Police Appeal for witnesses: Marble Arch 8/12 8:50am

Bassjunkieuk
Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
edited May 2013 in Commuting chat
Just spotted this on Road.cc and thought it best to post on here:

http://road.cc/node/28358

The cyclist is in reported to be in a critical condition.
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  • Origamist
    Origamist Posts: 807
    Update:

    "Cyclist who lost her leg in crash with lorry scores legal win against insurer"

    http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/c ... 16903.html
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,330
    The shocker here is the £1300 fine and two points. Another "driving is a right, not a privilage" judgement.

    Heaven forbid that a professional driver should lose their licence, even if it does mean holding them to a lower standard of driving. She lost her leg. Doesn't seem possible to win, to be honest.

    I hope she will be financially secure, but in the UK your leg is only worth £100k or so. Much less than the cost of libeling a celebrity, for example.
  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    I went back last night and read the thread on this incident on LFGSS, I recommend you all to read or reread it. (Sorry I can't provide a link as LFGSS is blocked here at work). There are some moving posts by the victim's partner and some remarkably balanced comments about the driver.
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  • mrc1
    mrc1 Posts: 852
    I'd missed this until now so thanks for reposting. Truly awful story and reading through the thread was hard work but I am glad I did.

    Fingers crossed the civil proceedings go well - I realise this is a pretty naive view but I wonder how the insurance company's representatives would feel if they actually met the victim rather than just treating them as a number on a piece of paper...
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  • DonDaddyD
    DonDaddyD Posts: 12,689
    First Aspect wrote:
    Heaven forbid that a professional driver should lose their licence, even if it does mean holding them to a lower standard of driving. She lost her leg. Doesn't seem possible to win, to be honest.

    Every bit of this.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,452
    Anyone know what the insurance companies reasoning for the 80:20 split was?
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  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,330
    Reduces cost by 20%. End of.

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