Hubby....

[judecatmad]

.....fell off his bike today :shit:

A d!ckhe@d in a 4wd pulled out infront of him without indicating or looking and forced him to brake hard. Back wheel locked up and slid sideways (very wet road) and off he came :( Thank God the traffic was only doing about 30kph at the time.

The tosser in the 4wd didn't stop, didn't even know what he'd done :tugger:

Broken indicator, broken handbrake lever, bent handlebars, badly bruised hubby - but other than that, not too bad all things considered.

Many thanks to the guy in the car behind him who did actually stop and help him up. He said that if Dave hadn't been in the way, he would have hit him instead, that was how little space the 4wd had allowed for his move over. My second question to Dave (after 'oh hell, are you OK?') was 'were you lane splitting?' - but no, he was actually in his own lane at the time!! Bless him, he didn't tell me til this afternoon after I'd had my 6R test!

Why do some people think they are the only ones on the road??? Gets me so p!ssed off :angry2:

[skelstar]

That sucks. Assume neither he or anyone else got a plate number?

[Colapop]

Good he's relatively ok.

Where abouts and what time?

[Motu]

Do you have Asians in Wellington?

[judecatmad]

That sucks. Assume neither he or anyone else got a plate number?

No, unfortunately - good job really cos I'd be finding out where the jerk lives and giving him what for right now....

Even if we did have a number plate and reported him for dangerous driving, there's nothing the cops will do, aside sending the guy a letter. It's not an insurance claim (not enough damage to warrant losing the no claims bonus).

I just thank heavens he's OK. His elbow is pretty knocked around but the doc says it's not broken, just bruised.

[judecatmad]

Good he's relatively ok.

Where abouts and what time?

Was between LH and Petone on SH2. Would have been around...ooh....7.30 I'd say.

[hXc]

That sucks. Hope he heals up good and proper.

[McJim]

Suburban 4WD's - they are bought by people who can't drive so they don't need to learn but can safely roam the cities killing people indiscriminately.

4WD vehicles are for farmers and country people who need them for the work and travel they do - there is no justification for having them in cities - I vote we have barriers at the edge of city limits banning entry to off road tanks except where the driver can prove they are indeed a farmer and have no road going vehicles available.

Glad he's not seriously hurt.

I've calmed down a bit now.

[Colapop]

Was between LH and Petone on SH2. Would have been around...ooh....7.30 I'd say.
Kinda good - only in that it wasn't me... dropped my hilux off for some work and it's hard to get back into the flow sometimes (I feel all guilty...:nono: )

McJim I use mine for offroading and trips. We have a little car for around town.

[judecatmad]

Kinda good - only in that it wasn't me... dropped my hilux off for some work and it's hard to get back into the flow sometimes (I feel all guilty...:nono: )

Nah m8, I'd be surprised if it was a biker - I don't know about anyone else, but I've found that since learning to ride a bike, I've become a better driver. A lot more aware of what's going on around me and definitely aware of the need to do head checks.

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes for him - it's a real minor off and he's a tough cookie, but it's still a shock. I've got to work late tonight too, so I'll not be happy til I can get home and see the damage for myself (hubby, not bike - not @rsed about the bike!!)

[Swoop]

A d!ckhe@d in a 4wd pulled out infront of him without indicating or looking

That says quite a lot just by itself.
Glad your man is OK!

[sAsLEX]

No, unfortunately - good job really cos I'd be finding out where the jerk lives and giving him what for right now....

Even if we did have a number plate and reported him for dangerous driving, there's nothing the cops will do, aside sending the guy a letter. It's not an insurance claim (not enough damage to warrant losing the no claims bonus).

I just thank heavens he's OK. His elbow is pretty knocked around but the doc says it's not broken, just bruised.

If you had his plate it would be insurance but HIS that was being sought after by your insurance company.

You dont pay excess when your not at fault and teh other party is known.

[Macktheknife]

Hey JCM,
Glad to hear hubby is basically OK, hope he heals up quick and the repairs are easy.
How did your 6R go btw?

[Street Gerbil]

Why do some people think they are the only ones on the road??? Gets me so p!ssed off :angry2:
Hmmm... Because they don't PAY THE FUKKEN ATTENTION to the road?

