First crash, I need advice

[MarkH]

The OP did not intend to turn right at ANY stage. He stated quite clearly he was there to overtake. Therefore no exemption applies.

I think YOU even said he was going to rejoin the traffic in the proper lane ... "later" ...

OH MY GOD!

You have to be just trolling me now, surely?

I said:

The fact is that you can legally pull onto the flush median and drive by some stationary cars,

and you argued with that.

from the NZTA website:

Don't use flush medians as:

overtaking lanes (except for short distances just before the turn or when preparing to turn right and other traffic is occupying the adjacent lane)

Which proves me correct and you wrong.

I can't believe that you really don't understand what I have been saying here.
You can't really be arguing that witnesses would have seen the OP not intending to turn right can you?
How could they witness such a thing?

Maybe you could just re-read all my posts and make a real effort to understand my points?
I'd like to know how anything I posted could be interpreted to be me saying that the OP intended to turn right - I never said that or even implied it.

[russiansteel]

either 100% OP fault or shared blame. but there is no way this is the driver's fault alone.
is that the RD you crashed?

[cowpoos]

Just had my first crash on my way into work this morning and I'm all good (fairly low speed), but not sure about the legalities of it all and I'm just looking for some advice as to who's at fault (legally speaking). I was travelling down a road that had a flush median in the center. Traffic had come to a complete stop, so I moved into the flush and had been travelling for ~30m when a car (which was in the main lane) indicated and turned across the flush into my path of travel. Roads were wet, I got on the brakes and just started sliding and went right into the side of them. In hindsight, I could have started braking earlier, but shit happens. Might have bent forks but I'm not too sure, I'll have to check. Other than that, all is good, just bent handle bars, broken mirrors, a toasted indicator lens and the crash also revealed that my gas tank is full of bog lol (could have fooled me, whoever did that patch up job did it pretty damn well). No damage to me though. I don't think she looked in her mirrors/over her shoulders at all (otherwise she should have seen me), so she's at fault there. But what about my presence in the flush? Is it illegal to ride in the flush when traffic is at a complete stand still?

Your at fault.

Let your insurance company sort it out.

[DR650gary]

Got a result on this yet?