Ouch ouch my first accident

[JeremyW]

So today as I was happily crusing down dominion rd I had a wonderful courier van turn in front of me just in time for me to briefly lock my brakes and slam into the side of him.

Unfortunately my wonderful wee street magic took some frontal damage (hubs, brake disc, forks etc etc).

Just thought I would up a post so others can sympathise with me and to say if you are travelling on the insode of stopped traffic please be aware of silly people who turn on you. I was lucky, the next person might not be....

Also sorry to Tony and Steve (Kiwifruits mate and Qkchk) as these people were selling me a bike and buying off me my sm. We'll see what insurance has to say on Monday.

Bit of a shock hitting a nice big piece of steel at 40km/h....

[bladez]

wot a bugger good to see you came out alright bloody vans

[Flatcap]

Yeah - Dominion road is a bitch for pricks doing random shit in front of you

[Drum]

At least you survived, so well done.

Any liklihood of a charge against the driver?

[phoenixgtr]

Bugger mate. Not much fun getting cut off. I'm guessing the guy didn't do a runner like mine did. Hopefully your bikes not too bad

[McJim]

Make sure you report the incident to the Police as this will greatly assist in your claim. I learnt this the hard way coz the police fobbed me off and wouldn't take the details from me when I got knocked off my bike.

Don't let them fob you off - if they do ask for their name in order that you can quote them in your formal complaint.

Driving dangerously is a crime - don't let the fuckers get away with it.

[Ghost Lemur]

Any bin you walk away from is a good one.

Bikes can be resurrected, people can't.

Nuff of the cliches. Glad to hear your ok. If you got any bruising get some arnica gel on it. MrsLemur gave me some after after my superman impersonation. Worked wonders. Went from walking like John Wayne on a bad day practically as good as new overnight. Just a bit of that healing ache left.

[beyond]

Good to hear you came out in one piece.

What a way to screw up Friday and the weekend aye? Stinkin cagers.

[motoGP]

Bad luck about the accident. It’s good to hear you’re fine(ish?) though. One of my greatest fears is a car pulling out like that and going into the side.

It must have been quite a shock – did you get hurt at all?

Hope your insurance gets everything fixed nice and fast.

[Swoop]

... if you are travelling on the insode of stopped traffic please be aware of silly people....

You might find that you will be bent over and rodgered if you travel on the inside of stopped cars...
Overtake on the outside!

[Drum]

You might find that you will be bent over and rodgered if you travel on the inside of stopped cars...
Overtake on the outside!

Dominion Road bus lane?

A friend of mine got knocked off her pushbike this way on Upper Queen Street and no charges were laid because she was riding up the inside - for a short while it looked like she mightve been blamed for the whole incident

[Swoop]

Dominion Road bus lane?

A friend of mine got knocked off her pushbike this way on Upper Queen Street and no charges were laid because she was riding up the inside - for a short while it looked like she mightve been blamed for the whole incident

My bad.
No mention of a bus-lane type incident.

If a bus lane and that happens, give the bastard some panel damage and a mirrorectomy!

[Flatcap]

I commute down the bus lane on D Road every morning - you sure have to have your wits about you. It sure as hell wakes you up before you get to work

[Drum]

My bad.
No mention of a bus-lane type incident.

If a bus lane and that happens, give the bastard some panel damage and a mirrorectomy!

I'm only guessing. Doesn't mention bus lane.

[Smokin Joe]

Just to add some juice to this thread. I ride my bike as often as I am able so I do quite abit of riding.
Thursday afternoon I was in the Landcruiser stopped in the turn right lane to pull into the Bridge Marina in Tauranga. The traffic coming toward me was was travelling at about 15-20kph. Another 4x4 coming towards me slowed and flashed his lights to indicate he was letting me cross in front of him.

As I started to pull across a scooter came through on his left hand side. I missed him but a combination of looking into a low sun and acknowleging the kindness of the other driver I failed to see the scooter.

The lesson? When undertaking on the bike as many of us do we must be doubly aware and alert. He was oblivious to his impending demise.

It's easy to criticise but it can happen to any of us. A sobering experience.