Accident During CBT

[Spiltink]

Hi guys,

So I did my CBT on Sunday, in the early part of the day I came off the bike. I carried on until the end but my foot was getting more and more painful. Went to the hospital on Monday and my foot is broken in several places. I work in construction, so obviously I can't work now, which means no wages for at least six weeks. Should the company I did the CBT with have insurance to cover this sort of thing? They were nice guys, but six weeks wages is a lot of money for me and a drop in the ocean for insurance companies...

All advice gratefully accepted.

Kev

[arry]

[Ste]

What happened?

[doggone]

Fell Off.
I would've thought you probably sign something when you start absolving them unless you were practically forced to ride a known dangerous/faulty bike.

[Rogerborg]

[Azoth]

I suppose no other vehicle was involved, and no pedestrian interfered to cause the crash, correct? That you handled the bike's controls indelicately and this caused you to crash? That you weren't riding pillion but it was just you and you alone, crashing a roadworthy and mechanically sound bike without any outside influence?

Motorbike riding entails risks. Unless you can show that the school is directly at fault, you will get nothing out of them or their insurance. Chances are high that they weren't at fault, and that you were the author of your own misfortune on this occasion.

To put it bluntly, you are not entitled to no-fault compensation just for being under the supervision of an instructor while you crash a bike. Sorry about your accident but you'll have to wait this one out and take the hit to your pocket. Try to avoid souring the relationship between you and the school by slinging blame around, because you may be back there one day to try again.
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[Rogerborg]

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[Andy_Pagin]

[pinkyfloyd]

So wait a second, just to get this in my head.

You cane off a motorcycle during a training day and you want to blame the school you went with and think they should pay your wages for the next 6 weeks because you cannot work?

As Roger said, Biking is dangerous, If you cannot handle or cope with the risk of personal injury then perhaps you should not partake in said activity. Just a heads up, statistically you are more likely to die riding a motorcycle than driving a car.

I'm sure you signed a disclaimer saying that the school accepts no responsibility for injury as it is standard procedure.

This is normally the point where I would tell you to go fuck yourself but I've had enough coffee today so I Wont.


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[Rogerborg]

[155mph]

I think what you may (or may not) have signed up to is their terms and conditions, i.e. contract between you and the school.

It would say stuff like obviously, riding a motorcycle or scooter (includes moped) carries some risk to the rider and that you understand these risks and agree to undergo training at their own free will.

It would go on to say you must realistically accept that there is a possibility that an accident may occur that causes loss, damage, expense or personal injury and unless shown to be negligent, your instructor and/or the school is not liable to you for any expenses, loss, damage or personal injury as a result of any accident that may occur.

Should you sustains injury during training, training will be stopped and medical attention will be sought if needed. The school recommends that medical attention is sought in all cases and that injury is checked by a medical practitioner. However, if the student is happy to continue the training it will be at their own discretion.

Sorry about your accident though.

[pinkyfloyd]

Rog, My last line still stands up to scrutiny though?

Good I'll stand by that.
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illuminateTHEmind wrote: I am just more evolved than most of you guys... this allows me to pick of things quickly which would have normally taken the common man years to master
Hockeystorm65:.well there are childish arguments...there are very childish arguments.....there are really stupid childish arguments and now there are......Pinkfloyd arguments!
Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[M.C]

[Aceslock]

[pinkyfloyd]

[tom_e]

I want to know how you pancaked your foot that badly from a presumably low speed drop on a light weight 125 or lower.

I've dropped my 650 on my foot wearing flip flops with nothing more than a bruise.

[Ste]

Play nicely people, we can't lambast him until he's told us what happened.

[Aceslock]

[J4mes]

[Rogerborg]

[arry]

[Alpineandy]

I'm pretty certain I've seen the same question asked a few times on here (OK at least once).
The one important thing the OP has missed out is 'What was the cause of the incident that caused the injury'. Without knowing that then it's impossible to know if he/she has any grounds for recourse.
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[andyscooter]

we had one try this at our motocross track years ago

was an area we didn't want them in so put a sign up each end saying no bikes past this point and roped it off

he rode past it and fell off into a bush breaking his collarbone

we were dealing with a serious accident in the carpark at the time as some kid had jumped on an auto bike and ploughed into a trailer knocking him out

so we didn't notice him to start with until somone told us there was a bike in the bush

he tried suing us for loss of earning as he wasn't stopped from going past the signs
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