I've been rammed... but I'm OK.
 

After 10 years I've had my first proper road accident, I was rammed on my way to work this morning... By a Vauxhall Astra at Hindhead. Let me just get my head together and try to remember what happened and I'll add it shortly....
But just so you know I am fine and I managed to ride the GT another 30 miles to work even with the damage.

Re: I've been rammed... but I'm OK.
 

Yep. Its quite a shock when you're in an accident. Part of it is the relief that your ok and disbelief that it wasnt worse.

Glad youre ok. Get your head together, have a drink to calm you nerves (beer works great even at this time! :lol: ) and let us know the juicy details.

D'oh! :?

D'oh indeed

good you fine though, I sense a good excuse to bugger off home

Hope everything is ok

Dan

Glad your OK Grinch, bad luck though :cry:

Glad you're okay Grinch. Give 'em hell.

Take it steady Dan, and make sure you're 100% before riding home...

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:shock: oooo nasty,



still i hear scoobs is partical to a bit of rear ramming now & again :wink: perhaps he can help you :lol:

Right... first the damage...

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Right.. now I was filtering past the traffic at Hindhead, a rather bad traffic blackspot on the A3, I was coming up to a junction with traffic queued on the left and a traffic island and marked chevrons in the middle. I filtered round the traffic on the inside of the traffic island and then outside past a BT van. I must have been about 1 and half maybe 2 car lenght's when I noticed the car pull out. He seemed to hesitate (I was braking), then pull out again and hit me. I'm a little unsure of these details but I do have 2 witnesses. I flipped off the bike as it went down and kind of spider-ed in the road (Jax found that funny), after muttering bugger got up and helped the bloke on a BMW who had stopped pick my bike up and move it to the side of the road. Everyone was asking if I was OK and the passer by and BT van driver gave me there details. The bloke in the car asked if I was OK and gave me his details, though I think he looked a bit more shocked about it then me. Checked over the bike, made sure it was running. Took a few photos, ran the wife and my Team leader then went on my way.

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The Junction in question and where I think my bike ended up.