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francis wrote:
> I have been suffering with back problems recently (I resemble the sign
> ‘elderly people ahead’) & have been using a walking stick to aid
> walking.
> The other day I was crossing Wimbledon Broadway on a light controlled
> pedestrian crossing (the green man was still lit), about half across
> the road a cyclist who was colour blind (he could not tell red from
> green) decided to jump the red light & almost knock me down.
> In my panic I am afraid that I stuck my walking stick into his front
> wheel of his bike, this resulted in a spectacular upside down crash.
> The cyclist did not seem to be hurt to much as he seemed to be able to
> speak quite well to me (and at length)
> What I want to ask is should I have offered to compensate him for the
> damage to his bike & shirt (it was covered in blood) or should I have
> stuck the handle of the walking stick in his gob?
>
I think the polite thing would have been to take his name and address and
forwarded them to the appropriate authorities.
> I have been suffering with back problems recently (I resemble the sign
> ‘elderly people ahead’) & have been using a walking stick to aid
> walking.
> The other day I was crossing Wimbledon Broadway on a light controlled
> pedestrian crossing (the green man was still lit), about half across
> the road a cyclist who was colour blind (he could not tell red from
> green) decided to jump the red light & almost knock me down.
> In my panic I am afraid that I stuck my walking stick into his front
> wheel of his bike, this resulted in a spectacular upside down crash.
> The cyclist did not seem to be hurt to much as he seemed to be able to
> speak quite well to me (and at length)
> What I want to ask is should I have offered to compensate him for the
> damage to his bike & shirt (it was covered in blood) or should I have
> stuck the handle of the walking stick in his gob?
>
I think the polite thing would have been to take his name and address and
forwarded them to the appropriate authorities.