glegge
3rd December 2009, 10:27
A friends dad just had an 'off' (yes, knocked off by a car) he is OK, the bike written off.
But that got me thinking, his insurance paid out for the bike, and he is now back at work after 4 weeks on ACC while healing up from the damage done.
to me this is kind of (and try to stay with me on this), kind of a success story for keeping ACC. I thought it would not be a bad thing to 'get out there' that ACC does work, and we (bikers) often don't cost a whole lot.
this poor guy, knocked from his ride, bike written off, collects ACC for about a month, and is back at work and is earning his own way again.
Is this not the way it's meant to work? I guess i'm just trying to say that it's worth fighting for.
Hey - maybe I'm completely out of wack...
and on a more personal note, my own ACC accident story:
riding my mates BMW R80GS-PD (fun bike), a person of non kiwi descent pulled in front of me - caught the right front cylinder, i flew through the air(yelling 'what do you think your doing' at them as i flew past the drivers open window of course), to come down on my wrist, breaking it (ok lesson learnt - don't fall on your wrist).
ACC paid for the metal to be stuck in my wrist, and a week or so (from memory - it was awhile ago) off work, then i was back into it. And again from memory, i don't remember having to worry about money or such like, which helps a lot when your recovering!
So yeah, ACC is worth uniting New Zealand over, get it administered and run correctly again with the right ideas at it's core, and saving.
But that got me thinking, his insurance paid out for the bike, and he is now back at work after 4 weeks on ACC while healing up from the damage done.
to me this is kind of (and try to stay with me on this), kind of a success story for keeping ACC. I thought it would not be a bad thing to 'get out there' that ACC does work, and we (bikers) often don't cost a whole lot.
this poor guy, knocked from his ride, bike written off, collects ACC for about a month, and is back at work and is earning his own way again.
Is this not the way it's meant to work? I guess i'm just trying to say that it's worth fighting for.
Hey - maybe I'm completely out of wack...
and on a more personal note, my own ACC accident story:
riding my mates BMW R80GS-PD (fun bike), a person of non kiwi descent pulled in front of me - caught the right front cylinder, i flew through the air(yelling 'what do you think your doing' at them as i flew past the drivers open window of course), to come down on my wrist, breaking it (ok lesson learnt - don't fall on your wrist).
ACC paid for the metal to be stuck in my wrist, and a week or so (from memory - it was awhile ago) off work, then i was back into it. And again from memory, i don't remember having to worry about money or such like, which helps a lot when your recovering!
So yeah, ACC is worth uniting New Zealand over, get it administered and run correctly again with the right ideas at it's core, and saving.