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Taxi driver decides to pull a u-turn out of nowhere leaving me to jam on the front brake, lock the front wheel and go sliding down the road. Pulled a muscle in my shoulder and sprained my ankle but that's it. :D
taxi's are notorious for doing stupid stuff i alway's keep a sharp eye on em what's the damage to your bike.
Spiderman
07-12-09, 07:35 PM
Glad its not worse. And yeh taxis do this all the time, keep a bloody close eye on them.
Alpinestarhero
07-12-09, 07:37 PM
People dont like to check mirrors carefully when U-turning. In mycase, one gentleman (he was a good guy in the end) didnt bother to check for oncoming traffic either :lol:
Take it easy with the injuries there, it might hurt more in a few days (my....private....area was proper aching a couple of days afterward!!!).
Much damage to the bike?
Very true chaps. Apparently his wheel "locked" when he was turning.
Bent front brake lever, snapped rear brake lever, torn throttle grip and dented exhaust. Could be worse!
all easy & cheap stuff too fix you got lucky where the bike's concerned obviously not for falling off.
Alpinestarhero
07-12-09, 07:42 PM
That it could be worse! You can gt that all sorted easy peasy - you might be able to get the front brake lever bent back into place by someone skilled (perhaps yourself!) who applys a bit o' heat
Was it an aftermarket exhaust that got dented? If not...then its time for one :salut:
How does ones wheel lock when turning :confused: unless it jammed against something that was already mis-shapen and protruding
i wouldnt bend the lever back once it's bent back it'll be weak just get a new un.
Alpinestarhero
07-12-09, 07:46 PM
yea thats true, but maybe for a quick fix....OEM ones are something like £40 (my dad brought me a new one because he was concerned about the span adjuster on my old one)
Spiderman
07-12-09, 07:53 PM
what the cabbie meant was "i was to busy turning the wheel to full lock to bother looking in my mirrors or over my shoulder or to use my ears"
Had he admitted blame btw? is he paying for the damage privately to not loose his no claims etc?
Specialone
07-12-09, 08:14 PM
Glad your ok dude, taxi's especially private hire cars really pee me off, they seem to lose all driving ability when they get behind the wheel of a car licensed to carry passengers.
One decided today to just brake hard and turn right off a 40 mph busy road in front of me with no indication, nothing.
I had to brake hard but i was in my van and all me kit in the back slammed into the bulkhead :(
GWS
Sounds just like my off too. Thing is, I was overtaking a very long traffic jam and as a result I could be anywhere between 100 and 0% liable. Case law and general opinion between solicitors is very mixed. All he had to do was look in his mirrors and the whole thing could have been avoided :(
Were you overtaking or passing parked vehicles?
F**k his ncd.
Davis Vs Schrodinger is the case law you need to prove fault 100% on his part. Where a vehicle u turns with a motorcyclist so close as to be unable to avoid a collision, the motorcyclist isn't at fault.
A U turn isnt like a filter/overtake at junction, you have no "warning" of the likelyhood.
You've been injured - ring his insurers to discuss if it's trivial. A few hundred quid should sort you out for the pain.
Dave20046
08-12-09, 11:21 AM
Glad it wasn't worse mate! had someone do the same to me.
F**k his ncd.
Davis Vs Schrodinger is the case law you need to prove fault 100% on his part. Where a vehicle u turns with a motorcyclist so close as to be unable to avoid a collision, the motorcyclist isn't at fault.
A U turn isnt like a filter/overtake at junction, you have no "warning" of the likelyhood.
You've been injured - ring his insurers to discuss if it's trivial. A few hundred quid should sort you out for the pain.
If the guy was a decent enough bloke I don't see the point in ****ing with his life if you'd be happy with just having the bike paid for privately.
However if he's an **** etc. then yeah worth considering taking it further. Gra double check your injuries are just sprains and nothing worse before doing anything though.
Sorry to hear that mate ... glad it was only a small off ...
Fizzy Fish
08-12-09, 12:34 PM
Sorry to hear about your off, and glad you weren't seriously hurt.
U-turns are a tricky one to avoid, because you don't always get much warning. As a suggestion keep the speed down a bit while coming past rows of traffic, especially if there is nothing coming the other way. I also tend to ride mid way across the other lane in those situations, as you have abit more space to react and are that bit more visible (that is if they bother to look!)