[judecatmad]

If you had his plate it would be insurance but HIS that was being sought after by your insurance company.

You dont pay excess when your not at fault and teh other party is known.

No, you're right - that's asuming the other party was insured.

But he was disorientated at the time and unfortunately he didn't even get the details of the witness. Bit annoying, but it's only an old GN so it's not going to be HUGELY expensive.

And the government is a great employer so if he has to take a few days off, we won't lose any pay.

Still a bugger tho. I'm just glad he's OK. It really makes you think.

[judecatmad]

Hey JCM,
Glad to hear hubby is basically OK, hope he heals up quick and the repairs are easy.
How did your 6R go btw?

I passed :D

(see thread 'YAY! Go me!!' LOL)

[Hitcher]

What is it about Upper Hutt, SUVs and motorcycles?

[Matt]

Glad he's relatively ok - went through there about 8am this morning, so must of just missed it - there are some real nutters driving on SH2 in a morning! (esp from the Maungaraki lights onwards), a guy cut me up whilst texting! :nono:

Matt

[jtzzr]

Good to hear your man is all good, Yeah we got those kinda tractors in Aucks,and they are totally arrogant(not all of them)but most of them.Shame catmadman didn`t get the details of the f#@ker, Congrats on being restricted!!!

[judecatmad]

Glad he's relatively ok - went through there about 8am this morning, so must of just missed it - there are some real nutters driving on SH2 in a morning! (esp from the Maungaraki lights onwards), a guy cut me up whilst texting! :nono:

Matt

Yeah, on my ride home tonight I was alongside a guy who was texting as he was driving - he was all over the road... I dropped back when I saw what he was up to, just to give myself some space if I needed it - then as soon as there was a gap, I got past him sharpish!!

Riding a bike really does sharpen your understanding of how alert you need to be with regard to the road and other road users - and that carries through when you get into the car. It does for me now anyway.

He's a bit sorry for himself tonight and his elbow is rather large and spongey - he'll be fine tho.

Now we're trying to source even more parts for his bike than we were before his accident (anyone got any straight GN250 handlebars they don't need?! LOL)

[smokeyging]

I’m sure some people out there just use rear vision mirrors just for checking there hair. My mother got dinged the other day the same way. This darned cowboy came over to her lane and dinged the side or her car, at least this guy stopped. Wished I’d been there, she beats people up just with her eyeballs….

[oldrider]

Hope hubby gets well quickly.

If we had a list of all of these types of incidents where cagers etc just drive away oblivious of the damage they have caused to motorcyclists it would be pretty long and that's just the ones on KB!

This is perhaps the sort of information we should be gathering for the guys that are trying to revive "BRONZ" so that they can wake up the LTSA! :shit: John.

[myvice]

Glad that all is well!
Still think its safer splitting than not, but I think all sorts of things and can’t be trusted...

[apteryx_haasti]

It really makes you think.

It really makes me think "What an asshole!" (Not your hubby - the other guy!)

Sorry to hear that old GN needs more bits than it did before, but glad to hear that hubby is relatively OK. Best wishes and hope the elbow desponges soon...

[BNZ]

Do you have Asians in Wellington?

No but we have Asian members of KB whom I sure will be thrilled at your comment. And dont bother with the "I didnt say anything bad...." routine. Implying it is bad enough. Comments such as this are better suited for a private audience. :shutup:

[Motu]

I take it that's a yes?

[oldrider]

No but we have Asian members of KB whom I sure will be thrilled at your comment. And dont bother with the "I didnt say anything bad...." routine. Implying it is bad enough. Comments such as this are better suited for a private audience. :shutup:

I would think that any Asians who are members of this forum would probably not be that thin skinned.
Asians actually have a sense of humour too you know! :yes:
I feel tempted to say "get a life" but that would not be PC. :innocent: John.

[riffer]

It's a worry the old SH2 run from Upper Hutt to Welly.

Hope hubby gets better soon. I'll watch out for the two of you on the GN250 in the mornings then ... until you get his fixed.

[gijoe1313]

I would think that any Asians who are members of this forum would probably not be that thin skinned.
Asians actually have a sense of humour too you know! :yes:
I feel tempted to say "get a life" but that would not be PC. :innocent: John.

