brings cutting corners to a whole new level really!

[skidMark]

some of you may have seen my thread and know that a bus ran over my bike if you didnt you do now if you wanna know more look in the other thread :lol:

these photos were taken by a nearby house owner the puddle under the back of the bus is where my bike was in the pics im moving it but that is some corner cutting to the limit definately charging him ....

[DemonWolf]

Thats freakin shocking!! I hope you also take it to his supervisor! This bus driver needs to get a freaking clue!

Real glad you are in one piece! lucky eh

[Will]

Rather appropriate advertising on the back of the bus.

Thank goodness it didn't have one of those "lookout for motorbikes" that have been on in the past.

Lucky you were able to jump out of the way. Sad to see the bike like that.

[Mental Trousers]

omg, photographic evidence. Show the bastards that and tell them you're so fucked off you're reporting it to the cops and see if they pay out some extra :bash:

[SlashWylde]

Mate! i read that thread and was horrified. You could a been killed! Good on the observant neighbour for grabbing some snaps.

[Sniper]

Bugger mate. Looking at that corner, there was no reason to cut it.

[marty]

almost a pic for the media.....

[gamgee]

almost a pic for the media.....
what do you mean almost? someone get it out there, thats absolutely shocking, make sure you send those to the cops!

[skidMark]

what do you mean almost? someone get it out there, thats absolutely shocking, make sure you send those to the cops!

i will be taking it to the cops dunno if it's media though im just not seeing a multi million dollar law suit :doh:

[ducatilover]

faaaaaaaaaaaaaaark thats insane just cos hes in an elephant cage:stupid: good thing youre allright though:yes:

[Biff]

Farq - the bus squashed your bike!!
It's........shrunk.

:blink:

[miSTa]

I would see what the bus company has to say first, but also still inclined to see the cops anyway. No excuses for bad driving and endangering other road users :angry2:

[skidMark]

Farq - the bus squashed your bike!!
It's........shrunk.

:blink:


hahaahhahahahahahahaa :2thumbsup u buy me a bigger 1 then :blink: :banana:

[Swoop]

i will be taking it to the cops dunno if it's media though im just not seeing a multi million dollar law suit :doh:

Not for a lawsuit - but perhaps some timely exposure to the cage drivers out there... Look out for bikes!!!

[skidMark]

Not for a lawsuit - but perhaps some timely exposure to the cage drivers out there... Look out for bikes!!!

ahhh but who to take it to the more watched one news close up for a quick 2 seconds note or give it to holmes for his weekly show he can spend time identifying every pixel it's pretty obvious your struggling for material when you are interviewing pornstars

:lol:

[skidMark]

bit of an update got the bike repaired they paid out for the bits except for some front forks because they were only "scratched"... yeah they look like shit they were perfect before... it was 3 weeks old :angry:

so now ill have to get out some touch up paint not to mention the inconveniance of not being able to ride it for like 3 weeks :angry: saw 9 buses today cut corners.....do none of them know how to drive?

maybe i should start laying complaints on all of them that do it .... hehe :eyepoke:

[madboy]

Mate, with those pictures, I'd be talking to the bus company CEO about getting rid of those "scratches" before those pics get e-mailed to the paper or the cops. Point is, even if you don't want to get nasty and get the guy charged and that - you still want your minta bike back in minta condition. Even if it has shrunk.

[Swoop]

bit of an update got the bike repaired they paid out for the bits except for some front forks because they were only "scratched"... yeah they look like shit they were perfect before... it was 3 weeks old

Mate that's not right!!!
Demand that it be put right - to the "exact same condition it was before it was run over". A 3 week old bike dosen't look like shit - and "you want it back to the same condition". If they refuse that, then you probably have a case for some compensation for loss of resale value, etc.

[Skyryder]

I'm not making any excuses for this bus driver. He/she needs some serous retraining, like starting from scratch with a learners licence.

You were lucky. Not many walk away after an accident with a bus.

Skyryder

[Dadpole]

As above. Tell the bastards that "as before you ran it over" is what you will settle for.
Was this the bus company or their insurance people?

[skidMark]

thier insurers bought all the parts but they ddnt seem to bother with shocks a few scratches i don't want to shit stir too much though aye don't really want to take on stagecoach im too poor for a court battle lol

[James Deuce]

Don't want to take on Stagecoach?

Geez, THEY RAN OVER YOUR BIKE.

Shit stir away. If you don't I'm sending this thread link off to a few TV channels and radio stations.

[skidMark]

ooo lordy LOL

[skidMark]

please don't lol my face aint pretty enough for tv and i don't have the voice for radio :killingme

[James Deuce]

You've got 48 hours to post that they are fixing the cosmetic damage.

