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Bike knocked over and damaged in car park

Motorbike knocked over by car

Bike knocked over

The driver got out and saw the damage done to the bike; they then got into their car and drove off! I think that the way her case has been handled by the police is a crime itself.



Around three weeks ago, a work colleague’s motorbike got knocked over our works private car park. The incident was never reported by car driver who knocked the motorbike over.

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19-4-200824 months ago - my son had a Honda MBX125, which he rode during and after passing his CBT (he now has graduated via a Yamaha 500 radian to a Kawasaki GPZ500 and now owns a Kawasaki Ninja. During the time he had his little 125 on the road, my next door neighbour took umbridge at the fact that he par...morepetralava
14-4-2008Being a Doctors surgery, perhaps the person will come back at some point - after all they are probably regsitered with that surgery/practice ....but probably use a partners vehicle?? As someone pointed out, this is what society is turning into... If someone opens their car door into yours in a c...moreDanM
31-3-2007I have a feeling that as it is a privately owned car park, even if the driver was caught it is up to him whether or not he complies as the police have no authority over accidents within a private car park, if it was a public car park they would be able to helpdaveo
08-2-2007My partner and myself run our own business and our unit has been broken in twice, both times we had the police round, finger prints done and the CCTV tape taken away, they asked us if we wanted someone from the Crime Prevention Department to come out to us, we said yes, four years on and we are stil...moreAli
12-1-2007re jon,what if bicycle got stolen or damaged?and what if it happened more than once?Then what?rc
12-1-2007Sell the motorbike and cycle into work. You'll have none of this stress.Jon
10-12-2006I live in London and my GSX750 has been knocked off its side stand several times right outside my house. Once when I was in and got to the door just in time to see the offending *$"^! speeding off up the street, but too late to see the number plate. And a couple of times by people who have been...moreMike Restall
11-11-2006I agree with russ's comments,this would have been so easy to sort out, if the offending driver just wrote their details down and left them with the bike.Fair enough the car driver might not have known whos motor bike they had knocked over,but they just drove off without doing a thing,which is no...moremnr
11-11-2006I wrote this article,since this happened the police have collected the cctv tapes.They had them for over a week before realising they couldn't actually view the tapes,as there system couldn't unlock the code.After much delay and my work friend having to chase them yet again,the police now ha...morerc
04-11-2006It's madness! I mean I could understand the person being worried about who the bike belonged to and how s/he would find the owner of the bike but a simple note with details would have helped to sort the mess out.Russ aka Wuzz
03-11-2006Whats going on?Her bike gets knocked over and broken.She has to suffer,pay out hard earned money and no-one is held responsible? What is society coming to?It should be treated as a crime!Why isn't it?cs
03-11-2006I think the driver who caused the damage to the poor ladies motor bike should be found. That person probably thinks theyve got away with it and its alright to cause damage and not own up to it.Accidents happen all the time I can understand that what I cant understand is why the driver didnt own up t...moreown up



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