Even when I wear hi-viz....

[ella19]

or hear you for that matter?

[anastasia55555]

well i have a bit of a cough at the moment so i know my voice is a bit 'frog in the throat' but one doesnt tend to whisper when being reversed at!!! so i have no idea! i shall be overly cautious when i go past their house from now on!

[jinglejoys]

Was it a case of snowed/iced up windows/mirrors and you were just out of vision in the blind spot?Glad you are O.K.

[Holly ET]

Hmm its nice that she was so apolegetic but still!
Sounds like they were being very careless to me, and lucky nothing bad came of the incedent. It could've so easily turned bad.
Get to know its sorted (as well as it can be) though

[melissa1787]

That is terrible. Not seen you?
How can they not see you?
That is stupid.

I'd report it anyway.

Once i was riding along a narrow part of road and a car started to reverse at me so i stopped and held my breath hoping they would stop. They did but then drove on.

Just thought i'd mention it.

[Deleted]

I'm trying to get my police thinking hat on, it's been a while since I dealt with road traffic incident reports

BUT

from what I can recall I don't think there is anything you can report, as it is non injury and there was no damage to property etc I dont' think the police would be interested, although as has already been said if the driver was aware of hitting something they should stop and check everything is ok. POSSIBLY they MAY speak to the driver along the lines of driving without due care and attention, but my understanding is this is a non reportable incident and I doubt they will even take a report of it

I think, like I say it's been a while, someone who is still in the job might be able to give more advice.

[Deleted]

for what it's worth, I cycle everywhere, I ALWAYS assume drivers haven't seen me. Even decked out head to toe in hi viz. it's the safest way, I am the same with horses, I always wait until drivers have made eye contact with me before assuming they have seen me and even then you can't really be sure unless they have given a visible signal to carry on/move past.

Sometimes if you are right next to a car you're probably not as visible as you realise

[anastasia55555]

Jan 4, 2010 19:37:35 GMT 1 @runningloon said:

I'm trying to get my police thinking hat on, it's been a while since I dealt with road traffic incident reports

BUT

from what I can recall I don't think there is anything you can report, as it is non injury and there was no damage to property etc I dont' think the police would be interested, although as has already been said if the driver was aware of hitting something they should stop and check everything is ok. POSSIBLY they MAY speak to the driver along the lines of driving without due care and attention, but my understanding is this is a non reportable incident and I doubt they will even take a report of it

I think, like I say it's been a while, someone who is still in the job might be able to give more advice.

that was what my mum said as no injury etc, im quite happy with what happened today, if they had been rather unpleasent then i prob would have taken it futher.

I think seeing me and talking to me probably hit home more than possibly a quick knock on the door by a policeman, if they were to do so.

[thewondersquirrel]

Goodness, what a scary experience, glad you are both OK!

IMHO it sounds like a good outcome all round that the others involved responded positively and do appear from what you say to have learned a valuable lesson. Let's hope they communicate that to their friends etc, and spread the word that riders can be polite and actively conscious of their own safety as well as very vulnerable road users!

Tbh though I 100% agree with the view that its better to assume you've not been seen - its got to be safer especially sometimes in this day and age to err on the side of caution At the end of the day rights of way and steps taken to be seen only go so far when there's a collision and its potentially serious consequences to deal with

(slopes off to change rear bulb in car to avoid feeling very silly and hypocritical on the drive home... )

[zack&buffysmum]

I personally would have gone to the police. I contacted them after an 'incident' with a driver and he didn't hit us.
I was out hacking with 2 others (on a VERY narrow country lane) when a car came up behind us and drove along behind us, very close, reving his engine.
Zack wasn't phazed by it but one of the others was, (a youngster) and her rider yelled at him to stop it but he carried on for some distance till we found somewhere to get off the road into a field. He then parked his car across the entrance (presumably to hold us up like we'd held him up!!) This obviously caused a massive row between us 3 and him and finally he left.
After getting back to the yard and telling others, it turned out that several other people had had run-ins with him (very distinctive car!!) so I reported it to the police and they took it very seriously and went and 'had a word' and apparantly told him that if they got any more complaints he would be prosecuted for careless driving.
Strangly enough no-one seems to have had any problems with him since!! can't think why. :0)

[Deleted]

zacksmum, your experience was very different (and very horrible from the sounds of it) and as he was driving recklessly and intending to cause alarm and distress he would definitely be spoken to.