:wait:

[Zapf]

the sad part is that this happen everywhere on a daily basics... :bash:

[Dadpole]

Did they take the bike and return it after the repairs or did you have to arrange things?
At only three weeks old before the bus attack you would expect it back without a mark on it (sorry) Sounds like they are just trying to fob you off with the least they can get away with. Don't forget that you have a PR embarrassment for them (with photos)
They should be doing their best to keep you happy after one of their clowns nearly killed you.

Did you get the law involved - accident report etc?

[John]

if you stopped pissing around with teh small ones you could afford a working MOTORBIKE.

[Zapf]

please don't lol my face aint pretty enough for tv and i don't have the voice for radio :killingme

yep... u better get onto it... I know a few reporters too :killingme

[kro]

definately charging him ....

absolutely !!, I know those bus drivers have tight schedules to stick to, but thats sheer laziness imo, and inexcusable. What if some dim-witted kid had been on a push bike at that same intersection, he'd be toast.

[Cookie]

Mate, with those pictures, I'd be talking to the bus company CEO about getting rid of those "scratches" before those pics get e-mailed to the paper or the cops. Point is, even if you don't want to get nasty and get the guy charged and that - you still want your minta bike back in minta condition. Even if it has shrunk.

Too right. Its a matter of finding the "Organ Grinder" - sounds like you are dealing with the monkey.

[chris]

This also highlights the perils of riding mini-bikes on the road. Bus driver sitting high up, you 6 inches of the ground.

[Finn]

Hi Mark. Firstly I'm glad you (unlike your bike) came out okay. That could easily have been very ugly.

What is amazing is that looking at the pictures, this wasn't even a busy intersection! He had plenty of visibility and his lane was VERY wide. Look at how much he cut the corner!

If I were you, I'd approach a senior person at Stagecoach and be very diplomatic about the situation. Explain that while the insurance company has replaced most of the parts, you still have scratched forks. Send them the photo's supporting that it wasn't a freak accident and ask for their assistance. No harm in asking. If your approach is confrontational, they will jump on the defensive and just pass it to their lawyers.

A few years back I was driving my car down Ponsonby Road and there was this beached whale on a mail delivery scooter who just about t-boned me at a sidestreet. I drove on and when he overtook me he kicked my car! It left a scuff mark right were there was a previous door dent that scratched the paint. Oh yes! My lucky day. His boss was very nice and paid to have my car fixed.

Yours was more than a kick my friend! Go get em!

[raster]

Saw a stagecoach bus this morning in Penrose, advertising Wendys.

"We do not cut corners"

Nearly drove off the road laughing, if anyone sees it, get a photo and stick it on here. :stupid:

[WRT]

You might want to be careful about approaching the police about that, is your bike legal to be ridden on the road? In the pics it looks like a little "Thumpstar" style bike, which I would have thought you werent allowed to use on the streets?

Either way, the driver deserves getting his nuts stapled to the wall for it, as someone said it could have been a kid on a push bike. But dont get yourself a ticket in the process . . .

[Swoop]

please don't lol my face aint pretty enough for tv and i don't have the voice for radio :killingme

Neither does Paul Homos!!! That fuckwit retard is there (or is he?) - and YOU will be 10 times better than him!!!

[pritch]

saw 9 buses today cut corners.....do none of them know how to drive?


All buses (and other long vehicles) noticably cut corners. That's just the geometry of the thing. That means the front has to go waaay wide so that the rear end does not cut the corner too much. Of course this prompts the peasantry to yell, "They think they own the bloody road!".

If you hear that statement be assured that you are in the presence of someone that knows feck-all about driving.

Generally speaking truck and bus drivers will be know more about driving than anybody else on the road, but they have to learn too and as human beings are as subject to the occasional brain fart as the rest of us.

[James Deuce]

All buses (and other long vehicles) noticably cut corners. That's just the geometry of the thing. That means the front has to go waaay wide so that the rear end does not cut the corner too much. Of course this prompts the peasantry to yell, "They think they own the bloody road!".

If you hear that statement be assured that you are in the presence of someone that knows feck-all about driving.

Generally speaking truck and bus drivers will be know more about driving than anybody else on the road, but they have to learn too and as human beings are as subject to the occasional brain fart as the rest of us.

If Mark hadn't had the presence of mind to jump off his stationary bike he'd be dead or seriously injured. That's not the kind of "brain fart" I'd excuse.

[Brett]

by monkey balls that is...bizarre!! Gd thing u got away ok.

[skidMark]

You might want to be careful about approaching the police about that, is your bike legal to be ridden on the road? In the pics it looks like a little "Thumpstar" style bike, which I would have thought you werent allowed to use on the streets?

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