u turn freak

[CPB]

Hey all, I know I'm not the only one that this has happened to, but maaaaaaaaaaaate...come around a nice sweeper to find small black hatch choosing this paticular moment to do a u-turn(illegally), however upon hearing the approaching TL1000 decides...shit, I'll sit here...and wait...sure enough I arrive mid corner to find a wee car sat across the left hand lane, I manage to get around the little darling (lowered, body kit, drivers head barely visible above the door frame, all noticed in a split second)...but now I'm on the wrong side of the road with on-coming traffic...needless to say, it all turned to custard, I'm ass up, split my shoulder blade in half, break my shoulder socket, break my collar bone, impale my leg with something...probably the footpeg...crack my elbow, and worst of all my baby's all bashed and scuffed...and the little darling hatch back does a runner...i'm completely concussed, can't work my cel phone for about 20 minutes by which stage some people with a scrap of decency have stopped to offer what help they can...8 months later, i've just had an op to plate and screw the collar bone, and that little darling hatch back got away with the lot. i'm happy to be breathing, I know i bounce well...but my insurance has had to fork out for it all...my excess is pretty massive, and I might add that initially they weren't particularly forth coming...what car, what witnesses??...yes I'm a moaning old fart, but back in my day, if you caused the accident, you'd at least stop and offer some assistance...nuff said... :whocares:

[bugjuice]

well, welcome to the site, and shit luck mate.. unfortunately there are some real fukin twats around that don't want to take responsibility for their actions. You'll probably find their car would have been ordered off the road for failing to comply, and that they probably didn't have insurance anyway.. fukin jerks..

well, hope you mend well, and have fun around deez here parts ;)

[placidfemme]

Hey welcome to KB :)

Bummer to hear about your accident, as bugjuice said there's plenty of twats out there who don't give a shit about other road users... But at least your on the mend... and by the sounds of it, you bike is on the mend too and before you know it, you'll be back riding enjoying the twisties...

Don't worry about the dickhead in the hatchback... karma is gonna kick his/her ass big time

[vifferman]

Hiya, CPB! Welcome to the KiwiBiker gargre! :wavey:

Yeah, it's a bugger the "cause an accident then piss off quick" types we get. Similar thing happened to us about four weeks ago - got back from vacation, took #1's car out of the gargre so we could put our car in, and some twat runs into the back of it then pisses off quick before anyone could get his rego. :mad:
We're finally getting it back from the panel beater's today. Luckily, the excess was only $300, but it'll cost us more than that in increased premiums.

And I've personal experience the "I think I'll crack a u-turn" twat as well, but unluckily for me, he hit me, and wrote my bike off. Luckily, he didn't do a runner, there were people on the scene within seconds, and he had to pay for the whole lot. I was fortunate though, as I escaped without much injury, just a squished leg and possibly cracked heel.

Well, hope things go better for you, and that you enjoy visiting here. :yes:

[crashe]

Welcome to the KB site...

Get well soon and hopefully you will be back riding real soon.

[justsomeguy]

Damn mate - absolutely rotten luck. I hope you get back to bikes soon. How are you doing now?? Are you back to normalish life or??

Shitty rotten stuff.:no:

Good Luck with everything.

[mikey]

should of hit the car.

[justsomeguy]

should of hit the car.

That's actually a pretty good idea - given the options (isn't hindsight such a bloody great AND useless thing).

The best place to hit a car is just behind the front tyre and just infront of the front door as most cars have a built in crumple zone there to absorb impacts.

[R6_kid]

ran into a fool like this today. Was in a security van, moved over to the left and slowed down heaps, then all of a sudden swung back across at a 45degree angle, not indicating any of it.

Luckily i've been in this sitution before and just hit the brakes. Guy looked like he had shat himself when i sat on the horn....

bad luck for you mate... as said probably woulda been best to hit the car near the wheel well and just gone for a fly... of course in these kinda times thats not the first thought going through your head.

welcome :spudwave:

[inlinefour]

Ive got a work mate who had the same sort of shit happen to her. :mad:

[John]

Fuck some people make me fucken gut wrenchingly sick, sorry to hear it mate - glad your still living, thinking of a man hunt? sure some hamiltonians would be keen to lend a hand and deal some justice to him... If you find him I'll be there, For sure.

