Cyclist knocked off his bike

[gasinayr]

Shame the OP goes straight to blame the cyclist, unless of course it was just a simple case of the cyclist pulling straight out in front of the car without looking. I negotiate a few larger roundabouts and some cars are doing more than 30mph and won't slow down for anything.

As you see from the post above, cyclist admitted he entered roundabout too fast and was at fault

 

[Drago]

Ah, how dare a cyclist travel nearly as fast as a car.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Why are some of you referring to this incident as "cyclist vs car" ? Cars just do what their driver makes them do.

 

[DaveReading]

All pilots have passed the same basic proficiency exams. But I’m sure you’d have no issues holding an airline pilot to a higher standard in both actions and attitude when compared against somebody with only a PPL?

Given a number of airline accidents over the last 20 years or so, that might not always be a valid analogy.

Children of the Magenta line

 

[Inertia]

As you see from the post above, cyclist admitted he entered roundabout too fast and was at fault

Lucky you happened to walk into the shop repairing it where the repairman could back your viewpoint.

Even if the cyclist believed it was his fault, that doesn’t make him at fault.

 

[Jody]

As you see from the post above, cyclist admitted he entered roundabout too fast and was at fault

Ultimately the driver didn't see the approaching traffic and pulled out on them. You saw the cyclist before the accident happened and so should the other driver.

 

[classic33]

Ah, how dare a cyclist travel nearly as fast as a car.

There's times when I travel faster than cars.

 

[Drago]

I'm no Lance Wiggins, but even I have been known to overtake the odd parked car now and again,

 

[Slick]

As you see from the post above, cyclist admitted he entered roundabout too fast and was at fault

And you can see that you are quoting my post before you clarified anything but your right, I still think it's a shame you are blaming the victim.

 

[al78]

Ultimately the driver didn't see the approaching traffic and pulled out on them. You saw the cyclist before the accident happened and so should the other driver.

Not necessarily. The OP entered the roundabout from a different road to the driver, and it was stated that the drivers view of traffic on the roundabout was compromised by a wall, the OP evidently had a better view of the roundabout and traffic from his entry point. It seems to be a case that the driver should have noticed the wall was obstructing his view and taken appropriate action such as stop at the give way line and do a proper look right. It sounds like the driver did an insufficient glance on approach at speed, didn't register the view obstructing wall, and his brain interpreted the lack of view of traffic on the roundabout as the roundabout being clear, so no need to stop. I can't see the cyclist being at fault here, whatever speed they were going at, they were on the roundabout at the time the driver entered it, the driver should have stopped and given way. It is not unlike what put me in hospital for seven weeks, the driver that hit me pulled onto the roundabout when I was directly in front of him. I suspect he was looking right waiting for a gap, then saw a gap (created by me), then went for it whilst still looking right instead of looking ahead.