Bad Off - you couldnt make this one up either

Glad to here you're OK (ish) Lyn. What an a'hole!

Still, all that petrol coming out of the bike must've completely ruined the lovely paint job on your tank - I expect it'll need a total respray now eh?

Don't worry if he's not insured - the Motor Insurance Bureau will have to pay if he's not.

This reminds me of a similar incident my other-half had a month or so ago. Just so you know you're not alone ...

We live in a fairly narrow road which usually has parked cars all down one side. My missus is driving up the road (with the parked cars on her left) and she spots a car stationery in the road. On closer inspection she can see that there is a van (coming in the opposite direction) which, rather than waiting, has pulled up onto the pavement with two wheels, leaving barely enough room for the oncoming traffic to get through. The car in front slowly creeps past the van and my missus notices 'van man' saying something to the lady as she crawls past.

My missus has the window open so she can check the offside wing as she now attempts to crawl past this cretin. As she slowly drives by, he starts having a go at her through the window - like it's HER fault! Anyway, before she has got fully past the van, he decides he's had enough and accelerates at speed off the pavement and onto the road and off he goes. As my missus is about to carry on, a woman in a car behind starts beeping her horn. When my missus gets out to see what the fuss is about the woman explains that the van had caught our car as he drove away. On inspection, there is a very slight scuff.

Now my missus is not the shy retiring type and, knowing the road was a dead-end, goes after the van driver to ask him for his details. When she approached him he went BERSERK! He's yelling at her, threatening her with physical violence etc. etc. My missus is dumb-struck and not a little shocked by the whole thing.

"You better watch out, I know where you live!" were his parting words as she decided she wasn't going to get anywhere with the moron.

Needless to say, she reported the incident to the cops and, given the damage to our car was so minor - easily removed with a bit of T-Cut - she didn't bother our insurance company.

She was so shaken up by his aggression, however, that she rang me at work, in tears, and I ended up going home to comfort her.

We had forgotten all about it until a couple of weeks ago we got a letter from the police. They wanted full details as she'd failed to report an incident and left the scene of an accident without leaving her details!

Turns out he had gone to the police station that evening and told them that SHE had hit HIS van causing significant damage, and then failed to provide details at the scene!

Luckily the police have the whole story - and a record of her call concerning the incident - immediately after it happened - so we are not expecting anything to come of it.

She is sure that had she pushed him to provide his details, he would have got physical - seems she made the right decision to leave the tw@ to it.

Can't believe he has the cheek to claim against her though!

I've emailed the Goldwing rider to say "ta"

Who knows, he might turn up in frith St one Friday? I'm sure he'll be made welcome

Originally Posted by howardr

Turns out he had gone to the police station that evening and told them that SHE had hit HIS van causing significant damage, and then failed to provide details at the scene!

After it had dawned on him that Mrs Howardr might do the same thing, no doubt

Originally Posted by howardr

Can't believe he has the cheek to claim against her though!

Any witnesses to him leaving the scene?

Hi Lyn,
Just read this.
Hope your aches and pains disappear quickly.
As for the ar*ehole van driver, I don't care whatever circumstances, there is NEVER an excuse to attack a Woman. Hope All 'good' parties take this lowlife to the cleaners - he deserves it

Been in work all weekend so only just saw this, and was horrified...

Hope you're on the mend lyn, and hope the b*****d gets everything coming to him!

Hooray for people like Mr Goldwing, nice to know there's still people left like that in the world...

Sorry to "bump" this, but I've had a message from the Goldwing rider, text below:

"Thanks for the messages, and I do really appreciate the comments.
It's the sort of thing I have been doing for most of my adult life, firstly in the Navy, then for 25 yrs as a fireman, and more recently in Fire Safety, always prepared to help when inicidents happen that need some help.
So Lyn was on the wrong road at the wrong time and got clobbered, but luckily, not too severe. I could see that she was heading for big trouble when white van man started to ease out, and fortunately, our speed was low enough to avoid big collision damage to Lyn. I know that, in hindsight, I may have been reckless in what I subsequently did, in taking the keys from the van. He could have been armed !! Anyway, I stupidly thought, who would thump a pensioner, or a female who had been injured because of someones stupid driving? I now know, it is white van man.
We were also lucky in that in the following car was a retired policeman, who carefully observed and told police in attendance of all he had witnessed. I will be thanking him in due course.
I hope that Lyn is also pressing "assault" charges, beside the accident bit.
FYI, I escaped serious injury, just a spained wrist and some cuts, enough for the Docs to fit me with a splint. However, that evening I was due in Worthing for the Clubs Chrissie party, and arrived in a splint. You can guess what they all thought. Had I fallen from my bike? No way !
Later in the evening, "post traumatic stress" got me, so had a little faint, but friends saw it coming, and had a Scotch ready for recovery!
Today, I could not ride my bike to the Ally Pally bike show, so went by car, where I was working on the BMF stand. I will be there again on Thurs & Fri, so if you are coming, stop by for intro's, and look forward to hearing where in Frith St I can find you lot.
Give my very best wishes to Lyn, and hope the bruises are not too painful."

Further, I seems as though the van driver is well known to the Police and is not a nice person at all. And the whole incident was caught on CCTV...............

What are the usual arrangement for Frith St as I think he'd like to pop along?

That has to be the worlds luckiest off / insurance case.

Ex policeman, fireman, loads of witnesses, knight in shining armour, CCTV etc etc.

Well done again Goldwing man.

I've emailed Peter the Frith St details so hopefully we'll be able to buy him a few litres of coffee very soon .



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I'd like to hear the outcome of this one... Hope the Judge throws the book at him

Originally Posted by jonboy

I've emailed Peter the Frith St details so hopefully we'll be able to buy him a few litres of coffee very soon