Accident justice?

[Capt M Stubbing]

I got struck by an old dude in a ute, his fault, wrote off my shiney R1.
6 months later he went to court (last week), i went in to see what goes on.
All i can say is: What a crock of shit!
he got a $700 fine. $300 less than the guy who went in front of him for being stopped at a breath check road stop. The road stop guy didnt cause an accident, yet the guy that hit me, stuffed my bike and put me out of work and i cant return to work for maybe 3 months........Justice?

How about if you have an accident and send someone to hospital, you have to resit your license or do a driving skills test?

i'm darker than Carmarl.......

[98tls]

Annoying eh.Many years ago a blind old coot knocked my 21 year old cousin off her wee GN which resulted in her death,he got nothing but a smacked hand.

[CookMySock]

Did you get your money out of him?

Steve

[one fast tl1ooo]

I hope you got paid in full. For you bike, I got taken out years ago, By some young chick, And had a battle getin the money out of her,....

[vifferman]

It's pointless expecting (or even hoping for) justice.

I bought my first bike from a very nice lady who got taken out by some old biddy who failed to stop at a stop sign. She was fined $40, which even in the '70s was a feeble slap on the wrist, especially given that she had made a habit of doing this. The bike's owner spent weeks in traction in hospital, had a cast from her toes to her chest for weeks, then a full-length leg cast, then had calipers, then had to walk with sticks for a few months, and probably ended up with a permanent limp.
No more biking for her, but the dear old duck in the car carried on driving.

[James Deuce]

HTFU. The guy who broke my back and neck, rooted my career and gave me a permanent head injury got a $600 fine and 1 month's disqualification.

[Luckylegs]

I got struck by an old dude in a ute, his fault, wrote off my shiney R1....

HTFU. The guy who broke my back and neck, rooted my career and gave me a permanent head injury got a $600 fine and 1 month's disqualification.

...Did they do it on purpose, or was it an accident ?

[Crasherfromwayback]

HTFU. The guy who broke my back and neck, rooted my career and gave me a permanent head injury got a $600 fine and 1 month's disqualification.

Yeah...and we don't even get the $600.00!

[James Deuce]

...Did they do it on purpose, or was it an accident ?

1. There's no such thing as an accident.
2. He had his headlights off at 9:30pm on an unlit street in March.
3. He was drunk.

Fuck off.

[Winston001]

All i can say is: What a crock of shit!
he got a $700 fine. $300 less than the guy who went in front of him for being stopped at a breath check road stop. The road stop guy didnt cause an accident, yet the guy that hit me, stuffed my bike and put me out of work and i cant return to work for maybe 3 months........Justice?

This sounds like Careless Use Causing Injury. Was he disqualified? No reparation payable to you for your injury? Its possible he had diddly squat and the judge couldn't do anything else.

[Usarka]

Careless driving causing injury is supposed to be a mandatory 6 months disqualification.

[batboy]

yeah prime example on motorway patrol last night, there was some stupid woman who was rubber necking an accident and rear ended 1 car that then caused a 5 car pile up....she got a $200 fine ffs
And same program some driver calls *555 on some driver apparently swerving in a lane like they are drunk....cops catches up and breath tests the driver....clear, then proceeds to ticket them $150 for failing to drive within their lane? now where is the evidence of this....the cop just went on the word of another motorist..
The police/justice system/politicians in this country are all fucked...

[T.I.E]

Im in the states living an interesting life shall we say.... and im looking at law enforcement.... and its one extreme to another here. if that kinda thing happened here in the states, well it would be a different story. people would be trying to sue each other senseless. So if new zealand ever goes down the road the states are in..... lets just say that true freedom comes at a price. Bloody sad and nice middle ground would be good.

[Grahameeboy]

Im in the states living an interesting life shall we say.... and im looking at law enforcement.... and its one extreme to another here. if that kinda thing happened here in the states, well it would be a different story. people would be trying to sue each other senseless. So if new zealand ever goes down the road the states are in..... lets just say that true freedom comes at a price. Bloody sad and nice middle ground would be good.

Agree..those fines are out of proportion to drink drive etc...

Trouble is that NZ does not like to upset people...I have always said that a drunk driver who has an accident should not get full support...if we don't make people responsible for their actions then this will continue.

Even with suing, the Insurer still pays so even then the responsibility is removed...unless drunk when an insurance policy excludes...

[Patrick]

I got struck by an old dude in a ute, his fault, wrote off my shiney R1.
6 months later he went to court (last week), i went in to see what goes on.
All i can say is: What a crock of shit!
he got a $700 fine. $300 less than the guy who went in front of him for being stopped at a breath check road stop. The road stop guy didnt cause an accident, yet the guy that hit me, stuffed my bike and put me out of work and i cant return to work for maybe 3 months........Justice?

How about if you have an accident and send someone to hospital, you have to resit your license or do a driving skills test?

i'm darker than Carmarl.......

Were you approached for a victim impact statement, and outline ALL of your losses?