Dd hit car whilst riding her bike

[Sfuandtired]

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?

And drivers still have to LOOK for other road users and GIVE WAY to anyone travelling along the main road whether on the tarmac or the pavement.

And you're very clearly in the "cyclists can do no wrong" camp. Which is typical on MN.

And you are separate to defend a seriously dangerous cyclist who caused damage to the car of someone driving safely. Very odd. And I agree with a PP you aren’t very bright

Clearly, since she hit the side of him and he didn't drive into her side on.

The person you're responding to isn't intelligent enough to understand this basic law of motion, so you're wasting your breath, as am I.

Probably a militant cyclist herself. The cyclist can never be wrong.

its always the drivers fault! Contact police. Hope your daughter is ok

From the Highway Code:

Only pedestrians may use the pavement. Pedestrians include wheelchair and mobility scooter users.

I’ll ask again - how do you give way to someone cycling into the side of you, or in front of you?

She shouldn’t have to slow down when travelling along a main road going past a junction where a side road joins. It’s the job of the road user wishing to join the main road to ensure it is all clear - both tarmac and pavement before pulling out.

Not another one

This^
Just pay for the damage OP
Please don’t teach your daughter what she was doing is right and that she is above paying for her mistakes.
Thats a terrible life lesson.

He left the scene of an accident. Report to police.
And ignore his text.
Ah just seen she was on the pavement so that’s not going to be in her favour.
Still think he should have made more effort to check she was not injured.

A cyclist on a pavement shouldn’t have to slow down approaching a junction with a blind corner? WTF? What if a toddler was coming around the corner? Would it be the toddlers fault if it was killed? Or the cyclists because they have RigHt oF wAy?

Please do us a favour and never go anywhere not on foot. People like you are seriously dangerous

He didn’t leave the scene of an accident

You have obviously never seen these kinds of accidents, they happen when a driver pulls out into oncoming traffic without looking properly whether that oncoming traffic is a lorry, bus, car or motorcyclist in the road or a cyclist, pedestrian or runner going along the cycle route or pavement.

How. Can. A. Driver. Give. Way. To. Someone. Flying. Into. The. Side. Of. Them?

I think this needs to go through the cars insurance. . Do not pay directly. Perhaps your daughter said sorry and the driver took that as a green flag to get out of it.

If the insurance deem it to be your daughter's fault, I guess they will try to charge for the damage. But have no knowledge or experience so don't know.

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Youre doing a good job @YaMuvva but they’ll keep on coming!

Which bit of "she was not part of oncoming traffic" are you not understanding?

Do you not understand how pavements and roads work?

God help us and everyone in Cambridge if you have a driving licence.

Thank you.

A former colleague of mine was hit by a cyclist who came round a corner very fast and couldn't stop in time. She has permanent, painful spinal damage and had to retire early on medical grounds. She can't sit for much more than an hour or so because of pain, so long journeys and going to the theatre or cinema are now impossible for her. Her quality of life is significantly impaired.

He stopped, but in her shock she didn't realise the didn't realise that she'd got anything worse than bruising, and he didn't offer his details, so she had no way of making a claim against him.

You didn’t even look at the drawing. And it’s not a “blind corner” it was a junction with a hedge where a side road joins the main road. Road users on the side road approaching the junction have the responsibility to look and give way.

If a toddler were on the side road coming to the main road, then their parents should be holding their hand, looking and giving way to any oncoming traffic travelling along the main road’s pavement.

For those defending the cyclist, how far down the pavement is a driver meant to look to identify a cyclist (illegally using the pavement on what would have anyway been the wrong side of the road to cycle). Also is the driver meant to assume this cyclist several meters away is going to continue onto their junction as opposed to round the corner?

You realise you'd have to already be level with the pavement to be able to see down it? Even if you crept out very slowly, if the cyclist is going too fast then you wouldn't have a chance to get out of the way before they slam into your side.

I honestly don't get how the driver is at fault here unless somehow they approached the junction at lightening speed only to stop right at the end in time for the cyclist to slam into their side (and even then the cyclist is still at fault for not slowing down at a junction, for approaching on the wrong side of the road, and for being on the bloody pavement)

She was part of oncoming traffic. Seems many must have read the Highway Code in 1975 and haven’t since. 😂

I love how you're clearly too stupid to understand basic laws of motion, yet keep doubling down to insist you're right. Carry on. It's entertaining watching you make yourself look even thicker with each post you make.

“Traffic:
(1): the vehicles, pedestrians, ships, or planes moving along a route
(2): congestion of vehicles
stuck in traffic
(3): the movement (as of vehicles or pedestrians) through an area or along a route”

yes, a cycle is a type of vehicle.
“Vehicle:
(1) a means of carrying or transporting something”

A car is a “motor vehicle”

TTFN

At least I can visualise two entities in motion colliding at right angles and not be thinking ridiculous things like one had to be stationary or going slow for it to happen. 😆