rammed from behind, cops say your fault.

[TwickenhamCyclist]

Back to the OP - outrageous but not surprising. I got hit from behind by a bus a few years ago - the driver of the bus and the driver of another bus coming in the opposite direction just started having a go at me for being on a bike in the road - their behavior was supported by two community support officers on the second bus. Their only intervention was to threaten to arrest me if i didn't move out of the road (I was trying to take down the name of the driver and the reg of the bus that hit me) when the drivers carried on being abusive and I swore at them. I asked for compensation for my wheel from the bus company and, after months of chasing, they said the video on the bus that hit me wasn't working, both bus drives had said it was my fault because I slowed down (after signalling to turn left) and that if this went to court the judge would defiantly side with them and agree it was my fault. Police weren't interested - I called the bus companies bluff and said I see them in court and they settled there and then.
I thought the chap in the video showed remarkable restraint.

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

Maybe an email to Notts police to seek clarification on the matter? Asking how, exactly, we are supposed to ascertain which vehicles are part of the procession, and do shrieky fishwives qualify?

I don't think an email - too easy to ignore - perhaps a freedom of information request would be better suited

 

[Slaav]

I am in two minds about this whole incident....

HOWEVER, if one takes the following approach:

A minor incident of some sort occurs (blocking an overtake/not getting out of the way/fails to give right of way/bumps into a ped by texting whilst walking etc)

Anyway, chap A takes offence and faces up to Chap B, Chap A dodges about staying in the face of Chap B. Chap B tries to walk around/away but no.... Chap A keeps on stepping right in the way and keeps screaming at Chap B - go on; do something about it! COme on you wimp.... do something about it if you are the big man - imagine if this went on for 30 secs or more?????

The correct decision is obviously walk away. Turn the other cheek etc. And I genuinely think that is what I would do..... but would we all?

Seeing a video of Chap A/B, what we all say? Seriously; no bike involved????

Maybe a different decision or opinion to the one I think is correct in the OP......

 

[buggi]

I'm shocked. it doesn't matter if you are part of a funeral courtage or not, you don't have priority. Quite frankly, its tantamount to telling a rape victim she deserved it for wearing a short skirt. This is dangerous driving simple as that. in fact, it's assault with a deadly weapon. i can tell you know if that bitch had approached me like that i would have turned my camera off and laid her out... funeral or not. i think the guy did very well to keep his cool.

it just so happens i was emailing the CTC today, on their request, about the recent spate of attacks on cyclists in Leics. i might pop the lady at the CTC this link tomorrow.

 

[RWright]

Most all the funerals I see around here are police escorted, unless there is a very long distance from the funeral service to the burial site. They are then just escorted part of the way and when the procession nears the burial site, that local police department resumes the escort.

Not everyone, but most everyone coming the opposite direction pulls over and stops on he side of the road out of tradition and respect I suppose. I am sure in big cities it probably isn't like that. More than likely the guy in the video would have been told to pull over and wait by the cops here. I know that is what I would have done if I knew I was in the path of a funeral procession. Most of them here have their headlights on when in the procession.