Crashed (Sorry Katman)

[Bassmatt]

You might want to subtly remind her you know where she lives

[superman]

How many "had a crash today" threads on here involve lane splitting? seems to be quite a few by my reckoning.

Definitely more risky, but I'd done it for 15-20 minutes most weekday mornings for the past 1.5 years. Would be pointless having a motorcycle for commuting in Auckland without doing it. Sitting behind cars sucking in Remuera tractors exhaust fumes is bad enough at traffic lights. Let alone on a 1 hour stop start 25km trip to the CBD.

[FJRider]

Would be pointless having a motorcycle for commuting in Auckland without doing it. Sitting behind cars sucking in Remuera tractors exhaust fumes is bad enough at traffic lights. Let alone on a 1 hour stop start 25km trip to the CBD.

But much cheaper than repair bills ... and the inconvenience of not being able to use it untill it's repaired.

If you only had a prang every 1.5 years ... you could budget for it. But the next one could be the day you get it back on the road. Might be cheaper to get insurance.

[BMWST?]

very very common scenario,some cars will stop and let the right turner go and beckon them through without checcking for any other traffic,and some people then blithely drive through and are surprised when there is another vehicle,totally avoidable grasshopper as you realise.Good luck with your pursuit of the cash

[Madness]

Good luck with that. No insurance means no money as a general rule.

That's my point exactly. A nice person would do what it takes to put the situation right, considering the Po-po have attributed blame against them, regardless of wether or not they have money. If on the other hand the driver is a cunt with all the money in the world they could still fuck Superman over royally.

[maggot]

I think most importantly is that it's good you're still in one piece! Yeah, accidents happen, yeah it was avoidable, yeah it could have gone any other way, but it didn't and you're still alive so

Good luck with the repairs and chasing the money. I had a bloke rear-end me mid last year, he wanted to avoid insurance, so I did the leg work and sent him a bill. Direct bank transfer later, and all was settled! I guess I had him by the balls though, I knew he was a lecturer at uni

[Fast Eddie]

on the off topic of insurance, I was suprised how cheap it is, my blade is 360 per year with protecta, and my mrs gn250 is 140 per year with NAC and shes on her learners. thats full cover for both, theft, crash, whatever act of god..

[Fast Eddie]

anyone know if u can insure racebikes? lol like against theft mainly.

[nzspokes]

on the off topic of insurance, I was suprised how cheap it is, my blade is 360 per year with protecta, and my mrs gn250 is 140 per year with NAC and shes on her learners. thats full cover for both, theft, crash, whatever act of god..

Why wouldnt you? My Holden got totaled when a young guy hit it. But no problem for me as insurance covered it but his car was in his mothers name and they came at me to fix it. Mum owned a lowed Silva? Parents came saw me in a Merc 4x4. Said they were lawyers and were going to sue me.

It didnt end well for them when I told my insurance co. I got $500 more than what I had the car insured for.

But full comp every time. And include your gear.

[bogan]

on the off topic of insurance, I was suprised how cheap it is, my blade is 360 per year with protecta, and my mrs gn250 is 140 per year with NAC and shes on her learners. thats full cover for both, theft, crash, whatever act of god..

Yeh there's some huge disparity depending on who you go with. I had a 250 insured for 3rd party fire and theft at 100pa, then insured a more expensive 650 for full with different provider for 170pa. Both were classed as classics, but only the later got insured as one.

[Katman]

I think most importantly is that it's good you're still in one piece! Yeah, accidents happen, yeah it was avoidable, yeah it could have gone any other way, but it didn't and you're still alive so

And therein lies the problem.

If instead of taking the view that "oh well, that you've still alive" we focused on "wake the fuck up 'cos next time you may well be dead" we'd see a far greater reduction in avoidable crashes.

[jrandom]

That's my point exactly. A nice person would do what it takes to put the situation right...

Believe it or not, people like that actually exist.

When I was bicycle couriererering in Auckland, a taxi driver U-turned directly into me. I went over his bonnet and landed on my head in the road.

He came straight to the bike shop with me and bought me a new $400 helmet. Nothing made him do so apart from his conscience.

I was pleasantly surprised.

He was Indian, of course. Probably believed in karma.

[Floppy disk]

And therein lies the problem.

If instead of taking the view that "oh well, that you've still alive" we focused on "wake the fuck up 'cos next time you may well be dead" we'd see a far greater reduction in avoidable crashes.

Surely one must learn from their mistakes, but equally surely they must appreciate being given another shot at things. It's the ones who purposefully do stupid things and the ones who don't learn from their mistakes that are classified as idiots. The rest of us simply get it wrong from time to time, and that is part of our nature.

[maggot]

And therein lies the problem.

If instead of taking the view that "oh well, that you've still alive" we focused on "wake the fuck up 'cos next time you may well be dead" we'd see a far greater reduction in avoidable crashes.

I see your point, but I respectfully disagree. All I was doing there was offering some words of support, not condoning any inattention that led to the accident. Get off your high horse, unless you've never had a crash that you could have avoided.

[Katman]

I see your point, but I respectfully disagree. All I was doing there was offering some words of support, not condoning any inattention that led to the accident. Get off your high horse, unless you've never had a crash that you could have avoided.

Excusing ineptitude will get us nowhere.