gez Posted February 25, 2016 Share #1 Posted February 25, 2016 There I was stopped in traffic with this CHECK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLES sticker clearly posted on the back of my car when suddenly I get rear ended by..........wait for it.......... a motorcycle. There was a second thump as the truck behind the motorcycle landed its blow. I pulled up a bit and hesitated getting out of the car not knowing what I would see. Thankfully the biker with full face helmet was getting off the ground a bit shaken but not stirred. I'm sure he's sore today but he was able to walk away. Could have been much worse, thank you God. His brand new Yamaha Star 1300 didn't fair well crunched between the two vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eck Posted February 25, 2016 Share #2 Posted February 25, 2016 Now that's funny.... Sure am glad it wasn't the other way around with you hitting him in the rear.. Glad you and he is OK an no one was really hurt bad out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djh3 Posted February 26, 2016 Share #3 Posted February 26, 2016 Man, when I first started reading I was afraid you got rear-ended while on the bike. Sucks there was contact at all. But for you it was a better way I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted February 26, 2016 Share #4 Posted February 26, 2016 Obviously the biker didn't see any other motorcycles ..... but while he was checking twice, he didn't see your cage either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted February 26, 2016 Share #5 Posted February 26, 2016 OR The biker saw the truck coming and pulled up into the back of your car to help absorb some of the impact. That is one of my last ditch escape plans if there is no where else to escape a cage that is not stopping. If you pull up touching the car in front of you, then when you are hit from behind the structure of the bike will take most of the impact and you will take much less impact. This strategy will minimize damage to me but will also maximize damage to the bike. Bikes heal a lot faster than me, they take noting more than the wave a of an adequately thick wallet to be healed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
videoarizona Posted February 26, 2016 Share #6 Posted February 26, 2016 Wondering if he was reading your sticker and got distracted. Well...glad he was OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great White Posted February 27, 2016 Share #7 Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) OR The biker saw the truck coming and pulled up into the back of your car to help absorb some of the impact. That is one of my last ditch escape plans if there is no where else to escape a cage that is not stopping. If you pull up touching the car in front of you, then when you are hit from behind the structure of the bike will take most of the impact and you will take much less impact. This strategy will minimize damage to me but will also maximize damage to the bike. Bikes heal a lot faster than me, they take noting more than the wave a of an adequately thick wallet to be healed. I prefer to stop leaving enough room to jank off to the side of the road if need be and let the offending potential rear ender hit the car that was in front of me. I tend to always leave myself at least one "way out". Of course, that's assuming I even see it coming.... Edited February 27, 2016 by Great White Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vzuden Posted February 27, 2016 Share #8 Posted February 27, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnightventure Posted February 27, 2016 Share #9 Posted February 27, 2016 There was a string of traffic stopped and 2 vehicles behind you failed to notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gez Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share #10 Posted March 3, 2016 Honesty, always the best policy? I'm sure it is, but. The car is in the body shop getting repaired. I'm very happy with Allstate's attention and handling of this incident. They are trying to recover my $500 deductible from the offending party. I get a call from Allstate going over the incident. I answered an impact question with two, there were two impacts. The bike hit me, then the truck hit the bike. I'm then told the trucks insurer had already assumed responsibility but this changed everything because it wasn't the truck that hit ME. The biker did produce an insurance card, we'll see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowpuc Posted March 3, 2016 Share #11 Posted March 3, 2016 insurance industry = a more twisted form of illogical logic i have never met.. thousands of folks lost everything when the insurance companies determined Katrina was a flood - not a hurricane - and no one had flood insurance:stickpoke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggy Posted March 3, 2016 Share #12 Posted March 3, 2016 Well at least in Ontario the last car in the line is at fault. Here if you rear-end a vehicle and it rear-ends one and so on your insurance is on the hook for ALL the damage. I know, my mother's insurance got nailed for the repairs to 4 cars because she was the last one in the row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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