26-02-2014, 12:21 AM
(25-02-2014, 11:56 PM)7057sam Wrote: Seems like the lad on the bike will be ok which is good
They's seems to be enough witness's too make he's claim pretty clear,although aren't you breaking the law by with holding evidence? ??
I have sent plod the video, they had it before it went out to everyone else. I also made sure the lad was OK before the video was released.
Selfish arsehole? No, I wouldn't say that. I was more than helpful, first to talk to the lad, first to talk to the old lady. No one else would speak to her. She was just as shook up, possibly worse than the lad. There was about ten people all stood about watching, all on the phone, some taking video of the lad laying there motionless - what if he'd been killed? Gruesome bastards!
So if you're (note: You're is you are, not your) going to call anyone anything, make sure first you have some facts about the situation. I have my own personal reasons for not wanting to talk to plod, I've furnished them with video evidence, what more can I say or do? The outcome of it will be me wasting a day of my life going to court to give evidence so an old lady can be fined a load of money for Due Care, money that she either hasn't got so she'll freeze in winter or starve, or money that she could leave to a relative when she dies next week from late onset shock. Either way, the lad will get paid out by her insurance, have some time off work and will learn to be aware of women drivers. In 35 years of riding motorbikes, it has only ever been women that ever managed to knock me off my bike, thus proving they are better drivers.
Seriously though, with age comes wisdom. If you don't have to talk to the plod, then don't.