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heros · 23-09-08, 02:23 PM

Well just got back from a+e from an eventful crash :/ was filtering down stand still traffic to a set of road works when someone decided to pull out of there drive and not look, by the time i saw the car i was on the floor tbh (i was doing bout 20-25mph). Bikes fudged good and proper, garage are saying its a write off so ! even dented the tank with my balls! no broken bones thankfully just bit battered and bruised, so whats the idea insurance wise is this claimable? policeman seemed to think it was

heros · 23-09-08, 02:25 PM

Oh and the best bit of it all is me + dad went to look at bike at side of road (hadnt been picked up yet) and the car i crashed into was being driven by the husband now and he nearly got hit by a lorry doing the same thing!

23-09-08, 02:27 PM

balls of steel

glad your ok-ish

i dont see why you cant claim, but this filtering melaky is a bit of a grey area.......... it seems

yorkie_chris · 23-09-08, 02:31 PM

Get a good brief.

heros · 23-09-08, 02:34 PM

brief? i have 2 witness's atm

yorkie_chris · 23-09-08, 02:36 PM

Lawyer

heros · 23-09-08, 02:38 PM

ah ok got a feeling shes going to claim off me

23-09-08, 02:40 PM

Tell her to stuff it. It's her responsibility to ensure that the space she's trying to pull out into, isn't occupied by someone already using that bit of the road. Or something like that.

You'll be fine mate, just maintain that you were looking around, observing correctly, going under the speed limit and she came out of nowhere and hit you. Job done.

23-09-08, 02:40 PM

Oh, and glad you're ok!

STRAMASHER · 23-09-08, 02:42 PM

Take lots of photos of the area where it happened. Right a wee piece on the back and a covering letter, ready to give to your lawyer.(Appointed or not.)

Glad your ok dude. No grey area about it....... claim for everything. (Kit/inconvenience/ loss of earnings/ public transport etc.)

I never claimed personal injury in a similar situation ,as I was not and also if you were not injured in a bike crash you could not have been going fast! Right?

23-09-08, 02:23 PM	#1
heros Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 239	bike crash Well just got back from a+e from an eventful crash :/ was filtering down stand still traffic to a set of road works when someone decided to pull out of there drive and not look, by the time i saw the car i was on the floor tbh (i was doing bout 20-25mph). Bikes fudged good and proper, garage are saying its a write off so ! even dented the tank with my balls! no broken bones thankfully just bit battered and bruised, so whats the idea insurance wise is this claimable? policeman seemed to think it was __________________ Old Bikes: 2002 Black Yamaha dt 125, Red Sv650 k5 (naked), Black Bandit 650 k8 (naked), gsr750, er6n, sv650a Current Bike: GSX-S750

23-09-08, 02:25 PM	#2
heros Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 239	Re: bike crash! Oh and the best bit of it all is me + dad went to look at bike at side of road (hadnt been picked up yet) and the car i crashed into was being driven by the husband now and he nearly got hit by a lorry doing the same thing! __________________ Old Bikes: 2002 Black Yamaha dt 125, Red Sv650 k5 (naked), Black Bandit 650 k8 (naked), gsr750, er6n, sv650a Current Bike: GSX-S750

23-09-08, 02:27 PM	#3
hovis Guest Posts: n/a	Re: bike crash! balls of steel glad your ok-ish i dont see why you cant claim, but this filtering melaky is a bit of a grey area.......... it seems

23-09-08, 02:31 PM	#4
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: bike crash! Get a good brief. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

23-09-08, 02:34 PM	#5
heros Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 239	Re: bike crash! brief? i have 2 witness's atm __________________ Old Bikes: 2002 Black Yamaha dt 125, Red Sv650 k5 (naked), Black Bandit 650 k8 (naked), gsr750, er6n, sv650a Current Bike: GSX-S750

23-09-08, 02:36 PM	#6
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: bike crash! Lawyer __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

23-09-08, 02:38 PM	#7
heros Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 239	Re: bike crash! ah ok got a feeling shes going to claim off me __________________ Old Bikes: 2002 Black Yamaha dt 125, Red Sv650 k5 (naked), Black Bandit 650 k8 (naked), gsr750, er6n, sv650a Current Bike: GSX-S750

23-09-08, 02:40 PM	#8
carty Guest Posts: n/a	Re: bike crash! Tell her to stuff it. It's her responsibility to ensure that the space she's trying to pull out into, isn't occupied by someone already using that bit of the road. Or something like that. You'll be fine mate, just maintain that you were looking around, observing correctly, going under the speed limit and she came out of nowhere and hit you. Job done.

23-09-08, 02:40 PM	#9
carty Guest Posts: n/a	Re: bike crash! Oh, and glad you're ok!

23-09-08, 02:42 PM	#10
STRAMASHER Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sunny Glasgow Posts: 1,715	Re: bike crash! Take lots of photos of the area where it happened. Right a wee piece on the back and a covering letter, ready to give to your lawyer.(Appointed or not.) Glad your ok dude. No grey area about it....... claim for everything. (Kit/inconvenience/ loss of earnings/ public transport etc.) I never claimed personal injury in a similar situation ,as I was not and also if you were not injured in a bike crash you could not have been going fast! Right? Last edited by STRAMASHER; 23-09-08 at 02:47 PM. Reason: Blood boiling :)

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