Mirror/shoulder interface

A van overtook me this morning, misjudged the gap, and hit my shoulder
with his mirror.

I've got his registration, and know where he lives to within a dozen
houses or so.

What do I do about it?

1. Report it to the police;

2. Try to take more of the road next time;

3. "Adjust" his mirrors with a blunt object;

4. All of the above;

5. None of the above.


(First person to mention "primary position" gets a pump inserted where
the sun don't shine.)

--
Eddie

(First person to mention "primary position" gets a pump inserted where
the sun don't shine.)

If that's your attitude to advice then: "whatever".


--
Peter 'Prof' Fox
Multitude of things for beer, cycling, Morris and curiosities at
http://vulpeculox.net

Eddie wrote:
A van overtook me this morning, misjudged the gap, and hit my shoulder
with his mirror.

I've got his registration, and know where he lives to within a dozen
houses or so.

What do I do about it?

1. Report it to the police;

2. Try to take more of the road next time;

3. "Adjust" his mirrors with a blunt object;

4. All of the above;

5. None of the above.


(First person to mention "primary position" gets a pump inserted where
the sun don't shine.)

1 and 2 seem sensible.
I think that the most you can expect from the police would be for them
to have a word with the driver. This will probably achieve more than
No.3 would.

--
Roger Thorpe

Standing on a golf course, dressed in PVC.....

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:33:44 +0100, Roger Thorpe
wrote:

1 and 2 seem sensible.
I think that the most you can expect from the police would be for them
to have a word with the driver. This will probably achieve more than
No.3 would.

+1 for that. People get very defensive when they know they are in the
wrong, so giving him an excuse to switch guilt for righteous
indignation would be a terrible idea.

Guy
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Peter Fox wrote:

(First person to mention "primary position" gets a pump inserted where
the sun don't shine.)

If that's your attitude to advice then: "whatever".

Here, have one of these: :-)

--
Eddie

Roger Thorpe wrote:
Eddie wrote:
snip
What do I do about it?

1. Report it to the police;

2. Try to take more of the road next time;

3. "Adjust" his mirrors with a blunt object;
snip
1 and 2 seem sensible.
I think that the most you can expect from the police would be for them
to have a word with the driver. This will probably achieve more than
No.3 would.

Yes... no. 3 wasn't an entirely serious suggestion.

--
Eddie

Eddie wrote:
Peter Fox wrote:

(First person to mention "primary position" gets a pump inserted
where the sun don't shine.)

If that's your attitude to advice then: "whatever".

Here, have one of these: :-)

I need cheering up,can I have one too?

Bod

Eddie wrote:
Roger Thorpe wrote:
Eddie wrote:
snip
What do I do about it?

1. Report it to the police;

2. Try to take more of the road next time;

3. "Adjust" his mirrors with a blunt object;
snip
1 and 2 seem sensible.
I think that the most you can expect from the police would be for them
to have a word with the driver. This will probably achieve more than
No.3 would.

Yes... no. 3 wasn't an entirely serious suggestion.

Good luck to you if you do visit the police.
I'd avoid downplaying the seriousness of what happened, I seem to recall
at least one fatality caused this way, and it's unlikely the driver was
not aware that they had hit you.

--
Roger Thorpe

....you had the whole damn thing all wrong/
He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays...

Bod wrote:
Eddie wrote:
Peter Fox wrote:

If that's your attitude to advice then: "whatever".

Here, have one of these: :-)

I need cheering up,can I have one too?

Sure, just copy and paste the first one and you can have as many as you
like.

--
Eddie

Eddie wrote:

1. Report it to the police;

I'm almost surprised, given that there was no injury or damage, but
someone's coming round to take further details this evening.

We'll see what happens after that...

--
Eddie