Start the new year off with a bang (followed up bye a 15ft trip through the air)...

madrab · 01-01-2007 11:05PM #1

Goodbye Toto, you will be missed...

Learner driver decided to try and pull into an estate today, must have though i was a mirage

im ok just badly bruised

drdre · 01-01-2007 11:12PM

woo that looks bad, the best thing is that you are well, as it seems it was a bad accident.

MrPudding · 01-01-2007 11:43PM

Glad you're OK. What have you been told about wearing the invisability cloak when riding?

MrP

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 02-01-2007 01:26AM

Sorry to hear it

but bikes can be replaced, lives cant

Fabritzo · 02-01-2007 01:38AM

Can't get much more visible than an Africa twin, did it feel like you were Superman there for the bit you were flying through the air?! Glad you're ok.

Vmaxer · 02-01-2007 01:42AM

Sorry to hear that Madrab, You were very lucky that crank case wasn't Your leg
thats Everybody's worst nightmare. Glad to hear You are OK...:eek:

Idleater · 02-01-2007 09:21AM

madrab wrote:

im ok just badly bruised

Glad to hear you are all right. Care to elaborate a little further on what happened? I presume you have all their details and that the Gardai know all about it?

Also, seeing as you are ok, would you not set about tidying up that garage???

Happy new year. Hope the rest of it is safer than the start!

L.

madrab · 02-01-2007 10:40AM

nereid wrote:

Also, seeing as you are ok, would you not set about tidying up that garage???

ahh feck off

yeah basically i was driving straight when a young woman turned a corner & ploughed into me & sent me flying . Luckily enough i was just around the corner from the firestation in kilbarrick so there was a firebrigade, cops & an ambulance there within a few minutes. The cops took all the details from the other driver & there was a witness to say that she was in the wrong.

Got xrays done & there doesnt seem to be anything broken, thankfully, but im pretty banged up

Idleater · 02-01-2007 01:13PM

madrab wrote:

yeah basically i was driving straight when a young woman turned a corner & ploughed into me & sent me flying .

Oh my God - it must be the season. You are the second or third person over a period of about a week to have this exact same thing happen to them. There was something similar on IBF or Biker too.

Take em to the cleaners, feckin halfwits don't have a clue so deserve to have the book thrown at them. GRR!

Judging by your diagram you were very lucky.

Be aware and drive safely folks. As is demonstrated here it is up to us to be aware and take evasive action as required!

L.

sprinkles · 02-01-2007 02:26PM

I'd be interested to see if she had an experienced driver in the car with her and if not if the guards take any action against her. That is definately something they need to clamp down on.

Poor old Toto... maybe know you'll get the bike you meant to buy in the beginning.

Dr4gul4 · 02-01-2007 04:28PM

Ciaran Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

man i rly hope ure ok, n as the lads said take her to the cleaners !!!

robinph · 02-01-2007 06:33PM

nereid wrote:

Oh my God - it must be the season. You are the second or third person over a period of about a week to have this exact same thing happen to them. There was something similar on IBF or Biker too.

I think that the lack of traffic during my commute into town for the last few weeks has actually made it more dangerous. The cars seem to get all confused due to the fact that they are not sat in a stationary queue of traffic and then do not pay attention to what they are doing when their turning appears 15 minutes earlier than it usually would and so surprises them.

Interceptor · 03-01-2007 08:42AM

I have seen such polar opposites of behaviour from car drivers lately - it is amazing how many of them show that they are aware of my presence by moving in or letting me pass and then I've had an increased number of muppets who are texting, eating a choc-ice and trying to negotiate a roundabout and simply don't see anything outside their little plastic and metal world.

Tough break madrab - make sure everything gets put back to your satisfaction and I hope your bruises heal quickly.

'cptr

Idleater · 03-01-2007 09:35AM

A couple of other things I would like to ask while I think of it:

What time of day did this happen at?
What were the lighting conditions (dark/street lights/daylight/etc)?
And
What were the road conditions like (wet/raining/dry)?

I want to try to understand the factors that may have affected them (other than plain stupidity).

The driving conditions are not the best at this time of year, and it is in our interest to understand why these idiots may be taking these chances.

L.

madrab · 03-01-2007 01:00PM

it happened around 5:30 so the lighting conditions were darkish, but my lights were on (as always) as were the streetlights, & the road was dry

Idleater · 03-01-2007 02:13PM

dozy bint

:rolleyes:

L.

murphaph · 03-01-2007 09:55PM

You were blessed the silly cow didn't kill you. That was a bad accident. I'd also second (or 6th!) taking her to the cleaners. People need to feel the effects of their shocking driving.

BigCon · 03-01-2007 10:27PM

Jesus man, you were very lucky to come out of that one without any broken bones.
The only positive I can see is that you'll be looking forward to getting yourself a different bike - will you go for the same again or think about something else?

madrab · 04-01-2007 10:33AM

yeah i can look forward to some new bike shopping, though i dont know what ill go for this time, think ill move up again, possibly my 1100 dragstar or a vmax

electricheadx · 04-01-2007 10:14PM

I had the exact same thing happen to me last week mate.
Sorry to hear that..........But good that you are in one piece though.

Steffano2002 · 04-01-2007 10:18PM

Poor Madrab...

Gutted this happened to you but as you know, could have been a lot worse!

I like your style though! Getting rid of all the cr@p at the very start of the year like that... Plain sailing for you in 2007 from now on!*

*Pathetic attempt to cheer you up a bit

528i · 07-01-2007 09:45PM

Had you a high-vis vest ?

Look on the bright side, you'll be able to buy a GS1200 now

madrab · 08-01-2007 11:46AM

eww did someone mention a bmw?

Hotblack Desiato · 08-01-2007 09:22PM

madrab wrote:

yeah basically i was driving straight when a young woman turned a corner & ploughed into me & sent me flying

That diagram is exactly like my crash in late '05, except it was a crossroads not a T-junction.

Female driver, SNAP! Seems to be the common factor in an awful lot of bike accidents, I'd love to know why.

And you are lucky. I had 3 toes crushed, cracked metatarsal and a broken kneecap - luckily I had good gear on as my foot took a hard impact from the front of the car. Everything healed up nicely though, but my lovely Triumph Trophy 900 was a write-off

The cops took all the details from the other driver & there was a witness to say that she was in the wrong.

They wanted to do my one for careless driving, but never followed it up with me to get a statement (hard to get to a Garda station miles from your house when you're on crutches, and even harder to get hold of a young Garda who's maxing out the overtime doing weekend night shifts all the time.)

Such is life, the worst thing about my one, and it seems your crash as well, is that I was doing everything by the book and there wasn't a damn thing I could have done to avoid the impact - the car turning right was stopped and I was so close to it when it inexplicably moved off that I had nowhere to go.

Keep taxi receipts, hospital parking receipts, pharmacy receipts etc. and add it all to your claim. Insist on a decent pre-accident value for the bike and get all your gear replaced too (never, ever throw out your bike clothing receipts - I only got a token figure for my leathers as I didn't have the receipt any more.)

Heal well!

madrab · 09-01-2007 11:45AM

thanks for the informative reply

yeah had the car hit me a fraction of a second later it would have hit my leg directly, so i was very lucky in that respect

Start the new year off with a bang (followed up bye a 15ft trip through the air)...

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