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Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Apologies Mamma Mia if I misread you original post > and I hope your son is OK. No worries Jah. It did sound a bit confusing.

Siduhe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I did the Adult Bikability Training offered by > Southwark Council via Cycling Instructor Ltd (not > sure if they still do this with all the budget > cuts). It was fab and a huge boost to my > confidence - we focused entirely on dealing with > heavy traffic as that was what made me most > nervous. If it's the same thing, definitely worth > doing. Was it a two-hour one-to-one course?

I've been researching cycling courses on his behalf as I think he would benefit from having an instructor to advise him how to approach busy roundabouts and junctions etc in heavy traffic. Not being a cyclist myself I am unable to pass this kind of knowledge onto him. I have found details for the Accompanied Cycling course run by Southwark. Has anyone tried this course? Did you find it useful? Not sure he will agree to it but I'll have a go.

binary_star Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bit early for me, I'm usually there for about 8 > but I will keep a lookout for the car (and coming > home too). What a nasty piece of work hitting your > son and not stopping. Just out of interest, are > you looking for financial compensation for the > damage to the bike? He's a student on a gap year so the money to repair his bike would come in handy although not the main issue, to be honest. He was on his way to work so probably wiped out his pay for the day. He's not complaining about it. That's life. He'll just suck it up. He has learnt that he needs to approach junctions cautiously to avoid potential collisions with careless motorists which has been a useful lesson for him. Edited to say that I am a car driver myself so that was not an attack on motorists in general.

@Pearson. Thanks for the tips re cycling on CP Rd . Will pass onto my son

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >The car hit the frame of his bike a couple of > inches from his ankle. > > Worse than I thought. I'm glad he's ok. > > The question's going to be asked: did he have a > good front light? I see that sunrise today was > 07:57, and the collision was at 06:50. He has a flashing white light. Bike was bought new from Edwards in November so presumably has the correct light fitted. I'm no expert on bikes, I'm afraid.

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > >My son managed to swerve to avoid direct impact > and car fortunately narrowly missed his leg ... > headlight plastic casing found in road dated > 1996. > > In other words, he managed to avoid riding > straight into its side, but still had glancing > contact with the front of the car that occasioned > the damage to the headlight. That seems the most > obvious reading to me. I also take it that MM's > son was on CPRd and had right of way. He was riding down CPRd and the car jumped the junction from Whately Road and would have hit him side on had he not swerved away from the car towards the middle of the road. The car hit the frame of his bike a couple of inches from his ankle. The car's headlight was smashed and the casing broken off

Dorothy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If the bike was hit - first line of the op states > that a collision took place - then the driver > should have stopped more than momentarily. The > driver should have stopped and got out of the car > and checked that the rider of the bike was ok. If > that had happened then I doubt the op would have > even bothered to start this thread. I imagine, in > an ideal world, the op would like the police to go > and have a word with the driver of the car, not > least to make him or her think again about > driving away from an accident. Its not an > unreasonable stance to take. Do you think its okay > to stay in your car at the scene of an accident > and then just drive off? I think that it pretty > reckless and irresponsible behaviour and it would > be good if the driver could be cautioned about it. > I doubt very much the op is hoping the driver will > be arrested and sent to court. Perhaps the op has > no idea what could come of reporting the driver to > the police, but she is willing to give it a try. This pretty much sums up what I feel. If you jump a junction, plough into a cyclist and then just drive off you shouldn't be surprised if the police knock on your door to have a quiet word.

@Jah Lush/Horsebox. To clarify, my son's 'bike' was hit by a car that failed to stop at the junction. My son was riding the bike at the time of the collision but was thankfully unhurt. There was damage to the car and my son's bike. Thanks primadonut and to others for helpful comments.

My son was hit by a car on his bike this morning at the junction of Crystal Palace Road and Whately Road at approximately 6.50. Car pulled out of Whately Road as my son was riding across the junction. Car stopped momentarily and then drove off into Underhill Road. My son managed to swerve to avoid direct impact and car fortunately narrowly missed his leg. Car was a bright red VW. Didn?t get registration plate but fairly old model as headlight plastic casing found in road dated 1996. There were several people around at the time: four cars, P13 bus and a woman standing at bus stop. Please PM me if you were a witness to this accident.

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Be careful what you wish for. My surgery has a > queuing system. As it's an 0845 number, the longer > you wait the more you pay for the call. > > Constantly engaged tones are annoying but if you > are phoning from a landline you at least could use > 'ringback' or whatever it's called where your > phone phone will ring when it has got through. Their system doesn't accept ringback unfortunately. It usually takes me 15/20 minutes of constant redialling to get through and often the appointments have all gone by the time I do get through. We have ended up at the Lister Health Centre in Peckham with a walk-in appointment on a couple of occasions. Several hours wait, though.

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