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Dishonest driver....

Hello all. HELP!!!!!!
Two weeks ago I was hit off my bike on a Sunday morning riding towards home. The car did not slow down as he approached the roundabout and hit my rear wheel, sending me flying across the tarmac.
100% his fault. I have quite bad wounds to my left side and my rear wheel and frame are trashed.
He was around 70 and I trusted him to do the right thing.... Unfortunately he didn't and I have just found out that he reported the incident as non fault.
I felt sick to hear this and I am raging about it, but feel helpless.
The police refused to attend and I did not call for an ambulance because I did not want to take up NHS resources. I have made a report to the police and feel that he should be prosecuted for driving without due care and attention. He admitted at the scene that he had not seen me. There was a pedestrian witness who was a marshall for the London to Southend bike event. I took her name and number just in case.
It looks like now I will have to go down the legal route with expenses and headaches that I should not be facing right now as the victim. Just goes to show that you cannot trust anyone in this country, even respectful looking pensioners!
Anyone got any ideas how I should approach this?
I really want him to get what he deserves, he had no concern for me as I was only a cyclist and shouldn't even be riding on the road.
Charlie.

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OnYerBike replied to NOtotheEU | 2 years ago
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NOtotheEU wrote:

I was thinking CUK or BC might be more specialised and a lot more useful if I [...] find myself in a similar situation to the cyclist charged with holding up a driver for 9 seconds.

I don't think the legal cover provided by either CUK or BC would cover that sort of case normally. As I understand it the legal support for that cyclist was funded through the Cyclists' Defence Fund which is a CUK initiative (https://www.cyclinguk.org/campaign/cyclists-defence-fund), but rather than being automatically available to members, it looks like anyone wishing to use the fund gets in touch and cases will be decided on merit (including the wider implications of any ruling). 

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NOtotheEU replied to OnYerBike | 2 years ago
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Thanks for the info.

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brooksby replied to NOtotheEU | 2 years ago
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NOtotheEU wrote:

brooksby wrote:

Are you a Cycling UK or British Cycling member? If so, suggest you call them and get advice from their tame lawyers.

Sorry to be off topic but is the 'tame lawyers' comment a dig at how useful they are when you need them? 

No, not at all.  I just meant that they are on the CUK/BC leash and therefore slightly less likely to be ambulance chasers.

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NOtotheEU replied to brooksby | 2 years ago
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Ahh, OK. Thanks.

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