Rider hit's the front brake and Over he went.....
- Thread starter Derek Paisley
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Insurance doesn't really analyze all the details of an accident... They just go by the figures in the little rule book that they have.
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Bigevildoer
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To be devil's advocate..
If the insurance company of the taxi sees this video, they'll likely claim that the motorcycle was already in the process of crashing without any chance of recovery before any impact was made. They'll likely go for complete fault of the rider and be satisfied with a 50/50 fault designation....
Can see this one taking a long time to haggle out between companies.
If the insurance company of the taxi sees this video, they'll likely claim that the motorcycle was already in the process of crashing without any chance of recovery before any impact was made. They'll likely go for complete fault of the rider and be satisfied with a 50/50 fault designation....
Can see this one taking a long time to haggle out between companies.
My guess is a lot of front-end kinetic energy suddenly went downward and the back-end inertia still wanted to go forward, so it was like someone jumped on one one end of a see-saw - the back end flew forward and up.
Bagel09
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Why would they claim that? It's clear in the video the rider "panick braked" because of the taxi pulling into his lane. If the taxi hadn't pulled such actions, then the rider wouldn't have even needed to brake.
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Bigevildoer
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If the rider wouldn't have grabbed so much brake there would have been a possibility of him avoiding the taxi.
If the brakes were applied correctly he could potentially have went around the back end of the taxi or stopped in time, this avoiding the accident.
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Since the rider endo'd the bike well before hitting the taxi, he was crashing already.
It's the way insurance works. Screw everyone else and take care of themselves first.
brucewayne
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id say its the taxis fault. he tried to u turn and didn't have space and then had to 3 point turn while there was traffic... or he just tried to 3 point turn directly while there was 2 way traffic. taxis are crazy. a taxi brushed against a bus outside bathurst station around 7... we all had to go around it in opposing traffic.
that bike looks like it was going pretty fast to do that. seems like he had time to slow down a bit... just chose not too?
that bike looks like it was going pretty fast to do that. seems like he had time to slow down a bit... just chose not too?
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Bigevildoer
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Precisely my point.
Bike had time to attempt some form of avoidance, but instead crashed *BEFORE* impact with taxi.
That's why it's gonna be an insurance fight if they get their hands on this video.
that's what i've been trying to say...the bike crashed a LOT later than the amount of time needed for a bike to stop at that distance UNLESS he was going way too fast for a 2 lane road.
Avoidance doesn't help you out in regards to insurance claims. Avoidance is for the sake of saving your life.
i.e. If you swerve into a post to avoid hitting another car, it would be considered as a single vehicle accident. Fault determination does not play into 'what ifs.' If the rider in this case didnt grab a handful of brake and swerved into something else, he would have most certainly been the one at fault.
i.e. If you swerve into a post to avoid hitting another car, it would be considered as a single vehicle accident. Fault determination does not play into 'what ifs.' If the rider in this case didnt grab a handful of brake and swerved into something else, he would have most certainly been the one at fault.
