So there It was, a fine tuesday afternoon last week, I was poodling aqlong down the holloway Rd, chortling to myself at all these people stuck in cars and traffice on a lovely sunny afternnon, filtering down the outside, thrugh the ghost isalnd.
Then out of the blue, as I’m paralell with some piece of crap silver hatchback, it decides, it’s had enough of waiting in trafic, and without indication or anthing, SWINGS A BLOODY UIE WHILe I’M UP HIS SIDE, ahem.
Of course, at this point, I have no where I can go, it’s happening so fast.
My bike on the mc, the front wheel still in contact with his vehichle, after stopping for about ooo… .5 secoconds, the driver decides to complete his u-turn, pushing my bike along the mac part the way.
Before I even have a chance to get my lid off and ask him piolitely (read into tha, what you will) what the dickens he was playing at, he finishes his U-turn and drives off.
Now, before you start gettting all outraged, here comes the good part.
Fortunitely, I had witnesses, quite a few.
One of which, was a metropolition police traffic warden (see? They do come in usefull occaisionally)
Som e passerbys had managed to snag his number and within seconds, this shining example of humanity (the traffic warden) was on her radio to the local plod.
After she got off the radio, I was informed of two things, one of which I had observed myself.
One, the richard cranium had swung into a buslane as he did the u-turn (£50 for starters) and 2, the entire area is under CCTV.
Anyway, I let my controler know that I was delayed, left my details and got on with my jobs.
But it gets even better.
When I got home that night, I recieved a phonecall from a very polite PC Lamb ( no jokees please, I’m sure his first name wasn’t Larry, no mother could be that cruel)
He informed me that 2 minutes after the hit and run had left me, they saw him, hit the flashers and the siren, and in an attempt to evade the police, note I said attempt, colided with three further vehicles and as we spoke he was currently under arrest in Islington Nick, and would I like to come down and give a statement.
Of course, with a big smile on my face, I said, I’d be delighted officer.
So fingers crossed, one less scumbag on the road.
MJ
