Collecting daughter from railway station, dark with street lighting, lashing down with rain, roads extremely wet.
Intending to turn right out of station, so crossing near side carriageway to join the opposite one. Looked right and could see 3 cars facing me, two parked at the kerb dropping off, headlights on, about 25 metres away, and one car slightly further back indicating to turn into station.
I could see no other vehicle etc, looked a second time, then slowly moved to centre of road awaiting gap in traffic on other carriageway. Stopped when I heard a bang on the car by my door.
Got out, youth about 18? on cycle had run into side of my car.
Helped him with bike to side of road.
He was dressed in all black, no helmet and very small and dim micro light on front of his bike, my passenger remarked she could not see it from the car when he was on the pavement with me.
Not injured, or non declared, straightened his front wheel and put chain back on main sprocket for him. Exchanged phone numbers and names, asked him again if ok, said yes and he rode off.
He phoned me later that evening to check number and told me he was ok, not injured.
Phoned again a few days later to tell me he had the bike checked over and he was not injured. I volunteered some help with any bike repairs, (felt sorry for the kid, only form of transport etc).
In short wanted me to pay for things on the bike that were nothing to do with the incident.
Dad came on the phone, very aggressive, saying did not want to go down insurance route for injury etc and that I should pay for it all.
Then said his lad had a bruise on his shoulder and was on ibuprofen!
Next day I went to local cops and reported the incident, got a call a day later to say they were not pursuing it, non injury accident, both parties stopped, details exchanged.
Informed my insurance of incident, no claim just out of courtesy, they noted it.
Just had a message on my mobile from a no win no fee solicitor firm asking me to ring them and give them my insurance details and car registration number in relation to an injury accident I was involved in. They gave the wrong date for the incident.
Do I have to supply those details to someone who has just left a message on my phone? :dunno:
Sorry for the long post gr0n:
Intending to turn right out of station, so crossing near side carriageway to join the opposite one. Looked right and could see 3 cars facing me, two parked at the kerb dropping off, headlights on, about 25 metres away, and one car slightly further back indicating to turn into station.
I could see no other vehicle etc, looked a second time, then slowly moved to centre of road awaiting gap in traffic on other carriageway. Stopped when I heard a bang on the car by my door.
Got out, youth about 18? on cycle had run into side of my car.
Helped him with bike to side of road.
He was dressed in all black, no helmet and very small and dim micro light on front of his bike, my passenger remarked she could not see it from the car when he was on the pavement with me.
Not injured, or non declared, straightened his front wheel and put chain back on main sprocket for him. Exchanged phone numbers and names, asked him again if ok, said yes and he rode off.
He phoned me later that evening to check number and told me he was ok, not injured.
Phoned again a few days later to tell me he had the bike checked over and he was not injured. I volunteered some help with any bike repairs, (felt sorry for the kid, only form of transport etc).
In short wanted me to pay for things on the bike that were nothing to do with the incident.
Dad came on the phone, very aggressive, saying did not want to go down insurance route for injury etc and that I should pay for it all.
Then said his lad had a bruise on his shoulder and was on ibuprofen!
Next day I went to local cops and reported the incident, got a call a day later to say they were not pursuing it, non injury accident, both parties stopped, details exchanged.
Informed my insurance of incident, no claim just out of courtesy, they noted it.
Just had a message on my mobile from a no win no fee solicitor firm asking me to ring them and give them my insurance details and car registration number in relation to an injury accident I was involved in. They gave the wrong date for the incident.
Do I have to supply those details to someone who has just left a message on my phone? :dunno:
Sorry for the long post gr0n:
