"Sorry, he has a problem with his eyes!" says the passenger.

Well then why is he driving?!

This beggars belief, it really does! - Feeling very fortunate that I wasn't more injured than I am.

Take care out there people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knECyxb0DyM

'Having trouble with his eyes'??

He couldn't even be bothered to get out himself and check you and your bike were ok, as I hope you were - you landed quite a distance from the bike.

At least you have his registration number should you show this to the police. He clearly wasn't paying attention to the road and this could have had a nasty ending.

Hope you are ok?

Jeez, that was unreal.

You were very lucky to get up from that one.

I also can't believe that the driver of the Yeti and the other car didn't even stop.

Bloody Hell !!!

How are you? (Apart from feeling fortunate)

And your bike?

Needs reporting to Sussex Police IMHO. Due care and attention at the very least. Might be an honest mistake, but if something's impairing their ability to drive safely.....

Gaz

The footage continues for a further 15 mins during which time they do their utmost to avoid providing any details. Instead, asking me if I had insurance, telling me they're sure I am fine and my bike won't cost much to fix.

If I hadn't had the cam on I think they might have driven off planning to deny everything!

When the driver did eventually exit the car, his eyes looked cloudy and he squinted a lot, often tilting his head back to improve his view. The driver didn't speak much English and I'm really not sure he's legal to be driving. Police are on the case but I haven't heard anything back yet.

Insurers have accepted liability, but pretty difficult not to with footage like that.

Pure chance I had the cam running that morning, I don't normally switch it on until I hit the trails. I didn't make the trails that day or since but I'm fixing up slowly, dosed up on pain killers.

Had ct scan on my neck which showed no bone/spine damage.

An instinctive lift of the right leg above bonnet height milliseconds before impact saved my right ankle from being smashed to pieces. Only noticed it during slomo playback afterwards.

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Jeez, that was unreal.

 

You were very lucky to get up from that one.

 

I also can't believe that the driver of the Yeti and the other car didn't even stop.

Cheers Eddie. Nobody else stopped at all! Something of a moral responsibility if you ask me, I always do if I witness something.

It does go to show how helpful cams can be.

It'll probably be a few weeks until I'm back on the bike. Also I will need to order some parts to replace the damaged and broken bits.

Certainly been counting my lucky stars.

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Bloody Hell !!!

 

How are you? (Apart from feeling fortunate)

 

And your bike?

 

Needs reporting to Sussex Police IMHO. Due care and attention at the very least. Might be an honest mistake, but if something's impairing their ability to drive safely.....

 

Gaz

Sussex plod are on the case, but so far they are proving to be no Perry Mason!

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Evidence for a nice juicy claim. Glad you weren't horribly injured, I cringed at the point of impact!

Cheers, I can still hear the impact in my head!

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I'm sorry, I've had to give you an offensive language rating.

You're incredibly lucky to be here to receive one of those! Bike cams.. you can't beat them. Did you have your new best headlight on at the time? You rolled really well. A stunt man couldn't have done better tbh. I'm glad you're ok.

I'll change that icon to a useful now. Well done for staying alive.

Sorry about that they are nutters on the road.

Household insurance on your side should cover your solicitors costs until he is done.

Sue sue sue.

I'm sorry, I've had to give you an offensive language rating.

 

You're incredibly lucky to be here to receive one of those! Bike cams.. you can't beat them. Did you have your new best headlight on at the time? You rolled really well. A stunt man couldn't have done better tbh. I'm glad you're ok.

 

I'll change that icon to a useful now. Well done for staying alive.

Yes, apologies for the potty mouth language, I couldn't work out how to mute that part so uploaded as is. I thought it was reasonably reserved considering the circumstances!

Well spotted on the new best headlight. I purchased, I think it was on d8veh's recommendation. Very pleased with it, although haven't tested since the crash.

Cheers for the update icon, I'll try my best to never do it again [emoji14]

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Sorry about that they are nutters on the road.

Household insurance on your side should cover your solicitors costs until he is done.

Sue sue sue.

Bang on the button D8ve. Household ins. have put me onto a good solicitors firm who are running things now.

Still taken an inordinate amount of time to deal with ins.co., solicitors, doctors, hospital, police etc. this week.

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Were you a Brexiter before the crash? If you weren't, would it have changed your vote?

