Cyclist hit my car... what to do?

mikey72

Strider590 wrote: »

......................the bike damage at that speed would have been at the very least an un-ridable buckled wheel, so said cyclist wouldn't have been riding away from that.

the op's post seems fairly clear

Obukit wrote: »

............Got out to exchange details and got a torrent of abuse and then he got on and rode off.............

shaun_from_Africa

Strider590 wrote: »

The bike damage at that speed would have been at the very least an un-ridable buckled wheel, so said cyclist wouldn't have been riding away from that.

Maybe not.
The cyclist may have managed to do a sudden stop which resulted in them landing on the bonnet thus causing the dent, and maybe a pedal hit the lights causing the damage to them.

Lum

If this was a not-a-race event. Did they have vests on with their contestant numbers, and if so did you get the number? That should be enough to uniquely identify the individual in question.

thelawnet

I don't think they tend to have numbers. You get a timing chip and it records start and finish time. No point, or need, for a number, as it's not a race and there are no spectators.

passatrider

I see no one has asked if the cyclist was ok then?

Sgt_Pepper_2

passatrider wrote: »

I see no one has asked if the cyclist was ok then?

Can't of been that bad as he rode off.

anotherbaldrick

Sgt_Pepper wrote: »

Can't of been that bad as he rode off.

Must have been some non critical part of his anatomy that made the dent in the bonnet, like his head.

d-seven

This is a bloody good reason why cyclists should pay tax and insurance, and have some kind of registration plates on their bikes. Far too often they get away with things that drivers would get find and points on their licences for.

Sgt_Pepper_2

d-seven wrote: »

This is a bloody good reason why cyclists should pay tax and insurance, and have some kind of registration plates on their bikes. Far too often they get away with things that drivers would get find and points on their licences for.

And in the case of children?

Obukit

Thanks for all your replies. The car is worth nothing so will report it to the police to cover myself and then a trip to the scrapyard to fix everything up. I don't hold out much hope of getting anything from the race organisers - the rider was wearing a orange hi-viz top and black 3/4 length shorts but then so were lots of other people.

R.e. damage to his bike I think he must have averted it as he was steering away from the car, so the bike ended up continuing past the car, it was the rider who hit the bonnet. I thought he was at full speed but to be honest you can only see a short distance around the corner so it happened very quickly, making it difficult to judge his speed. It was why I was going so slowly, and thus was able to come to a total stop.

For those asking about the cyclist, that was my initial concern but his was clearly being as rude as possible, and getting away. Any sympathy I had was short lived.

I do think it's poor that they can have these races on public roads though. No matter what they say about having to obey traffic laws, if you put people against a clock you are tacitly encouraging them to cycle like maniacs.