Opps, I did it again.

[Sycophant]

Once again I have forcibly removed the my right-hand side indicator, and a few mm of the fairing plastic. Also, I took off the brake pedal and the foot peg this time.

I was happily riding to work, within a hundred meters, changing lanes to avoid cars stopped in the left lane, when one of those cars in the left lane decided he'd had enough of being stopped, and pulled out into the right lane without indicating. Emergency barking ensued, but the front wheel lock a little. I proceeded to low side it almost into the intersection. The other car didn't stop (I guess having not seen me when he decided to change lanes, why would I expect him to see me crash behind him).

So, it'll be the bus and mountain bike to get to work for a while until I can find the money for a few fixups.

I got away with a few scrapes on my knee and bruises all up my side.

[Sniper]

I played with your heart, and lost it again..... Oooo baby.


Bugger to hear mate, get well soon

[Divot]

Did ya get a reg? I know it is the last thing you think of.

[DemonWolf]

Perhaps their were witnesses around.. have you reported it to the Police?

[Firefight]

Glad your okay man.

F/F:blink:

[DemonWolf]

Hope the body recovers.. and that you get your bike sorted as well.

[bungbung]

Emergency barking ensued

Bark louder next time!







sorry

[heavenly.talker]

So, it'll be the bus and mountain bike to get to work for a while until I can find the money for a few fixups.


Dude!!!

Sorry to hear that the nasty cager got ya!
*looking around suspicously*(OMG so can't spell that)
They're out to get us...they are!
Dirty fat cagers!

[onearmedbandit]

Bummer to hear that, like others have said did you get a rego, report it to the police, or get any witnesses?

[Holy Roller]

Glad to hear that you got away with what you have. Hope you heal quick and that someone will have seen the incident and got the idiots number so you can recover costs.

[ducatilover]

man, thats suks donkey pole dude....atleast youre not in hospital or something.....if you've got the rego, please hand it around while i go get the shotgun......

[Sycophant]

Nah, I asked around the people who saw it, no one got a rego.

I called the police station with details a little while later. They filed it, or whatever they do - I guess if someone calls them going "hey, I might have been the cause of a motorbike crash on Grafton Road" then they might put two and two together, but that's about all I can hope for really.

It's not too bad - just bloody annoying - and within sight of work too. In fact I can see the spot where it happened from the computer I am at right now.

[bane]

I wonder if its worth commuting in Auckland... yes you can filter etc, but the number of near misses / incidents is getting depressing...

is it all the cagers fault? Do we take too many risks ,ie. not having a decent plan B should the unexpected (but it appears, inevitable) happen?

then again as has been proven before...i knoe nothink....

[riffer]

Oh well, at least its not your fault this time.

IIRC you got it on video one time.

I take it no video this time ... (pt)

[Karma]

I wonder if its worth commuting in Auckland... yes you can filter etc, but the number of near misses / incidents is getting depressing...

is it all the cagers fault? Do we take too many risks ,ie. not having a decent plan B should the unexpected (but it appears, inevitable) happen?

then again as has been proven before...i knoe nothink....


Well I've only had a few near misses, but in all instances I've been either prepared for an exit strategy or chucking on the brakes.

Commuting by car isn't an option for me, A. I havn't got one to use, B. It'd cost me more to park for one day than the bike costs in fuel for a week.

Commuting is no problem, just need to be prepared for an exit should the need arise. No offense to Sycophant here, but perhaps some of us, myself included would have assumed that if we want to change lanes then so probably do other cars, and you can therefore predict that one of them is going to be a stupid dick who doesn't know how to indicate.

I suppose it's all down to experience and how you read the road / predict the behaviour of others.

[Ixion]

Sorry to hear your misfortune. FWIW, I commute in Auckland most days (any day i don't have to take a passenger or godos). I find it worth watching the front wheels of vehicels in such a situation - if the wheel moves, a mighty horn balst is in order. You can detect wheel movement (as he twists the steering wheel) well before you can tell that the car itself is moving

[Sycophant]

Commuting is no problem, just need to be prepared for an exit should the need arise. No offense to Sycophant here, but perhaps some of us, myself included would have assumed that if we want to change lanes then so probably do other cars, and you can therefore predict that one of them is going to be a stupid dick who doesn't know how to indicate.

I suppose it's all down to experience and how you read the road / predict the behaviour of others.

Normally I am pretty good a predicting these sorts of things. In this case I don't know if I wasnot paying enough attention, or just winding down my alertness because I was so close to my destination, but it caught me a little off guard - I had my hand on the brake lever, or I probably would have caught the back of him, but that wasn't enough to keep me off the road. He was stopped, which is probably why I didn't expect it so much.

And for all the times when I have predicted and avoided some dickish action by a cage in front of me, there is always going to be one or two that slip through. It's a bit of a worry for me, with a 6 month old at home, that my failure to predict some poor road usage could affect my ability to go home to him.

This is the first accident I've had where someone else was involved. Previously it's been my own ineptitude that caused my pain (even when I did video (http://fit.wibble.net/Crash-320x240.mov) it once). I can control what I do, but I can only react to what others do, and I guess I'm not always going to be perfect on that count.

I like the bike, but I may fix it up and get rid of it for a few years at least - I only use it to commute, and it often seems that the risks might outweigh the benefits for me at times.