Mme Vic was waiting in a queue to enter a school where a vide grenier (sort of sale thing where folk sell their 'junk') was being held. The old guy in front put his car in reverse, backed up, hooked his tow hitch under Mme's C4s wheel arch, pulled away & ripped the 'bumper' almost off.bobins wrote: 13 Oct 2024, 19:19 Strangely enough, I was watching a youtube by the BlackBeltBarrister earlier and - if it came to a court case - the cyclist does bare some responsibility for what happened. Obviously it'd come down to a 'he said - she said' type argument, ......and that's where a dashcam can earn its keep.
Here in France there's an insurance form where both parties describe the accident, sign it & hand a copy to the other party. His form described Mme as driving into him & he refused to alter it. As usual all witnesses had melted away so it was her word against his making it a 50/50 claim with all that entailed.
When she arrived home somewhat desolate her face lit up when I reminded her I'd fitted a dashcam to her car which she'd completely forgotten in her angst.
A quick look clearly showed the old lying gits reverse light come on & his car reversing into Mme & was readily accepted by our insurers with no loss to us.
Sixty euros well spent.
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if needed.
That looks like a magical adventure Skull 
and I suffered a weird bum / upper leg stiffness verging on a cramp during the last mile or so - maybe too much use of a different muscle group after all my hiking 
or a fatter 4rse 