Ok so I had an accident over the weekend

[haydes55]

wot pisses me off is, they dont charge the car driver, arsehole over here ran into the back o ma bike , i was just about stopped as traffic in front was all slowin down, when i was getting checked out in hospital, cop came and said ill just put it down as an accident coz of conditions, it was raining, FFS its scotland we are used to drivin in the rain, dont think they want the paperwork,

as i was talkin to the ambulance guys, i said i woz fn angry, one o the guys said, Yeh, but your alive and angry.
that kinda put it straight, bikes and us can be mended, your only dead once,

Best read in a heavy Scottish accent

That cop must of just been an arsehole. Remind the cop that you hold a grudge and he will regret not charging the car driver. Nothing scarier than an angry Scotsman trying to get revenge on you.

[brp]

Bugger ! #1

Remember walking town main street of hometown and this solo bikeie on a bonnie with apes did the real pronounced swerve out
to overtake the little old lady crawling along in her hilman hunter - she turned right and he flew over her bonnet .....

Thinking back now she was quite to the right so was probably an obvious clue she was not carrying on down the main road.


Found most cage's there is little warning how fast they are actually pulling up, yah see the brake lights but little movement in the actual body of the car, try and stay well back and the other bonus yah dont end up being in a blind spot for on coming cars or cars coming out of intersections etc ....

Up on the port hills - its like some townies think I'm in the country and can relax and so too can I with road rules ......

[longwayfromhome]

This is a good example of why the indicating rule should change from a time basis to a distance basis e.g. must indicate within 50 metres of turning spot, not 3 seconds. I know it won't make any individual person more liable to follow the rules (in the above case, they may well have indicated, but as they were turning), but if it was the general rule, then the average situation would be significantly helped.

One other place this would help, at traffic lights, where there is a line of cars in both directions, the lights turn green and the lead car stays stopped... then when the end of the opposing line is coming closer they put on their indicator before turning right. Unbelievable selfishness, cloaked as "I'm following the rulz". This problem is slowly diminishing with arrows controls, but it would give a lot of assistance in city driving/riding if we could see people's intentions indicated while we still had time to do something about it.

[G4L4XY]

I was hoping for a write off but I think they're going to fix it

[5150]

I was hoping for a write off but I think they're going to fix it

Is it at the shop or asessors? Mine was at the shop after the accident and the shop asked me if I wanted it repaired or written off. They made their recommendation to the assesor accordingly and it was written off.

[G4L4XY]

It's at the shop but the assessor went in to assess it, he says it's boarderline but he is going to try and save it, the shop didn't ask me what I wanted.

[5150]

It's at the shop but the assessor went in to assess it, he says it's boarderline but he is going to try and save it, the shop didn't ask me what I wanted.

I guess you have to know the guys at the shop. I also told them that if the bike could be written off then I would buy my next one from them. Which i did. They didn't do anything dodgy to the bike, just explained to the assesor the dangers of trying to fix the frame and engine mounts. (My bike was rear ended and the impact shifted the motor forward by 20mm off the mounts) the insurance wanted to fix it but changed their mind after the shop explained that it was too risky to repair.

[G4L4XY]

Aww I see, mine was just a slide along the ground, not as serious as that, plus I wont buy another hyosung so I wont make that offer LOL