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  1. ....They're good things. If it weren't for my Kris Holm wrist guards I'd
    now have a broken wrist. And it weren't for my helmet my head would now
    be spread across someones windscreen.

    Riding back from watching Songs of Praise being recorded (a lot less fun
    than you might think) on my Coker I got hit by a car. I was turning
    right out of a pub car park and got hit by a car coming round a blind
    corner from my right.

    After being hit I could hear the driver of the car freaking out a bit so
    picked myself up quickly so they could see I wasn't badly damaged.
    Looking at the car I could see why she was freaking out. Her windscreen
    was shattered with a big hole where the pointy back of my helmet had hit
    the windscreen on the passenger side. She had her baby in a baby seat on
    the passenger side so and was obviously worried about her baby.

    I ended up with grazed elbows and bruised/sprained fingers and wrist on
    my left. It could have been much much worse.

    So remember kids WEAR A HELMET!

    Kit

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  2. Wow... just, wow.

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  3. Oooh, that sucks. 'cept it really doesn't, because everyone was okay, so
    it's actually kind of spiffy. The baby was okay, right? Prolly, because
    otherwise you would've said something more about it.... Glad to hear
    you're okay though! (:

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  4. The baby was fine, it wasn't even crying...Oh and amazingly so was the
    coker. Good thing considering I'd borrowed it off Pete whilst mine's in
    a state of broken.

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  5. MrBoogiejuice said:

    *The baby was fine, it wasn't even crying...Oh and amazingly so was
    the coker. Good thing considering I'd borrowed it off Pete whilst
    mine's in a state of broken.

    Edit: Does anyone know if Bell replace helmets after a crash. I
    remember someone saying Giro do and I've looked on Bells' website but
    can't find any info. *

    Tat would be a yes. Should be with your warranty paperwok that came
    with the helmet. Who keeps that stuff?

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  6. That was good nobody got hurt bad.

    Giro and Bell are the same company.
    A while back Bell was giro's biggest competition, So they bought bell.

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  7. Very glad to hear that all is well.

    I just got a new Bell Helmet so I have the paperwork handy.

    Bell will replace crash damaged helmets, but you need to mail them the
    following: a) damaged helmet, b)copy of dated cash register receipt, c)
    letter describing you accident, d) a check for $35 for Fusion in-mold or
    $20 for non-fusion helmets. Mails this to:
    Bell Sports, Inc. Consumer Service, 1924 Country Road, 3000 North,
    Rantoul, IL 61866-9512 (These instructions are for the US, Canadian
    customers need to call 1-514-332-1320.)

    I don't know, but I'll bet that if you don't have the receipt they will
    replace the helmet anyway. I mean, what kind of safety company would let
    you go without a helmet because you lost the receipt? You could call
    them: 1-800-456-BELL (USA).

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  8. Wow! Good to hear you're OK and the Coker is OK.

    My belief is that if I ever need my helmet while riding the Coker it's
    going to be because of a collision with a car or a bicycle. I keep my
    fingers crossed that it never happens to me. If it does happen I'll
    have my helmet on.

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  9. MrBoogiejuice said:

    *....After being hit I could hear the driver of the car freaking out a
    bit so picked myself up quickly so they could see I wasn't badly
    damaged. Looking at the car I could see why she was freaking out. Her
    windscreen was shattered with a big hole where the pointy back of my
    helmet had hit the windscreen on the passenger side. She had her baby
    in a baby seat on the passenger side so and was obviously worried
    about her baby.

    I ended up with grazed elbows and bruised/sprained fingers and wrist
    on my left. It could have been much much worse.

    So remember kids WEAR A HELMET!

    Kit *

    So the pointy protrusion on the back of the helmets does really work,
    and doesn't just cause whip lash to people that wear helmets.

    Good to hear that you are O.K.

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  10. so who's fault was it?

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  11. I'm not really sure who's fault it was. It was a blind corner and
    neither of us saw each other. It's a narrow twisty road whicj people go
    too fast along. I think it was just unfortunate timing.

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  12. The car driver. In the UK cyclists are never liable for accidents (or at
    least thats what i've heard, please correct me if i'm wrong). Its always
    the cars fault if there is a car/bike incident (I think). Even If its
    not, its plain in this case the front of the car hit the side of Kit.

    Glad to hear you're ok, and you and the coker aren't badly damaged.

    Loose.

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  13. very glad to hear u're in one piece and allright
    a quick trip to a medico just to make sure can't hurt
    well, can't hurt as much as getting hit by car

    i've been sitting with Jayne_ZA's coker and i've been itching to take it
    out for a nice long road-ride
    i did promise myself that i wouldn't do this without a helmet but since
    the middle of the month arrived at the end of the money, i haven't been
    able to get one yet
    yesterday we went out to a public park in JHB (Emmarentia Dam) and i had
    a nice long ride on the paths thru the park
    i kinda told myself that it would be ok cause it just would be
    since the ride went well yesterday, i had a look out the window when i
    got up this morning and was quite tempted to take it out
    then i thought about the amount of times i've shot my mouth off about
    the helmet issue on these here fora and realised that if i get my
    unhelmeted head bashed in and end up with brain damage, u lot would
    never let me forget it and i'll probaly end up choking on my feeding
    tube in sheer embarrasment
    so i didn't
    and now i see this thread
    Mr Boogiejuice, u're a real pal
    there aren't too many people i know who would get hit by a car to teach
    a friend a lesson
    i am in your debt
    please add a beer to the when-we-meet-tab

    bugman said:

