Coming home from work on Wednesday I was very kindly dismounted from my bike after a young driver shot across my bow without looking to pull into a car-park. She took a flash from a stationary car as a statement that it was clear for her to go – NO!
I’ve got a minor fracture in my left shoulder somewhere and just need to rest up, as well as the usual bruising to thighs and nuts.
The bike looks like a write-off as there’s so much damage, i.e. missing front-end, all panels damaged, fuel tank mount area damaged, sub-frame broken, radiator pushed in and suspected bent forks. All this at a paltry 20-25mph.
Still, MCE Insurance are doing a great job and have been very proactive, contacting me and starting the claims process with their solicitors. The driver knows she was in the wrong, admitted it at this scene (though we all know this doesn’t mean much) and subsequently broke down in tears (hang on, who was injured here?)…
I have a witness, Police and Paramedics were called. The bike was recovered home and is now looking VERY sorry for itself. An engineer will come out and assess it for repair/total loss status.
I’m at home off work, resting up. I’m in a sling and can’t move much without pain.
As this is an ongoing claim, I won’t go into any more details on how/who/what/where, but here’s a quick piccy:
Dude that sucks, but at least you seem to have got off relatively well (brused jewels though :w00t:). Seems like even more muppets on the road now the sun is out, especially the chavs with the bass so loud they don’t hear you filtering past on a bike with no baffles or see because they got their gansta lean on!!!
Hope the insurance gets sorted quuickly and your back on a bike soon.
That’s probably the strongest part of the car. Plus it wasn’t that fast (obviously/thankfully), but bike’s are made from plastic and thin aluminium, so fall apart!
She’ll probably try, but pulling across his right of way, hard to see how she can, she should count herself lucky if she avoids a careless driving charge.
Get well soon dude, you don’t seem to be having much luck with the gixxers, maybe time to consider getting something else once the compo comes through?
