Dozy bird ties to wipe me out on the A2

[Pete.]

Had a spill on the way home tonight, some of you may have passed me by. Riding in lane 1 I just passed the Dartford Heath slip where a lot of people leave the A2, so a far sized gap opened up in front of me. Lane 2 and 3 start bunching up and braking then all of a sudden some dozy bird slices across about 10yds in front of me and I run into her rear quarter hard on the brakes. Down I went like a sack of spuds with my leg trapped under the bike.

I laid in the road for a bit checking all my systems were working, which thankfully they were, then a biker stopped and pulled the traktor off my leg and that let me get up.

The woman (we'll call her Winnie) was concerned that I was hurt but didn't seem overly bothered about the fact she'd tried to kill me with her driving. She said "I have my baby in the car" to which I replied "Well you should drive more carefully then". Here response was "I put my indicator on", which is true, she put the indicator on the same time that she turned the wheel, so not a lot of use to me. then she said " I did look but I didn't see you".

Thankfully the nice lady in the car behind me is a willing witness and saw it all happen. I thanked her for that because without her witness statement Winnie would simply had said that I run into the back of her. My witness said "as soon as I saw her turn I knew what it going to happen" so it should be an easy non-fault for me.

Bimma's going to be written off for sure. The whole front bodywork/subframe is twisted and the steering is fouling badly enough so it won't turn left at all. Forks are probably bent coz the dust seal is a funny shape. Shame, because I really, really like this bike. I might buy another R1100S to replace it.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[pepperami]

[gbrand42]

Stupid bitch, glad you are ok .
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[delsol]

Detest lane changers who assume that they are allowed to make the turn simultaneously with flipping on the indicator, but it happens all the time, hope the bitch gets charged for more than careless driving.

Good that you are OK.

[dydey90]

I really did try to understand the description of the event, but I simply can't picture it without the aid of a terrible paint diagram...
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[delsol]

Just seen the Baby on Board sign.

I have total contempt for people sporting those signs, what they are really saying is "you do the observations and keep a look out for me".

When I see those signs I take avoidance action, they are an effective indicator of the driver being a retard.

[P.addy]

sorry to hear mate. that bike looked awesome when you first posted

[ADSrox0r]

Yet another reason I think I should invest in a helmet cam, nail the bitch to rights no questions asked.
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[grr666]

I can guess why she was given the name 'Winnie'.
Judging by pic 3 I was right.

And I also guessed Nissan, Honda or Mercedes before I looked at the pics too. Two for two.

I hate to throw stereotypes around but having lived in that part of the UK for most of my life I have to say what happened
to you is typical of a certain type of driver. You are very lucky to have a witness. You are also lucky she never killed you.
I drove a truck around the Tottenham area for 5 years, there was a Winnie every couple of minutes doing something
that made me question how they got their licence. The 'Winnie' that lived next door to me when I lived in Romford
finally passed her AUTOMATIC driving test after 7 attempts. It was 3 days until her first prang.
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[Supermoto_Fan]

Bikes can be replaced. You cant
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[finniee]

Putting your indicator on doesn't give her priority I'm afraid, just the way of life. Most numptys that live around here drive c/s-max, corsas or they wee bubble shaped 500s - most of the time in light blue.

If she was in the wrong lane then her fault simple as that.
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[Dave70]

[kramdra]

Ouch, bike looks fixable. do it

Ive been in similar sounding situations before (which may be completely different to what you described) was there no space/time to swerve left and out of its path? A van done this to me but I was level with passenger window - punching it, he continued to move over If I slowed, I would have been squashed into a HGV. So instead I went lane splitting. I may have broke a few rules but somone had just tried to kill me

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Glad you're ok. Poor Bimmer.

Why has Paddy not made you an offer for it yet?
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[Pete.]

Bike is surely fixable but I'll have to see if I get offered the salvage. Parts are ££ though.

Who else on here has a R1100S?
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Pete.]

No turbo on this engine. Big pistons, long(ish) stroke = bad juju for turbo.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Rogerborg]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[grr666]

You don't see many 'Winnies' without at least a few kids in tow.
Even back in the motherland when they are starving and have aidsbola they still somehow keep on popping 'em out.
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[covent.gardens]

[ajag]

Smiler was right, this would not have happened if you were hogging lane 2!!!

Sorry to hear about your accident, I am very glad you are ok.
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[Pete.]

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