[skelstar]

That sucks mate. I hope that person is having a hardtime forgiving himself for not owning up. Good luck with your recovery and welcome to the forum.

[CPB]

Thanks team, yeah, I was just glad I wasn't in a car as i would have taken them all out, car load...happened too quick to aim, but just slow enough to doge...but at the same time, I would have been in one piece..cheers for the support...i'll be out and about riding in about 3 weeks now...fast healer, fuck the pain, need the breeze...

[justsomeguy]

3 weeks huh?? I see a ride down 22 coming up........

[CPB]

sounds good justsomeguy, only been in hamilvegas for a wee while, used to the southern landscape, would be good to carve with some northerners

[Sniper]

Bugger mate. Hope you heal up soon and look out for that hatch to find out where they live :devil2:

[MSTRS]

Seems to me that the image of low black car/driver is burned into your retinas. Hopefully you will come across them one day in circumstances where you can assist them to 'get theirs'

[NC]

My mother was one of those people that never stopped when she saw a 'fresh' accident. It used to drive me insane. I'd scream at her to stop the car and go back to help, but she always said "someone else will help them".

NOw I make sure that I always stop to see if I can give a hand.

Sorry to hear about you're crash dude :(

[chickenfunkstar]

Fark, thats a pretty stink thing to have happen to you.
Glad to see you'll be back riding soon though. :ride:

[froggyfrenchman]

right mate, thats rotton luck! if you do find out who it was, im sure that there would be many kb members to rock up 2 his house and sit on the lawn, scaring the shit outa him. I know if i was a cager and had done a runner after knocking a bike, then 50 odd bikes turned up at my house... Id be shitting kittens!

[CPB]

Yeah, I recall the guys that did stop and help out had mentioned they were in two minds as to stop and help me out, or chase after the hatch...pretty stoked they picked me off the tarmac as i was seeing pretty little stars and such, and probably would have skipped into oncoming traffic...

[zooter]

:hitcher: Read your road code everyone. Travelling faster than you can stop in the clear road you can see in front of you is against the law! Not that I'm unsympathetic mind.

[Aitch]

That sucks mate. I hope that person is having a hardtime forgiving himself for not owning up. Good luck with your recovery and welcome to the forum.

The dickhead is probably congratulating itself for missing the bike!!

[Dafe]

Sorry to hear dude, I hope your injuries heal well and won't affect you badly in the future. The TL is replacable, your body bits not always so.

[CPB]

nice one zooter.hahahahahahahahahaha

[myvice]

Lost my CBR that way and knacked my back.
Boss will limp for the rest of his life and smashed his wrist pretty badly.
Could be worse, mate lost his life when the car following swerved to miss the bike.
Glad that your OK, hope to see you out there soon!

[Wolf]

Welcome CPB. Bugger about your accident, hope you're not in too bad a shape now.

Twice I've encountered people U-Turning in front of me. The first was a van and I ditched the bike as I didn't figure I would be able to stop in time on my wheels (wet road and not a lot of room, not particularly experienced and fearful of my front brake in those days)

Second was a car (dry road, good visibility, more experienced, no longer scared of the front brake) and I was able to brake in time - the screech of brakes scared the shit out of the twat and I made sure that my frank opinion of his parentage and personal sexual pursuits was even scarier.

It's not fun when people suddenly take up the whole road like that.

[750Y]

shit glad you're alive to talk about it.
I know what it's like, I've had a similar thing, ended up in the middle of the road, broken collarbone, rolling like mad to get to the safety of the gutter before getting splatted. I look up in time to see the car pulled over but by the time i get to my feet they'd vanished.
another one where an asshole turned across me & i did the superman breaking knee,forearm & finger & the asshole was actually driving on till his passengers persuaded him to turn around. many people simply do not care about anything but themselves.

[Ixion]

Prat in a black car thing had a go at me , u turn in front of me , just this evening. coming up Anzac Ave, in the right hand lane of my side. He stopped. then just as I came up to him hung a U in front of me. Fortunately I'd slowed down, very suspicious I was. So I was able to flick into my left hand lane and go round him. Even had time to indicate

But what pissed me off no end, was that as I did all this, parked RIGHT beside me , was a cop car. Actually had to watch I didn't clip it with my swerve, must have passed his door with 12 inches to spare. Who ignored the whole thing. :oi-grr:

Guess as no-one was speeding he didn't care (actually, think it may have been a she - only had time for a glance .)

