Down the road I go...

gravelmuncher said:

My two little girls have got themselves a lot of hugs and kisses today, and my wife thinks I just slipped off in the rain. I'm sitting here wondering if this kind of thing is EVER going to get better - even after the death of a star - these [censored] still harbour nothing but contempt for a peacefull, law-abiding, father/mother/son/daughter laying sprawled out in the middle of a highway.

~J~

Oh for fecks sakes - did you manage to get any rego plate/description or exchange details with the woman who stopped? Report this to the cops - even if you don't have a full description blahblahblah. Please let us know how you progress. 😉

gravelmuncher said:

Yup, I got wiped out by a stationwagon doing a U-turn over double white lines no more than 40 metres from a roundabout today.

[snip]

This is fcked. I hope you got the rego and get the bstard.

It's not right that a lucky day consists of crashing but not being injured.

🙁

Ritch

ritcho said:

This is fcked. I hope you got the rego and get the bstard.

It's not right that a lucky day consists of crashing but not being injured.

🙁

Ritch

I feel kind of irresponsible for not catching the rego plate - it just happened so fast, and they were roaring off - i just didn't get a chance to read it. As for exchanging details with the witness, the moment seemed so surreal that it didn't even enter my head.

~J~

gravel... don't feel bad about not getting the rego etc. You can't be
expected to think coherently under those circumstances. I hope you are OK
and can get back on the bike soon. Likely that this car may have to go the
same route soon... perhaps a stakeout is in order!?

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"gravelmuncher" <[email hidden]> wrote
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Quoted message said:

ritcho said:

This is fcked. I hope you got the rego and get the bstard.

It's not right that a lucky day consists of crashing but not being
injured.

🙁

Ritch

I feel kind of irresponsible for not catching the rego plate - it just
happened so fast, and they were roaring off - i just didn't get a
chance to read it. As for exchanging details with the witness, the
moment seemed so surreal that it didn't even enter my head.

~J~

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gravelmuncher said:

ritcho said:

This is fcked. I hope you got the rego and get the bstard.

It's not right that a lucky day consists of crashing but not being
injured.

🙁

Ritch

I feel kind of irresponsible for not catching the rego plate - it just
happened so fast, and they were roaring off - i just didn't get a
chance to read it. As for exchanging details with the witness, the
moment seemed so surreal that it didn't even enter my head.

~J~

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gravelmuncher

Maybe you could find a newspaper who will write your story and say you
are looking for information... oh wait... that'd involve journos.

Am so sorry to hear this happened to you. *hugs* to you and yours.

Tam

Thanks for the kind words - doin' O.K.

~J~

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Quoted message said:

ritcho said:

This is fcked. I hope you got the rego and get the bstard.

It's not right that a lucky day consists of crashing but not being
injured.

🙁

Ritch

I feel kind of irresponsible for not catching the rego plate - it just
happened so fast, and they were roaring off - i just didn't get a
chance to read it. As for exchanging details with the witness, the
moment seemed so surreal that it didn't even enter my head.

~J~

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gravelmuncher

I have thought about it quite a bit over the years - about the ease with
which one can note down a licence plate number, and it really isn't that
automatic. Not when you've just been knocked off your bike and had a "near
death experience" and are in a certain amount of shock. as well as that, the
offending car can disappear very quickly.

Henry.

On 2005-11-29, hemyd (aka Bruce)
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Quoted message said:

I have thought about it quite a bit over the years - about the ease with
which one can note down a licence plate number, and it really isn't that
automatic. Not when you've just been knocked off your bike and had a "near
death experience" and are in a certain amount of shock. as well as that, the
offending car can disappear very quickly.

They can certainly disappear a lot quicker than my eyes can read a
disappearing numberplate.

I don't do it often enough, but I try to practice reading number
plates of cars who have done something dodgy enough to remind me that
I ought to practice on their plates. Quite often though, I find my
glasses are sitting badly on my nose, and consequently give me quite
an astigmatism that makes reading even close number plates quite a
task.

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TimC
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silent GNU/" -- Kubric on /.