accident

[youngsterbiker]

so... there i am, my daily commute, someone pulls out without looking, i hoot, i brake, no reaction.... I try to go into 2nd lane, she keeps going.... she drives into me. im on the floor, she gets out and calls me crazy. lovely lady...



She was were the blue citroen is. cars in (pictures) left lane let her out. I was in right lane pondering along. she decides she is going into left lane. you can see what happend. lucky i was only doing 25 - 30 at the time....
couple of witneses who gave statements, both saw the whole thing.
Just pissed off, no ride to excel tomorrow now.

[odbguy]

Gutted. Blind cow.
Hows the bike? As long as you ok mate !!

[youngsterbiker]

Front fairing is cracked, exhaust has dented and scratched to hell. slider did its job on that side of the engine.
The side she hit me on looks like  https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...e=5548CC2F
Engine casing damaged, radiator bent and leaking, shifter you can see.
Also the fuel tank emptied itself all over the road... confused.com
my hips is starting to inflame so doctor check up later.
Just happy i had the reflex to swerve around her, could have been alot worse if not.
Silver lining i survived with minor damage, just hope insurence all goes as it should.
Another fun fact is her front left tyre was bald, less then 1mm of tread. So im sure she is going to suffer more than me. 

[fazersharp]

so is that one way traffic with two lanes, were you in the police car lane (i know you said right but whos ) but then you said she went to the left lane.

[youngsterbiker]

one way traffic. left lane i mean the lane the police car is in. i was in lane police car is not in.

[fazersharp]

Ah I see now

Thats a lot of damage on her car

I think the fuel was from the bike on its side and -- now then -- is there an overflow pipe or is it just going through the breather hose on the tank

[youngsterbiker]

It emptied pretty quick. It was on its side for about a minuite, tank went from 3/4 full to empty. Its at the local bike shop now so will ask them about it tomorrow.

[bri h]

Glad you're ok mate goes to show they're all out to get you.

[JoeRock]

Well you shouldn't have any issues with it - but her tyre won't be viewed as at all relevant as it didn't cause the accident!

[youngsterbiker]

I know the tyre won't come into the accident. (this will sound horrible) I hope she gets fined for it, teach her to look after her car more. If she's ignoring a tyre for that long, what else will she ignore? bikers?

[mtread]

Might be a factor ? Could mean stopping distance impaired ?

[midden]

Might be a factor ? Could mean stopping distance impaired ?

she wasn't trying to stop

[Nath]

Glad you're ok.

Can't you get a hire bike from her Insurers while yours is off the road?

[Deefer666]

If a vehicle has been involved in a RTA and the police find a serious defect (& a bald tyre is classed as a serious defect) on one of the vehicles involved then they will always issue a penalty notice or at least an official warning and that information will normally go straight onto the insurance database for both companies and loss adjusters to see. If this hasn't been done then you can make a case firstly with the officer in charge of the traffic division of that area, and then with the IPCC.

That information may not have been a deciding factor in the accident but it does have a huge bearing on the claim, Normally once the insurance company know that their client's vehicle had a serious defect at the time of the accident then it tends to make them a bit more pliable and eager to settle the claim.

[BBROWN1664]

plod may not notice the tyre but an insurance assessor might.

[youngsterbiker]

We made sure they had seen the tyre.

[BBROWN1664]

A few years ago I changed jobs to one that didn't come with a company car and bought myself a shiny second hand Golf GTI for getting to and from work in. Exactly one week after starting the job I stopped at some traffic lights quite quickly. The 7.5T truck behind me stopped (just) and the little Bedford Midi van behind him didn't. Result was that the Midi was demolished, the truck was scratched and my car had the rear panels stoved in.

On close inspection the Midi had tyres that were moulded using a very shiny head as a mould. Absolutely no tread visible. I cant recall who pointed this out to plod when they arrived  :whip

[midden]

Is there a part 2. Will we have to wait till nxt week for the final result? 

[chaz]

It took 7 weeks to claim off my own insurance when my bike was written off (by a lady in a car) and well over a year to claim it back as I wasn't at fault, hope you do better.

[youngsterbiker]

Think i'll cry if it's a year. Had plans to tour Scotland this year as it could be the last year I will be working up there. :/
As for updates, Orwell motorcycles in Ipswich picked the bike up and as of 10am had not yet done the estimation.
I went to excel bike show today, just to forget about stupid drivers and admire shiny bikes.
Insurence company will be called tomorrow aswell as bike shop and other partys insurence to see where to go from here.
Will post on here when i know.