Typicar bruddy cawqasians! Actuarry no worries on that scole mate, we just jack up yor house plices, inclease the insholance plemiums for evelybluddy ouse! Sell puppy-fetus lice and eat all fish in sea!

But glad to hear your hubby is ok and mucho kudos to him for not telling you until you got your test passed! Damn cager in a Remuera tractor (as the vernacular is used up here in Dorkland). Hope he heals speedily and back onto his fixed Ginny ASAP!:sick: :yes:

[DemonWolf]

same as everyone else has mentioned.. Glad that neither him or his bike were badly damaged. And good on ya for passing. =)

[judecatmad]

It's a worry the old SH2 run from Upper Hutt to Welly.

Hope hubby gets better soon. I'll watch out for the two of you on the GN250 in the mornings then ... until you get his fixed.

LOL, you're joking aren't you?!! :rofl:

There's no way the 2 of us would fit on one piddly GN! I've seen it done, but only with those very very tiny people that do exist out there. We, sadly, are not that lucky!

No, he's off work today and probably tomorrow and then we'll be driving until the bike's fixed. Could be a while :( Getting 2nd hand parts is not as easy as it sounds, and new parts are sooooo expensive :(

[Marmoot]

Do you have Asians in Wellington?

The're everywhere I tell you....they're taking over the world!
Best join them while you can......

Anyone up for group buy on tanning lotion pm me

p/t

[Drum]

Do you have Asians in Wellington?

Yes we do. And none of them wave, and they all vote Labour.

Sorry to hear about hubbies incident JCM - make sure you treat him real nice aye!
He mustve been right behind me - what does he ride?

[judecatmad]

Sorry to hear about hubbies incident JCM - make sure you treat him real nice aye!
He mustve been right behind me - what does he ride?

Nothing at the moment...LOL

A 1986 GN250. We're a GN family until we can afford something bigger/better/faster...oh, and until the full licences come along :)

[LilSel]

Typicar bruddy cawqasians! Actuarry no worries on that scole mate, we just jack up yor house plices, inclease the insholance plemiums for evelybluddy ouse! Sell puppy-fetus lice and eat all fish in sea!


hahahahhaha nice GiJoe!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Glad to hear hubby ok JCM, hope the elbow comes right soon for him n he's back on two wheels in no time! :rockon:

[oldrider]

Typicar bruddy cawqasians! Actuarry no worries on that scole mate, we just jack up yor house plices, inclease the insholance plemiums for evelybluddy ouse! Sell puppy-fetus lice and eat all fish in sea!

But glad to hear your hubby is ok and mucho kudos to him for not telling you until you got your test passed! Damn cager in a Remuera tractor (as the vernacular is used up here in Dorkland). Hope he heals speedily and back onto his fixed Ginny ASAP!:sick: :yes:

Ah ha, I told you Asians (all Heinze 52 varieties) had a sense of humour!! Living proof!
Too many PC attitudes expressed in defence, are actually "patronising" toward the people they are trying to defend!
That is the way BNZ's comments to Motu came across as, to me! :shit:

That's just my opinion and everybody should be free to express their own.
I defend BNZ's right to his own perception for that is his reality but so too is Motu's.
gijo1313 typifies my perception of most of the Asians I have had anything to do with.
Now back to the Hubby theme of the thread, hope things are on the improve! Cheers John.

[Brownbikerbabe]

Glad to hear your hubby was OK! Those bloody cagers! I had someone change lanes on me the other day and I had to slam on my brakes thank goodness it was dry.

[Bend-it]

Hey JCM... know how that feels, I got knocked off by a **WHITE BOY** :bleh: in a van who pulled a u-turn without looking... had a spongy thumb for a month... Never realised how much we use our thumbs till then!!

If all the 'asians' farted at once, we'd blown NZ straight into the antarctica! :dodge: heh heh heh heh heh...

[Finn]

Do you have Asians in Wellington?

No, they have much worse. Civil Servants.

[Hitcher]

No, they have much worse. Civil Servants.

And some of us are downright uncivil...

[Bend-it]

No, they have much worse. Civil Servants.

And Asian Civil Servants! They drive bad AND tax you for it!

