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I think this story would lose staying power but for the yoga pose photos. This is what happens when two entitled worlds collide. She's a wee princess who's never been denied and he's a very important gardener with dodgy societal skills.
07:41 Sat 22nd Jun 2019
He's doing OK so far - £47k raised!
From the DM. //A cyclist who was slapped with an eye-watering compensation bill after a Yoga instructor walked in front of his bike has thanked well-wishers who are rallying to save him from bankruptcy.
Robert Hazeldean was this week ordered to pay 28-year-old Gemma Brushett £4,161.79 in damages and foot her hefty legal costs which could spiral to £100,000.
But many have shown sympathy to the cyclist - who only collided Ms Brushett when she stepped out while looking at her phone - and have raised almost £47,000.\\
From the DM. //A cyclist who was slapped with an eye-watering compensation bill after a Yoga instructor walked in front of his bike has thanked well-wishers who are rallying to save him from bankruptcy.
Robert Hazeldean was this week ordered to pay 28-year-old Gemma Brushett £4,161.79 in damages and foot her hefty legal costs which could spiral to £100,000.
But many have shown sympathy to the cyclist - who only collided Ms Brushett when she stepped out while looking at her phone - and have raised almost £47,000.\\
Thanks, LB..... Dave and I have now donated. We are both insured but this has taught me, from reading about what happened, that should a stupid pedestrian walk out in front of me I'll declare my injuries and begin action before the numpty does. Had Robert done that he wouldn't have ended up as a victim of the money grabbing woman who walks into the road against the lights without looking.
He has said any left over will go to charity. I wouldn't mind him having a bit for himself. He has been through a bad time which must have come as a shock. He was more badly injured than she was yet didn't take action against her. I so wish he had.
It must have been hell having this hanging over him for so many years and wondering how on earth he would pay if he lost.
I hope she is ashamed of herself but I doubt it....x
It must have been hell having this hanging over him for so many years and wondering how on earth he would pay if he lost.
I hope she is ashamed of herself but I doubt it....x
Just because pedestrians are doing the wrong thing, like running across the road to the ice-cream van, ummmm, it doesn't give you the right to run them over.
How many times have you been stopped at a green light while pedestrians merrily cross over against a red light. You can't plough through them because you're in the right and they're in the wrong.
If matey had been in control of his bike, he could have stopped.
How many times have you been stopped at a green light while pedestrians merrily cross over against a red light. You can't plough through them because you're in the right and they're in the wrong.
If matey had been in control of his bike, he could have stopped.
" If matey had been in control of his bike, he could have stopped."
That is not always true. I witnessed an incident a few months ago, I was second in line in a row of cars waiting at traffic lights. A young woman texting on her phone was standing at the pedestrian crossing and although the lights for her were green she didn't move. As our lights changed to green the driver in front of me moved off, at this point the pedestrian stepped out in front of him, the driver was in complete control of his car but there was absolutely no way he could have avoided hitting her.
That is not always true. I witnessed an incident a few months ago, I was second in line in a row of cars waiting at traffic lights. A young woman texting on her phone was standing at the pedestrian crossing and although the lights for her were green she didn't move. As our lights changed to green the driver in front of me moved off, at this point the pedestrian stepped out in front of him, the driver was in complete control of his car but there was absolutely no way he could have avoided hitting her.
