675 Street Triple Rx Crash!

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  1. Dark Rider

    Dark Rider Senior Member

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    #1 Dark Rider, Apr 13, 2022
    A little over a year ago my friends and I head back up over the mountain for another round of laps. Unfortunately the view point at the top had gotten quite busy now. As we crested the peak a car did an illegal right turn, over a solid line, when leaving a parking area. (Leaving this area you can only turn left to avoid this exact incident)

    My friend on the Rx at the front clipped the rear of the car and fell while my friend in the middle on the R1 managed to avoid the accident. Thankfully the rider is ok and the bike was repaired and back on the road.

    We now go much slower over that crest

    This footage is over a year old due to the insurance case, hence I am on my 675R.

     
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  2. Markus

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    #2 Markus, Apr 13, 2022
    @Dark Rider: Luckily nothing happened to your colleague!
     
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  3. Dark Rider

    Dark Rider Senior Member

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    #3 Dark Rider, Apr 13, 2022
    ya quite lucky!
     
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  4. Armando Morales

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    #4 Armando Morales, Apr 13, 2022
    quite lucky for your friend to be mostly unharmed
     
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  5. Wessa

    Wessa Cruising

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    #5 Wessa, Apr 13, 2022
    Wow how lucky was your mate, that could have been real nasty:mad:
     
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  6. joe mc donald

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    #6 joe mc donald, Apr 13, 2022
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    Great when the rider gets up and walks away. Bikes can always be repaired or replaced.
    Joe.
     
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  7. andyc1

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    #7 andyc1, Apr 13, 2022
    What way did the blame go with the insurance company?
     
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  8. littleade

    littleade The only sane one here
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    #8 littleade, Apr 13, 2022
    Glad he got away with that one, it could have been much worse.
     
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  9. Dark Rider

    Dark Rider Senior Member

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    #9 Dark Rider, Apr 14, 2022
    From my friend on the Rx

    "insurance could not draw a conclusion, both parties claimed the other was at fault, neither could prove otherwise. Case was closed."
     
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  10. Linx

    Linx Well-Known Member

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    #10 Linx, Apr 18, 2022
    How can that be? You said the car was making an illegal right turn! Therefore it is at fault.
     
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  11. Helmut Visor

    Helmut Visor Only dead fish go with the flow
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    #11 Helmut Visor, Apr 18, 2022
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    I would guess because by the time he hit it, it was on the right side of the road......possibly a bit of target fixation, so would be difficult to apportion blame one way or the other :neutral:
    That is not to say I don't have sympathy for his situation and am sure I wouldn't fare any better but thinking purely about the legal aspects.
     
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  12. Samsgrandad

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    #12 Samsgrandad, Apr 20, 2022
    Surely that reinforces the old adage 'ride at a speed where you can stop in the distance you can see to be clear'

    Had the rider been dong that he could have stopped.
     
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  13. Linx

    Linx Well-Known Member

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    #13 Linx, Apr 20, 2022
    Yes it did look like a case of target fixation
     
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  14. littleade

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    #14 littleade, Apr 20, 2022
    Because without clear blame it's not in the insurance companies interests, it suits them better to do this as it keeps their admin costs down and potentially saves paying out injury compensation.
     
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  15. Octoberon

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    #15 Octoberon, Apr 20, 2022
    If you claim on your own insurance they may become more interested as they will want to recover their costs.
     
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