[Finn]

And some of us are downright uncivil...

Oh christ, tell me you're not Hitcher! Although it would explain your KB attendence on a daily basis. Town planning perhaps?

[Hitcher]

Town planning perhaps?

Please try and keep up.

[BAD DAD]

"]A d!ckhe@d in a 4wd pulled out infront of him without indicating or looking and forced him to brake hard. Back wheel locked up and slid sideways (very wet road) and off he came Thank God the traffic was only doing about 30kph at the time."[/B]


I'VE GOT TO ADMIT TO CANNING OFF SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE YEARS DUE TO MY OWN EXCESSES/LIMITATIONS BUT ALSO BEEN BOWLED 3 TIMES BY INATTENTIVE DRIVERS. HAS KB EVER DONE A POLL ON HOW MANY BIKES v CAR BEFORE ?

[Swoop]

No, they have much worse. Civil Servants.

Get it right for fucks sake! They are PUBLIC servants. They get their wages from the public... like the ecilops and the defence farce....:nono:

[Finn]

Please try and keep up.

Sorry Hitcher, that was the first time I've ever read one of your posts. Who are you and what do you do with our money?

[Hitcher]

Sorry Hitcher, that was the first time I've ever read one of your posts. Who are you and what do you do with our money?

If I told you, I'd then have to spray you. Rest assured your taxes are safe in my hands.

[Finn]

If I told you, I'd then have to spray you.

You're a cop. I knew it!

[Hitcher]

You're a cop. I knew it!

Bzzzzzzt! Wrong answer.

[jim.cox]

Get it right for fucks sake! They are PUBLIC servants. They get their wages from the public... like the ecilops and the defence farce....:nono:

public SERPENTS more like

[Hitcher]

public SERPENTS more like

And we know where you live...

[Ixion]

Well, in the case of Mr Hitcher I would expect explanations of any serpents in NZ to be definately part of his job description.

[Finn]

Well, in the case of Mr Hitcher I would expect explanations of any serpents in NZ to be definately part of his job description.

He's an MP?

[Ixion]

You could try priest? Garden of Eden and all that

[Marmoot]

And Asian Civil Servants! They drive bad AND tax you for it!

ROFTLMAO........must spread rep around b4 repping u again :killingme:

[Marmoot]

Bzzzzzzt! Wrong answer.

porn star then?......bukake specialist?

[Blackbird]

He's an MP?

Nope, Hitcher's mob (Anderton's minions) are always pestering our company and me in particular for statistics. (I think I'm right although I've never actually had the ahem... pleasure of meeting Mr Hitch directly).

[Hitcher]

Nope, Hitcher's mob (Anderton's minions) are always pestering our company and me in particular for statistics. (I think I'm right although I've never actually had the ahem... pleasure of meeting Mr Hitch directly).

We could, ahem, change that at this year's Grand Challenge. I can't, however, offer any guarantees or assurances as to the pleasurability of such a meeting.

[Blackbird]

We could, ahem, change that at this year's Grand Challenge. I can't, however, offer any guarantees or assurances as to the pleasurability of such a meeting.

I regret that I'm not enrolled for the GC this year, nor will I be doing the Southern Cross next year on account of being down sarf in March on the "Blackbirds Galore" tour. Perhaps the GC next year as it will be a worthy celebration of my 60th birthday which is within a couple of days of aforesaid event.

[Calo]

I came up behind this SUV the other day on Manukau Rd ambling along at a snail's pace and I wondered (given that one can't see jack shit from behind those friggin' tanks) if there was something ahead of him, which was causing him to drive progressively slower and slower...finally he decides to pull over and as I passed I noticed the dickhead was busily texting on his cellphone. :weird:

He was wearing a cap too. SUV + cap + cellphone. :shit:

[judecatmad]

.....fell off his bike today :shit:

A d!ckhe@d in a 4wd pulled out infront of him without indicating or looking and forced him to brake hard. Back wheel locked up and slid sideways (very wet road) and off he came :( Thank God the traffic was only doing about 30kph at the time.

The tosser in the 4wd didn't stop, didn't even know what he'd done :tugger:

Broken indicator, broken handbrake lever, bent handlebars, badly bruised hubby - but other than that, not too bad all things considered.

