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i'll call them tomorrow.

I'd just had to slow down to avoid a car on the wrong side of the road (which was passing her) so I must have only been going 15mph maybe even less. I'll double check the bike tomorrow morning but the knee already feels like nothing happened. I've always felt the knee armour was uncomfortable and considered removing it a few times but i'm very glad I didn't now. Trousers and right boot are slightly scuffed but that's it. Feeling very lucky right now. if she'd been quicker and i'd been going 30mph I suspect i'd have hit the cast iron bollards on the side of the road there. I'll call my insurance tonight and let them know what's happening.

She said she didn't see me at all but I suspect that's usually the case 

Didn't think to call the police - damn!

She didn't turn into the road though. She was parked on the other side (facing the oncoming traffic)  and then pulled off from the kerb into me. No indicator or otherwise.  

Near miss (ish)

Jam

I'd just had to slow down to avoid a car on the wrong side of the road (which was passing her) so I must have only been going 15mph maybe even less.

Grab plenty of brake, swerve into the curb and just about avoid them. Not quite though.

I really hope you are ok and you get things sorted, but reading some of your comments in your opinion do you think that it could have in any way be avoided?

Yes I know the car pulled out from the curb facing the wrong way on the wrong side of the road and she was definately the cause of the incident. But the fact that you had already clocked someone else avoiding her and that you had already slowed down to 15mph or slower.

You make it sound, that you can't stop a bike at 15mph? If you are relatively new to biking well then fair enough.

What worries me is this was a slow speed incident, what would have been the case had it been at a higher speed?

From what I have read this maybe could have been avoided, drivers pull out on us all the time, we as bikers have to anticpate that, and be ready to take action.

Have you ever considered doing a Bikesafe course?

I have been where you are now, luckily for me I didn't get my leg crushed or get falttened by a lorry! At he time they were the dickheads because the cut me up. But looking back it was me who was the dickhead for thinking I was in the right and not slowing down, and NOT thinking of my own safety first. (Thanks Tenbears for the hint)

Hope you get things sorted soon,

Take care and ride safe.

If she said

"sorry, I didn't see you" she has admitted liability. Report that in your statement to your insurer.

As Steveyman said could you have been more proactive in avoiding the accident?  Not criticising, just a query.  Would echo the Bikesafe recommendation too.

We all have lapses of concentration, most of the time we get away with them.  When we don't, as bikers, we suffer more due to our vulnerabilty.

I've been wondering that myself

re: avoidance. Not sure. I'll try and draw a sketch. Always cars parked there and I think it;s a case of the lack of indication and the very sharp angle she came onto my side of the road meant there was nowhere to go. I was almost along side her when she pulled out. Suspect she looked over the shoulder and I was blocked by one of the pillars. She didn't know I was there till I hit the car! Complained about my speed but then said "Sorry, I didn't; see you" My response was "How do you know how fast I was going?"