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Advice please - had a wee accident!!
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Agree with PsiDOC about getting proactive and making the bike owner happy (or at least less unhappy) but I think that not knowing you had hit something is a defence to a failing to stop charge.
But would using such a defence open the OP up to a driving without due care and attention charge? After all, not noticing hitting a heavy object is not excercising much due care.
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yep, and the next sentence of my post says something similar (as in exactly the same)
Agree with PsiDOC about getting proactive and making the bike owner happy (or at least less unhappy) but I think that not knowing you had hit something is a defence to a failing to stop charge.
Whether such a defence will be believed (and if it is whether not noticing you had knocked a bike over will lead to a due care & attention charge) is a different matter.
Hopefully the problem will go away once the bike repaired0 -
I'm concerned that you clearly hit something, heard a bang and DIDN'T bother checking to see what you'd hit.0
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Bubbles1978 wrote: »I can't see there can be that much damage as I must have only gently pushed it over.
If someone rolled your car onto it's side, how much damage would there be?
They may only look small and insignificant to you, but "dropping" a bike can often mean an insurance right off as the damage can be quite extensive, often any faring will need replacing, the engine itself can be damaged and tipping a lead acid battery onto it's side is a very bad idea as they can leak from their vents and cause further damage.
The lady that smashed her door into my kitcar made the excuse "it's only plastic", lucky she didn't do damage because it would have needed extremely expensive fibreglass repair OR replacement of the entire body shell.“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an a** of yourself.”
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Six to eight points and a large fine may make her think it not so trivial.0
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The punishment options also include disqualification, and up to 6 months in prison!0
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Lets hope its not an MV Augusta, and thank the lord someone reported it !!Bubbles1978 wrote: »
I've rung the police and sent back the forms etc, apparently its a broken indicator and scratched paintwork, I can't see there can be that much damage as I must have only gently pushed it over.
Thanks in advance! xxxx0
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