Rear-ended by car

**RC1** · 6th January 2007, 12:25

Originally Posted by redr1

. Got rear ended yesterday when I stopped to give way at a roundabout. Heard the screeching tyres behind me but could not move forward because I would have got T-boned.

had exactly the same thing happen to me at a set of lights (carbine rd ) , was first in line heard tyres screechirg then bang no room to move forward as cars were turning,wrote off bike and cage, there is not always a escape route

**pzkpfw** · 6th January 2007, 13:47

Twice in the last year I've been hit from behind while in my car (sorry for the non bike-related post).

Last time, two weeks ago, it was while I was second in line waiting at a red light. (In my freakin' two month old, new car).

Both times, it was a van that hit me.

Both times, I had zero damage - but left a tow-bar shaped hole in the vans' front plate.

Lessons:

They are all idiots, and they don't just want to hurt riders.

Get a tow bar.

**NordieBoy** · 6th January 2007, 14:24

With me it was the car 2 back that didn't stop at the lights.
1 written off Nordwest...

**redr1** · 6th January 2007, 16:36

Originally Posted by Toaster

must have hurt ya nuts all scooped up into the air like that.

Ha, you would have thought so but I think I got away with that one. I knew I was going to get hit so locked my arms real hard to brace for impact which probably saved my nuts. The tyre mark and big dent on his bonnet combined with a broken fender was a real "shame", not!
Not sure if allowing space on the side for the car to go through is a good idea because getting side swiped would be worse than getting hit from behind. In this case it was a matter of receiving the lesser of 2 evils as the other option was to overrun the roundabout and rely on the oncoming car to stop and if it didn't I would have been in deep kaka and then it would have been my fault for not giving way at a roundabout.
Fortunately I am insured. The car driver wasn't.

**davereid** · 6th January 2007, 17:11

I hate this thread ! Ive never worked out how to avoid being rear ended. just glad you and bike OK..ish

**Blondini** · 6th January 2007, 18:25

Glad you are ok.

**MotoGirl** · 6th January 2007, 19:44

I'm with the guys who say dominate your space on the road. At least if you're in the middle of your lane, your bike will receive a lot of the impact not you.

After being rear-ended in the car, I always watch what's coming up behind me while I'm stopped. If I see a car coming, I'll pump my foot brake a couple of times and hope they see my tail light fire up!

Another thing to consider is how close you sit to the intersection. I don't sit on the lines because I've heard so many horror stories about vehicles being shunted into the line of oncoming traffic.

**Swoop** · 6th January 2007, 21:07

Originally Posted by MotoGirl

I'm with the guys who say dominate your space on the road.

Yeah... like the retard BMW cager today whos seeing-eye-dog was at the vet's..

Sorry about your wing mirror... NOT!
Fu*ker.

Learn to LOOK to your right - and give way.

**heyjoe** · 6th January 2007, 21:26

Glad to hear you are ok.
You just can't trust those car idiots on the road eh?

**Shadows** · 7th January 2007, 01:04

Saw A LOT of asshole tailgating of bikes today while we were cruising in traffic. I mean real bad, literally centimetres from back wheel stuff. Mostly perpetrated by fuckwits in Commodores. What the hell is it with fuckwits in Commodores?

**Aitch** · 7th January 2007, 11:09

Driven by salesmen...need I say more?

**onearmedbandit** · 7th January 2007, 11:18

Originally Posted by Shadmeister

Saw A LOT of asshole tailgating of bikes today while we were cruising in traffic. I mean real bad, literally centimetres from back wheel stuff. Mostly perpetrated by fuckwits in Commodores. What the hell is it with fuckwits in Commodores?

Hey come on, don't be so hard on the police.