Welly crash

[Pwalo]

Trust the pain killers are working well. Let the bones knit, do the physio and you'll be fine.

Hope that you can get the business with the courier sorted. From what you've described it may be a case where both parties have to share a degree of blame, although changing lanes without indicating or checking is a definite no no.

Oh the joys of biking.

[Jamezo]

Erk. Come back after 4 hours at hospital.

Additional fracture at the top of my forearm where there was a plate. Cracked halfway through my ulna where a screw sat.

In a full arm cast, trying to get this fixed without more surgery.

Interesting experience: Manipulating a fractured wrist that has been displaced half a centimetre back into position.

Not going to bother with meds, they seem to just make the pain worse when you don't take them.

Investigation proceeding. Dude's being a prick. Says he did indicate (was that before or after a bike scraped down your side?.......)

[Bend-it]

People seem to think that indicating means they can do what they like. Indicating is just that, indicating!! They still need to look to make sure there's no traffic coming along!!! Bloddy twat!! Same excuse from the prick who knocked me over 2 weeks ago! "I indicated", he said... big, fat, hairy deal!! You still came out into traffic in front of me, you prick!

I'm getting increasingly bitter at cagers even though I spend as much time in one as I do on a bike, and my wife and most people I know drive 'em. What's happening to me!??!

[Insanity_rules]

Jamezo that sucks dude, so it was you who gave me a long trip home the other night. Wondered if it was a crew member.
Yeah the courier van is definately in the wrong mate, pulling into your lane. Stick to your guns, be beligerent, firm but not an asshole and you'll come out on top.

[Beemer]

Technically he moved into your lane without indicating. Even if they do throw a following too close at you it SHOULD be in relation to the car in your lane. You can't follow too close to a car that is in another lane........ ie. the courier should be liable for damages...

I'm sure we'll all be very interested to find out how this turns out.

That's what I would think - because otherwise, you could be the only vehicle in the outside lane with a huge queue of vehicles in the inside lane and it would be YOUR fault if one of them suddenly decided to move into the outside lane without indicating and you hit them. I think the cop is trying one on if he thinks you were solely to blame here. Strange, because they usually love throwing the book at couriers. Maybe the cop hates bikers more than couriers?

[MSTRS:Me]

That's what I would think - because otherwise, you could be the only vehicle in the outside lane with a huge queue of vehicles in the inside lane and it would be YOUR fault if one of them suddenly decided to move into the outside lane without indicating and you hit them. I think the cop is trying one on if he thinks you were solely to blame here. Strange, because they usually love throwing the book at couriers. Maybe the cop hates bikers more than couriers?

Agree with Squeak & Beemer...have to add that if said biker is young then cops seem to think 'No matter what, he is at fault'. Bad luck & hope it all comes right quickly

[Squeak the Rat]

I've been scratching my head on this one.... Did the courier actually change lane? If so that would imply that you were not next to another car, otherwise you would have been pushed into the car you were passing.

So, if you weren't next to a car at the time of the incident, then you weren't lane splitting - you were in a gap in your lane, albeit positioned on the right hand side of the lane.....

Sounds to me you were technically doing nothing wrong. Unfortunately it's very easy to type this into a web forum, but another matter convincing the authorities. Good luck, and bummer about the "extra" injuries. Please do let us know how you get on.

[ajturbo]

ask luke about putting bones back in the right place... he had 2 bones in his wrist that were on top of each other...

but good news you are "OK"... only 4 more weeks and youll be back out there...

[Jamezo]

I've been scratching my head on this one.... Did the courier actually change lane? If so that would imply that you were not next to another car, otherwise you would have been pushed into the car you were passing.

So, if you weren't next to a car at the time of the incident, then you weren't lane splitting - you were in a gap in your lane, albeit positioned on the right hand side of the lane.....

Sounds to me you were technically doing nothing wrong. Unfortunately it's very easy to type this into a web forum, but another matter convincing the authorities. Good luck, and bummer about the "extra" injuries. Please do let us know how you get on.

Yeah, I was a few metres in front of a car in the left lane that I had passed. As far as I can gather, I was 100% legal by being in that space at that time.

I'm in correspondence with the investigating officer. I am NOT going to let myself be jerked around by this driver.

[ajturbo]

hey J , what CO. was it... i have a couple of contacts that work in that feild.. they may be able to help?

[Jamezo]

Not sure right now, I had the details but then everything got kind of jumbled up being taken away in the ambo. Let you know when I find out.