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Old 25-04-13, 11:31 AM   #121
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Default Re: Crashed last night :(

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you were going way to fast on the inside for that amount of traffic in a built up area.. i seen the gap/junction and gaps with junctions mean other vehicles crossing your path.

bad luck. next time open your eyes and slow down. if that car had been a pedestrian you would have killed them.
Sorry to see you crash and I hope you get better soon, but you could have avoided an accident so easily!

I agree that it looks like you were going way too fast for the situation, you could see that there was a petrol station on the right, you probably couldn't see through the traffic well as it was backed up, vehicles close together and some vehicles like the panel van also blocking your view.

If I was driving that car, I don't see how I would have been able to have seen you, and the car didn't rush out fast at all.

Gaps left at junctions are very dangerous for bikes, so ride more defensively next time and take in more of what is happening around you.
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Old 26-04-13, 06:32 PM   #122
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It looks fast, but remember that wide angle lenses exaggerate distances and speed. He didn't actually get thrown very far either, I can remember being knocked off at about 20mph and slid further than that, even though I used my wrist to absorb a lot of the energy (thus smashing it to bits!).

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Old 29-04-13, 10:37 AM   #123
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Bikes a write off apparently. The guys dealing with it called me a moment a go to say they believe the bike to be a write off they are just getting the other party's insurers to check the bike and then will give me a figure in a few days.
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Old 29-04-13, 10:46 AM   #124
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Where's your bike?

I thought you would have it.

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Old 29-04-13, 10:58 AM   #125
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So whos fault did the insurance company decide it was?

Never accept the first price either, youd be surprised how much more you can get out of them.
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Old 29-04-13, 06:11 PM   #126
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Bike is with the insurers as they came to collect it to value it.
My insurance company have said it's not my fault and are going to claim fully from other person but then they see likely too
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Old 29-04-13, 06:14 PM   #127
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Did you have it after the accident or did they pick it up at the scene?

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Old 29-04-13, 08:05 PM   #128
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I had it after the accident and they collected it from mine why?
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Old 29-04-13, 08:14 PM   #129
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Sorry for all the questions. I am from Denmark and not familiar with how insurance cases are delt with here, so I was just being curious

I hope everything works out for you.

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Old 29-04-13, 09:12 PM   #130
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No need to speculate about the speed. Download the video in 1080p and you can see the angle of the speedo needle clear as day, then look at the speedo markings



The bike was doing between 30 and 35mph and accelerating slightly at point of impact.

There is no bus lane at point of impact, where it stops at 20 seconds it's because the road narrows too much to have a bus lane so reverts back down to a single lane for a short stretch, where the buses are expected to rejoin the single lane traffic queue. Where a separate lane exists it is always marked up as such with a dividing line. That stupid little section of bus lane at 17 seconds needs removing because it's easy to see how a bike can be sucked into nipping down the inside, resulting in this accident, but it doesn't change the fact the bus lane did finish at 20 seconds and the bike was undertaking at the point of impact. Highway code rule 163 only permits passing on the left in congested conditions when you are in a different lane.

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