Teeny
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My work as a van driver servicing all the M&S stores throughout London and surrounding area's involves most of my routes being in and around the city of London and West End of London. If any of you's work around there ur no what it's like for bloody cyclist playing Russian roulette with the traffic, weaving in and around you all the time as well as pedestrians just stepping out in front of you thinking they own the road... Anyway read this what has happened to me, and the guy has reported the incident as an injury...
I was travelling from my previous place of work (Fenchurch Street) back to my office located in Woolwich. There were 3 lanes of traffic on a one way system around Aldgate. I was travelling in lane 2. The traffic was slightly heavy, due to the start of the rush hour and also being in the city of London. The traffic was bumper to bumper stop start stop start. There was a motorbike on my left hand side which was edging into my lane, which edged me Slightly towards lane 3. The white van in lane 3 hooted his horn to warn me he was there. I then merged back into lane 2. I then had a cyclist weaving around me. I was at that time accelerating with the traffic. I was double checking my left hand side wing mirror and blind spot mirror to see where the cyclist had gone and without realising within a split second the traffic had come to a halt at the traffic lights, causing me drive into the rear of a taxi. The taxi merged forwards towards the right hand side in the crossroads ahead and stopped. The Taxi driver got out of the vehicle and from what I remember I think there was a passenger in the rear of the Taxi whom also got out. The lights turned green as for which I quickly turned left into Commercial Road to park my van and go to see the Taxi driver. The one way system that I was on was a double red route as also so was commercial Road. I then turned a sharp left again where I parked on double yellow lines as safe to do so. I then got out of my van and turned back into Commercial Road (on Foot) heading back towards the incident. I then realised the Taxi had gone.
Not knowing what else to do, I then drove to the local Police station which is the only one that I knew around that area which is located at Bishops gate / Liverpool Street station. I explained what had happened at the front desk, for which I was told, the road which this happened in comes under the Metropolitan Police. The station that I was at comes under City of London Police. I was advised to complete an incident report form and they would forward this onto the Bethnal Green police station. They also advised that this would take about 2 weeks to get onto the system at which point they would then contact me / my office with an incident report number. I mentioned if I could have some form of receipt for reporting this, as for which they have given to me and I have handed this to my office. Due to the above mentioned statement I have made, I have no details of the other vehicle or driver involved other then, a Black London Taxi and the driver being an older white male.
The taxi driver has reported it to please police saying I failed to stop and put his report in as an injury report, where as I put reported mine as an incident. Some people really like to try these things on when they see a company vehicle involved.
I was travelling from my previous place of work (Fenchurch Street) back to my office located in Woolwich. There were 3 lanes of traffic on a one way system around Aldgate. I was travelling in lane 2. The traffic was slightly heavy, due to the start of the rush hour and also being in the city of London. The traffic was bumper to bumper stop start stop start. There was a motorbike on my left hand side which was edging into my lane, which edged me Slightly towards lane 3. The white van in lane 3 hooted his horn to warn me he was there. I then merged back into lane 2. I then had a cyclist weaving around me. I was at that time accelerating with the traffic. I was double checking my left hand side wing mirror and blind spot mirror to see where the cyclist had gone and without realising within a split second the traffic had come to a halt at the traffic lights, causing me drive into the rear of a taxi. The taxi merged forwards towards the right hand side in the crossroads ahead and stopped. The Taxi driver got out of the vehicle and from what I remember I think there was a passenger in the rear of the Taxi whom also got out. The lights turned green as for which I quickly turned left into Commercial Road to park my van and go to see the Taxi driver. The one way system that I was on was a double red route as also so was commercial Road. I then turned a sharp left again where I parked on double yellow lines as safe to do so. I then got out of my van and turned back into Commercial Road (on Foot) heading back towards the incident. I then realised the Taxi had gone.
Not knowing what else to do, I then drove to the local Police station which is the only one that I knew around that area which is located at Bishops gate / Liverpool Street station. I explained what had happened at the front desk, for which I was told, the road which this happened in comes under the Metropolitan Police. The station that I was at comes under City of London Police. I was advised to complete an incident report form and they would forward this onto the Bethnal Green police station. They also advised that this would take about 2 weeks to get onto the system at which point they would then contact me / my office with an incident report number. I mentioned if I could have some form of receipt for reporting this, as for which they have given to me and I have handed this to my office. Due to the above mentioned statement I have made, I have no details of the other vehicle or driver involved other then, a Black London Taxi and the driver being an older white male.
The taxi driver has reported it to please police saying I failed to stop and put his report in as an injury report, where as I put reported mine as an incident. Some people really like to try these things on when they see a company vehicle involved.
