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Bike Tyre Launched Rocks
Was riding home today in a bike lane and without aiming for it, I managed to
run over a reasonably sized rock. I'm sure most people have had rocks go flying at 90 degree or so to the way you are travelling but this one was a beauty.......went clear across the road and hit a fence still going a million miles an hour. I am about 97kg and run my tyres at 110psi and it seems that when I do launch a rock, it goes at approximately warp factor 9. I have had a couple hit parked cars, fences, houses, etc. My concern is I wonder where I stand legally if a rock that is unwillingly launched causes some damage (eg. paint chip on car, smashed window, etc.) Or worse still, what if I managed a "one in a million" rock that took out someone's eye?? I would guess that if a car did this, their compulsory third party insurance would cover it but obviously that is not the case for a cyclist. My thoughts are that the council responsible for the road would be the ones responsible but I am no legal-O?? Anyone got any ideas?? Gags |
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Sounds like it is "time to join BNSW" time and get access to their 3rd
party policy - designed just for situations such as this. You could try shifting the fault to RTA (or whoever) but hey have bigger pockets than you. cheers Col On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 21:09:24 +1000, "Gags" wrote: Was riding home today in a bike lane and without aiming for it, I managed to run over a reasonably sized rock. I'm sure most people have had rocks go flying at 90 degree or so to the way you are travelling but this one was a beauty.......went clear across the road and hit a fence still going a million miles an hour. I am about 97kg and run my tyres at 110psi and it seems that when I do launch a rock, it goes at approximately warp factor 9. I have had a couple hit parked cars, fences, houses, etc. My concern is I wonder where I stand legally if a rock that is unwillingly launched causes some damage (eg. paint chip on car, smashed window, etc.) Or worse still, what if I managed a "one in a million" rock that took out someone's eye?? I would guess that if a car did this, their compulsory third party insurance would cover it but obviously that is not the case for a cyclist. My thoughts are that the council responsible for the road would be the ones responsible but I am no legal-O?? Anyone got any ideas?? Gags |
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Sounds like it is "time to join BNSW" time and get access to their 3rd
party policy - designed just for situations such as this. You could try shifting the fault to RTA (or whoever) but hey have bigger pockets than you. cheers Col On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 21:09:24 +1000, "Gags" wrote: Was riding home today in a bike lane and without aiming for it, I managed to run over a reasonably sized rock. I'm sure most people have had rocks go flying at 90 degree or so to the way you are travelling but this one was a beauty.......went clear across the road and hit a fence still going a million miles an hour. I am about 97kg and run my tyres at 110psi and it seems that when I do launch a rock, it goes at approximately warp factor 9. I have had a couple hit parked cars, fences, houses, etc. My concern is I wonder where I stand legally if a rock that is unwillingly launched causes some damage (eg. paint chip on car, smashed window, etc.) Or worse still, what if I managed a "one in a million" rock that took out someone's eye?? I would guess that if a car did this, their compulsory third party insurance would cover it but obviously that is not the case for a cyclist. My thoughts are that the council responsible for the road would be the ones responsible but I am no legal-O?? Anyone got any ideas?? Gags |
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"Gags" wrote in message news:ADTeb.154
snip rock flinging issues I've done a few beauties... one hit a car so hard I was sure he was gonna run me down for it! Damn, must've dented?! Anyway, in a car when this happens, nothing is even mentioned. It is just something you deal with, i.e. window chips, etc. Hitting someone in the eye, you'd probably be passed them before you even realised and they might be none the wiser. The damage would probably only be temporary anyway. I don't see how it could be anything other than an accident. You couldn't (well I'm sure a lawyer could) really even blame council - how often should they sweep the streets? It only takes a second for a car to drop a stone from its tyre onto the road. What if you get hit in the face with a rock flung from a car? One I regularly think about is getting smacked by the output of coucil mowers. When they mow median strips, I ride pretty close by the output 'shute' and I'm not sure if they use grass catchers or not? All this is not something I stress about, just when it happens I think to myself what Gags just wrote... stone-chippy hippy |
