My First (Almost Accident)

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But no. Some American woman jumps out of her car and shouts at me for a

few

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minutes to call the cops and an ambulance. Anything for an easy life, so I
do.

Seen the signs of the back of a lot of ambulances these days? A picture of an ambulance and a taxi,
and the words "only one of these is a taxi service". Ambulances have better things to do than look
after things like this (e.g. collecting an unconcious cyclist after an accident. Ditto the police
(e.g. preventing serious cycling accidents in the first place). I would however, check that everyone
was ok, and if someone wanted to make a complaint, I'd hang around as a witness. And if someone
tells you to ring the police or an ambulance, if it matters that much to them, tell them to do it
themselves.

Glad no one was seriously hurt.

Thomas wrote: <lots cut out>

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But no. Some American woman jumps out of her car and shouts at me for a few minutes to call the
cops and an ambulance. Anything for an easy life, so I do.

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What would others have done?

First thing to do would be ignore the American. I've nothing against Americans I have several
American relatives and friends, they are nice people, it's just most of them go over the top in what
ever they do.

If the girl was going to hospital any way the only other thing that I would have thought necessary
would be possibly an exchang of names/phone nos.
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Mark

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But no. Some American woman jumps out of her car and shouts at me for a

few

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minutes to call the cops and an ambulance. Anything for an easy life, so

I

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do.

Seen the signs of the back of a lot of ambulances these days? A picture of an ambulance and a
taxi, and the words "only one of these is a taxi service". Ambulances have better things to do
than look after things like this (e.g. collecting an unconcious cyclist after an accident. Ditto
the police (e.g. preventing serious cycling accidents in the first place). I would however, check
that everyone was ok, and if someone wanted to make a complaint, I'd hang around as a witness.
And if someone tells you to ring the police or an ambulance, if it matters that much to them,
tell them to

do

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it themselves.

I agree thoroughly about the taxi thing, and I was feeling pretty moo about the whole thing.
Anyways, the cops 'n' ambulence people didn't seem to mind nor tell anyone off, which was nice.

As it happens, a taxi was hailed to get the tourists back safely. To the bloke's credit, the cyclist
paid for it.

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Glad no one was seriously hurt.

Likewise. In fact, I think it's pretty fortunate that it was the cyclist that hit her - otherwise
I'm pretty sure the taxi in front of me would have.

On Sat, 31 May 2003 18:51:24 +0100 someone who may be "Thomas" <tom [at] greysheep [dot] co [dot]
uk> wrote this:-

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About ten seconds later, a group of four tourists step into the road without looking and, even
after a shout from racing-bloke, step out into the road without looking. As expected, one of them
gets hid hard from the bike and goes down.

<irony>She should have been wearing a helmet. Doesn't she know that they can prevent over 85% of
injuries? All pedestrians should wear them.</irony>

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David Hansen, Edinburgh | PGP email preferred-key number F566DA0E I will always explain revoked
keys, unless the UK government prevents me using the RIP Act 2000.

"Thomas" <tom [at] greysheep [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote in message
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But no. Some American woman jumps out of her car and shouts at me for a

few

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minutes to call the cops and an ambulance.

<snip> Always think they know best ;o) Dave.
p.s. - make sure everyone involved knows who they are, where they are and where they're going, swap
names addresses and continue on my way thanking the 'Powers That Be' (tm) that I wasn't
involved in the accident......

On Sat, 31 May 2003 18:51:24 +0100, "Thomas" <tom [at] greysheep [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote:

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What would others have done?

I would have given name & address as witness to both sides and trundled off into the far distance.
As long as they're all conscious and substantially unharmed, calling the cops / ambulance is a waste
of everybody's time. If I'd been the cyclist I'd have called in at the local cop shop in passing and
asked if they wanted an accident report (they won't, but it never hurts to show willing).

And then I'd have got on with enjoying the nice sunshine.

Guy
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On Sat, 31 May 2003 18:51:24 +0100, "Thomas" <tom [at] greysheep [dot] co [dot] uk> wrote:

[snip crash report & unhelpful American]

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What would others have done?

I would have given name & address as witness to both sides and trundled off into the far distance.
As long as they're all conscious and substantially unharmed, calling the cops / ambulance is a
waste of everybody's time. If I'd been the cyclist I'd have called in at the local cop shop in
passing and asked if they wanted an accident report (they won't, but it never hurts to show
willing).

And then I'd have got on with enjoying the nice sunshine.

Following my recent crash I did nothing apart from pick myself up, make sure the bike was OK, get
the number of the car that had sped off (it was an incorrect number) then trundle off to the police
station and the hospital (via the Council Tax office).

I wish I'd stayed to take the details of those who had witnessed the accident. Fortunately,
several of those witnesses did phone the police with the details. The police arrived after I'd
left the scene.

James

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