Motorbike idiot

muckybutt

Well, I had a phone call of this biker earlier on ... and his Mrs ! She wasn't impressed with him at all and profusely apologised - he wasn't there when she rang he had just gone to hospital for a check up as his hand and wrist had swollen up overnight.

Later on he rang back with his insurance details for me to register a claim - admitted to me it was his fault driving too close and too quick, didn't see me slowing down and then when I set off he just thought I was stationary and slammed all on causing the skid and crunch. Fair play to him though for admitting it all saves a lot of hassle in the end. He has to go back to hospital for an MRI as x ray didn't show a clean break anywhere but they thought his hand was broken he apologised as well.

My Mrs said earlier on today that whilst I was off getting details from the car driver that turned off two cars pulled up where the smash was and called him a !!!!!! ! read into that what you will !!

Strider590

muckybutt wrote: »

My Mrs said earlier on today that whilst I was off getting details from the car driver that turned off two cars pulled up where the smash was and called him a !!!!!! ! read into that what you will !!

Some people do that when anyone overtakes them, regardless of what/who/how.

nobbysn*ts

Strider590 wrote: »

Some people do that when anyone overtakes them, regardless of what/who/how.

To be fair, the (text removed by MSE Forum Team) were overtaking the biker. Uness they where talking to themselves?

jclc

Strider590 wrote: »

So you didn't "brake test" him for being too close?

Because if you did and there are witnesses you'd be truly f**ked.

Just saying....



The problem though is probably that your driving a huge tall vehicle, which reduces visibility for those behind to almost zero. Where you slowed for a car, the biker probably didn't even see the car and if for example you stopped to flash a car out, then nobody behind would know why you suddenly stopped and it'd be an accident waiting to happen.

So it didn't occur to the biker that the driver of the tall vehicle probably has reduced visibility ??
Perhaps he should have thought of that before deciding to ride far too close to the vehicle in front of him. - it doesn't matter why the vehicle in front of you stops suddenly. You should always allow enough room and assume the vehicle in front may stop for ANY reason.
Does it mean drivers of all tall vehicles must crawl along at 10 mph just in case there is an idiot behind him ?
I've had to pull up very sharply on a few occasions and nearly collided when a vehicle has suddenly braked in front of me. I never ever questioned why he/she had to brake quickly - the reason didn't really matter to me; far more important was - Why on earth was I travelling too close and next time learn the lesson !

muckybutt

I don't know where the tall vehicle comments have come up from but a Subaru Forester is actually smaller and lower down than most 4x4's, the biker would have actually been higher up and above the roof height of my vehicle and should have easily seen the road and car ahead of me.

Lack of concentration or looking at something else for those couple of seconds and he's paid the consequence.

bod1467

For the avoidance of doubt ... unless it can be proved otherwise, if there is a collision then the person behind is always at fault.

Strider590

bod1467 wrote: »

For the avoidance of doubt ... unless it can be proved otherwise, if there is a collision then the person behind is always at fault.

That's the insurance stance, not the legal stance.
If your involved in an accident, the insurance may go in your favour, but that doesn't mean the Police wouldn't prosecute for careless driving. It all depends on the circumstances.

So for example, if your driving down an otherwise free flowing motorway at 20mph and a truck piles into you, the truck driver wasn't paying attention and his insurance has to fork out, BUT your very likely to spend time in custody and possibly face losing your licence.

Nodding_Donkey

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