Terrible car/motorcycle accident - Burrard and 2nd

[JSALES]

RIP

[essel]

Damn that's shitty to hear.. RIP

[Marco911]

Originally Posted by dangonay

^ I've never had an at fault accident in over 1,000,000 km's driven in my life.

You're arguably at partial fault for the collision you describe. The fact that you can't tell that someone behind you is driving at over 50 km/h faster than you by glancing in your mirror or did not realize that something was wrong when you heard screeching tires behind you pretty much speaks for itself.

I've been shoulder checking since I was 14 when I got my learner's. Maybe the problem isn't shoulder checking, but doing it at an inappropriate time, which it appears is exactly what you did in your accident.

No, the problem is shoulder checking. It is unnecessary.

You're assuming much about my accident. It wasn't ICBC as I was living in Sask at the time. It also wasn't on the highway which is what you're implying by using Germany and high closing speeds in your example. It was a two lane road in the city with a 50 km/h speed limit. After measuring the skid marks from the other vehicle (luckily ABS wasn't common back then) and his impact with me it was determined he was going at least 100km/h and likely faster.

Any injuries involved?

The bottom line is the insurance adjusters and the police came to the conclusion it was the other guys fault. That's two separate agencies that came to the same conclusion. The police charged him with dangerous driving and SGI found him liable for the accident.

Why are you trying to imply a case you know nothing about and was decided based on the evidence was somehow decided wrong?

Actually they came to the conclusion that you were at fault at first. They changed the conclusion after reviewing the situation. In Germany, whether you're on the autobahn or not, you would be expected to know not to change lanes into a car moving faster than you.