Many thanks to the guy in the car behind him who did actually stop and help him up. He said that if Dave hadn't been in the way, he would have hit him instead, that was how little space the 4wd had allowed for his move over. My second question to Dave (after 'oh hell, are you OK?') was 'were you lane splitting?' - but no, he was actually in his own lane at the time!! Bless him, he didn't tell me til this afternoon after I'd had my 6R test!

Why do some people think they are the only ones on the road??? Gets me so p!ssed off :angry2:


An update......

Now he's gotten himself x-rayed (none done at time of original injury) and actually has a broken elbow :( Needs an op to fix :( :(

**sigh**

[sunhuntin]

why didnt they xray him first time round??? i got chucked in xray pretty much straight away..... surely they should have gotten him checked out when it originally happened?? even just a doc feeling the area should be able to pick up broken bones?

[judecatmad]

why didnt they xray him first time round??? i got chucked in xray pretty much straight away..... surely they should have gotten him checked out when it originally happened?? even just a doc feeling the area should be able to pick up broken bones?

Yeah, tell me about it. I was adamant we were taking him to hospital the day after it happened cos the pain was so bad, but he was adamant I wasn't a doctor and he'd see how he went...**sigh** (menfolk.....they drive me mad at times!!!)

The medical centre the Navy have a contract with here in Wellington really isn't that crash hot and I definitely feel he gets lesser care under them than at the Navy hospital he's just been to in Auckland. They said he should have been xrayed right away too......

Ah well, not a lot we can do - the damage is done, the Navy will pick up the tab, ACC get off lightly, the medical centre get their fee for doing sweet fanny-adams and everyone's happy....'cept Dave who's having an op and me who's fuming even more than I was when the tosser in the 4wd caused him to come off! :mad:

Actually, I'm probably more annoyed with myself for not really, really putting my foot down and dragging him to A&E. :weep:

[sunhuntin]

Yeah, tell me about it. I was adamant we were taking him to hospital the day after it happened cos the pain was so bad, but he was adamant I wasn't a doctor and he'd see how he went...**sigh** (menfolk.....they drive me mad at times!!!)

The medical centre the Navy have a contract with here in Wellington really isn't that crash hot and I definitely feel he gets lesser care under them than at the Navy hospital he's just been to in Auckland. They said he should have been xrayed right away too......

Ah well, not a lot we can do - the damage is done, the Navy will pick up the tab, ACC get off lightly, the medical centre get their fee for doing sweet fanny-adams and everyone's happy....'cept Dave who's having an op and me who's fuming even more than I was when the tosser in the 4wd caused him to come off! :mad:

Actually, I'm probably more annoyed with myself for not really, really putting my foot down and dragging him to A&E. :weep:


yeh...ya cant tell em can ya??
dads just had knee surgery little over a week ago. he did the lawns in the weekend, was up and down off chairs putting stuff on the walls, and up and down off the floor going through his books. and then he wonders why it hurts?? yeesh...both me and mum nagging him to sit down, he refuses to listen.

but take heart...when i came off my bike, i was determined i was going to work. pity for me, they actually took an xray and chucked me in a cast...all cos of a hair on the lens. they ignored my other leg, which is giving me grief whenever i kneel for too long.

hope hell be ok!! and not too much damage done in the time between then and now.

[apteryx_haasti]

JCM and Hubby - that sucks big time!

Hope all goes well - did you get the number of the guy that hit him? Perhaps we could all go round there for a visit, like....(Hubby - bring your cast!)

[judecatmad]

JCM and Hubby - that sucks big time!

Hope all goes well - did you get the number of the guy that hit him? Perhaps we could all go round there for a visit, like....(Hubby - bring your cast!)

No, nobody got his number. He didn't actually hit him, just pulled out in front of him so close (and without indicating) that Dave had to brake really quickly, the back wheel locked up and on a wet road everything slid to the side and the bike threw him off.

:(

We'll know more about his op on Monday when he goes to see the doc down here. Altho given the care he's received up to this point I'd almost rather he went back North for the op - even if it means me driving up there to get him afterwards! (that's not a Welly bashing comment, just a total vote of no confidence in the doctors the Navy has their contract with)