Cycle Friendly, or not, workplace

A couple of people have

A couple of people have suggested that your driver assailant was in some kind of privileged position organisationally.

Perhaps, but I don’t see conclusive evidence of that from what’s been described – simply,  I think it’s (I) that he’s a driver (motornormativity) and that (ii) you (as a victim) are the one seen as “making a fuss, creating problems” that no-one else wants to be bothered with.

Is it one organisation, your science park, or several? Is the site management separate? I think if it’s been dealt with across different orgs, it may make a difference. Clearly someone has decided to close the problem down with the cycling ban.

Employee Relations can become a massive drain on time and energy. It can be hard to spot with differing accounts of an incident who truly is the victim and who is the perpetrator, as you’ve already seen from Mr “What Did I Do Wrong?” – bullies are very good at this stuff, they get a lot of practice. 

They’ve got this badly wrong, although I’m not clear what you were hoping might happen. How the heck do they think you are feeling now??

Take care not to leave in a huff – other interviewers may pick up on it. If you are decided to leave, then do so for positive reasons (bias – I don’t want you to reward a bully driver’s bad behaviour or disadvantage yourself  – he’ll do it again) and put this episode behind you.  

Will you be able to cycle to another place? Don’t let him take that away. 

Andrewbanshee wrote:

Andrewbanshee wrote:

I am already working on leaving the company. This incident is the main factor tbh.

It sounds like it has come to that for you – it bloody well shouldn’t, though.

Is there any mileage in getting together with other cyclists to push back on the ban?

David9694 wrote:

But if you go to the police, will it be spuriously pushed back because it’s private land? 

Careless and dangerous driving laws apply to roads and “other public places”. The other places can include car parks, even on private land, for example supermarket car parks; it depends on the level of public access, if the car park is open to anyone then road law applies, if it’s controlled, for example by card or keypad entry, it doesn’t.

Like you, I would struggle to

Like you, I would struggle to let it go. This incident might have only involved you, but if there is no consequence to the perpetrator, it will happen again and the next time there might be an injury.

I would certainly “mark” your employers cards. You’ve learnt a valuable lesson about what they think of you and your safety. Don’t forget it. Even if they suffer no direct consequences from this, I take solace in knowing that businesses who treat people like this, eventually lose good people and suffer.

“There are people firing

“There are people firing machine guns at random across the park every morning, Sarge.”

“Well we can’t have that level of risk now can we? Put up some signs saying it’s compulsory for pedestrians to go on their hands and knees.”

Ridiculous but totally unsurprising. I knew someone who worked in a block in the Midlands some years ago where a cyclist was hit entering the underground car park by a car exiting too fast. The management solution was that cyclists were no longer allowed to cross the car park, even pushing, they had to push round the back to the service elevator and take their bikes down to the rack in the car park that way.