Legal Q&A
Legal Q&A
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Motorcycle legal advice: Should I settle my claim for less?
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My husband recently picked up his first set of wheels. Now, whilst I was born with only one foot; my life has been pretty normal and my foot (or lack of) has never held me back – until now. Long story short, we were riding two-up when a car coming from the opposite direction hooked…
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Motorcycle legal advice: Do I have to use my insurer-appointed solicitor?
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Q Do I have to stick with my insurer panel appointed solicitor? He is a muppet. Some spoon banged into the rear of my bike at a junction. I fell off and got hurt. Simple you would think. However, the said “spoon” has alleged I reversed into him at speed after selecting the wrong gear and…
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Motorcycle legal advice: Traffic management systems made me crash!
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Q Have I had the most random accident ever? I was riding on my old CB750k2, and there were some of those rubber tubes across the road that measure the traffic – they were attached to a metal box chained to a lamppost. An articulated lorry coming from the opposite direction drove over them and I…
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Motorcycle legal advice: Was the speed camera illegal?
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Q. I was out with some mates for a blast up the coast near where I live on my new MT-09. I went for an overtake, and in all honesty I was doing about 45mph in 30mph when I spotted a speed camera van parked up in a well dodgy position on the side of…
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I fell off my bike on oil. Cooking oil.
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Q. I have a weird situation… My mate lives out in the sticks in a little housing estate. I swung round to see him on my XJR1300 and as I turned into his close my front-end slipped away and I tumbled off. I hit the deck and fractured my elbow. Upon getting up I saw the road was…
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Dealer fitted the wrong tyre speed rating to my motorcycle: Can I sue them?
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Q. I had a new tyre fitted to my GSXR1000 by a small garage local to me. About a month later I took my bike to my main dealer for a service after I got back from Germany. Whilst in Germany I had ridden around the Nürburgring at speeds of up to 180mph. The problem…
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I got knocked off my bike by a provisional licence holder: what can I do?
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Q. Have I got problems? I was riding my CBR600rr down a residential road when a car reversed straight out of a drive in front of me. I had no chance of braking and “T-boned” his rear passenger door. Luckily it was only a little car, and I flew like superman over the top instead…
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Can I claim against an event organiser?
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Q. My wife bought me and my son a motor experience day off the internet. – the morning involved driving round the track in supercars, and riding a motorcycle around a grass off-road area in the afternoon. The morning went fine, but when it came to the afternoon I told the two chaps “supervising” the…
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Can I stop a motorcycle in a London cycle box?
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Q. I was recently pulled over by the Police for stopping in an “Advanced Stop Line” box on my “motor bicycle” in London, and offered a fixed penalty of 3 points plus a fine. This is the box cyclists can use to wait at the head of stationary traffic at red lights. I was just going…
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Is a bike I’m selling insured for test rides?
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Q I put my old Yamaha Fazer 1000 up on eBay, and had a chap visit for a look before placing a bid. I let him have a spin around the block, but he clipped an old lady on a zebra crossing. The police were involved, and he’s getting done for careless driving. That’s fair enough…
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