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The Mark
Guest
Hi All,
I'm lookong for some advice.
I was hit by a car back in August last year and subsequently put in a claim through my trade union
solicitor.
I was travelling along a bike lane up the inside of some slow moving traffic when a car coming the
opposite way cut through the now stationary traffic to enter a side street having been waved through
by one of the drivers I was passing.
Every thing about the claim appeared to be going fine, apart from the time it's taking, until now. I
have just received a letter from my solicitor saying
-the other side have stated that you were partly to blame for the accident because you were familiar
with the road and knew that drivers in a stationary queue would often leave a gap for cars to turn
into Matalan. They say that you were overtaking the line of stationary vehicles at speed on the
inside and that /name withheld/ was turning cautiously into the Matalan entrance.
I'm going to reply to the solicitor with the following information.
I wasn't going fast, I'd estimate about 12 mph and considering where I landed on the road and where
I think my bike landed[1] I would guess that the other party was going faster than me.
[1] I didn't see my bike until someone picked it off the road a few yards further up the
side street.
Does anyone have any ideas about anything else I should include in the reply?
--
Mark
I'm lookong for some advice.
I was hit by a car back in August last year and subsequently put in a claim through my trade union
solicitor.
I was travelling along a bike lane up the inside of some slow moving traffic when a car coming the
opposite way cut through the now stationary traffic to enter a side street having been waved through
by one of the drivers I was passing.
Every thing about the claim appeared to be going fine, apart from the time it's taking, until now. I
have just received a letter from my solicitor saying
-the other side have stated that you were partly to blame for the accident because you were familiar
with the road and knew that drivers in a stationary queue would often leave a gap for cars to turn
into Matalan. They say that you were overtaking the line of stationary vehicles at speed on the
inside and that /name withheld/ was turning cautiously into the Matalan entrance.
I'm going to reply to the solicitor with the following information.
I wasn't going fast, I'd estimate about 12 mph and considering where I landed on the road and where
I think my bike landed[1] I would guess that the other party was going faster than me.
[1] I didn't see my bike until someone picked it off the road a few yards further up the
side street.
Does anyone have any ideas about anything else I should include in the reply?
--
Mark