I hit a car today....need opinions

[ceebie13]

Only a couple of days ago I (briefly) mentioned on KB an "off" that I had after a contretante with a London cab. Well in a little more detail, I was proceeding normally along a main road. I saw a cab itching to join the flow from a side road on my right ahead of me. He pulled out into the middle of the road ahead of me and slowly crept along. Anticipating all this I thought "well I've actually got time and road space to overtake him on his right rather than "undertake" on his left hand side." In the split second that I did my over the shoulder life-saver, he decided to stop. On looking forwards again, I was confronted with his rear end staring me in the face! Braked hard, greasy road, front wheel gives way, bike dropped and slides under his rear bumper and punctures his petrol tank. Result? Bike forks stuffed, tank stuffed and bars now resembling a hair grip and me needing a tetanus jab in my arse (just thought...is that why its called tetanus?) Anyway, I digress...No body stopped as witnesses, except - you guessed it - another cabbie. Cabbie? what cabbie? there was no cabbie when I was there. Funny how they materialise out of thin air when you don't want one isn't it? I took the rap.

[slinky]

Yeh unfortunatly thats your bad, shud always keep an eye on the car infront and never presume ther gona go.
My mum does it all the time (ie she is the car infront!!) except she comes up to give ways when its clear and ther is no need to stop, but maybe just slow down a little just incase. But she will stop, and i tell her one day someone is gona run up her arse because its obvious that its clear and she should not need to stop.

[Wasp]

sadly its your fault, ive been in that other car that they wait for and seen it happen (car v car = SMASH)

[Lissa]

Ive seen that happen a couple of times myself.. Car vs Car. Hope you are ok, and that it doesnt cost you too much.

[apteryx_haasti]

So no matter what, EACH vehicle must come to a complete STOP at a STOP sign.

Thanks, Crashe - that's always been my understanding as well.

[Gixxer 4 ever]

Sorry your fault.

I parked my bike between two parks in town one day and girl backed in to my bike and it fell over and hit a flash Landrover. Scratched the side of it. I got the number plate and fested up to the insurance company about the illegal parking. the response was as above. No one has the right to damage another persons property. They ( the lady parking ) was in the wrong. She had to pay for the bike and the Landrover. So the same applies here. You should have been able to stop. I know but that's life.

Sorry to hear but you are ok and that's 99% of good.

[aaron01]

compulsary stop signs means you have to stop as well at the head of the que

[Guitana]

Nice to see a bike running cars off the road for once!!
You should carry a spare bike chain with you at all times just in case someone tries to take you out then you can slash your chain up and down their bonnet and doors as you ride past!!!
The look on their faces will be priceless!!!
I'm heading down to the wreckers tonight to get one something nice and heavy but not too greasy!!

[KATWYN]

You should carry a spare bike chain with you at all times just in case someone tries to take you out then you can slash your chain up and down their bonnet and doors as you ride past!!!

Like those biker girls did in that movie "Rat Race" when they took offence to that driver on the road......scarey

[KLOWN]

Like those biker girls did in that movie "Rat Race" when they took offence to that driver on the road......scarey

haha, then he went (drove through the wall) of the veterans meeting looking like hittler, man that was funny. the rest of the movie was shit.

[apteryx_haasti]

...except she comes up to give ways when its clear and ther is no need to stop, but maybe just slow down a little just incase. But she will stop, and i tell her one day someone is gona run up her arse because its obvious that its clear and she should not need to stop.

Oh my - that's a beef of mine that deserves a thread all of its own!

Why on EARTH are you BRAKING when you can clearly SEE THAT THERE IS NO ONE COMING????!!!! (my internal rant - I have a few...)

[Patrick]

Mate of mine a while back was driving a Volvo along a dual carrageway in the UK at about 70mph (120ish kph) when a truck pulled out of a side road onto the lane he was in, and he had nowhere to go but into the back of him... came out alive which was good, but the insurance company decided to be a cock about it and wouldn't pay out, saying that as he hit the truck from behind he was at fault.

Should have fought it... Truck simply failed to give way and is at fault.

[Patrick]

Although very very unlikely it is possible that the Driver you hit could have been in breach of their license conditions eg. driving while disqualified or the vehicle may not have a current warrant or rego, bit of a stretch but these are the only circumstances that I can think of that would give you some grounds to defend. Leave it to the insurance guys

Dodgy and wrong... although they shouldn't be on the road, that was not the "cause"... The cause is still her running into the back of em. If there were breaches etc, they will get thier ticket seperately.

[Patrick]

there is a place where two busy roads merge.

And Northgate, outside NPGHS... "crash palace..." Twats who can't merge like a zip from both lanes that merge into one...

[slinky]

Dodgy and wrong... although they shouldn't be on the road, that was not the "cause"... The cause is still her running into the back of em. If there were breaches etc, they will get thier ticket seperately.

can make a deal and tell'em that you won't go to cops bout ther breaches.