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any advice after a crash?

  • 03-03-2007 1:56am
    #1
    UGottaLuvBikes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    Just had a smash where I t-boned a car that turned right into my path. I hit his bonnet, 15 foot flight, bike totalled, luckily no bones broken but night in A&E, a few weeks off work to get knees, back, shoulder, chest etc back to some normality. What are my options? Carol Nash (only 3rd party F & T) have said " we'll send you a solicitor". Should I get an independant one? Take photos of injuries? Go thru PIAB. Never had a crash B4, so newbie at this!
    All my gear is wrecked as well. Helmet leathers etc.
    Any advice welcomed!


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  • #2
    e2rd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭e2rd


    First of all, good to hear that you've survived. I had a similar crash almost 3 weeks ago, but it wasn't at speed so there was no flying over the handle bars for me. I ended up with twisted knee. Here's a thread about it:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055054266
    From what I've found, first thing is to find a person responsible for the crash. Garda can come with official investigation if noone takes liability for that. But if the driver takes the liability you deal with his/her insurance company. If it wasn't your fault they will try to solve the case fast with some compensation for your injury/medical costs, bike/gear damage, loss of income. If you don't agree with their assessments, you can go through PIAB. But if you do that it can take longer but the compensation may be a way bigger than what you'd be offered to close the case fast and guys in ties would be involved. You say You're all good now, how long ago was the crash?


  • #3
    dogpile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 629 ✭✭✭dogpile


    Sounds like it was his/her fault, did you get their details? claim for everything off their insurance and I mean everything, also whenever I've had a spill (nowt serious to date touch wood) I've always had the presence of mind to get the contact number of at least one eye witness (the more the merrier)

    good luck with whatever course of action you take ...


  • #4
    UGottaLuvBikes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭UGottaLuvBikes


    Thanks for the replys guys. Walking and talking again thanks to the miracle of modern drugs. I've had the guards down, cager has same opinion as me, and they have a load of witnesses. Not sure if that is good or bad, as recollection is hazy due to knock out. Bugger it, either which way, I can go on with llife with no disability, but I'm making sure that my expsnses are covered.
    Do you think I should get an indepenedant solicitor or take the one from Carol Nash?
    On a diff tack, did a crash like this ever put you off biking for the sake of wife and kids ( i.e not leaving them on their own? - bum note I know, but freaking me out!)


  • #5
    Dorsanty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Dorsanty


    The high speed spills will tend to make you question whether to get back on. As they involve a "Am I going to get through this?" moment.

    Had one high speed spill myself. I was lucky not to hit anyone else. Also lucky not to hit anything when I was doing my superman impression. Thoughts going through head at the time, 'Thank God I'm wearing the full gear and spent the $$$' and 'Just let me survive this'. In the end just my pride, my bike and some of my gear took the brunt of it.

    As for getting back on. That spill was my own fault and so I knew that if I didn't make the mistake again I wouldn't end up in the that situation again. Possibly God showing me a yellow card for my riding. I replayed it all in my head a hundred times or more. In the end it actually motivated me to get back on and prove I was better then that. Almost a year to the day now and I've kept myself limited to a few brown shorts moments.



    And just to give both sides of the story:
    My bro was on the bikes years ago and he stopped after woman tried to u-turn in front of him and his front wheel went into side door and back wheel in the air. Lid tipped off of passenger window. Add a few miles per hour to the bike and bro was going through the window. That was enough for my brother to call it quits because if car drivers are going to do random things in front of you then you'll never be safe.

    And finally a friend of a friend who had been on bikes for 10 years and had a minor spill but after 10 years of a clean sheet saw it as a sign that he should call it a day for his family's sake.


    The truth is everyone is different and you should do what you think is right, whether that's right by you, or right by your family and friends. Talk to your friends and family about it and then think about it all on your own for a bit. You should come up with an answer then.


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