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kids on bikes not paying attention and getting hit by my car

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:21 am
by Jimmy Choo
He's fine.

The fuckwit rode out between cars queuing in the left hand lane at a roundabout without looking. I was moving in the empty right hand lane. Fortunately, I was already braking so my reaction time was significantly reduced but I still couldn't stop in time and ended up with my front wheel parked on his front rim. His right leg was up so the car hit his pedal/crank and he didn't hit his head on the floor.

The idiot didn't have a helmet and had headphones in.

I'm a bit shaken up, the mini has a couple of new scratches. Hopefully, he's learned a lesson but I doubt it.

Re: kids on bikes not paying attention and getting hit by my car

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:30 am
by JLv3.0
Kid as in kid or kid as in teenager? The former are able to learn from their mistakes.

Re: kids on bikes not paying attention and getting hit by my car

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:41 am
by NotoriousREV
8 points. Better luck getting him next time.

Re: kids on bikes not paying attention and getting hit by my car

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:45 am
by Carlos
Charge the fucker, it seems to be the done thing :roll:

My 12yr old son bounced off a parked car 2 weeks ago after the owner stepped out of her garden in front of him and he swerved to avoid her.

Cheeky bitch charged him £100 to fix the ding as he shouldn't have been on the pavement even though the alternative is navigate a big busy roundabout that feeds 4 slips roads to the M4.

Re: kids on bikes not paying attention and getting hit by my car

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:06 am
by NotoriousREV
Too fucking right charge them.

Re: kids on bikes not paying attention and getting hit by my car

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:25 am
by mik
If he’d been 17 Carlos, I think she’d probably have a reasonably fair point. But a 12yr old navigating a busy roundabout? :?

Re: kids on bikes not paying attention and getting hit by my car

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:29 am
by Jimmy Choo
JLv3.0 wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:30 am Kid as in kid or kid as in teenager? The former are able to learn from their mistakes.
probably about 14.