Walked away from a head on collision today.....

Glad you walked away, a guy on the 125 forum lost one of his testicles the same way, on the tank. I didnt think a tank could do that, but it can! Anyway, glad you are ok and I hope it doesn't put you off bikes, also I hope that ******** gets the book thrown at him

[BillyC]

Originally Posted by admin

I was just thinking the same thing. I think diabetics can have similar problems.

Diabetics can of course go hypo, and basically pass out. This really only happens with insulin dependent diabetics - which is of course a condition that should be reported to the DVLA.

Ricardo, mentions narcosis - that's a tired state caused by a lack of oxygen to the brain. It can happen to people at high altitudes, or deep see divers with poor oxygen mixes. I think you got the terminology a bit wrong...

What you mean is Narcolepsy - this is a condition that really has to be seen to be belived. I was at school with a guy who suffered from this. Simply, you fall asleep. You've no control over it whatsoever. When I was 13, it was amusing to watch this guy writing notes neatly in his excercise book... and watching the sentence trail into a line off the side of the page as he fell asleep. It is treatable, but is a very serious illness.

Of course, it's rare, and I don't believe for a second that this idiot suffers from it. As Kate says, a "heavy night" is no excuse, and rather unforgiveable - I hoped they breathalised him and found him still over the limit as well.

God almighty! Glad you survived, Kate.

You should certainly get a personal injury lawyer working on your
case.

People with narcolepsy, of course, aren't allowed to drive. I think it was very much "the morning after the night before" and this isn't excusable.


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hi again kate. hope you arn't feeling too sore today. dont worry about work, let them stress out and you get yourself together. talk plenty about it as at some point you will need to offload.
do yourself a favour and keep a diary of incident whilst fresh in your mind. keep a record of all doctors visits etc (they will keep details on record if you need them) and any after effects no matter how small.
i dont mean to sound too depressing but it really helps to talk in these situations. keep smiling kate, just ask on forum if you need any advice at all.

!!

Glad you're ok. Very scary incident.

JG

[rictus01]

Spoke to Jambo this afternoon who explain what happened , blimy could have been nasty.
glad you didn't suffer anything to bad on the injury front (yeah I know next days always a killer), seen a pic of the bike, be needing some new bits there then , still at least plastic and metal can all be replaced, take it easy, it's not every day you do summersaults over cars

Cheers Mark.

[MrMessy]

Hi Kate,
Maybe worthwhile putting the original exhaust and bits back on the bike before the insurance assesor looks at it. If the exhaust is not road legal they may try and limit the pay out. Also if the bike is written off you have the bits for the next one or you could always sell them

i'd go and buy a lottery ticket, put my pulling pants on and get down the local discotec....

it sounds like lady luck is on your side at the mo.

hope you have a speedy recovery.

k

Glad you're not badly hurt.

Very unfortunate that you happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Very fortunate that the consequences weren't a heck of a lot worse

Hope you recover quickly and fully.

Cheers Keith