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"Gags" wrote in message news:ADTeb.154
snip rock flinging issues I've done a few beauties... one hit a car so hard I was sure he was gonna run me down for it! Damn, must've dented?! Anyway, in a car when this happens, nothing is even mentioned. It is just something you deal with, i.e. window chips, etc. Hitting someone in the eye, you'd probably be passed them before you even realised and they might be none the wiser. The damage would probably only be temporary anyway. I don't see how it could be anything other than an accident. You couldn't (well I'm sure a lawyer could) really even blame council - how often should they sweep the streets? It only takes a second for a car to drop a stone from its tyre onto the road. What if you get hit in the face with a rock flung from a car? One I regularly think about is getting smacked by the output of coucil mowers. When they mow median strips, I ride pretty close by the output 'shute' and I'm not sure if they use grass catchers or not? All this is not something I stress about, just when it happens I think to myself what Gags just wrote... stone-chippy hippy |
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Gags wrote in message
... Was riding home today in a bike lane and without aiming for it, I managed to run over a reasonably sized rock. I'm sure most people have had rocks go flying at 90 degree or so to the way you are travelling but this one was a beauty.......went clear across the road and hit a fence still going a million miles an hour. I am about 97kg and run my tyres at 110psi and it seems that when I do launch a rock, it goes at approximately warp factor 9. I have had a couple hit parked cars, fences, houses, etc. My concern is I wonder where I stand legally if a rock that is unwillingly launched causes some damage (eg. paint chip on car, smashed window, etc.) Or worse still, what if I managed a "one in a million" rock that took out someone's eye?? I would guess that if a car did this, their compulsory third party insurance would cover it but obviously that is not the case for a cyclist. My thoughts are that the council responsible for the road would be the ones responsible but I am no legal-O?? An act of god maybe? Surely they could not pin something like that on you, unless it was clear that you were actually trying to hit the person with the rock. You could maybe sue the council, but can they be held accountable just because there is a small rock on the road? Perhaps you could post this to aus.legal, and see what they reckon. --- DFM |
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Gags wrote in message
... Was riding home today in a bike lane and without aiming for it, I managed to run over a reasonably sized rock. I'm sure most people have had rocks go flying at 90 degree or so to the way you are travelling but this one was a beauty.......went clear across the road and hit a fence still going a million miles an hour. I am about 97kg and run my tyres at 110psi and it seems that when I do launch a rock, it goes at approximately warp factor 9. I have had a couple hit parked cars, fences, houses, etc. My concern is I wonder where I stand legally if a rock that is unwillingly launched causes some damage (eg. paint chip on car, smashed window, etc.) Or worse still, what if I managed a "one in a million" rock that took out someone's eye?? I would guess that if a car did this, their compulsory third party insurance would cover it but obviously that is not the case for a cyclist. My thoughts are that the council responsible for the road would be the ones responsible but I am no legal-O?? An act of god maybe? Surely they could not pin something like that on you, unless it was clear that you were actually trying to hit the person with the rock. You could maybe sue the council, but can they be held accountable just because there is a small rock on the road? Perhaps you could post this to aus.legal, and see what they reckon. --- DFM |
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"Deep Freud Moors" wrote in message
news:74Web.5033 You could maybe sue the council, but can they be held accountable just because there is a small rock on the road? Perhaps you could post this to aus.legal, and see what they reckon. Oh god no, not another "Car accident" thread! ;-) hippy |
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"Deep Freud Moors" wrote in message
news:74Web.5033 You could maybe sue the council, but can they be held accountable just because there is a small rock on the road? Perhaps you could post this to aus.legal, and see what they reckon. Oh god no, not another "Car accident" thread! ;-) hippy |
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Gags,
Ever thought of auditioning for the next Mad Max movie. I'm sure your trick with rocks and bicycles could fit into at least one scene. -- -------------------------- Posted via cyclingforums.com http://www.cyclingforums.com |
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