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- Sep 2, 2019
Everyone has the right to express their opinion. My advice is, grow up and keep it civilized in this forum
Everyone has the right to express their opinion. My advice is, grow up and keep it civilized in this forum
apply maximum throttle
On the flip side, we, whether in a car or on a motorcycle, need to be vigilant and monitor the situations from all sides, front, side and back, and be aware of what’s happening around us and act accordingly. I know where I live if I didn’t and simply drove my drive or rode my ride and monitored only what’s in front of me, made no evasive maneuvers or acted on others stupidity, I’d be in 5 accidents a week.
In your particular instance doing what you could do resulted in an accident, unfortunately it happens. What I do as I pull up to a stop or yield is look in my rear views, my left and right and rear view again; I do that until I’m done with my merge and am comfortable in my surroundings.That is all well and good, but how do you simultaneously look to your right observing any traffic coming from your right, and look in your mirrors to ensure there isn't some berk steaming up behind you about to drive over the top of you? It isn't possible in all situations. Then lets say you notice the guy coming up behind you at speed, what happens if there is traffic coming from the right, or say you are positioned behind another vehicle, there is no escape route, unless you want to risk riding out into the main road and getting t-boned.
The annoying thing for me at the time, was that having observed the road was clear, I was just about to pull out when I was hit.
As I mentioned above, the onus in the UK is on the person behind not driving into a vehicle in front, which is good when it comes to insurance purposes, but doesn't stop people looking to their right as they approach a junction and not checking whether the vehicle waiting in front has gone or not.
May well get one fitted in due course...BT67, did you already decided if you want the oem belly pan ?
In your particular instance doing what you could do resulted in an accident, unfortunately it happens. What I do as I pull up to a stop or yield is look in my rear views, my left and right and rear view again; I do that until I’m done with my merge and am comfortable in my surroundings.
If that’s what you did, you did your part, and should be good with your actions leading up to the accident. If I’m not mistaken, the person hitting the rear of the vehicle is normally at fault here as well, but that doesn’t stop idiots from ramming into people.
same with me except it was a woman driver.Both the insurance company and the guy who hit me knew they were at fault and immediately paid out when the bike was written off.
in my case I had already pulled out but the driver pulling out behind me must have accelerated faster than me .She admitted liability immediately in front of a witness. Her insurance company accepted liability and offered to sort it all out but I had already notified my insurance company. Everything repaired on bike at no cost to me and recorded as no fault on my part.The annoying thing for me at the time, was that having observed the road was clear, I was just about to pull out when I was hit.
in my case I had already pulled out but the driver pulling out behind me must have accelerated faster than me .She admitted liability immediately in front of a witness. Her insurance company accepted liability and offered to sort it all out but I had already notified my insurance company. Everything repaired on bike at no cost to me and recorded as no fault on my part.
Have you considered replacing them with those black reflective strips to put on your forks or something? I was thinking of doing the same but they don’t bother me that much now but appreciate the idea