Hi Beedee,

my english is a little bit rusty ...
But I am living arround the corner.
From my place, its only 30 minutes to Neuwied.

So if you need any help
(with the papers, transporting the bike, finding a mechanic,
transport to airport ..and so on)

Just give me a call.
I sent you a PM too.

Best wishes

motravel

This is what makes the HU community, and moto riders the World over, all so great.
We all want to help total strangers, without question, without motive, without reward.

If Governments could follow our example the World would get along fine.

Good luck Beedee, and my heatfelt gratitude to all who can and do assist him in matters I cannot.

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If you were overtaking on the right and then braked and two cars run into the back of you, weren't they also overtaking on the right?

Your third party insurance won't normally cover legal expenses. It only pays for damage to third parties, i. e. the cars, if you are found at fault. If you don't have legal insurance your lawyers bill could be very high. Be careful, or the 1500E bail will pale into insignificance.

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Cheers,
Peter.

Europe to NZ 2006-10

So sorry to read of your incident.
The illogic of the charge against you is screeming out of the screen. I certainly hope your lawyer is onto it.

If you were "overtaking on the right" and then got nailed by a car from the rear that can only mean that THAT car was travelling much faster than you and HE WAS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF OVERTAKING ON THE RIGHT !Also he was grossly negligent in not seeing the traffic ahead of him and reacting to it.
Ergo the driver of that car which struck you was committing the same offense which you have been charged with.
The driver of the vehicle you were allegedly passing is also partially responsible - he was driving tooo slowly in the passing lane and should have moved back to the right lane.
Unless you were darting from the center lane into the side of said second car then it could be argued that you were merely moving back into the travel lane from the passing lane.The car which struck you should then have moved around your left.

This overtaking on the right business is taken to ridiculous intensity in Europe. Is it considered overtaking on the right if the left lane becomes blocked by some traffic obstruction and the only way to move on past the line-up is via the right lane? Is it "overtaking on the right" if one rides down the ausfahrt lane and passes slow moving autobahn traffic? ....or if you are entering the autobahn and in the merging lane pass the slower cars in order to slot into a space?
Stick to your guns and talk to the lawyer. At worst it should be a case of shared responsibility for inept driving and get thrown out of court.

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http://advrider.com/index.php?thread....207964/page-5 then scroll down to post #93

I heard it's going to take two weeks to get my bike back but the specialist doctor yesterday (also a motorbike rider ) said I don't need an operation.

So can't complain

Motravel: got your privates, thanks for your info. I'm back at home but in case I would need some help with the bike I will certainly contact you.

That's what HU and bikers is all about, helping eachother just for helping.

Thanks for all the support everyone!

PS: I will be @ HU meeting Chiang Mai (if the gods let me )

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Hey Beedy,

i only understood "your are still in this hospital".
But you are already at home ...
Get healthy verry fast !!!

And if you are interesting in Chiang Mai:
I was thinking about it too. But only for a kind of holiday trip.
I have 4 weeks left of vacation in 2010 and i was thinking about
going to this meeting, renting a bike and going a few weeks arround.

Are you going with your own bike?
Or have you any information about renting bikes already?

Thanks

Bike is still there grrrr


My plan is to buy a bike in Thailand, drive around SE Asia, and sell it again.
I have some friends there and they are looking for a Honda CB400 (seems to be very popular there) or so.

For SE Asia you don't need a carnet I think so should be fairly simple to drive around.

Let me know if you're going

Beedee

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