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[Ains.]

Originally posted by andyb
"not too sure what you mean by two rights/wrong"

I take it you were prosecuted regarding the traffic light incident?.....so your a bit psshed at other goings on.........

No, I wasn't; I was put on a driver improvement course. There was one witness in a car who said I left the lights too early and fast, but I waited until they were green and hit the car at about 20mph (on an 888SP4S, after 40m that is not fast I can tell you). I was knocked out for 3 1/2 hours and can't remember much at all.
Consequence of this was the Police went with the witness but said driver improvement for you matey, then said I might not learn very much from it.
Meanwhile the other driver gets a blame free card and continues on, thinking that she can drive through traffic lights and turn right up to 8 seconds after she lost priority and get away with it. Next time I hope she does it to a 44 tonne HGV and not a bike.
I've proved to myself through vid's of the lights and driving through at her speed to see how far back she would have been, and I'm happy that I was not fully to blame. So that is good enough for me.
I do feel I was the easy target; apparently there has to be a party that the blame must be pinned on for RTC's regardless of circumstances.

All I want now is my bike back in one bit.

Ains.