White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors have been writing for various motorcycle magazines for a number of years, bringing our specialism in everything to do with the law and motorbikes to the public.
We are putting together a database of articles that may assist you and will hopefully be of interest. The current database of articles can be found on our blog or by clicking on the magazine covers below.
All articles are reproduced here with kind permission from the respective magazine.
When events overtake you…
06 Oct 2016
When you go and try to make a pass stick, what happens when you get unstuck?
Speeding through Brexit
29 Sep 2016
I’m off to Spain in a month with my ‘GSX-R crew’ to go and rag around the mountains and then head to Valencia for a few cheeky beers. We have been every year for the last five years and I have been stopped once before by the old bill for speeding and I had to […]
Repairs end up misfiring…
22 Sep 2016
I was knocked off my bike and my insurance company organised an accident management company who dealt with the repairs for my bike.
Gaining access to private property
15 Sep 2016
A police officer came to my house as a neighbour had complained that I was riding my bike on the pavement to get access to my home where I park my bike in my garden. Before I respond, am I actually doing anything wrong?
A Spiralling Problem
08 Sep 2016
I asked my boss if I could use my bike for work, instead of getting caned for tax on a diesel Astra estate. I work in IT and my toolkit fits into my Kreiga backpack. My boss said yes, and I get paid the same rate for using my bike as using my own car […]
Bike fell off a recovery truck
01 Sep 2016
My classic (read that as unreliable) RD350 broke down. The breakdown company turned up with a flat bed truck. Long story short is the numpty recovery truck driver didn’t strap the bike down properly and as we pulled away my bike fell over. It was like something off a Carry On film.
Feeling a bit sheepish
25 Aug 2016
I feel a bit ‘sheepish’ writing to you but I read your column a month or so ago about the farmer’s escaped pig and wondered If I have a claim.
Aftermarket Levers
18 Aug 2016
I bought a sports bike about four years ago. I added aftermarket brake levers among other things. About a month ago, the manufacturer contacted me with a recall on the front master cylinder. I took it to the dealer who completed the work and off I toddled… for about three miles.
Living Room Storage
11 Aug 2016
I hate the state. Have they not got anything better to do? I bought an old Norton off my mate to add to my collection (the wife ain’t too happy as it’s in our living room!). He had been riding it last year legally on the road.
Dipstick Solicitor
04 Aug 2016
I am part-way through my claim after some old biddy knocked me off my Bandit 1200 and a trial has been set for August. Liability has been admitted but the problem I have is with the medical evidence my dipstick solicitor has obtained from a supposed ‘medical expert’.
Careless Driving Scooter
28 Jul 2016
I was out with some mates riding our scooters at night. We were mucking about racing each other as you do.
Taxing Times
21 Jul 2016
I’m lucky enough to have four bikes in my stable including two old Fireblades. Anyway, long story short is over the winter I made a Statutory Off Road Notice (SORN) declaration on all the bikes.
Pigs on the run
14 Jul 2016
I was on my daily commute to work on a dual carriageway when a pig (yes a pig!) escaped through the farmer’s old broken fence and ran straight out in front of me causing me to swerve, crash into the central reservation and fall off. Not my best day out ever.
You Pay Monkeys…
07 Jul 2016
I was riding my fairly old FireBlade along a straight stretch of rural Suffolk on a 60mph A-road. I saw an Isuzu pick-up and trailer waiting to turn out of a farm to my left. I rolled off the throttle, just in case.
Did I stirrup some trouble?
30 Jun 2016
I had an altercation with some horse riders while I was out on my Yamaha R1, which is fitted with aftermarket exhaust cans that are not approved for road use.
Is filtering finding fair?
23 Jun 2016
I was knocked off my bike while riding up the inside of a line of traffic. A driver pulled into my path, out of a side road to my left, having been flashed out by a van driver who was a little bit ahead of me.
Knock out blow
09 Jun 2016
What happens if you have no memory of an accident? Do you just make it up? Will the courts buy your version of events?
