Fair play. I think we might just find a use for you alright
There's the Fish Dash in late JanuaryPaddy Dakar said:
Dunno of anything over the Xmas but you never know....
Killed my GS last Sat
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Good to hear you got the insurance sorted and a new machine
the only excuse is the road starts at the end of the drive...
B Murr
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Hi Paddy, glad you are alive after your flying lesson. So the company gave you a grand for the inconvenience, what about the stress/trauma of being so close to what could have been a fatal accident. Did you talk to a solicitor or claims specialist about the whole thing? I'd say the ball locks who nearly killed you through their couldn't give a shit approach to driving should be thought a lesson re dangerous driving in the form of points/fines and a bit more compo your way. Just remember that if you had ended up eating your food through a straw and having someone wipe your arse for the rest of your life that guy in the cage would still have been saying " I didn't see you".
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Yeah, I know where your coming from, I suppose because it was such a nasty spill, I haven't dwelled on the 'what could have been', side of it because to be honest, I didn't want it to deter me from getting back on the horse, suppose I just wanted to dust myself off, learn from it and put it behind me, might sound soft, but its the way I could deal with it.
After a bit of time though, it does cross your mind and you realise the seriousness of it, and you have people saying 'Christ you could take him to the cleaners etc or you should claim for this and this and this', I know I could, but I don't think you'd have any luck from it! (I know, I can hear soft lad, all over the place). I think though, if everybody claimed all the time when they are ok, it would really bugger up insurance premiums, and they are bad enough as is!
I do agree however that the drivers that cause such incidents should get points/fines or be forced to take a supervised spin on a bike or some safety course, or at least go to specsavers!
(this I'm sure, will stir up a few replys)
After a bit of time though, it does cross your mind and you realise the seriousness of it, and you have people saying 'Christ you could take him to the cleaners etc or you should claim for this and this and this', I know I could, but I don't think you'd have any luck from it! (I know, I can hear soft lad, all over the place). I think though, if everybody claimed all the time when they are ok, it would really bugger up insurance premiums, and they are bad enough as is!
I do agree however that the drivers that cause such incidents should get points/fines or be forced to take a supervised spin on a bike or some safety course, or at least go to specsavers!
(this I'm sure, will stir up a few replys)
B Murr
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Thinking about it I think the fairest thing for that driver would be to sit him on a remote controlled bike and set him at the same speed you were doing into the side of a car like his and see how he likes that. 
Driver who took me out over 10 years ago got away scot free ,not even a slap on the wrist . While she screwed up the rest of my life , still pissed at her , but the courts didnt touch her ,but i hope there is such a thing as karma . Glad you got away so lucky ,and you have got yourself back in the saddle . and the insurance was quick . Take care and enjoy every mile ,
Geno.
Geno.
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I do agree however that the drivers that cause such incidents should get points/fines or be forced to take a supervised spin on a bike or some safety course, or at least go to specsavers!
They should bloody well be made to ride a C90 with a bald tyres and a slow puncture in the front for a minimum of 3,000 miles with 90% of that on the M50. Fookers would look twice the next time. (Note: Drink taken, the above may or may not make sense, terms and conditions apply etc.)
On a more serious note, I'm glad to see you got re shod, well wear and ride safe. They really are all out to get you some days. As someone said above, enjoy every mile. It's the hardest coldest wettest miles that make you appreciate the easy warm joy of the ones we remember best. Ride on.
nud1e
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Many years ago, a guy that I was working with told me that he had given up biking after a T bone with a car.
He said that he knew he was going to hit the car and so he decided to take the driver with him. At the last second, he changed his mind and the bike buried itself halfway through the car, just behind the driver's seat.
My work collegue went over the roof, then rolled up the road to walk away with cuts and bruises, while the car driver was taken to hospital to be treated for shock.
My friend gave up biking as he was afraid that he would kill the next SMIDSY.
He said that he knew he was going to hit the car and so he decided to take the driver with him. At the last second, he changed his mind and the bike buried itself halfway through the car, just behind the driver's seat.
My work collegue went over the roof, then rolled up the road to walk away with cuts and bruises, while the car driver was taken to hospital to be treated for shock.
My friend gave up biking as he was afraid that he would kill the next SMIDSY.
