Recent content by Danner

Hey all, I finally got around to calling my insurance company (I also happened to be shopping for a new bike and wanted to get a quote), and the results are in: The insurance company has NO RECORD of any incident in my file. Case closed as far as I'm concerned. Feel free to cross reference...

Do you have to leave space to fall over, though? It wasn't mentioned in my original post, but my bike had 'stopped' at an angle, and I lost my balance toward the car. If I had been in a car, I'm sure it would not have been seen as too close, but cars can't tip over (that I know of). (Edit...

I agree with this, but in my memory I had come to a stop and toppled over. Could the same rules apply if I had been in queue at a traffic light, lost my footing and tipped over into an adjacent vehicle? (I'm just playing devil's advocate here, btw - my case is closed, but maybe there could have...

I have to admit, I expected this thread to be a discussion about the legal side of "body hit the car, not my bike", but I guess that wasn't as unique as my insurance situation haha I will gather what information I can get from my insurance, and see if I can get a definitive answer so everyone...

Hi everyone, OP here, Just short of a year later and things have finally been settled. First off, the insurance claims were cancelled and I have not seen or been informed of any increase in rates; though I also have a "first time's free" plan, so maybe that's the magic. I paid for the car's...

Hi all, Just wanted to update that a few of the replies scared me off the forum. I haven't been able to figure out how to delete the post or the thread as one poster suggested I should do (I followed the faq steps, but it doesn't behave the way faq describes). Anyway, thank you all for your...

I might be ignorant on this, but no, I don't think I was. It was a quick stop, but I was able to stop the bike in time. The resulting topple into the car was likely due to poor braking technique (I recall staring at the bumper the whole time, and not head up looking forward as I was taught in my...

Long story short, I was going at medium speed (60 km/h or less) on my bike when the car in front of me hit the brakes; I did an emergency brake and wound up putting a dent in the car's trunk with my helmet after falling from my bike. Police kindly gave me a careless driving ticket and I want to...