I'd suggest the internet pitchforks should only come out if the victim agrees?
Hehe, it was a question for TiRed, I wouldn't be getting involved but would probably be tempted to get bitchy if it was me that got knocked down and she was local. I'm a right bitter **** though 😉
Curiously, I will be riding past her road 10 times in a road race next month. Perhaps she could marshal as part of the order
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IT does seem she has had a pretty robust sentence - and clearly expected / feared being sent down. Glad that OP is back up and riding, and new bike will be on way soon. 😀
I think its a fair sentence considering she had no previous record. God only knows what goes through these people's heads though when they don't stop. If she'd have stopped and helped you after the incident then all the hassle would have been avoided, she might of only got done for driving without due care and received a fine and a few points.
The new bike was delivered after six weeks. It's now an old bike - and very nice it is too - raced it a few times already. RSA were very good, questioned nothing and paid out in two weeks.
devash has it absolutely correct. Why didn't she stop? I can think of a few reasons. None good.
I think the sentence is fair. The police would like a ban, and I think that would have helped send a message, but based on the sentencing guidelines, she was punished appropriately. That's all I wanted to see. Sixty club riders battering the s**t out of an already battered Merc ML is just for my fantasyjusticetrackworld.
I moved on some time ago - in fact the first time I got back on a bike in the garden. And now I have a nice trike to commute on as well as a (we can rebuild it) Giant Propel unicycle - I just need the skills of that fine lady seen earlier.
Thanks for all your kind words. It has helped with my recovery.
