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Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:59 am
by cookeetree
Fark, mate, glad you're still alive to tell the tale.
I had a similar experience, slipping on some guy's engine fluids after he'd rear-ended another car. I (just) managed to keep it off the bitumen, then spotted the offending vehicle down the road. I stopped and yelled out for the guy to get the fark back up to the roundabout to warn other motorists.
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:00 am
by red_dave
Bugger Jase!
Gotta love shitbox gembo's
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:31 am
by ducati_paul
Shifty wrote:Not to be cynical, but if you weren't a cop and/or were in QLD you'd be getting a ticket for that. A mate received a ticket for lowsiding on some fine & basically invisible sandy gravel on the road.
Cops showed and wrote him up for "failure to maintain full control of vehicle - motorcycle" (were originally going to do him for "drive without due care and attention") despite a witness saying he was UNDER the speed limit and riding sensibly, that he suffered expensive damage to his pride & joy which wasn't insured, wrecked all his gear and was laid up for a week with the injuries.
Their response was that you should operate your vehicle in such a manner that if any hazard on the road is encountered you should still be able to maintain full control of the vehicle. Which I'm sure is technically true but anyone with half a brain would apply discretion/common sense in such a case. So he was already out of pocket a week's pay (casual) and a good few grand in riding gear and damage to the bike and they wrote him up. Pack of carnts.
I hope the right thing is done in this case, and the Gemini driver scores various fines & defects.
Oh, and pics or it didn't happen
No illwill towards you intended at all Jase but if this had been "Joe Citizen" in NSW they would have received a neg driving fine, it just goes to show how unfair the whole system can be! I was on a ride where a girl got hit by a wind gust taking a corner and got effectively blown off the road, the cops turned up
1 hour later and said the wind isn't that bad ... Neg Driving ticket ensued!
Anyway, in regards to your stack, I hope you heal well, completely and swiftly!
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:21 am
by aardvark
Thanks all for the comments. I have quite a sore neck today and on top of this ridiculous cold I've got, I think I'll be taking the day off.
matchan wrote:Do they send you straight back out on another bike?
Yep... pretty much.
Pontikat wrote:you did at least defect the Fecka's Car right ?
He got what was coming for him. Let's leave it at that.
Shifty wrote:Not to be cynical, but if you weren't a cop and/or were in QLD you'd be getting a ticket for that.
I would be VERY suprised to hear that happen here in SA. I have been to numerous crashes were bikes have hit oil and have never handed out a ticket.
The oil in this incident started at the entrance to the roundabout, and being quite a busy roundabout there wasn't much to have seen it prior to arriving there.
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:22 am
by frog
So did you book the dickhead with the Gem ??
Sue the barstard maybe.... tools like this REALLY piss me off.
*edit* oops you were posting pics as I posted and I see he IS going to get it...
Nice pic by the way
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:29 am
by hoffy
Im breaking my hiatus momentarily, BUT ..You should get a Neg Driving Ticket for that in NSW, cant speak for SA though..
In 'NSW' you should drive to the road conditions, no matter what they are..So I was told by a judge at Singleton Court House last year..wouldn't matter if an RAAF plane dropped a missile on you mid corner, you should ride with the intention to avoid all road hazards and poor conditions..
Nice stack too..
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:46 am
by mick_dundee
Done well Jase, even Neka would be impressed by that sort of wheelie
Glad you're ok. Hope you had some spare undies in one of the panniers
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:53 am
by photomike666
Sorry to hear about the stack Jase, hope ya heal up well - but next time find an easier way of getting a new bike eh?
As for the NSW fine, that's just bull and should be contested in court.
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:28 pm
by javaman
Damn. Talk about being unlucky! ..... Hope the commodore got plenty of ticket.
Glad you're allright.
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:17 pm
by Saki
Ahh feck, bad luck mate,glad your ok thats the main thing. I spose with the road being oily and leathers u would have gone for a bit of a skid.
I must add tho, that bimma upside down reminds me of a sucken ship!
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:30 pm
by Black Magic
Damn Jason, that sucks.
Glad you are ok and didn't end up underneath the monster bike (or, as you said, another vehicle.)
Hope your body and your pride are well again soon.
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:24 pm
by aardvark
hoffy wrote:In 'NSW' you should drive to the road conditions, no matter what they are..So I was told by a judge at Singleton Court House last year..
Realisticaly, that's probably true. But... if we did do that, none of us would ever leave home!
The judge sounds like a dickhead. They often are.
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:11 pm
by smek
Geez Jase you did a number on that bike. Much better job than that English copper. Well done
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:26 pm
by JetPilot
Good that you are Ok. But thats gotta be the best place for a BMW.... in the scrap heap.
You sure the oil didn't come from the bike...
Sounds like a stay upright course soon.
Will they give you the Honda now???
Re: Anyone seen the photos yet?
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:23 pm
by Tack
See that was your mistake....you shoulda had your knee down and scrapping the inside curve and you shoulda had your wheels in the bike lane...nothin woulda happened then....see doing illegal things sometimes pays....
Hope you feel OK soon
