Blaque wrote:Yes you did, and thank you very much. I was the portly guy with the goatee beard. But in less you are getting a stenner stairlift fitted I won't be able to get another go for a while.tut wrote:Did I take you out for a pax ride in the morning?
tut
Then I could mabe get a loan of the lifting gear that Mac is going to have to purchase
)Hope you get well soon. One of my friends has metal pins in his legs from a formula ford crash. Only problem he has is at airport securityBlaque wrote: Results
Broke both bones just above the wrist in left arm, crush injury to L1 in my back and skint left leg.
2 bits of metal, 40 odd staples and lots of drugs to fix above.
Caution from police about possible dangerous driving, or driving without undue care and attention charge should the procurator fiscal wish to prodceed.
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to hear they had the cheek to caution you, and report to the proc fiscal. What about the muppets overtaking on the approach to what must be a blind bend???Wow. Good attempt.Blaque wrote:came around the corner at a very reasonable pace for the conditions. I was faced with a cyclist climbing the hill on the opposite side of the road, and 2 cars straddling the middle of the road just behind him. So I had the choise of half a road and a banking and possibly rolling the car. Hitting the cyclist on the right, or going straight own the middle. Options weighed, hit breaks a brace for impact.
Results
Broke both bones just above the wrist in left arm, crush injury to L1 in my back and skint left leg.
2 bits of metal, 40 odd staples and lots of drugs to fix above.
Caution from police about possible dangerous driving, or driving without undue care and attention charge should the procurator fiscal wish to prodceed.
Oh, and from a very badly taken photo, an elise that still looks good form the windscreen back.
Good job it wasn't an S1, that's all I can say
You came around a bend to find vehicles approaching from the opposite direction straddling onto your side of the road. Surely a simple bit of work from the crash investigation guys can easily prove that they were on the wrong side of the road and they were therefore driving dangerously? How can they possibly blame you when you were on your own side of the road and had to brake to prevent a head-on collision with muppets that were on the wrong side of the road???!!! 
Agree with above.Rag_It wrote:Yep, i am with Dezzy on this one, surely a simple bit of deduction would point out to them that if as you described the other cars were straddling your side of the road then WTF were you meant to do, bank it and fly into the ditch.
The only thing i can think of is that said drivers, straddling your side of the road have said you took the corner too quickly... of course they would, and it would be interesting to read their statements.
As a cyclist and having done nearly 200 miles on roads which were pretty trecherous (sp!) I am well aware of some drivers lack of patience and saw some pretty dodgy overtaking manouvers (sp!) of me on the road, which saw someone like you left with little or no room, and there were a few sucking of teeth moments that left me wanting to grab said drivers and fcking glue them to my tail for 500 miles to piss them off.
I have to say, being back on a bike on the public roads is a scary thing, and has certainly slowed me down on country roads, something else one of my friends agreed with since passing his bike test!
Anyway, and i say this will all sincerity, it might be worth a chat with gregR as he seems to deal with a lot of these cases.
Cheers, and glad your back on line and well.
Dave
Just remember if you get nailed by the PF for dangerous driving or something similar then its your license and your insurance which takes the hit.