Haha. Are eye tests available free on the nhs?

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pmsl at the wave the driver gave you like for giving way wtf he seen that.

if that was me id be in the cells (removed by admin)

Edited January 22, 20179 yr by HelenJ

so what is the damage cost wise ? was that the new 2017 carbon santa cruz nomad frame:D

Not sure on cost yet. The bike is a Lynskeys titanium on-one, handmade in Tennessee I think. Irreplaceable! I don't think that many were made.

Game changing ti hardtail when it first came out. Rare now.

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/frames/mountain-bike/product/review-on-one-lynskey-ti-456-08-31339/

so what is the damage cost wise ? was that the new 2017 carbon santa cruz nomad frame:D

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Oh man that's rough! Take it easy and thank goodness you survived. Appreciate the share.

Yes, cheers. I'll be taking a somewhat more protective line next time I take that corner I think, leave myself a bit more of a back door exit and plan for the unexpected to happen!

What a shocker !!!

Bloody Hell Darren, you are one lucky sod to come away practically unscathed barring bruises and scratch's. I would have gone a bit more ape and rammed quite a few other expletives at them. Irrefutable cam evidence and bike damage plus lucky you still have a few of your lives left, hope you get a good settlement. The driving was beyond belief and they should never have been allowed behind the wheel. I am also flabbergasted that no one else stopped quite unbelievable.

How did the wife take it when she viewed the footage, I can imagine you had to cover the little ones ears.

Edited January 20, 20179 yr by Nealh

I had a very similar accident in October 2014 where a car turned right into a side road I was cycling towards giving me nowhere to go accept into the side of his nice Audi car. It was a nice day so I was in a T shirt and shorts, ouch.

My language was quite colourful for a while until I calmed down a bit. No camera but in fairness he did stop, admit liability and give me his details. Also a wonderful old couple stopped, said they had seen it all, "he could have killed you", and gave me their details as a witness.

I was quite pleased to see that I had put a large dent in the Audi. Later that day I reported it to the Police who eventually wrote to me to say that they probably weren't going to speak to the driver. I kicked up a fuss and eventually they did speak to the driver and he had to go on some sort of driving course that he had to pay for and also declare to his insurance company.

I also had to brave casualty to have my injuries assessed. Although I am not a great fan of the personal injury culture as I and the bike were damaged I got a couple of the lawyers I found on the internet to send me their forms. In each case the contract meant that they would keep 25% of the damages they secured.

In reading their forms I noticed that they wanted to know if I was a member of a Trade Union. I am and wondered why they wanted to know. I rang my Union and they said that their legal team would pursue the claim on my behalf and I would keep all of the money they secured with no deductions.

It took quite a while, probably the best part of a year, and was quite a palaver with a lot of tooing and frowing, but in the end I got around £5500.

My son got a gaming computer of his dreams, a bit like soundwaves set up, and wondered whether I could get knocked off my bike more often, although he did say that he did not want me to be hurt too badly, bless him, and I bought my Haibike sDuro. The Oxygen Emate City that I was riding at the time came out of the incident in much better shape that it had any right to and I am still riding it.

For my sons sake it is a good job I did not know about Reise and Muller bikes at the time or I might have bought a top of the range Delete model like croxdens with their super expensive 14 speed hub gears that would have left no money for the super gaming computer. And with that the windfall was mostly gone. I am usually quite careful with money but in this case I just mostly spent it.

:eek:Bloody Hell Darren, you are one lucky sod to come away practically unscathed barring bruises and scratch's. I would have gone a bit more ape and rammed quite a few other expletives at them. Irrefutable cam evidence and bike damage plus lucky you still have a few of your lives left, hope you get a good settlement. The driving was beyond belief and they should never have been allowed behind the wheel. I am also flabbergasted that no one else stopped quite unbelievable.

Cheers Neal. I'm really wondering whether the old guy was even supposed to be driving. Time will tell on that one, but I'll be amazed if he's deemed fit to drive. The reading number plate test for driving licence is utter outdated rubbish and doesn't consider peripheral vision at all. Doctor or eye specialist advice should be sought and dvla act accordingly on that. That is, if they gave him a licence in the first place?

And as for the folk behind that drove on by, pretty sh*tty of them

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