I had the same thing on Sunday as it happens, just a good thing that I was going pretty slowly and was also on the DRZ with it's loud can, so the car driver heard me at the last minute. Both of us stopped with a few feet to spare, him with the usual SMIDSY wave of apology... :rolleyes:
andreis
08-12-09, 12:41 PM
Better it had not been an off at all, but GWS and hope you fix your bike...
I also subscribe to the club of people who have it in for cab drivers.. They just seem to purposely break every driving law and common safety sense just so that they don't get to their destination 10 seconds later...
One them u-turned on me from the opposite lane one day (he didn't actually check for oncoming traffic). I managed to barely break in time then went to his window (he still hadn't seen me) and first think that came out of my mouth was cursing.. Then I realized there was no use. So I asked him to take better care next time and talk to all his buddy cab drivers and tell them about how he almost severely injured someone because he was a sh*ty driver..
Glad it wasn't worse mate! had someone do the same to me.
If the guy was a decent enough bloke I don't see the point in ****ing with his life if you'd be happy with just having the bike paid for privately.
However if he's an **** etc. then yeah worth considering taking it further. Gra double check your injuries are just sprains and nothing worse before doing anything though.
To be honest, and speaking in sweeping generalisations, taxi drivers are the worst. One major insurance group has any claim on an alert for possible fraud, with an automatic referral to their fraud unit if they have several passengers, in certain post codes, and with a couple of other obvious signs.
As they are all "men of the road" they know how the system works. Taxi drivers are invariably always injured regardless of speed, if they're not at fault, and always need their vehicles mysteriously "recovered" and then "stored" at high charges by compaines you never heven heard of, who dont even appear in the phone books, who then arrange non fault hire cars at over £100 a day.
They always have "witnesses" who are always other cab drivers, and are just generally bad news. If this had been the other way round, you'd hit him, the claim would be 10k min. For a minor bump, as "they can't use a damaged car for work", despite the heaps you and I actually see on the roads....
I shudder at the prospect of yet another claim from the high mileage Toyota Carina from the Preston/Bolton/Blackburn/Bradford/Stoke/Birmingham/West London driver, who happened to be off duty with 5 family members... Especially as the car that usually hits them is from someone who doesnt report the claim, on a 1 month old policy with no previous history of insurance, who can't then be traced..... I see one a week on average at the moment in these recessionary times.
The insurance industry hates Taxi drivers.....
Good job you're not too bad!..Lame tho.
I'm well pranged these days when riding in busy London. I think I look at wheels too much, cos I'm always looking at like almost everyones wheels before I pass them. Too much random driving out there. You're always one second away from getting cut off, and there's almost nowt escape if it happens!
Dave20046
08-12-09, 11:14 PM
To be honest, and speaking in sweeping generalisations, taxi drivers are the worst. One major insurance group has any claim on an alert for possible fraud, with an automatic referral to their fraud unit if they have several passengers, in certain post codes, and with a couple of other obvious signs.
As they are all "men of the road" they know how the system works. Taxi drivers are invariably always injured regardless of speed, if they're not at fault, and always need their vehicles mysteriously "recovered" and then "stored" at high charges by compaines you never heven heard of, who dont even appear in the phone books, who then arrange non fault hire cars at over £100 a day.
They always have "witnesses" who are always other cab drivers, and are just generally bad news. If this had been the other way round, you'd hit him, the claim would be 10k min. For a minor bump, as "they can't use a damaged car for work", despite the heaps you and I actually see on the roads....
I shudder at the prospect of yet another claim from the high mileage Toyota Carina from the Preston/Bolton/Blackburn/Bradford/Stoke/Birmingham/West London driver, who happened to be off duty with 5 family members... Especially as the car that usually hits them is from someone who doesnt report the claim, on a 1 month old policy with no previous history of insurance, who can't then be traced..... I see one a week on average at the moment in these recessionary times.
The insurance industry hates Taxi drivers.....
It's up to Gra, but it's just worth remembering you can totally screw up someone. Some **** u-turned on me and lied. My solicitor lost the witnesses number :rolleyes: and I couldn't afford insurance for a car which I needed to work. Finally resolved over a year later. Stress :mad:
Hello folks. Sorry for not responding. Been a hectic week at work, new job and all. An assessor was meant to call round tonight but never showed. Nice!
Courtesy bike being delivered to work on Monday. Good jab as well, I'm paying 14 quid a day train fare!
Dave20046
14-12-09, 11:27 AM
Courtesy bike being delivered to work on Monday. Good jab as well, I'm paying 14 quid a day train fare!
You can claim that back , keep the tickets.
You can claim that back , keep the tickets.
Done that :)
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