Taken out by car

[darkangel]

Got taken out by a car pulling into my lane!
3 lane road
Lights at the end of the road, left lane turns left, other two lanes turn right.

I was in the clear right lane , middle lane there was a lady in a car which i was about 2 cars length away from.
She sticks on her indicators, i keep my distance expecting her to pull into my lane, i wait 10 seconds and she still doesn't pull into my lane, i think maybe she left her indicators on. I speed up a bit to make my way to the lights and as soon as i come upto her she pulls into my lane going into the side of me and knocking me off the road.
Spend 4hrs in hospital, luckily nothing broken just badly bruised and sprained, wont be walking for a week.
Bike came off allright too, broken levers, scratches and my the metal parts that hold my indicators on bent.
Police came and took a witness statement.

Am i in the right? she did pull into my lane without checking her blindspot.
Can anyone advise me what to do now? call my insurance company?

and should i exadurate the damage and say all those scratches wern't there before? ohh and that rust must have formed from the impact too!

[ryder_bandit]

unlucky mate,bleedin cage drivers

got off lucky really,definetly not your fault

[Ariel Badger]

50/50
She was indicating.
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[st3v3]

As above, although she really should have checked her blind spot. Try if possible to record any calls between you and anyone official or involved form now, and photocopy any correspondence incase.

Hope it works out ok for you.
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[darkangel]

what so i was supposed to stop and wait till she finally decides to cross lanes.
I didn't go into the back of her, she went into me.

If you were in a two lane street next to a car that was indicating into your lane and there was traffic infront and behind you so you cant move, how is it 50% your responsibility if the car on your left pulls into you taking you out

[chris-red]

[darkangel]

this is my first time in a road accident, do i have to ring my insurers asap?
damn hope its not 50/50

[Ichy]

[kitty kat]

make contact with your insurance company asap, they will give you the best advice. Don't agree to anything until you have spoken to your insurance.

Hope you are ok.
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[darkangel]

the police took a witness statement in my favour.
If i were to claim i would say the damages would come under 100.00
Need to have a good look over the bike though

[Fawbish]

To be fair mate, if she was indicating, you coulda waited til she had completed said maneouver, and if she didnt complete the maneouver, could have just hung back for a while until you are certain they have just left it on or whatever.

[darkangel]

here are some pics.

[Fawbish]

L337 skills man


After those, I retract my statement, a bit, if thats possible. She's a cock, you dont cross two lanes quickly to enter a layby (assuming shes done that)


Couldnt quite read the text, you say her front bumper was off?
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[Itchy]

Careful out there folks ambulances are going to be cut to 1 man mini ambulances in the very near future.
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[darkangel]

yeah her front bumper came right off, it was lying in the road

[Itchy]

[darkangel]

there were no road markings to indicate that. and your definately not supposed to pull into that alleyway from the middle lane.
I gave her a ridiculous ammount of space and time to make her lane switch.
after she refused to swap lanes even though she had the whole road to herself i thought it might be some old bat who left her indicators on, or she was pointlessly indicating that she wanted to turn right at the lights

[Itchy]

true you are supposed to slap your indicators on AFTER you pass the junction before the one you want.
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[darkangel]

talked to my insurance..that was the biggest piss take ever what do i pay them for.
After ringing 4 more numbers apparently she isn't claiming liability and im waiting for them to ring me back to arrange a vehicle inspection.

[NSR Mick]

[deanoet]

Hope you get it sorted out quickly.

I would say it wasnt your fault from what you said, but insurance companies are sneaky swines and will try to weedle their way out of anything.


I think it was Colin who wrote a good post on what to record after an accident, as you will forget, basically write down as many details as you can remember. As in a few weeks you wont remember as well.
I`ll have a look for the post and link if i can find it.
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