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Had my first crash already . Am i at fault ?


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Personal opinion : Don't do it... it's a stupid place to be unless you're going dead slow and i meant a few mph at best, if you can't stop on a dime you're gonna have a bad time (a thank you very much). I'm never in such a rush i can't wait for a gap to appear on the outside where i can see and others can see me.


Professional opinion : I currently work in motor insurance and have a (reasonable) knowledge of how claims often go.. with this one i would refer to fagan v jeffers case where a motorcycle undertook stationary traffic and a car turned into a side road. this ended up 50/50.


You won't get much more than that in my opinion but i hope you get it all sorted and heal up soon, hopefully with a better appreciation of the hazards on the roads. on a side note i would recomend a bikesafe course to point out where you're going right/wrong with your riding.

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Filtering on the inside? No, no, and no again. You leave yourself nowhere to go plus in addition to cars you leave yourself open to pedestrians wandering into the road. A car turning into a junction will have difficulty seeing you and if other traffic has stopped to let him across he's going to assume it's clear to go. I think you'll be lucky to get 50:50.

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Personal opinion : Don't do it... it's a stupid place to be unless you're going dead slow and i meant a few mph at best, if you can't stop on a dime you're gonna have a bad time (a thank you very much). I'm never in such a rush i can't wait for a gap to appear on the outside where i can see and others can see me.


Professional opinion : I currently work in motor insurance and have a (reasonable) knowledge of how claims often go.. with this one i would refer to fagan v jeffers case where a motorcycle undertook stationary traffic and a car turned into a side road. this ended up 50/50.


You won't get much more than that in my opinion but i hope you get it all sorted and heal up soon, hopefully with a better appreciation of the hazards on the roads. on a side note i would recomend a bikesafe course to point out where you're going right/wrong with your riding.

 

Alright TC, tell us what you did with Tom!

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Bit late to the discussion, but here are some case law examples that might help you decide:


https://www.motorcyclelawscotland.co.uk/start-your-claim/types-of-accidents/filtering/


This one in particular is close to your example, but every case is different so will be viewed differently:


https://www.motorcyclelawscotland.co.uk/why-choose-us/case-law/fagan-v-jeffers/

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Personal opinion : Don't do it... it's a stupid place to be unless you're going dead slow and i meant a few mph at best, if you can't stop on a dime you're gonna have a bad time (a thank you very much). I'm never in such a rush i can't wait for a gap to appear on the outside where i can see and others can see me.


Professional opinion : I currently work in motor insurance and have a (reasonable) knowledge of how claims often go.. with this one i would refer to fagan v jeffers case where a motorcycle undertook stationary traffic and a car turned into a side road. this ended up 50/50.


You won't get much more than that in my opinion but i hope you get it all sorted and heal up soon, hopefully with a better appreciation of the hazards on the roads. on a side note i would recomend a bikesafe course to point out where you're going right/wrong with your riding.

 

Alright TC, tell us what you did with Tom!

 

Sorry let me get back on track.


Chinese bikes are crap

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