Perfect Monday morning - first accident

dannyw35 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Karma :

Had my first spill this morning – first accident on the bike so lucky it was only a minor one…

I was filtering near Aldgate for people that know the area) and as I was pulling in front of a van he thought he’d ram into my RHS and knocking me over, the bike ending up lying there in front of the van…luckily for me I jumped off the bike sharpish as the bike was falling so didn’t get trapped or stuck under the bike…

The excuse…”sorry I didn’t see you as I was looking at the Sat nav as it was going mad” …nice

Looking over the bike there isn’t too much to report…fortunately it was only a slow speed spill…the list sounds more like someone who dropped their bike after leaving a disc lock on…

- Scratched bar end
- Scratched clutch lever
- Bent gear lever
- Snapped foot peg
- Scratched engine case
- Scuffs on seat unit
- Squished exhaust (where the van hit me)

Exchanged details etc and it was a work van so I can only assume they will be as unhelpful as they can possibly be (their insurers i mean)

Called my insurers (ebike) already – just waiting for them to call me back with the next steps etc in terms of repair/hire bike…

I rode to work after and bike was riding fine…Can I assume just riding as per normal is fine until it gets sorted what they plan to do with my bike? Or should I really be catching the train?

A biker on a tidy ZX750 stopped to check if I was ok which was pretty nice of him…

May be a stupid question too - should I think about changing the small plate back to a legal one and all the other nonsense?

thanks
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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Can't see how having a small plate would make any difference to the claim myself. Confused

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dodgydog · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Sep 2009 Karma :

Any witnesses? did you get the number of the guy who stopped to help?

prepare for aggravation and lies from the van driver and his insurers. He will certainly deny saying he was looking at his sat nav (dangerous driving, driving without due care at least).

Go back and have a look if there is any cctv monitoring the area.

You need to start preparing for all this shite sooner rather than later (as I know to my cost).

Glad you're ok though. And good luck with it all.

Dog

edited to add.

The next time it happens to me, I'll be laying on the floor and screaming for ambulance and police, wether I'm injured or not.
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dannyw35 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Karma :

chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

I know the area well, where abous and what time? Did you get any witnesses? Otherwise you have to reply on a London van driver to tell the truth he could quite easily say you crashed into him.

There was a guy on here had a van reverse into him and caught it on film the van driver denied it he would have been fuck except for the fact he sent the footage to the insurance company. Personally i think he should have some form or fine or punishment for lying but I can't see that happening.
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dodgydog · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Sep 2009 Karma :

Another thing I do also, in the van, the car, and on the bike, I have cheap disposable cameras. When my van was written off, (head on smash, truck on the wrong side of the road near Dover). I used every one of the 24 shots. It helped a lot. There were two witnesses to that, they gave conflicting evidence, and the truck driver lied. It was only the pics that got me the payout in the end.
Even so, it took over a year, and a complaint to the Insurance Ombudsman before it was resolved.

When I was forced from the motorway slip road, (without touching the 4x4) I didn't take pics. The lying fuckwit in the 4x4 sent in lots of pics of damage to the side of his vehicle, somehow my bike had smashed the rear quarter, both doors, the side step, and the front wing.
They believed him.

Dog
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dannyw35 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Karma :

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Villers · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Karma :

After being done like a kipper in the past I hold these words of wisdom close, I think it was either Stinkwheel or Ariel that actually quoted it 1st though.....

'Next time someone hits me Im going to lie screaming in the road waiting for the police, ambulance and compensation to arrive'

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