employer, no chance.
Plod getting a, trumped up, conviction based you riding a defective bike, an absolute cert!
Do you having an, overwhelming, urge to obtain 3 points + £100 fine?
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[wr6133]

Meef

You can hit them with a case based on employer liability relating to the bike being unsafe. You need evidence though my case that is in the works I have photos of all the daily check sheets I filled in highlighting issues, videos of the bike and issues and hundreds of photos of unsafe shit that the management were ignoring (headlight sellotaped on is a personal favourite). Also have other employees willing to make statements.

Avoid Police as has been said for them you are the easier conviction.

If you have evidence of negligence contact a parasitic lawyer. If no evidence then just move on, late night shelf stacking ain't bad, minimum interaction with wankers and leaves the day free.