High street high side - pics added.

Suzi 2 down, Suzi 2 down.

thats right, my 2nd Sv has been written off. heading down wood street in high barnet towards barnet church when i notice a car infront of me parked up to the side in my lane. Then his indicator comes on as he pulls out infront of me, i notice grey hair and expect the worst. I put my horn on, att his time i was still expecting him to carry on anyway, it was at this point i realised we wasnt pulling out to carry on, he was doing a F&CKING U-TURN!
he then looks over his sholder to see what that strange 'beep' sound is and decides to stop, blocking the road completly. I attempted to turn away but under extreme braking i had no chance of turning enough, i hit the side of the bonet and landed in the road on the other side. I skidded/rolled onto the pavement and finished on my front, half on the pavement, half in the road.

unable to move due to pain, and unable to breathe from the inpact i wiggled about rather pathetically to see if i was intact.

anyway, quite alot of people did a great job in chatting to me and stopping me from trying to stand back up. One guy in particualr was very helpful in keeping me calm, some bikers stopped too but i couldnt turn my head to see much. By the time the ambulance turned up there was quite a crowd, luckily i couldnt see much of it. they put a board against my back, rolled me onto it, and lifted me off.

wasnt til afterwards i found out the old git was chatting back at me, trying to defend himself and cast blame on me. luckily for him i couldnt walk or i owuld have killed the old geezer, maybe saved him killing someone else some day. hell be back on the road tomorrow im sure.

4 witnesses saw it as they turned whent hey heard the horn going. the police were great and collected the witnesses detials for me. they were even more helpful when i told em my dad was a policeman too.

at the hospitol my dad spoke to the traffic police who said some witness had said he'd seen me over taking on the wrong side of the road... but he didnt see the accident. that sounds bad for me, but i was doing that 500m before the accident while the cars were stuck in traffic. i wasnt over taking at speed, at about 10mph with no on ocming traffic.

gutted about the bike, the blokes at the scene said it was fine, i couldnt see it ya see. but i was later told its competly fecked.

and me? i didnt breake a thing! they had me in a neck brace, tape around my face, unable to move at all. seems the only thing wrong with me is my right knee is swollen, left hand bruised, chest bruised, bluring right eye.
i think thats good going as i could have died. just feels like ive been beaten with a bat... had all my leathers on that god!

Sorry to hear that, dude.
Looks like we need to put up a scoreboard, see who can finish off the most SVs. I think you're winning atm.

Hope you feel better soon and can get back on a bike soon after that.

Originally Posted by leesimons

Eek, glad you're okay, any chance of a prosection for driving without due care and attention on his part?

Yeah, right.
I wouldn't hold out any hope, though I suppose with 4 witnesses it's a possibility.

Blimey, thank god you're alright - I think we all know it could have been a lot worse

As for this....

Originally Posted by Wiltshire7

at the hospitol my dad spoke to the traffic police who said some witness had said he'd seen me over taking on the wrong side of the road... but he didnt see the accident. that sounds bad for me, but i was doing that 500m before the accident while the cars were stuck in traffic. i wasnt over taking at speed, at about 10mph with no on ocming traffic.

... that's called filtering, that is. And it's legal. I don't know why non-bikers neither know about nor understand this. Fingers crossed that the police will have measured up the crash position and work out that you're in the clear.

Hope you're not too sore (I recommend a hot bath followed by arnica cream applied to the bruised bits and oral arnica for added healing power and shock relief - all bikers should keep this in the medicine cabinet)

Let us know if there's anything we can do to help or if you need taking down the pub
lots love
Debs

Originally Posted by Wiltshire7

at the hospitol my dad spoke to the traffic police who said some witness had said he'd seen me over taking on the wrong side of the road... but he didnt see the accident. that sounds bad for me, but i was doing that 500m before the accident while the cars were stuck in traffic. i wasnt over taking at speed, at about 10mph with no on ocming traffic. !

Glad you're in reasonably good shape- sorry to hear about this.

re: the above. Bit confused by that, what exactly is, "over taking on the wrong side of the road"? Only the wrong side of double white lines/a central reservation, or undertaking is "the wrong side of the road"?

Bloody 'ell
Glad you came out of it as reasonably OK as you could be under the circumstances
You're going to ache tomorrow, so take it easy

[BillyC]

Glad you're alive and well! Sorry to hear about the demise of another beautiful bike!

Sounds like one of those situations where the wreckage tells the entire story - 6 points, driving without due care.

At the very least - his insurance is liable, get a good solicitor.

Just wanted to say glad you're ok and i hope it all works out for the best (IE Full recovery on his insurance)

thankyou for the support, its always nice to know people who understand what these things are like. like the bikers that stopped to help when others wouldnt, makes me proud to call myself a biker.

re: the above. Bit confused by that, what exactly is, "over taking on the wrong side of the road"? Only the wrong side of double white lines/a central reservation, or undertaking is "the wrong side of the road"?

sorry, what i mean is sometimes i overtake without leaving my lane. somewtimes there is space for that. this time htough i went on the other side of the road as it was clear. i dont like getting too close to cars for reasons which feel more than ever now. to the on looker it may have seemed i was being careless to go on the other side of the road... but there wasnt any solid white lines and no on coming traffic. plus i can see ahead much better when in this position incase any cars decide to turn right on me.[/quote]

Oh man glad your ok!

Originally Posted by Wiltshire7

sorry, what i mean is sometimes i overtake without leaving my lane. somewtimes there is space for that. this time htough i went on the other side of the road as it was clear.

As long this wasn't forbidden on that stretch of road, there is nothing wrong with that AFAIK?