Had an accident today - what happens next?

LpPepper

Had an accident this afternoon heading home from work. Myself and a car in front were turning right, next of all (once the car had completed its turn) the car stops and reversing lights come on - I cop this and manage to move mostly out of the way. However, my back wheel ended up under the rear left tyre.

The driver didn't realise at all they had hit me until I started shouting at them to get off my bike. They then proceeded to drive away but got stuck at nearby lights. I caught up and asked them to pull over to get details. They pulled in around the corner and the passenger asked if I was okay - which I was and then they drove off again. I caught up again at the next set of lights and once again asked them to pull in so we could exchange details as my bike could be damaged and they turned onto a dual carriageway and sped off.

I have reported the incident to the Gardaí. I'm fine and so is the bike but the driver's first instinct was to drive away. According to the Gardaí the driver claims I hit into her - impossible as my back wheel was under her car!

Anyway, what happens next? Will they be fined, given points? They drove away from an accident and refused to exchange details.

Edit: According to the Gardaí there are cameras in the area where it happened - this will show clearly what happened.

Wanderer78

hopefully you get sorted. thankfully it wasnt more serious. best of luck with it

Darkglasses

How could your bike be ok if the back wheel was under their wheel? I wouldn't ride that wheel.

LpPepper

Darkglasses wrote: »

How could your bike be ok if the back wheel was under their wheel? I wouldn't ride that wheel.

Fortunately as I had managed to move mostly out of the way, their tyre was only on the tyre side wall and edge of the rim. Looks fine and spins fine to me.

ShoulderChip

Darkglasses wrote: »

How could your bike be ok if the back wheel was under their wheel? I wouldn't ride that wheel.

Uncurl that fist, make it a friendly hand again,
you are safe, live, be free.

furiousox

Leaving the scene of an accident is an offence.
Maybe they had an invalid licence or no insurance and didn't want to hang around?
Hopefully cctv will be of assistance.

wheelo01

Isn't it just so frustrating when people refuse to take responsibility for their actions? To blatantly drive away three times just takes the biscuit. It might have been a little costly for them to exchange details and offer to repair any fault with your bike, but now they have left the scene of an accident, and dependant on the mood of the Garda on scene, Dangerous/careless driving, which may cost them a fine (possibly penalty points) and still have to fix your bike.

What Twunts!!!

Unknown Soldier

LpPepper wrote: »

Had an accident this afternoon heading home from work. Myself and a car in front were turning right, next of all (once the car had completed its turn) the car stops and reversing lights come on - I cop this and manage to move mostly out of the way. However, my back wheel ended up under the rear left tyre.

The driver didn't realise at all they had hit me until I started shouting at them to get off my bike. They then proceeded to drive away but got stuck at nearby lights. I caught up and asked them to pull over to get details. They pulled in around the corner and the passenger asked if I was okay - which I was and then they drove off again. I caught up again at the next set of lights and once again asked them to pull in so we could exchange details as my bike could be damaged and they turned onto a dual carriageway and sped off.

I have reported the incident to the Gardaí. I'm fine and so is the bike but the driver's first instinct was to drive away. According to the Gardaí the driver claims I hit into her - impossible as my back wheel was under her car!

Anyway, what happens next? Will they be fined, given points? They drove away from an accident and refused to exchange details.

Edit: According to the Gardaí there are cameras in the area where it happened - this will show clearly what happened.

I'd have the "book thrown" at them for being sh1tty specimems of humananity.

They're out they.

People who are oblivious to everyone but themselves.

I got knocked of my bike in January and didn't let the Gard's take it further. They wanted to prosecute due to my cam evidence.

Via the insurance crap following..post accident.. the fella who hit me was denying everything.

Don't let your emotions/wants for a better world (I don't have the words) get in the way.

John_Rambo

wheelo01 wrote: »

Isn't it just so frustrating when people refuse to take responsibility for their actions? To blatantly drive away three times just takes the biscuit. It might have been a little costly for them to exchange details and offer to repair any fault with your bike, but now they have left the scene of an accident, and dependant on the mood of the Garda on scene, Dangerous/careless driving, which may cost them a fine (possibly penalty points) and still have to fix your bike.

What Twunts!!!

It's a mad story, but people are such chancers. I got absolutely creamed by a taxi driver, he could not have been at more fault. I was in shock afterwards and he stuck the bike in the back and me in the front passenger seat, took me to hospital. I was bleeding heavily and shaking like I was frozen cold.

He parked illegally in the ambulance drop zone and half carried me in. I though he was a lovely fella, soft spoken country man. He told me he had to move the car as it was in the ambulance bay... I was led straight in to be seen because there was lots of blood and I looked shaken. I got xrayed (ribs broken, but no punctured lung, turned out I had bitten my inside cheek) and got eight stitches on my hand (his wing mirror). Still have a poxy looking scar on my right hand, I managed to stab myself on the leg with some part of his car or the bike, another deep cut, the inside of my cheek had to have two stitches and I had a concussion.

When it came to talking to the taxi driver my mangled bike was propped up against the wall and he was nowhere to be seen! I was single, my family weren't around and I was in such a heap I never told anyone what happened. I was kept in overnight for observation. Between the jigs and the reels... the gardai weren't called and by the time I called the Gardai a few days later and the hospital ccvt footage had overwritten itself!

Basically, he did a legger and got away with it.

So, LPPepper, stay on top of things, don't let the driver away with it. I was pretty broke at the time, all I wanted was the bike to be repaired. The doctors and nurses were appalled, but their job was to fix me and they did a great job.

coolbeans

ShoulderChip wrote: »

Uncurl that fist, make it a friendly hand again,
you are safe, live, be free.

**** that for a game of soldiers. Pursue relentlessly just for driving off I say.

magicbastarder

ShoulderChip wrote: »

Uncurl that fist, make it a friendly hand again,
you are safe, live, be free.

i see the boards 'motivational poster quote bot' has malfunctioned again.

degsie

Hope you are OK.

chanelfreak

There's no excuse for just driving off - not the biggest fan of cyclists (don't shoot me!) but OP i would make sure to follow this up. If they get away with it once, they could do it again and god forbid, someone could be seriously injured next time. Hope you are OK and not too shook-up.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Go to the Gardai and make a statement of complaint about their dangerous driving. Tell the Gardai you are willing to go to court unless you get an admission and apology from the driver.

John_Rambo

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Go to the Gardai and make a statement of complaint about their dangerous driving. Tell the Gardai you are willing to go to court unless you get an admission and apology from the driver.

+1 It's irresponsible not to report this type of thing. The passenger and driver carefully chose to ask if you were ok, when they got this confirmation, they drove off. Very cute and clever. If you don't make a statement they will 100% get away with 1- their dangerous driving and 2 - their lack of regard.

UDP

My understanding is there is a legal requirement for parties of an accident to wait to exchange insurance details. The other driver accepted there was an accident if the Gardai say they say it was caused by the OP. This doesn't explain why they left the scene of an accident. I believe this is covered under section 106 of the road traffic act.