My tale of woe
 

As this seem to be where SV owners list thier grievences at the hands of car drivers, here's mine.

One quiet evening at about 20:30 I was riding along minding my own business. A car coming the other way down a road about a mile long which is as straight as an arrow didn't happen to see my white bike with it's headlight on and it's pilot who was wearing a floresant jacket. Said car then proceeded to turn right into my path without indicating.

A few seconds later I was lying in the road looking at my right leg which was now pointing the wrong way, the car driver then commented that he hadn't see me too which I replied with my crash helmet being throw in his direction. :lol:

A night in traction and a 2 hour operation to insert a blot in my right femur later I now can't get out on my SV for 3 months and it's looking at me with those sorrowful eyes, I hate car drivers.

what a toss pot.

any come back from the police for the numpty..

Ouch! Sorry to hear of your tale of woe :(

I hope you get better soon :)

Oh, sorry to hear this hope you make a full recovery.

:cry:

I hope you make sure the driver get whats coming to them.

Welcome to the site, hopefully subsequent posts will carry brighter news :shock:

Welcome to the site. Hopefully your future posts will bring better news!

You should re-read my post, I dont know what you're talking about 8-[ ...

... Oh leave me alone I was tired, the man knows what I ment :lol:

The police have said they can take his licence off him and he has to do a retest if I don't push it to go to court, which is fair enough as all he would get in court would be points because he probably 'needs' his licence to survive in life.

But he's knackard from all directions if he tries to deny it all in court, he admited liability infront of 2 witnesses who saw it all happen. :lol:

It's not all bad news though, I've got 3 months off work with sick pay and a big fat compo check sometime in the future. \:D/

Hope you recover quickly mate, sorry to hear about yet another one of these...

Hope he does get his licence taken away, shouldn't be on the road anyway

makes ya wonder if it makes much difference at all if ur wearing bright clothing or jet black...

i find myself getting more and more irritated by car drivers sinse i got my bike, and sinse i crashed cos of a car, and all the other tales on here of accidents due to pure stupidity.

It's a hell of a way to make some money though, all the same.

Quite a painful way. You must have a nasty job if this sounds like a reasonable alternative :P

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How can the police take his licence from him without going to court? Is this some new police power? Mr. Cynical here says that it's just a way of the police avoiding doing the paperwork and sweeping it all under the carpet. Go and talk to a lawyer, quickly.

It would go to court but not infront of a jury etc... it wouldn't be a criminal case or something like that, I was off my head on painkillers when they where going on about it. But I'd rather they take his licence off him then risk him only getting points.

Mate, I suggest that you PM either fraser01 or gforceuk - they are both serving plod (no disrespect there chaps :lol: ) and I think they're both traffic chaps. Certainly, fraser01 is.

As a layman with an unhealth interest in the law, I'm not aware that the police can issue summary justice to that extent - their limit is, so far as I'm aware, the issuing of fixed penalty notices and other similar things.

The power to remove an individual's licence is limited to the Courts - there would be an outcry from the general public if the police had been given this power. Ask Getyourkneedown - he's been the victim of an overzealous policeman recently. :lol:

At the very least, the "tool" who turned across you would be prosecuted for "Driving Without Due Care and Attention" and possibly even "Dangerous Driving". The police cannot issue summary justice in such cases, much as you might like them to.

Traffic police have just been out to take a proper statement from me and didn't have a clue about what I had been told by the other officers. But he's being taken to court on due care and attention and his arguement is that 'He didn't see me' I couldn't help laughing. :lol:

:roll:

:toss: er

Seek proper legal advice and sue the b*st*rd for all he's worth!

His insurance company will take the hit, but don't settle for anything less than you deserve.

Well seeing as 98% of the population seem to be anti bike maybe that's a good defence. It could be said (by some) that by riding a motorcycle we accept the fact that ********s in cars are going to hit us.... And therefore it is our responsibility to make sure they don't.

With this government you can just never tell...

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The company who owns the bike I was riding at the time as part of thier public liability insurance have set about some £250 an hour solicitors onto him for me and they said it'll all be sorted inside 8 hours of court time, they also charge £16 per letter sent and I've had 3 consisting of 1 sentence.

The evidence against him is far too strong unless it's a bleeding heart judge in which case if he gets off lightly I'll get Mr Smashy and make a mess of his leg like he did to mine :lol: , though in the end aslong as the compo payout is enough to buy me a mint RZV500 or RG500 I'm happy.

My opinion on car drivers and anti bike people is they need to be forced to take a free bike test before they are allowed anywhere near a car and even then they aren't allowed to make any mistakes on either as one of those minor mistakes could take someones life, 15 minor mistakes allowed is a joke.

I'm sorry to read this - I know what it's like to be sat at home for so long. I was going round the twist - couldn't walk/lift anything/do anything, lost all my concentration. All the best with your recovery :thumbsup: