Hey guys and gals, I know you guys hate to see these threads as much I do, but I thought I would fill you in.

My buddy John came over on his 06 FZ1. I asked him I could take it for a ride 'cause i haven't rode it in a while and i wanted to feel the liter power . So I told him to get on my SV and we'll go for a quick "buzz". We ended up getting on the highway, basically boils down to, we went to merge to the right for an exit, he checks his blind spot a moment before i do, its an uneven lane with a ledge so he has to slow slightly and cut an angle. I check my blind spot, see a maxima coming FAST to merge onto the highway we were on. I look ahead and pray he noticed that maxima coming up behind, it was too late. In my mind i got the shriek of fear as i knew this car was gonna nail him. It nailed him from the back and shot the bike out from under him. He fell over the side of the hood and began tumbling, i had an absolute sense of worry and fear as I see my friend since 3rd grade tumbling down the highway. I pull the FZ over and run over to him. Amazingly, he's walking towards me on the shoulder. I ask him how he feels, anything hurting etc., basically all he had was a lot of road rash, 2nd degree burn level. The bad part is he always wear his shift leather jacket except this time. He said the first thing he thought when he hit the pavement is "why the hell didn't i wear my jacket." The good thing is I still have my best friend and he'll make a 100% recovery. My bike is probably totaled but its not my first concern. He's bandaged up and will be fine in a few weeks.

Also the lady that hit him was 3 times the blood-alcohol concentration so I think you get the idea.

Cliffs: Best Friend of 13 years got rear ended by a drunk driver on the highway riding my SV, walked away with road rash and a very minor bone chip in his wrist. He didn't wear his leather jacket that he always wears. Wear your gear fellow riders.

 

Glad your friend is ok. Hopefully that lady has insurance and you can get a pimp bike from the settlement haha.

 

Yeah she was insured.

Edit: no she isn't this is gonna be fun


Modified by rjay8604 at 1:36 AM 8/25/2006

 

What time of day was this?!

 

Keep the FZ in payment

Glad your bud is OK

 

i hope she ends up in a jail..

 

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~7:30pm

 

damn 3x's the BAC?! WTF! that's the kind of story that pissed me off! did the cops at least take her *** to jail? attempted manslaughter? anything?

 

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Wow she was really drunk at 7:30PM? Must have been a rough day.

Really crappy situation but really good thing your friend is alright

 

yeah she went straight to jail. Apparently they knew her from previous drunk driving.

 

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Wow she was really drunk at 7:30PM? Must have been a rough day.

Really crappy situation but really good thing your friend is alright </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. Glad to hear your friend will be alright.

 

oh **** good thing no one was hurt. And oh ****, good thing that FZ1 wasn't the one to get nailed, that's a nice bike!

 

how fast were you guys going and how fast was she when he was hit? approx?

and i'm seriously glad this didn't go down worse.

 

what happend to the driver??

glad he was able to walk away with little damage

 

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People like that should should have hot pokers jammed into their eyes so they can never drive again.

 

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I'll jam my hot poker into her eye.

 

glad he made it out okay

 

so how close was she when he merged over? was it a bad judgment by ur buddy to get over, or was she way back in the distance? glad to hear he's ok. i hate drunk drivers.

 

Glad he's all right.

 

Sorry to hear. But all things considered, he is one lucky SOB.

 

Thanks for the kind words, me and him agree he's a lucky SOB. The thing is if he had his jacket on, he'd just have some sore muscles today, I learned my lesson from it (i was in my joe rocket gear at the time). Also i think i'm gonna be stronger about avoiding the highway. He's said he's done riding, he was actually planning on selling his bike anyway, he likes dirt riding a lot more.

IF you guys have any tips regarding insurance and settling costs/issues i'd appreciate the advice, I know some of you have been through this before.

I got some pics of him and the bike, i'll try to get them up soon.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by themann42 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so how close was she when he merged over? was it a bad judgment by ur buddy to get over, or was she way back in the distance? glad to hear he's ok. i hate drunk drivers.</TD></TR></TABLE>

it was a combination of both, but i would say she was definitely hauling too much ***. When he checked his blind spot it was clear, and a second later i checked my blindspot and saw her car booking, and he was already commiting to merge. I would also say bad circumstances definitely aided highly. Its not like either one of them made a blantant mistake, it was like several bad circumstances occured at once. She was checking her blind spot while he merged, so just very unfortunate timing.

 

When it comes in Insurance and believe y'all are each half at fault that is what Judge Judy says at least. Call your insurance company right away though.

 

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W T F ?

Rob, that was nonsensical.

 

Here are some pics of the aftermath:

This is his worst patch of road rash:



Here's some of the bike:









Modified by rjay8604 at 8:43 PM 8/22/2006