There is Justice...

[att]

In July last year my wife and myself were knocked from our bike....On purpose. The incident occured on a motorway in Belguim, the offending driver...who was driving a Volvo was Dutch.
He did not like us filtering through the traffic.

My lawyer has told me that the Police report is unusually damning towards the Dutch driver and that he is being commited for criminal proceedings at a Belgian court.
The witness statement mirrors my own and we are very hopeful for a positive result.

I have ever only been concerned with revenge / justice, my lawyer knows this and so called me today to inform me that we will have to attend court :D

I am so incredibly happy that this jerk has not got away with nearly killing us. :D ......God I am happy. :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D

[Tailendcharley]

:D  :D Well done Att and all the very best to you...like you,I also do a lot of travelling abroad on board motorbikes and this type of thing has always been my worse nightmare scanario...once again,all the best to you...hope there were no injuries involved....

 :)  :) Terry Smith  

[att]

:D  :D Well done Att and all the very best to you...like you,I also do a lot of travelling abroad on board motorbikes and this type of thing has always been my worse nightmare scanario...once again,all the best to you...hope there were no injuries involved....

 :)  :) Terry Smith  

I was massively impressed with the Belgian Police who attended the scene.
They first listened to the independent witness, who had to jam his brakes on to avoid running us both over! as we had been thrown from the bike into the fast lane.
Then he listened to me, the best I could muster...I was in shock pretty much.
My experience of incidents abroad, and there has been a few, is brilliant.
I must say that in the UK the authorities on the whole are very unhelpful, to the extent of breathalysing you in the back of an ambulance!....But I just put this down to the UK culture and their general mistrust of anything on two wheels.
If you are going to have a bike accident, have it abroad, they treat you like a human being and not a criminal.

[Lee_D]

Whooa there...

Maybe  the fact that breathalising every driver after a collision is deemed a proportionate response be European courts says something about British drivers & Drink?   :roll:

[att]

No, the Uk culture in context with motorcyclists is the worse there is.
I have had the good fortune to ride motorcycles in most countries and it is only the UK that has this awful attitude towards us.
You think 4X4 drivers have a hard time of it, you should try riding a motorcycle once in a while.

In fact, come to think of it, the UK is a very fascist state when it comes to road use and motorists, I just wish we would all wake up to it. :roll:

At least the French still have their own testicles.

[Lee_D]

Woteva :!:

[Lord Shagg-Pyle]

:D  :D Well done Att and all the very best to you...like you,I also do a lot of travelling abroad on board motorbikes and this type of thing has always been my worse nightmare scanario...once again,all the best to you...hope there were no injuries involved....

 :)  :) Terry Smith  

I was massively impressed with the Belgian Police who attended the scene.
They first listened to the independent witness, who had to jam his brakes on to avoid running us both over! as we had been thrown from the bike into the fast lane.
Then he listened to me, the best I could muster...I was in shock pretty much.
My experience of incidents abroad, and there has been a few, is brilliant.
I must say that in the UK the authorities on the whole are very unhelpful, to the extent of breathalysing you in the back of an ambulance!....But I just put this down to the UK culture and their general mistrust of anything on two wheels.
If you are going to have a bike accident, have it abroad, they treat you like a human being and not a criminal.

I must say that I have always bagged  people after accidents, and in the ambulance if necessary, and it has produced a fair number of results, but then I suppose I could always not bag them and then get my a*se chewed at court by the lawyer for the  victim who had been hit by the drink driver.

Att. All I ask is if you have a gripe with the way that the Authorities, by which I presume you mean,the Police, deal with something, then complain. There is a correct procedure and your complaint will be listened to.
But, please do not generalise. There will always be those in any walk of life who are useless, but not all are.

[att]

:D  :D Well done Att and all the very best to you...like you,I also do a lot of travelling abroad on board motorbikes and this type of thing has always been my worse nightmare scanario...once again,all the best to you...hope there were no injuries involved....

 :)  :) Terry Smith  

I was massively impressed with the Belgian Police who attended the scene.
They first listened to the independent witness, who had to jam his brakes on to avoid running us both over! as we had been thrown from the bike into the fast lane.
Then he listened to me, the best I could muster...I was in shock pretty much.
My experience of incidents abroad, and there has been a few, is brilliant.
I must say that in the UK the authorities on the whole are very unhelpful, to the extent of breathalysing you in the back of an ambulance!....But I just put this down to the UK culture and their general mistrust of anything on two wheels.
If you are going to have a bike accident, have it abroad, they treat you like a human being and not a criminal.

I must say that I have always bagged  people after accidents, and in the ambulance if necessary, and it has produced a fair number of results, but then I suppose I could always not bag them and then get my a*se chewed at court by the lawyer for the  victim who had been hit by the drink driver.

Att. All I ask is if you have a gripe with the way that the Authorities, by which I presume you mean,the Police, deal with something, then complain. There is a correct procedure and your complaint will be listened to.
But, please do not generalise. There will always be those in any walk of life who are useless, but not all are.

Of course, you are correct.
Just that when you see a mate been breathalysed who had half a privit hedge sticking into his guts and was hardly able to blow, thus causing him pain.....Goes a tad beyond the call of duty in my book. :roll:

I speak from personal experience because that is all I have.

I understand the reasons for it...But there has to be a limit.

......Anyways, I am a happy bunny. :D