Got hit by a car, but didn't fall off

[ReadySalted]

Hi all,

I know how you love these things so thought I'd share: I was riding my bike yesterday and after a fairly steady ride I was heading back home. I approached a main roundabout where the road splits into 2 lanes before the give way. I was intending to go straight on. (There are two lanes on, two on the roundabout, and two lanes off). There were about 5 cars queuing in lane 1 and so I rode into lane 2. Here I waited alongside a pretty new blue golf r32 with a young lad driving. I was aware of his presence and his noisy exhaust told me he may fancy his chances when a gap appears. When one did appear we both left the give way line at the same time, he into lane 1, and I, into lane 2.
I had less of a curve to ride around, whereas in lane 1 he had a larger radius. With (probably) one hand typing a facebook status, and the other picking his nose, he decided that lane 1 simply wasn't for him so without asking or warning decided to hastily wheel spin his way into lane 2... and into me.
With a screech my bike collided with his car (door/ wing/ tyre; I do not know?), and my bike and I swerved like buggery. I managed to maintain control and we both exited the roundabout. Me; still in lane 2, him; deciding actually lane 1 was better - "I think I'll go back there".

I filtered in front, gestured for him to pull over, and pulled into a layby. Naturally he declined my offer, and raced off. I filtered my way to catch up and made a mental note of his vrn but figured that a full blown pursuit might not be a sensible idea so stopped by the police station.
I made a statement of what happened and they said since he failed to stop, they will pursue it. I then went to the out of hours surgery and got some anti-inflammatory meds for whiplash (the doctors words, not mine!). I called my insurers and since there isn't any damage and roundabouts are 'confusing', there isn't much I can do claim-wise. It's a shame that the didn't decide to give me a shiny new courtesy bike, take my SV in to check it is still safe and roadworthy (forks not bent! etc), and pursue my personal injuries. Unfortunately nothing lol.
I am left wondering if I had trashed the bike and broken my neck whether they would still be treating me the same, but meh, I'm just glad I don't have to deal with the hassle to be honest.

Truthfully if the kid had stopped I wouldn't have been a dick, but since he wanted to play kiss chase I have to say that I hope the police pursue it. I am not naive enough to think they will though, and I'm expecting a letter in about 8 weeks saying that he didn't realise he hit me and is denying it all, ergo nothing will come of it.

They say accidents are most likely to happen on the last few miles returning home. ...yesterday, they were right! Ride safely.

[Itchy]

Points:

Glad you're not hurt.

Buy a helmet camera.

Switch the thing on!!!

If you had one you could send it to the police and get him on a failing to stop at the scene of an accident AND insurance might take your side.
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[NJD]

Cameras have fish eye lenses. I use mine out of habit but question what if any good it would do if needed for the above purpose. I wouldn't count on them as the bible when collisions occur.

People not knowing how to use roundabouts isn't uncommon.

Why did you phone insurance company? I ask since you didn't fall of and at most would be checking at roadside for bent gear shift lever or otherwise. Claim recorded?
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[Ariel Badger]

Expect you next insurance quote to go up as they will now class you as a higher risk even though you have only reported an accident but not claimed. They are c**ts like that.
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[Fin]

[ReadySalted]

I did ask the insurance man, but he said nothing was being recorded because it's like a non event. lol If my premium shoots up, I'll tick and whinge then bend over and take it like we all do annually. My other half is a nurse, she said I must go to A&E and get looked at because my neck hurt. I said it was probably due to craning my neck while filling the form in at the police station, but she insisted it's always worth getting looked at. I actively didn't want to be a drain on resources so went to the out of hours surgery rather than A&E. It was the right thing to do.

I have always thought that it's up to my insurance to pursue a claim on my behalf. Certainly when I was knocked off when I was 18 it was Swinton (my insurer), who I contacted, and they were the only people with whom I had correspondence despite the other driver being at fault. Seems I thought completely wrong though. Oopsy.

[recman]

[ReadySalted]

[ScaredyCat]

[blue_painted]

[SBDJ]

[mattyfattyboo...]

This is why I dont enter a roundabout along side someone if I can help it, just ahead or just behind the car next to me.

[Flatbadger]

I downvoted as confusing - paint picture quality too high to understand
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[Ariel Badger]

Although the Barry Boy was 100% in the wrong it is wise to think where a drivers blind spots are especially on roundabouts although it is more of a problem if you are undertaking.
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[Hong Kong Phooey]

I give chav chariots like that all the room they want, normally the stench of weed as you follow it tells you everything you need to know.
If I can see them then I feel safer, rather than have them bobbing between left and right mirror trying to push past.

If they're behind me then I'll not hang about, which normally turns into an aborted race when they can't filter through the next set of lights.
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[Kentol750]

New, r32, young lad......you threw dice and lost...he did 'nothing' wrong. You, on the other hand, failed to realise he was a twat.
Write it down in your black book of experience under...things I won't do again!
That''s the section I don't want to check...ever!
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Some bikes.

[M.C]

[Kentol750]

Yep.
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Some bikes.

[sinedtomuch]

Hopefully you've damaged his shiny new R32's door and it's not repairable.

Should be a few thousand for a new door.
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[carpe_diem]

I might be (and probably am being) a clueless cunt here, but if you're in the right hand lane on a two lane roundabout approach and then you enter into the middle lane on the roundabout, could it be that your positioning gave the wrong impression to the dick in the Golf, that being that you were planning to turn right? That's not absolving him of any guilt, but it maybe helps to explain his actions?

I'm going on what I was taught in my CBT and my cage driving lessons there, mind. Feel free to tell me that either I'm speaking bollocks or that this is real world, not theory, and that everyone does it.
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[sinedtomuch]

[carpe_diem]

[c_dug]

I got side swiped by a blind woman in a Mercedes 4x4, at 70ish mph on a dual carriageway.

She hit me hard enough to bend my footpeg down, no doubt leaving a tasty mark on her fancy car too. Somehow I didn't come off, at that high a speed I'm guessing the two 17 inch flywheels at either end of the bike played a big part!

She was completely and utterly oblivious to the whole thing dispite the fact I could have reached out and touched her on the nose if her window was open.

Cagers gonna cage!
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