Another one down.

[Jackrat]

Just got news this afternoon,a mate and fellow member of the Rusty Nuts MC
has been taken off his bike today.
He was travelling at 100kms on the main highway at Kimbolton when a drunk driver pulled onto the highway without looking first.
Luckly he was wearing all the good gear so he's OK,just the usual bruises ect ect ect. :sweatdrop
But one totaly destroyed GSX400.
Bloody drunks huh :angry:

[zeRax]

hope he got up and kicked the shit out of him

glad he's ok

[enigma51]

Glad to hear he is at least alright fucking drunk bastards

[Motu]

Good news he come out of ok at that speed,tough about the bike,but humans are kinda more important sometimes.Bloody drunks...sometimes you don't know they are until it's too late.

[Skyryder]

Glad to hear no injuries etc. I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that we should bring back the stocks. A few wheelies on these drunk drivers faces might just make these fuckers look before proceeding.

Skyryder

[Zed]

Just got news this afternoon,a mate and fellow member of the Rusty Nuts MC
has been taken off his bike today.
He was travelling at 100kms on the main highway at Kimbolton when a drunk driver pulled onto the highway without looking first.
Luckly he was wearing all the good gear so he's OK,just the usual bruises ect ect ect. :sweatdrop
But one totaly destroyed GSX400.
Bloody drunks huh :angry:That sux Jack, sorry to hear it.

It's like a hidden minefield out on our roads sometimes, you never know when you're gonna come face to face with a drunk driver! I hope they throw the book at the drunkard. :bash:

[Grizz]

Sorry to hear about your mate dude, glad to hear that he is ok. Hope the DD gets all he deserves.

[RiderInBlack]

Glad to hear no injuries etc. I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that we should bring back the stocks. A few wheelies on these drunk drivers faces might just make these fuckers look before proceeding.

SkyryderYep, all for the stocks. Nothing a good public humiliation to teach you how uncool you are. Wanted to do that to the shit that through the concrete as well.
Sorry to here about you mate, Jackrat. Hope is bike was insured and his insurance company goes gunning for the drunk.

[Jackrat]

Thanks for the good wishes,will pass em' on.
I just got off the phone talking to him about getting his bike home an he's very sore but gonn'a live.
Apparantly he hit the ute at the full 100kms,this spun the ute right off the road an left it stuck in a ditch while his bike did summersults down the road.
The front end has been completely removed an the front tyre is in two halves.
This was/is John Rusty(check our web site under Rusty people)a very good rider with a heap of miles under his belt an a fairly :shifty: sensible type as well.
Bloody drunks huh!!!!

[Beemer]

Hi guys, John is at this moment sitting in our lounge relaxing! He hit a car, not a ute (looks like an old Honda Accord or similar - if I had a Bluetooth connection he'd be able to post the photos to show you!), and was VERY lucky not to suffer serious injuries. Badly bruised hands and knees, and one very sorry looking bike. He was doing a rerun of last year's GC with my husband (who had to pull out last year due to bike trouble), so Andy brought him home on the back of his bike then continued on. (He's on track to finish about 3am as they started at 6am - he rang from Rotorua at about 8pm.) I took John to the emergency doctor who was worried about his hand and sent us to PN Hospital for x-rays. Spent three hours there and thankfully he's fine, nothing broken. He's a bit sore, but I've just fed and watered him and he'll no doubt feel a bit better after a good night's sleep.

Andy saw the accident in his mirrors and boy, did I get a fright when he rang me at 8.30am! I was thinking "fuck, what's happened, they shouldn't be stopping for lunch for hours!" Apparently one of the guys in the car got out waving his beer bottle, so the police at least know what was going on. The cop who attended sounded like she was NOT impressed with the drunks - she wasn't the only one! 8.20am and drunk? Arseholes.

We'll go up and pick his bike up from Feilding tomorrow, then a mate is taking it back to Morrinsville for him on Tuesday, so he may be hanging around our place until then!

[myvice]

Glad hes ok, hope they throw the book at the wanker that hit him!
Sounds like the biker gods where looking after him tho!

[riffer]

Yuck. Brings back a few bad memories.

My first bad motorcycle accident was trying to avoid drunks in a car who came the wrong way down a one-way street in the dark with no lights on.

Glad to hear your mate John will be okay. Sounds like his many years of experience really helped him out there. If it was a young fella he might not have been so lucky.

Please send our best wishes.

Simon, Gini and family.

[Beemer]

[QUOTE=riffer]
Glad to hear your mate John will be okay. Sounds like his many years of experience really helped him out there. If it was a young fella he might not have been so lucky.
QUOTE]

EXCUSE ME!!! He's a year younger than Andy and I! Cheeky sod!

[Paul in NZ]

Oh golly...

Drunk at 8:20 am and nearly kill some one? Hard to be a liberal some days... Thats is almost unreal!

Glad he is OK though - lucky lucky...

[Beemer]

Oh golly...

Drunk at 8:20 am and nearly kill some one? Hard to be a liberal some days... Thats is almost unreal!

Glad he is OK though - lucky lucky...

Yes, I told him to buy a Lotto ticket! They were probably still drunk from the night before and had a liquid breakfast... :mad:

[Sniper]

bugger, I hope your mate heals up soon.

[Beemer]

John's feeling a lot better after a good night's sleep, so that's good to see.

Andy sent a text to say he has finished the ride, so that's also good.

And to top it all off in a nice way, one of our ewes has just given birth to triplets!

[zadok]

He was travelling at 100kms on the main highway at Kimbolton when a drunk driver pulled onto the highway without looking first.
Amazing he came out of it so well! Thank goodness for that.

[Pixie]

In a more perfect world,the car would be found in the ditch with it's occupants riddled with 9mm holes :ar15:

[TwoSeven]

Just got news this afternoon,a mate and fellow member of the Rusty Nuts MC
has been taken off his bike today.
He was travelling at 100kms on the main highway at Kimbolton when a drunk driver pulled onto the highway without looking first.
Luckly he was wearing all the good gear so he's OK,just the usual bruises ect ect ect. :sweatdrop
But one totaly destroyed GSX400.
Bloody drunks huh :angry:

I often wonder what peoples driving would be like if everyone had the right to sue.

[MacD]

I often wonder what peoples driving would be like if everyone had the right to sue.

Ah yes, but you can sue for damages these days, it's just not widely done and there are restrictions. ACC will cover the cost of rehabilition and compensation for lost earnings, but it may be possible to take civil action for punitive damages. Punitive damages are effectively the civil equivalent of a fine.

From a NZ Law Firm's website (http://www.fmlaw.co.nz/publications/insurance_articles/damages_personal_injury.htm):


In addition it is possible to sue for punitive damages as a result of personal injury suffered. These are a special type of common law damages which are designed to punish the the person causing the injury. Such damages are not awarded under the ACC Acts and it has been held in many cases that the Courts therefore have power to award them.

[Ixion]

Ah yes, but you can sue for damages these days, it's just not widely done and there are restrictions. ACC will cover the cost of rehabilition and compensation for lost earnings, but it may be possible to take civil action for punitive damages. Punitive damages are effectively the civil equivalent of a fine.

From a NZ Law Firm's website (http://www.fmlaw.co.nz/publications/insurance_articles/damages_personal_injury.htm):

You can also, of course, sue for property damage (ie the busted bike). And, in some cases for consequential damage (eg you are a contractor, you have entered into a contract to do something, with a penalty clause if you don't come through. Because you get knocked off your bike, you can't complete the work you contracted for , and so you get hit with that penalty clause. You can , probably, depending on a bunch of stuff, sue for that penalty payment. (and maybe even for damage to trade reputation)