lauragilmour Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 Driving home on Tuesday my last day at work until January, and it was daylight, my lights on, wearing my big hivis work jacket on top of my leathers, so I was visible, coming round the round about, this guy pulls in front of me, I had to slam on my breaks, bike goes sliding from under me as it was icy, and the guy starts speeding off before I got a chance to even see his reg plate, and not one person pulled over to see if I was okay, luckily the only problem was a snapped break lever, broken mirror and a blown fuse and shattered reg plate, and I walked away with bruising down my hip, legs and shoulder and ribs but it could've been worse, if I had caused someone to come off their bike I would've pulled over make sure they're okay!! Car drivers grrrrrr!!
Katie1 Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 Ouch! It's always crap when things like that happen but I'm glad you're not too hurt. Did you manage to recover the bike ok? Might be worth checking with your local council to see if they have any cctv covering the roundabout? Unlikely but worth a go. You might even get the registration of the car so you can send some friends round to discuss his driving manners
jimmy Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 Bad luck Laura, there are always some a**ehole around to keep you alert. As katie says speak to the cops or the council to check for any cameras. As long as you're Ok, that's the main thing
Moderator drewpy Posted December 28, 2014 Moderator Posted December 28, 2014 I'd report it to the police, let them record it you never know if they know the car! Glad your not too bad though, day 2 usually is more painful
blackhat250 Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 That's shit news Laura " its bad enuff dodging these clowns in dry weather,,, Take it as experience,, bad I know but glad your ok,,
nayruf Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 Hi Bad luck pleased you are OK and the bike can be fixed, I would keep an eye out for the same car, I bet it could be a local vehicle you may be able to catch sight of it again in the same area/time, it could add to any report info you may of already made,
Sacha Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 Glad to hear it wasn't worse Laura! Some sound advice from the others. You just can't trust car drivers!
captf Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 Would not be surprised if the driver was completely oblivious to you, let along you coming off the bike. Good to know there wasn't serious injury to yourself
wild foamy Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Half of the time it's chancers, the other half of the time it's just fuckwits with no common sense, I once managed to splatter a vauxhall corsa across the front of a military landrover in Reading town centre, he thought he could get across before I went past, he was wrong. Sadly on a bike it just isn't that simple. Definitely flag it up to the police, they may already be known for drink driving etc, and at the least it gives you some sort of official record of it happening.
lallasro Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 laura, next time, don`t force your brakes when you are at low speed, hitting the asshole is better than you crash with the bike and don`t involve him. if you hit him he is forced to stop. even if he don`t stop, hitting him is giving you a chance to not going down so more time to get some info about the car. if you crush the chance to take his reg nr is low if he run. so. go ahead, hit the dumbass.
slice Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Sorry to hear that Laura, as Drewpy says it's the next day that it aches and all your bit's throb, good luck finding this dumbarse but don't fret over it, any accident you walk away from is experience.
lauragilmour Posted December 29, 2014 Author Posted December 29, 2014 Id rather just live and forget about it, hopefully it won't happen again, to many people think they can pull out and make it but in reality they can't, I'm glad I'm okay and the main thing, just gonna have to take a little more care and watch out for impatient drivers, thanks for all the support 2
meatloaf Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Glad you are OK, sadly this sort of thing happens far too often to us bikers.
lauragilmour Posted December 29, 2014 Author Posted December 29, 2014 Think next on my list to buy is a tank so I can crush the little bastards! (Impatient car drivers that is) 2
Moderator drewpy Posted December 29, 2014 Moderator Posted December 29, 2014 Think next on my list to buy is a tank so I can crush the little bastards! (Impatient car drivers that is) thought you were forgetting about it! it will dwell on your mind and then you'll start getting angry and go for revenge
captf Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Think next on my list to buy is a tank so I can crush the little bastards! (Impatient car drivers that is) Edit: it will dwell on your mind and then you'll start getting angry and go for revenge That's sorta what's happening with my housemate. She's finally getting her bike back after her SMIDSY crash, and she admits that she's getting nervous about being back on the road. Fortunately, she has already been out, with the courtesy bike she had for a while, but she would tense a little with cars appearing at junctions, or ones waiting to turn in front of her. They gave a brand new CBF125 to a learner, the fools. After 300 miles, she stopped using it, as it started responding funny to her, and she had no idea on how to deal with a new bike. [They didn't give the owner's manual]
Tommy10bikes Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Bad luck and glad you came out OK, worst thing is the driver sped off and didnt stop which is illegal. I would report it to the police but chances are if there local they maybe on the same route to work so you may come across him again at the same time. Glad your OK and the bike can be fixed. TTB
mcferreira100 Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Remember car drivers tend to be on their phones most of the time these days...unlike the bikers (wish I was a bike cop..would really enjoy nailing these people)
AndrewElvisFan Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 Glad you're ok - nothing like ending up on your arse to prove you're alive! Most car drivers don't pay much attention to anything else on the road - more so if there's not a lot of traffic about. Can't believe nobody stopped though. Ps not all car drivers are crap - I relented to the comfort of climate control this morning!
steve 1052cc Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 I drive a 4x4 when not on my bike, something very satisfying about returning favour to drivers that bully or just pull out on on me when I'm on the bike.
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