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Careless cyclist is surprised that he has to pay for the damagehe caused
On 09/11/2017 08:29, MrCheerful wrote:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...-a3685076.html Thanks for the link. I donated to the crowd funding. |
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On 09/11/2017 11:13, Nick wrote:
On 09/11/2017 08:29, MrCheerful wrote: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...-a3685076.html Thanks for the link. I donated to the crowd funding. QUOTE 1: He claims the court summons were sent to an old address before judgement was imposed in his absence and he was ordered to pay £3,500 in damages, plus legal costs. ENDQUOTE "An old address"? Yeah, right. How could that happen? Even if it's true that he had moved house between the date of the crash and the sending of the summons, that would not be the fault of HMRC. A summons is properly served if sent to the last-known address of the defendant. "An old address" makes it sound hopelessly out of date, almost as though no-one in their right mind could possibly have thought he lived there. But this was an injury accident. It must have been reported to the police, who will have requested names and current addresses. QUOTE 2: [He] had been cycling to a friend’s house in Nunhead when he tried to cross Hollydale Road at the junction with Evelina Road. He said: “As I was approaching the junction I thought I had enough time to cross. As I committed to go over the first lane, I realised I had miscalculated and the car was going faster than I thought.” ENDQUOTE "...time to cross..."? See: https://ibb.co/dr0Xhb Something is wrong there. As can be seen in the image cited above, at that junction, Evelina Road is the major road. It has priority. Calculating time to "cross" (ie, pass by) Hollydale Road wouldn't come into it. Either someone isn't telling the truth or the paper has mistaken the name of the road he was trying to "cross" (unless, of course, he was on the footway - and therefore had absolutely no priority over any traffic of any sort on either of the roads). One possibility is that he was on Hollydale Road (the minor route) and attempted to cross Evelina Road (the major road) without stopping and/or giving way to traffic on the major road. That sounds more in tune with what he (as opposed to the paper) says. QUOTE 3: His left leg was broken by the impact and he was thrown into the air. “My head smashed into his windscreen and I flipped over the car and landed face first on the ground,” he said. “Then it all went black.” Police attended alongside an ambulance. He decided not to pursue charges against the driver after two witnesses declined to provide statements. ENDQUOTE Horrific injuries, to be sure (and the photo in the news report tells its own tale). But not the slightest bit indicative of who was to blame. So far, the owners of the vehicle have been held to be the victim(s). And is the court likely to change its mind about who was to blame (especially when the proceedings were and will again be brought by those proprietors of the motor vehicle)? I donated to the crowd funding. Warm fuzzy glow? |
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Careless cyclist is surprised that he has to pay for the damage he caused
MrCheerful wrote:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...-a3685076.html How very odd that my car *insurance* includes legal protection. How very odd that I've always notified my insurer of any change of address. But, I am not a silly poverty cyclist with my head stuck up my arse. |
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Careless cyclist is surprised that he has to pay for the damagehe caused
On Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 6:34:14 PM UTC, Mr Pounder Esquire wrote:
MrCheerful wrote: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/lond...-a3685076.html How very odd that my car *insurance* includes legal protection. Pro Forma for those of us who can afford Fully Comp. How very odd that I've always notified my insurer of any change of address. Council kicked you out of your tax payer funded bedsit have they? But, I am not a silly poverty cyclist with my head stuck up my arse. So you can't even afford a bicycle. |
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