    *Tat would be a yes. Should be with your warranty paperwok that came
    with the helmet. Who keeps that stuff? *


    one of my habits that the GF just couldn't get a grip on, was my habit
    of keeping the original box, with the polystyrene shapes for secure
    packing, just in case u ever have to move with that item
    it packs back into it's original box -so- much easier than it does into
    anything else...
    ad it's a good place to keep all the original paperwork, cash receipts
    and and and

    KcTheAcy said:

    *Giro and Bell are the same company.
    A while back Bell was giro's biggest competition, So they bought bell.
    *

    gotta love capitalism

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  14. [quote="GILD"][B]very glad to hear u're in one piece and allright
    a quick trip to a medico just to make sure can't hurt
    well, can't hurt as much as getting hit by car[/quote]


    I went down to A+E afterwards to see if my wrist was broken or not and
    to get my cuts cleaned and dressed. My unsullied record of doing silly
    things and not breaking bones stays sully free...Happy badger I am


    Quoted message said:

    then i thought about the amount of times i've shot my mouth off about
    the helmet issue on these here fora and realised that if i get my
    unhelmeted head bashed in and end up with brain damage, u lot would
    never let me forget it and i'll probaly end up choking on my feeding
    tube in sheer embarrasment
    so i didn't
    and now i see this thread
    Mr Boogiejuice, u're a real pal
    there aren't too many people i know who would get hit by a car to
    teach a friend a lesson
    i am in your debt
    please add a beer to the when-we-meet-tab




    No worries. Glad to be of service.

    Quoted message said:

    one of my habits that the GF just couldn't get a grip on, was my habit
    of keeping the original box, with the polystyrene shapes for secure
    packing, just in case u ever have to move with that item
    it packs back into it's original box -so- much easier than it does
    into anything else...
    and it's a good place to keep all the original paperwork, cash
    receipts and and and




    I think I may have actually kept the box...Unusual for me, Organisation
    is not my forte

    Quoted message said:

    gotta love capitalism




    ...Livin' the dream baby.


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  15. Loosemoose said:


    The car driver. In the UK cyclists are never liable for accidents (or at
    least thats what i've heard, please correct me if i'm wrong).

    You're wrong.

    Quoted message said:

    Its always the cars fault if there is a car/bike incident (I think).

    No. There is no such law in teh UK.

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  16. interesting, the last 'Ian Smith' (http://tinyurl.com/arpy9) i knew of
    also didn't like the UK-laws all that much either...

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  17. Quoted message said:

    You're wrong.

    Well thanks for being so concise. On being told I was wrong however, I
    decided to google for it.

    'This Site' (http://tinyurl.com/c6tg9) seems to contain information on
    what to do regarding vehicle accidents, including general things similar
    to a normal car accident like sketch the scene & take details. It also
    contains information about what to do if you are dismounted by a pothole
    or other physical defect in the road surface. I wonder if most coker
    UPDs count under this ruling? I suppose if you can prove you are capable
    of controlling it under normal conditions & the road surface caused you
    to dismount it might still count?

    Quoted message said:

    No. There is no such law in teh UK.

    Maybe not at the moment, this is what confused me however: I had assumed
    this was already the case, but it seems it may have been repealed before
    coming into force: 'Euro Cycle Laws Fury' (http://tinyurl.com/dw88b)
    Same Story, BBC News: 'Blame it on the driver'
    (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2097872.stm)

    Loose

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  18. Loosemoose said:


    Quoted message said:

    You're wrong.

    Well thanks for being so concise. On being told I was wrong however, I
    decided to google for it.

    And found that you were indeed wrong?

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    No. There is no such law in teh UK.

    Maybe not at the moment, this is what confused me however: I had assumed
    this was already the case, but it seems it may have been repealed before
    coming into force: 'Euro Cycle Laws Fury' (http://tinyurl.com/dw88b)
    Same Story, BBC News: 'Blame it on the driver'
    (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2097872.stm)

    Nope. That was all idiot journalists whipping up 'fury' about
    something that simply wasn't true. The amendment to europe-wide
    insurance laws was to establish an initial liability for purposes of
    initial payment of claims, before fault was decided.

    There never was any proposal that fault would always be judged to lie
    with the car driver - it was still within the rights of the car driver
    (or his insurance company) to sue the cyclist to demonstrate fault and
    recover all costs from teh cyclist if teh courts agreed that teh
    cyclist really was at fault. This was no change - since very few
    cyclists are insured my motor insurers (obviously), that's exactly
    what they would have done before anyway - they'd have had to sue teh
    cyclist to recover teh costs arising from teh incident. All the law
    amendment proposed was that in teh meantime, before fault was
    determined, teh insurance company should pay immediately arising
    costs.

    The reason you haven't heard anything further is not because that part
    of teh law was repealed, but because the law never said what the
    (predominantly tabloid) press claimed it did. If they'd explained it
    properly, it wouldn't have sold newspapers.

    regards, Ian SMith

  19. GILD said:


    interesting, the last 'Ian Smith' (http://tinyurl.com/arpy9) i knew of
    also didn't like the UK-laws all that much either...

    It's not that I don't like UK law, it's that teh reported UK law
    simply isn't. It does not exist.

    regards, Ian SMith

  20. sorry i was on as Mrcokerbraker in the last post.
    Pete.

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