And that was the Whale too. If you can't see a honking big white BMW bearing down on you , fluoro jacket, lights on, I sure it wuld be visible from the moon, then there's no hope at all for you.

It's a battle folks. Us versus the brain dead zombies. Just wish that sometimes the cops were on our side.

[CPB]

funny how everyone assumes it's your fault if you mention you were in an accident whilst riding...The last few weeks I've been met with no end of "oh, you were on a bike, well no sympathy", or "well I hope you learned your lesson"...i'm pretty quick to point out the full scenario...and the fact that some cage freak with brain fade had a considerable amount to do with my current appearance...and that yes, damn straight i'll be out as soon as I'm able!!!!...however, on a brighter note, the sling is now off except for public appearances, and sleeping (yeah i thrash like...) am able hold my can of whatever and/or wipe my ass with the correct hand...oh, such joy the simple things do bring!!!
Night, night, and keep it tidy out there!!!

[Calo]

And that was the Whale too. If you can't see a honking big white BMW bearing down on you , fluoro jacket, lights on, I sure it wuld be visible from the moon, then there's no hope at all for you.

Hey, I think I saw you on Symonds St the other day - if that was you, you're certainly very visible. At first glance, I thought you were a copper! :rofl:

[Ixion]

Hey, I think I saw you on Symonds St the other day - if that was you, you're certainly very visible. At first glance, I thought you were a copper! :rofl:

Probably was. If it looked like a cop but wasn't 'twas probably me. I go up Symonds St several times a week.

[CPB]

just had my lady call and say she was heading out on her SV650...and that she'll think of my broken ass while she's enjoying her ride...yep...lovely girl that one...i could hear the giggle in her voice and the smile on her face...hahaha....aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrgh!!!

[Rhino]

Had this happen many times over 37 years of riding. The only time I actually hit the cage, I was pillion on my own bike with a mate riding. I don't blame him to this day.The f**kwit in a van indicated left, pulled over and then did a u turn in front of us and we didn't quiet stop. Shortened the wheelbase of the bike by about 150 mm. After checking that my mate was ok, I did the only sensible thing. I opened the drivers door of the van, pulled the guy out and decked him. (Oh the satisfication.....)

Cheers, Rhino

[CPB]

Would have loved to have had a physical encounter of the smashing kind with the driver, if only they'd hung around long enough...nevermind, Karma is working...they'll get theirs...

[CPB]

have had reports in at work of a young chap driving a black hatch that rammed into the back of a car stopped at a pedestrian crossing, police happened to be about 30m away at the time...crikey, that sounds like karma to me...I just hope the person he rammed is ok, apparently ambulance was there, if this guy has injured someone else, he needs to go away...(of course it could well be a totally unrelated hatch being driven by a completely different gimp - highly likely).

[crazy_lady]

I am a lovely girl... i wasn't ringing to rub it in...

[Brett]

What is jsut as bad, is when someone cuts you, you are onto the brakes as hard as the thing will pull up, and then they simply smile sheepishly and wave a sorry and expect that it makes it ok...even when they could have seen you coming a mile away...Nevermind they could have taken your life by being stupid...

[CPB]

What is jsut as bad, is when someone cuts you, you are onto the brakes as hard as the thing will pull up, and then they simply smile sheepishly and wave a sorry and expect that it makes it ok...even when they could have seen you coming a mile away...Nevermind they could have taken your life by being stupid...


Yeah...so many scenarios...watched an old chap pull out in front of my mate at a round about years ago, nothing to do but drop for a lowside...typical response "sorry young fella, didn't see you". That helps fix the bike, legs and leathers...not to mention my sinking gut watching the whole thing unfold

[CPB]

Well it's been 9months or so now since my off...and as of yesterday have been given clearance to lift my arm above shoulder height, and go for toodles on my bike, as long as I don't get knocked off!! Woohooo!!!!
Well, almost woohoo, I'm now a fat bastard, struggling to breathe normally once I start typing fast...so they'll be very short stints on the bike.
Apparently the bone has knitted which means those 8 screws and plate have done their bit!! So now I've got a month or so of gentle dyna-band?? exercises, still no lifting...approx six months before they look at taking the screws and plates out, at which time I then have to wait for another 6 weeks for the screw holes to heal if I choose to have them removed...yep woohoo alright!!!