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All i wanna know is if you killed his dog are you going to still ask for your £40 and an apology 😉
If it happened to me I would have been more worried about the welfare of the dog than my scuffed jacket or dented lid regardless of who's fault the accident was.
I have lost dogs, members of the family for many years and I have fallen of a bike and dented my lid and even broken bones.
Seriously I would be at home that evening worrying about what happened to the dog not fretting over a few material belongings and some bruises.
I'm sure the other guy is equally unhappy to have lost the dog/ having to pay vets bills for injuries from a speeding out of control cyclist with dazzlingly bright lights when they should have slowed due to a shared use path etc etc or however else the other side may see the accident. Not saying this is the case-
Good, because it wasn't the case. I averaged approx 15.8kph over 14km.
... an accident caused by somebody else's negligence where they hadn't done anything wrong.
This is true. The other guy was a nob,riding with a black dog running free, not lit up or wearing a high viz vest, even if only so he can see where he is. I can see the OP's grievance. Trouble is though- what is he hoping to do about it now? The moment for any sort of justice is long gone.
I'd like to think that having been responsible for losing/injuring/killing his dog,and injuring someone else the other rider would have learnt his lesson, but I doubt it...
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If it happened to me I would have been more worried about the welfare of the dog than my scuffed jacket or dented lid
I reported a missing and possibly injured dog before the owner did, mate.
Seriously I would be at home that evening worrying about what happened to the dog not fretting over a few material belongings and some bruises.
It's all well and good to say that, but I doubt any of us have any idea of the OP's financial situation. When I was a student this would of kept me off the bike for a while as I would of had no helmet to ride in as I couldn't of afforded to replace it straight away. Likewise, if he's missing out on work due to injuries then it would be pretty reasonable to expect some compensation to cover the losses.
As much as I love dogs and would hope the dog was OK, I don't know how anyone can give the OP stick when he was clearly concussed.
I'd like to think I would too,but if I was as ***ed up as the OP says I doubt i'd give a shit.If it happened to me I would have been more worried about the welfare of the dog than my scuffed jacket or dented lid regardless of who's fault the accident was.
All dog threads need pics- lets see your war wounds.
Anything like Somafunk's when the bench jumped out on him?
Some weirdly agressive replies here, I think I would have been as upset as you. That guys is an ass and should not be riding with his dog like that in the dark. Hope things get sorted out.
As for dazzlingly bright lights on cycle paths, more boiling blood...
I slow to walking pace for this reason. Very annoying. Also got full on dazzled by a car last night. They approached from a fair old distance away on a country lane (with me in their headlights) and drove past me at speed while I slowed quickly and wobblingly cycled one-handed with other hand shielding my eyes. If they didn't see me then that is scary (I had lights and reflective pogies) - if they did it's weird to think that dazzling a cyclist is OK. I've been cycling for 36 years, much of it on roads, and from where i sit the trend is generally pointing to it becoming more and more hazardous. Our present culture is shaping up to be (arguably) 'Generation Me'.
As for the OP, get well soon, seems it was the largely the dog owner's fault. I feel for the dog too, hope it's OK, poor thing didn't have a choice in this. That said, before passing any other path user at night I would normally slow right down to walking pace, and would have if I was either of one you.
*Edit. To all of us bikers: a bit of courtesy and thought goes a long way. A cyclist slowed to a near stop for my wife and I recently, and greeted us. It was an uncommon event as we smiled for quite a while. More normally they approach quite silently from behind at speed, scaring the dog. This is in places like the Malverns where many visiting riders don't know where they are encouraged to ride so pretty much ride anywhere. Being in both camps I annoy bikers and pedestrians equally. But smile and slow down nonetheless!
Thanks, Malvern rider. Yeah, in the daylight I slow to a stop if folk are walking their dogs on this path and it looks like something might go pear shaped. Same with a path half a mile from the one I had an accident on, although it's far narrower. People up here sort the dog out and hold them still way before you approach them, you pass slowly and say thanks. That's the way I've gone about it and quite often you can transform a grumpy dog walker into a smiling one that seems grateful.
I contacted the police and they're getting back to me although I've since found out that the dog was reported missing on a FB page and it had been updated as 'dog has now returned home'.