Pretty annoyed

[mikesaa309]

Today I pulled into a car park to check my phone real quick. As you go in there's a straight road and a small doctors car park to the left and a big car park to the right for a shop.

I parked just after the entrance to the smaller car park (no double lines or anything). Don't like parking in car spaces and I was only going to be there for like a minute if that. A head of me about 15 - 20 meters away was a skip truck in like a loading type of bay for a small shop ahead. I however was parked so the bike could be seen in the mirrors.

Next thing I know whilst I'm off the bike the driver has gotten into the truck and reverses it straight into my bike. I was standing to the rear of the bike and the bike on the side stand. I just grabbed the top box handle and dragged it back the best I could and kept it from falling. Luckily he stopped before he ran the bike over. Just snapped my front mud guard in half and scratched the headlight shroud.

The driver did however take the blame and gave insurance details.

[mentalboy]

That's nice!
Today I went out and it was windy (again). I thought it might rain and then it did.
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[mikesaa309]

[Eddie Hitler]

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[WD Forte]

Just had a pizza for me tea
now I'm havin a biscuit
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[mikesaa309]

I'm having a shit

[mentalboy]

[Shaft]

[CaNsA]

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[gbrand42]

Very needy aren't you?

I guess your mums nips must be like boot leather by now.

Give it a rest, please. It's getting tiresome now.
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[kerr]

To be fair the lads bike got fucked, this is probably the only thread that has been worthy
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[MC]

I'd say try & avoid going through insurance, but if the truck was a company vehicle (I imagine) that's what will happen. Might be worth just getting a new front mudguard & sending them the bill.

Could of been worse, at least you weren't sitting on the bike or it was completely flattened. Also are you sure the damage's purely cosmetic? Just asking as I thought mine was fine when an (uninsured) van backed into me, yet it's pulled to the left ever since
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[anthony_r6]

If you were only going to be there a minute to check your phone, why did you get off the bike? Why were you far enough away that you were unable to signal the driver to stop? Surely you were right next to the bike by this point so you could've ran up to his window.

On top of that, why did you park the bike behind a truck in the first place? There were probably a ton of places you could've put it. Bikes are small, they're easy to miss.

Basically you parked your bike in the blind spot of a truck in an awkward place and left it alone.

You should pay for any damage to his vehicle.
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[lihp]

So you moan about a car being in your blind spot, now you moan about a truck when you were in his blind spot?
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[mikesaa309]

[unluckyluke]

Come on then lads 'fess up, who was driving the skip lorry?

[wr6133]

Truck driver didn't look, shit happens. Shame you weren't sat on the bike as then you could rape the living hell out of his insurance.

At least they are going to pony up cash for the repair so you don't need to involve insurers.

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[Andy_Pagin]

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Any increase on 10 Metres? We've gone from 15-20, down to 10...

You pulled up behind a parked skip lorry, in his blind spot and he reversed into you. I bet you don't do that again.

20 Metres my arse!

A cracked mudguard is a small price to pay for this vital life lesson. The next time, you could still be sat on the bike. Chalk it up to experoence and move on, rather than venting your anger on the Internet.

[Clanger]

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[mikesaa309]