124 miles, 1 & 1.5 days of riding..

[Carlosrexx]

..And I meet the back of a Renault Megane.

Safe to say it hurt .

I was travelling to work down a popular bikers route to Camberley from Woking and came across 4 cars infront of me on a straight, after passing the first 3 fine and them moving over for me I come across a dark red Renault, the guys riding his brakes like a pro so I dropped back to 2-3 cars length.

As I'm coming round the final sweeping right onto the straight where I planned to take the guy and carry on with my journey. I glance down at the speedo (I'm doing 35mph in a 40), I look up and the guys starting to slow down. I had the brakes covered ready to stop due to him having ridden the brakes for the last few twisties, the gap between us was still a good 1.5-2 cars length.

All of a sudden Mr. A. SS. Hole. decides to stop dead in the middle of the road, So I'm left to practice my emergency stop so soon after passing my CBT.

I hit my brakes and swerve off to the left but didn't swerve enough and clipped the back of the Renault, Resulting in bent forks, bent wheel, smashed front lights, snapped clutch lever and bent expansion pipe (from what I could see so far, it was dark).

It hasn't deterred me at all and I'm now off to the yamaha centre to get some parts.

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Injuries to me are minor considering the circumstances. My thumb was bent back the other way and ripped the connecting skin, or web, between that and the index finger, bruising and a few possibly broken ribs, broken thumb and sprained wrist.

I think I came off lightly and thankfully it was a relatively slow collision, compared to some of the roads around there that are 70mph+.

[Nick_Giles]

[Sako]

hope you get a speedy recovery.

[Carlosrexx]

[MinhDinh]

You don't know this forum do you?

Anything you do wrong, don't share!

3.2.1... It's your fault crew!

Sorry that you crashed but the CBT does teach the 2 second rule or at least always be prepared for someone to stop. This will save your life or at least insurance issues.
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Hit the G spot.

[Peirre oBollox]

[MinhDinh]

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[MinhDinh]

On the plus side, you're doing a lot of riding and I hope you enjoy yourself!
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Hit the G spot.

[Jefr0]

Assuming you are going through insurance?

It's a early lesson learnt, maybe after a bit of experience you may be able to brake in time but from what you've said you were too close for your ability to stop so for next time give yourself more room.

Assume everyone on the road is an idiot and wants you off your bike. Expect the worse to happen and act accordingly.

In this case if you treat the car infront as to do an emergency stop or a suprise U turn then you will be more prepared for it and in a better position to avoid it.
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Rides: Honda XR 125 ('03) Honda CBR 600F ('91), Ducati 916 Biposto ('95)

[Nick_Giles]

[tbourner]

Bummer dude, as I said in the other thread it's your fault, but maybe the copper will fill in his report that the driver acted dangerously by slamming on for no apparent reason.
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Looking for first big bike.

[Jefr0]

I just thought of why he did it. You see it alot when bikes or cars are too close then the driver infront will try and hint for you to back off by touching the brakes till they get so annoyed you are to close they will slam the brakes on.

Most probably the guy has a chip on his shoulder for bikers and just doesn't like them near him?
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Rides: Honda XR 125 ('03) Honda CBR 600F ('91), Ducati 916 Biposto ('95)

[Carlosrexx]

No insurance involved, I'm TPFT and his car came off with a scuff. He was more worried about me and I was more worried about the bike and my helmet LOL.

It seems he isn't too fussed about insurance and I'm hoping it's all sorted without insurance cos I don't need tobe claiming 2 days in.

I'm gonna jump straight back into it.

Thanks fellas

[Nick_Giles]

[skiptalker]

i always follow cars behind there right rear wing if they slam on just overtake them saved me countless times ..dont put yourself in the slam on situation.

[Nick_Giles]

[tbourner]

[Nick_Giles]

[Jefr0]

[Nick_Giles]

[Easter Bunny]

Its always said that when a new rider has a minor mishap very early on it can only be benefical in a weird way it can shave away that indestructible edge can only make you more cautious in the future.

Ride safe(r)
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[MinhDinh]

[Nick_Giles]

[duhawkz]

Here read this thread T.C made fairly recently, and point your insurance to the case in question. it might help.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=3090718&highlight=#3090718
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[G]

I'd have thought that legally a good proportion of the blame would lay on the driver.

From other stuff on here we've seen that if say a dog runs in to the road you should NOT perform an emergency stop etc to avoid it if there's a vehicle behind you which you could endanger.
During your test you are told to check your mirrors before adjusting speed.

When it may be an inexperienced road user who's only been riding for a day and a half, we see why this rule exists. Certainly the driver should have also seen the L plates and realised this was an inexperienced.

Of course the accident could have been avoided by the bike too; but it does seem the car driver either intentionally or negligently was the main cause of the accident.