Ealing Hospital
Biker's appeal to catch car driver
A FURIOUS motorcyclist is appealing for help in catching a driver who cut him up and forced him to slam into a central reservation.
Updated 14:24, 1 OCT 2013
Terry Wells, of Hazel Tree Lane, Northolt, was left with three cracked ribs and his legs were cut and badly bruised after the crash on Monday last week.
The 64-year-old said the accident happened in Ruislip Road, Northolt, because the motorist, in a silver Volkswagen, was on his mobile phone and not concentrating.
Mr Wells said: "He was holding up the traffic causing a tailback, slowing down, speeding up, not properly in control of his car.
"I'd had a bad accident in 2000 because of exactly the same thing, a driver on his mobile. I beeped at him and flashed my lights but he ignored me. I came alongside him but then we came to the traffic island.
"I'd moved past cars there many times before but he pulled over to the right, where the chevrons are and I had nowhere to go. If I'd slammed the brakes on I might have caused a massive pile-up as there were two learner drivers behind me and a couple of lorries.
"I was thrown from my bike. When I landed I saw the driver look back and then he put his foot down and accelerated away."
Two driving instructors stopped, one helped Mr Wells move his damaged bike and called the emergency services, while the other chased after the motorist to try to get his registration number.
Mr Wells, who was treated at Ealing Hospital, is appealing for the instructors to contact police and tell them what they saw as they both left before officers arrived.
He added: "The police and ambulance were fantastic, they arrived within a few minutes. There was a lot of traffic on both side of the road so it could have been a lot worse. I think I was lucky.
"I don't understand why the laws stopping people driving while on their mobiles are not enforced, you see people doing it all the time."
Witnesses to the accident should call Ealing Police on 0300 123 12 12.