Postby Polisman » 22 Oct 2019, 9:46am
I have an ex colleague who has been knocked off twice (once deliberately) by bad drivers. His advice is: if you think you're going down, and it's a bad driver at fault, stay down. Don't get up, under any circumstances. Make an attempt at being in pain. Plead with any witnesses to phone 999. Whatever happens (unless you are in danger of further collisions), don't move. Stay put.
I realise this is rather extreme behaviour, but from my long experience the dice are always heavily skewed in favour of the bad driver. I once heard a senior policeman phone a victim at home and ask them not to press charges against the driver because 'she was a nice woman, from a nice area'.
This is what you're up against when bike /car collisions occur,
playing the good guy card will get you nowhere.