Dd hit car whilst riding her bike

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Dd 17 has collided with a car tonight whilst riding her bike, she was crossing the road and from what I can make out didn’t see the car turning, she hit the car with her wheel leaving a dent and was thrown over the handle bars banging her head on the window, the driver got out, asked if she was ok, took her name and phone number, then said he was late for work and drove of!
Dd has since had a text saying she will be sent a bill and bank details for the damage to the car! WWYD?

This is so entirely wrong and not at all what happened. She was not on the main road, he did not drive into her or cut her off.

she's definitely at fault it's illegal to ride on a pavement anyway.

It’s the law warship. It’s nothing to do with a fussy mum. It’s also not allocating blame; it’s following protocols.

Road incidents, unless on a private road, are supposed to be reported.

RTFT. She rode into the side of him.

I’d be raging if I were the driver. Cyclists travelling like idiots with no insurance really wind me up. Your daughter is lucky it was a car she hit and not a pram/child/anyone. Clearly she was going at speed and a hedge was in the way so she couldn’t see that the road was clear to cross. She may be a child in the eyes of the law but she’s more than old enough to know better and if she can’t travel safely then she shouldn’t be doing so on a bike at all. Morally she should apologise to the driver for cycling like an idiot and offer to pay for the damages. In this experience she should just hold her hands up and accept she was in the wrong.

The driver sounds awful. Did they realise your DD was a child. He should have contacted the police, regardless.

Because she was cycling illegally on the pavement.

She came to a T-junction and rode straight out in front of him.

There's a diagram upthread which makes it perfectly clear.

We’ll see how you feel when someone crashes into the side of your car, shall we?

Do not pay anything.

That's exactly what his car insurance is for.

It's bad luck for him but it's a risk everyone takes when they take a vehicle on the road.

I also think there is a time limit for doing it and it’s hours not weeks .

Absolutely not the driver's fault because she wasn't on the road. He didn't pull out of a junction and hit her. She was cycling on the pavement, illegally, crossed the side road he was approaching from without looking from behind a hedge, and rode straight into the side of him.

Which part of this are you not understanding? Is even a very clear diagram too complicated for people?

Bloody hell, this threads a great example of how to lie, conflabulate, absolve yourself from any blame and totally rinse someone for money!!

People like you are exactly what's wrong with modern life.

It’s really odd that you seem to be pushing the DD to commit fraud here.

Also have you not considered what a few of us have said - independent witnesses aren’t needed if camera footage is nearby?

Sounds like your daughter was hit by the car not the other way round

Charmed I'm sure.

It's an accident involving a child.

If people aren't prepared to use their insurance for what it's for then they shouldn't be driving.

Damage to the side of a car means the cycle rode into the car. Unless I'm behind the times, cars can't travel sideways!

My 12-yr old son (30 yrs ago) was cycling in the twilight, on the pavement and going hell for leather to get home in time for tea. A car reversed very slowly out of its drive and he went slap bang into the side of it, he flew up and bruised his face a bit and his bike ended up in a crumpled heap. The woman driver was horrified and bundled him (and bike) into her estate car and brought him straight home where they both stood on our doorstep, bawling their eyes out. My husband insisted on sorting her car out (she would quite easily have let it go) and son was without a bike until he'd earned enough to buy one himself. I'm adding this to the thread to highlight how little compassion has been shown for this 17-yr old (still a child if my grandchildren are anything to go by) and, regardless of whose fault it was, it must have been a dreadful shock for them both. Yes, the onus is on her parents to facilitate the repair of his car and hopefully she'll be more careful in the future but sending her a hug.

Maybe it does, but if I was driving safely and legally and a reckless cyclist cycling illegally went ‘splat’ into the side of my car, but said they weee fine yes I’d be annoyed and I’d do exactly what the driver in the OP did - ask for the cost of the damage they made to my car because of their reckless actions. It seems like she didn’t have a helmet on either. I’d honestly have no sympathy.

Im not a doctor so if someone said “I’m fine” I’d take their word for it and I’m baffled as to why it would be my responsibility and what I am supposed to do instead - force them into my car and take them to the hospital?!

Even if she was on a cycle path with the right of way it would have been foolish not to slow down/stop if she couldn't see clearly.

No they're not. There's no requirement to report to police if details are exchanged at the time, even for minor injury accidents.

Official advice is that only serious injury and serious damage accidents should be reported to the police.

Reguardless of fault it should be reported to the police, and you need to see the damage and estimates before paying any money if it doesnt go through insurance and you agree to pay .

I’m only catching up on last night’s posts, but I see the OP hasn’t come back.

Has anyone mentioned that the DD is VERY close to 18? In early September 2023 the OP made a thread stating her DD is 17.5 and keeps saying “You can’t tell me what to do I’m nearly an adult”

Then again as quick AS shows the OP sometimes has 2 children, sometimes 3, sometimes all girls and sometimes all boys! I know it’s good practice for many to change facts about your life to retain anonymity so this is not troll hunting but I wonder actually if the DD is in fact as DS and as I’ve said before if the responses would be different if so

I really hope no one takes their advice unless they wanna end up in handcuffs

Anyone that gets a bang to the head should of been seen by a doctor adult or child.