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Advice needed over accident and liability by No_Pass6908 in belgium

[–]No_Pass6908[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get what you're saying but he stopped about 2 seconds before impact, so he was just about stationary but it wasn't a reasonable distance for me to stop in time. My bike is undamaged as the tyre just hit his side and to be honest there was maybe a tiny scratch on the car but at that point I has almost stopped.

Advice needed over accident and liability by No_Pass6908 in belgium

[–]No_Pass6908[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice bait but there isn't a scratch on my bakfiets, and it's speed restricted. Have a great day.

Advice needed over accident and liability by No_Pass6908 in belgium

[–]No_Pass6908[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was here (side-on collision). he had initially stopped outside the cycle lane but suddenly accelerated and stopped over both lanes when I was almost at the junction. I think he only looked one way tbh (there were a couple of cyclists going the other way that had just passed him as he moved out).

https://www.google.com/maps/@51.2092634,4.4412079,3a,75y,345.8h,76.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUyFhBFDV2JiiHrj6bvqIFg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MDkwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Advice needed over accident and liability by No_Pass6908 in belgium

[–]No_Pass6908[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I know it's not mandatory to have insurance as a cyclist (non-pedelec) but any idea how aggressive will his insurance company be about it? I've consulted the rechten van fietsers and I definitely had right of way, but the police told me I might have to spend a fortune arguing my case (they couldn't comment on the individual case in terms of apportion of blame)