What value would you put on a motorcyclists life?

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This opens up a can of worms for me. I was involved in a very serious
accident, similar to Rod's scenario, yet with more mitigating circumstances
involved. "They" did very little to determine anything until I took it to
the supreme court. Even then, reports that I had commissioned from private
ex-police accident investigators, who completely missed the point and any
four year old could discredit, were used against me and despite the other
drivers testimony being found full of inconsistencies and any evidence he
gave being totally dismissed I was found to be 25% at fault. My barristers
told me this was a _very_ favourable outcome. The other driver has not been
penalised to this day and any evidence that his vehicle was unroadworthy
was dismissed as irrelevant. Then there was the battle for costs that I was
awarded but received less than a half of! Hopefully the coroners court is
better at determining such things.

I also remember reading some case law from a motorcycle accident on/near the
bridge in Katherine but have no other details to hand, sorry.

On a Guzzi note, my brother was involved in a case law involving him
colliding with his mate who had departed from said Guzzi. Bloody dangerous
things you know!

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 24 May 2006 10:00:18 GMT

I suspect only the best case law appears on austlii

The things they are *supposed* to do are definitely done in some
cases. I have no idea how you tell if it's done more often than not,
and no way to back up my belief that it is.

And just to make it more difficult, there's another case where someone
overtook at an intersection, but the judge came to the conclusion that
the driver was negligent.

Zebee

 

So _that's_ why you wear a full face helmet!

 

What a distinctly humourless response.


GB

 

It was Warrnambool wasn't it? more roundabouts than anywhere else on
earth!

I agree, not enough info for me to accurately judge. It is tragic
someone died.

Fang

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get me.

PW50/YZ80/RM80/KX125/TR200/RD350/RZ250/RGV250/KR1S250/XT250/
TT250/XL350/XR500/SRX250/XR600/VFR750/TRX850

 

Nope. Nor mine. But it helps. The next time we want more parking, or a
better toll rate (Shaddup Victorians. I know. And I'm jealous) we'll get
a much better reception if the general public doesn't think we're all a
bunch of revved up idiots who spend all their time blasting through
school zones at 300kmh.;

 

Not nice but if the car was mechanically sound and the brake lights and

Sounds very much like a "What if" to me. If she hadn't been driving that
car, she could very well have been driving a different one. Or maybe
someone else would have been driving that or a different car at the same
place at the same time. None of that matters. She _was_ driving _that_
car at _that_ time and _that_ place.

 

This is ESPECIALLY true in NSW if you are driving unreg. If you are
driving unreg, or doing something similarly stupid, and you are at fault
in an accident, be prepared to get pinged for EVERYTHING possible that
you did wrong, including neg drive, dangerous drive, reckless drive, etc
etc etc.

 

01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au:

George, is that you?


GB, if it quacks like a duck...

 

Sorry, make that 4'11".

Theo

 

No.

(And besides, it's if she weighs the same as a duck, anyway.)

 

in
..au:

HE'S A WITCH! HE'S A WITCH! BURN HIM!

(And besides, given that last little outburst, I reckon that
you weigh about the same as Pisshead's mate George Frost!)


GB, a very naughty boy!

 

But then you might have been one of his "slightly dumber" friends!

Postman Pat

 

Can't argue with you there, Pete: people who've bought Harleys aren't as
annoying as people who're gunna buy a Harley real soon now ...

-----sharks

 

Phew!

-----sharks