Best way to identify a cyclist

Veteransaver

martindow said:

Are you attempting to mitigate your losses here?  If £1200 is a main dealer's price it is probably possible to get it dealt with at a local specialist for a fraction of that. It looks as if you are not going to be readily reimbursed for your expenses.

Yeah I mean a cracked numberplate and a damaged wiper (presume it's just the arm) can't be that expensive. How bad was the bumper damage? If only a scuff and paintwork damage it shouldn't cost much with Chips away or some of the other repairers.

Ibrahim5

I think most cyclists would be happy to pay for the damage. It's these silly inflated claims that they object to.

HillStreetBlues

Ibrahim5 said:

I think most cyclists would be happy to pay for the damage. It's these silly inflated claims that they object to.

I doubt many cyclists would admit they would do a runner so I doubt that could ever been shown, what we do know (if OP post is correct) is this cyclist did do a runner.

ThorOdinson

I don't know if the police have contacted him. They have the video of him legging it.

The cost is because the bumper needs replacing. It might be cheaper to bodge it or use pattern parts, but I should be put back in the position I was before with a proper, high quality repair. I need a rental car too, public transport isn't an option for getting to work unless I spend hours a day on it.

He seems to have accepted that he has to pay it, and made what he promised was the first payment. He can't get out of it, I'd just go to Small Claims Court if he didn't pay the rest.

martindow

ThorOdinson said:

I don't know if the police have contacted him. They have the video of him legging it.

The cost is because the bumper needs replacing. It might be cheaper to bodge it or use pattern parts, but I should be put back in the position I was before with a proper, high quality repair. I need a rental car too, public transport isn't an option for getting to work unless I spend hours a day on it.

He seems to have accepted that he has to pay it, and made what he promised was the first payment. He can't get out of it, I'd just go to Small Claims Court if he didn't pay the rest.

Small Claims won't necessarily magically produce the money.  The court could well be open to payments being made in installments and your cyclist may also query the size of the claim.  If he is paying bit by bit and accepting the total you have presented you may be better off leaving it as it is.

david29dpo

ThorOdinson said:

I don't know if the police have contacted him. They have the video of him legging it.

The cost is because the bumper needs replacing. It might be cheaper to bodge it or use pattern parts, but I should be put back in the position I was before with a proper, high quality repair. I need a rental car too, public transport isn't an option for getting to work unless I spend hours a day on it.

He seems to have accepted that he has to pay it, and made what he promised was the first payment. He can't get out of it, I'd just go to Small Claims Court if he didn't pay the rest.

Good for you, They should have insurance, on the roads after all!!!

ThorOdinson

martindow said:

ThorOdinson said:

I don't know if the police have contacted him. They have the video of him legging it.

The cost is because the bumper needs replacing. It might be cheaper to bodge it or use pattern parts, but I should be put back in the position I was before with a proper, high quality repair. I need a rental car too, public transport isn't an option for getting to work unless I spend hours a day on it.

He seems to have accepted that he has to pay it, and made what he promised was the first payment. He can't get out of it, I'd just go to Small Claims Court if he didn't pay the rest.

Small Claims won't necessarily magically produce the money.  The court could well be open to payments being made in installments and your cyclist may also query the size of the claim.  If he is paying bit by bit and accepting the total you have presented you may be better off leaving it as it is.

As long as he keeps paying I obviously won't bother with court.

It's his fault for not having insurance. He's just lucky I can afford to get it fixed before he pays the full amount.

He's going to end up out of pocket and with a criminal record if the police do their bit. If I didn't find him on Facebook he would have gotten away with it too. Adult cyclists really need to wear some form of ID on the roads.

I actually got another one on dashcam using his phone, but couldn't identify him.

Veteransaver

ThorOdinson said:

martindow said:

ThorOdinson said:

I don't know if the police have contacted him. They have the video of him legging it.

The cost is because the bumper needs replacing. It might be cheaper to bodge it or use pattern parts, but I should be put back in the position I was before with a proper, high quality repair. I need a rental car too, public transport isn't an option for getting to work unless I spend hours a day on it.

He seems to have accepted that he has to pay it, and made what he promised was the first payment. He can't get out of it, I'd just go to Small Claims Court if he didn't pay the rest.

Small Claims won't necessarily magically produce the money.  The court could well be open to payments being made in installments and your cyclist may also query the size of the claim.  If he is paying bit by bit and accepting the total you have presented you may be better off leaving it as it is.

As long as he keeps paying I obviously won't bother with court.

It's his fault for not having insurance. He's just lucky I can afford to get it fixed before he pays the full amount.

He's going to end up out of pocket and with a criminal record if the police do their bit. If I didn't find him on Facebook he would have gotten away with it too. Adult cyclists really need to wear some form of ID on the roads.

I actually got another one on dashcam using his phone, but couldn't identify him.

He doesn't need to have insurance.
Should pedestrians have insurance too, they use the roads? Maybe you are the sort of person who would go after a pedestrian for damages if you ran them over.

But you do have insurance, and you could always claim on your insurance, but you don't seem to want to do that?
You could just as easily have been hit by an uninsured driver, and the damage would have been significantly more and you would have had no option but to claim on your insurance. You would have had just as hard a job getting an uninsured driver to cough up even your excess. I'm surprised he has agreed to pay up at all. Have you not mentioned the possibility of him using his home insurance cover?
He lives in a home, maybe with parents and they would very likely have home insurance.

And you seem to be living in a parallel universe if you think at any point in this the cyclist would ever end up with a criminal record! Failure to stop very rarely results in any sort of of criminal conviction unless there is significant injury. And even then there would likely be an alternative more significant charge eg dangerous driving, dui anyway.

ThorOdinson

What a bizarre post. Why should I claim on my insurance, get an "at fault" claim on my file, and pay higher premiums, because this Muppet can't ride his bike safely?

He clearly does need insurance because he goes around causing damage to other people's property through his own negligence, and then struggles to pay to put it right.

david29dpo

ThorOdinson said:

What a bizarre post. Why should I claim on my insurance, get an "at fault" claim on my file, and pay higher premiums, because this Muppet can't ride his bike safely?

He clearly does need insurance because he goes around causing damage to other people's property through his own negligence, and then struggles to pay to put it right.

Well said..............................