Accidents: What happened to the bike?

Dmak

thegreatdivide wrote:

Campagnolo Xenon. Worst groupset they've ever made.

Noted, ta.

fossyant

3 experiences.

1. I was hit in the side of the nose by a flying rock, blood everywhere and 20 miles from home. Stopped at some local houses, homeowner phoned ambulasce and stored my bike in the shed. I collected next day in car. Thanked them ! Bike still covered in blood.

2. Saw a chap knocked off in March - Ambulance job. Local landlord took bike in (I was about to wheel it 1 mile back to my house). I popped back to pub in evening and delivered the bike to the guy's house.

3. Knocked off myself - hit and run (busy A6 in Stockport). Bike had bent top tube (written off) and I'd busted my left hand - no-one stopped, rode home myself. A&E later for plaster.

StillGoing

y33stu wrote:

I was thinking about this the other morning. Was driving along my usual ride to work route and spotted an ambulance and a police car at a roundabout with flashing lights. Noticed a bike lying on the roundabout. Cyclist was in the ambulance. On the way back home 10 minutes later there was no sign of the ambulance or police, but the bike was still on the mini roundabout. Went back 5 minutes later and bike was gone. Think i'd need to be VERY injured for me to go anywhere without the bike.

Unless the owner has singed a pocket book to the effect they are happy for the bike to stay in situ to be picked up later, the police would be liable for the loss. Protection of life and property are the fundamentals of policing.

pst88

I was riding along in busy traffic and fell off on my own accord. Hit my head off the ground (without a helmet) and was pretty dazed with concussion etc. Passers by thought I had been knocked off and called an ambulance. Ambulance took the bike with me to the hospital. At the hospital the paramedic walked the bike right into the cubicle with me where it stayed by my side the entire time. The bike never left my sight. Of course this was in Birmingham where they probably have different standards on cleanliness so weren't to bothered about me having the bike with me!