Injured in motorcycle accident. police dont seem to Care.

[fred bloggs]

In september I was injured in a motorcycle accident. A woman pulled directly into my path from a parking spot where she was parked on the opposite side of the road,and her view of the road was compromised by the worlds largest sat nav. My legs were significantly injured but not broken,in fact I was very lucky to not be a lot worse off.
Police attended.The officer talking to me said he can see its clear cut,and she'll probably get driving without due care.
Her car was repaired within two weeks,and her life carried on as if nothing happened. I had the usual battle with the insurers over the value of my bike,and the hire vehicle was withdrawn long before final settlement of the amount for my bike. I am self employed and lost income while healing. I am still healing.

All the follwing pictures (and piccs of my injurys,which I have spared you guys)were submitted in my statement. There was an independent witness,who is too lazy to fill out a witness form.









I have now recieved a letter saying the police will not be taking the matter any further,having carefully reviewed the evidence. I called and asked why it wont go any further,and aparrently its because the witness hasnt returned a statement. I am dismayed. Do the pictures not tell a perfectly clear enough story to prosecute ? Do the attending officers opinions count for nothing,If indeed they are even consulted.
I guess I'll have to sue her as a civil matter,but without fault being conclusively decided by police,where do I stand? There is an injury lawer allready appointed.
I really feel the people 'asessing' the evidence just didnt give a monkeys,and I suspect didnt look at the evidence,and can I take this further as well?

Edited by fred bloggs on Friday 13th January 20:02

[fred bloggs]

Well the accident happened in the next street to where I work.
We know many of the residents and they know of her and it appears she's not liked by many of them.
I may be able to get the phone number of the witness and ask him to spare the 10 minutes to fill the form.
It's the usual problem of people not wanting to get involved.

[fred bloggs]

Jujuuk68 said:

Stop whining.

I'll tell you that when your lying on the floor with smashed legs, then can't walk for a long period.
Thanks for your kind words.
I hope you never get mowed down,knocked off or run over by someone.

[fred bloggs]

TooMany2cvs said:

That's why they don't seem to care. Because there's really not much chance of any kind of conviction if she argues it. She could easily say that she started to pull out, saw you coming, stopped, but you still hit her despite having plenty of room to go past.

Go with insurance, get on with your life. give more room to parked cars - and watch for the clues they're about to pull out.

Thanks for the advise, Ive been a london rider for over 20 years, never been knocked off before, but had plenty of near misses with similar things. but she pulled directly into my path, and so quickly I had no hope. Not even time to touch the brake lever, let alone swerve.

[fred bloggs]

Jujuuk68 said:

Seriously, Park the bike up, buy a car, biking isn't for you.

Ha Ha, Im a bike technition. No chance of me quitting the bikes. I have several bikes and a car and a van.

[fred bloggs]

vonhosen said:

She could argue she inched very carefully & slowly out so that anyone approaching would have time to see her emerging and be able to avoid a collision & that the motorcyclists would have had plenty of time to see that & avoid the collision but instead chose to either assert what they saw as their right of way or simply wasn't paying attention to the emerging vehicle & collided with her vehicle that was stationary at the time of impact.

This would imply that I either wasnt lookig where I was goig, or that I deliberately crashed into her.
When riding a motorcycle,you are looking where you are going,trust me.

[fred bloggs]

vonhosen said:

, or even that you saw a crash for cash opportunity.

Edited by vonhosen on Saturday 14th January 18:04

Oh yes,I wanted to be injured. I enjoy walloping the front of a hard car with my legs,then scraping along the tarmac,and the following infected wound. Its a great way of earning.

[fred bloggs]

1. Motorcycle barely does 40 mph top speed
2. This is lambeth. 20 Mph limit on that road.
3. Just behind the badly parked polo is a speed bump.

As I said. I had no chance to brake or swerve. Maybee she looked, but only for something large. Then she moved out of the spot fast.

[fred bloggs]

Yes,the polo was there at the time of the accident.

I'll need the owner of the golf to admit she left the car there overnight.I beleive she was getting in the car to goto work,as it happened at 09.20. Then its easy

Highway code Rule 248

You MUST NOT park on a road at night facing against the direction of the traffic flow unless in a recognised parking space.

Laws CUR reg 101 & RVLR reg 24