FOAK: Renault down - DWDCA?

OK, so I know this might not seem the best place to post a car related
question, but as a long time lurker on this group, I'd value your
comments/opinions.

Scenario: me, (learner driver) all legal & above board, car insured,
MOT'd, displaying L plates & accompanied by experienced driver. Driving
along main road. Small side road on the left, with a car stopped at the
give way lines. As I approached the side road, the other car pulled out
(driver appeared to be talking to passenger) causing me to swerve quite
drastically to the right. This took me towards oncoming traffic, so I
had to swerve back left to get out of their way. Unfortunately, due to
overcompensation/inexperience I ended up approx 4 1/2 feet away from the
nearside kerb. Sadly, the BMW parked there was about 5 1/2 feet wide.
Well, you can guess the rest.....

That happened about 2 weeks ago. Police attended the scene & took
statements. At no time was prosecution, either intended or potential,
mentioned.

Yesterday, I receive a 'questionnaire' from the local Police office,
asking for details of the accident. No mention of intended prosecution,
but the questionnaire asks if there are any dates I wouldn't be
available to attend court, & the return address is 'Prosecutions Office'.

Having only been driving a few months, I don't know whether or not this
is normal practise following an accident. Am I being paranoid, or am I
about to get stuck with a DWDCA charge? The driver of the other car
claimed that she was parked outside her house the whole time. As far as
I know, there were no independant witnesses.

Yes, my car was a Renault.

Just to keep vaguely on topic, I've got a CBT booked for 14/11.

 

iMike wrote:

FFS, all these fucking cage related threads...

 

And DVDs, don't forget the DVDs...

 

Muck wrote

Bares back.

 

<fx: bares teeth>

 

Whoah. Down boy.

Dangerous when roused these gingers.

Just suppose the OP had had this incident on his learner bike OK?

 

It's Autumn, innit?

All the rufty-tufty bikers revert to type when the clocks go back.

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Salad Dodger wrote

They should get themselves one of them zorts like what came with the
bindit. Roar it goes.

It burbles and pops just a teensie weensie bit if it is lightly loaded
at about slightly less than 3.5k. Loverly for chugging along in tightly
built up areas between mini roundabouts and pedestrian crossings it is.

Not quite on a par with a twin up a hill through a Tudor village a gear
down mind but really a rather nice little bonus.

 

Would this be the ex-Adie B6, perchance?

It's sorta becoming the ukrm-pass it round-mobile. iirc the last one
was some ickle 125 or summat. Gotta be an improvement on that.

Heh. You'll soon be converted to four cylinders...

 

Wait 'till you go down an alleyway or a not very high tunnel. Don't
overdo the revs, just keep it burbling at about 3k like you say.

Mmmmm!

 

True, but I think they should **** off to a car group with car questions
for the winter.

I like my Bandit with my standard exhaust on, coz the standard one
doesn't make my ears bleed, or get wobbly and nearly fall off like my
alloy can does.

 

<Bares bollocks>

 

*Nice* bait.

 

<Bares arse>

 

Ace wrote

There's a few of them actually. Dotted about here and there. Eking out
an existence, almost unnoticed, giving us things to do and to play with.

I dunno if I could handle being passed round ukrm If I were I bike
though. They obviously don't seem to mind it though. I suppose that
for them there must be some sort of kudos attached to it, or they'd
never do it would they?

ho yuss. Bindit much much improvement over Mr Honda San fine
motorcycle, except in wobbling down gutter department. Bindit not built
to go within meter of kerb. Go very quick along middle of road though.

I admit that they have their charms in certain ways and under certain
circumstances but I am still convinced The Ultimate Motorcycle starts
with a V twin engine and evolves from there.

 

Whinging Courier wrote

Limehouse Link bang on the limit in third. I intend to do it.

 

Muck wrote

Fucking wuss. 'Angin' is too good for the likes of you.

 

Ace says...

Pink CM250 IIRC, so yes, just.

 

Three cameras in each direction, don't forget.

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| ___ Salad Dodger
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_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73063../..16589.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^'

 

mups says...

It was a CM400 *thing*. Who's got it now?