Into the side of a taxi

[Leaway2]

A taxi pulled out fom the rank last night, straight into my path. I hit the taxi on the rear drivers side door with the top of my head (helmet).
Luckily I wasn't travelling very fast.
Wheel buckled, knees scraped. Waiting to see if there is any cc footage (airport).


Just dropped my bike off at EBC. £10 to true the wheel.


Edited for spelling.

 

[numbnuts]

glad your OK, good job you had a helmet on

 

[XmisterIS]

Did the driver stop?!

 

[Leaway2]

Did the driver stop?!

Yes he did, there were lots of drivers there, who helped me to the side of the road. They asked me if I was Ok and if the driver could go, I said yes but really was not in a state to make a judgement, I was pretty dazed.

 

[Leaway2]

glad your OK, good job you had a helmet on

Too true.

 

[Cyclox]

Hope you got the taxi drivers details........

Glad scraped knees was all you suffered and hope the bike gets better soon!

 

[Paul_L]

have you reported to police?

not sure of exact details if you need to if you have exchanged details with driver, but maybe best to, to be on the safe side.

even though it's only a tenner, hope you can recover the costs from the driver or taxi firm. why should you be out of pocket as a result of someone else's carelessness.

but most importantly, glad you are ok.

 

[funnymummy]

Glad you are ok, And i really hope ther driver is going to pay for your repiars x

 

[screenman]

You have to expect the unexpected when riding past things that are certainly not going to do the correct things. Glad you were riding slow and that you were not hurt too much. Whilst the driver did not make the correct observations, checking as you ride past which taxi has a driver in and looking for other indications help your safety. As a motorcyclist who has been on police training we were told to look for little things like wheel movement etc, it is suprising once you get used to doing these things they become second nature.

 

[Leaway2]

Update, No CCTV footage

 

[fossyant]

Did you get his reg ? No long lasting side effects. At least he should pay for the wheel to be trued.