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EDIT: Comments re-enabled. Please be civil - this was never meant to be a witch hunt. The incident was accidental, not malicious. YES, the rider is ok. YES, the driver stopped and assisted in every way possible and has been in amicable contact with the rider. YES, the police have taken action which has already been resolved in the courts. (NOTE: There is no sound as I'd accidentally put my dashcam in 'mute' mode when I reinstalled it after a windscreen change. This is probably for the best as I said some unsavory things when it happened.) Jukin Media Verified (Original) * For licensing / permission to use: Contact - licensing(at)jukinmediadotcom A bike rider is knocked from his bike during the Friday afternoon commute by a lady in a white Audi hatchback. Anyone familiar with the area will recognise that set of traffic lights as being a bit of a mad scramble as people dive into the temporary lane to get in front of the queue (MGIF!) I took off gently (admittedly this is due more to a lack of horsepower and a lot of weight in the service van more so than any moral highground decision on my part), fully expecting to be cutoff as usual... so you can imagine my surprise when they chose to ram the bike instead. The good news is that the bloke looks to be ok - aside from some missing skin and a few interesting bruises. The helmet broke on impact so he was taken to hospital as a precaution. Mad props to the people who stopped and helped, and to the ambulance who was there within all of a minute or two. The bike also stood up well, with a rim or two the only casualty. All in all a very lucky ending to what could have been a really bad accident. The moral of the story? If you're driving around bikes - who are legally allowed and fully entitled to use the road - PAY ATTENTION! Just calm down and give them room, don't try and chop and change lanes dangerously just to arrive home a car length ahead of where you would have been if you'd chilled a little.