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.
They look, but they do not see
12 Nov 2015
Doing my job gives me an unusual perspective on how motorcycle accidents happen and if there is a common thread, it is car drivers failing to perceive motorcyclists.
Scrap Happy? Not Likely…
05 Nov 2015
My son, as a 16 year old, used to have a scooter which was registered in my name for insurance reasons – and also because my son is a bit of a numpty who won’t deal with any paperwork.
Be clear and honest with insurers
29 Oct 2015
Why does the company that provides my motorcycle insurance ask me if I carry a pillion, but my car insurer never asks me if I carry a passenger?
Insurance Diversion
22 Oct 2015
I decided to be a good Samaritan and leant my old Diversion to a ‘mate’ as he had binned his GSXR1000 on a track day. My ‘mate’ told me that he had insurance and I took him on face value. No problems I thought.
Construction site calamity
15 Oct 2015
I was riding on my new R1 past a building site when the front wheel just washed out from underneath me. Thereafter, it was a shiny R1 down the road, trashed kit and a broken arm.
How will my European claim end?
08 Oct 2015
I was knocked off my motorcycle in Austria last summer by a young man who immediately admitted fault to the police, paid his fine and sent me a note of apology written in perfect English.
The Pain in Spain Causes A Strain…
01 Oct 2015
I was involved in a motorcycle accident in Spain three years ago. In their report, the local Spanish police confirmed that the Spanish driver had gone for an overtake on a blind bend and had forced me into the rocky side of the road where I crashed.
Staying on the safe side of the law
24 Sep 2015
My 16-year-old daughter is about to start riding a motorcycle. We’re all too well aware of the sometimes horrible aftermath of motorcycle collisions, and I now have to think about what my daughter needs to protect herself.
Video online? Wheelie bad idea
17 Sep 2015
I got a Notice of Intended Prosecution for dangerous driving after me and a couple of mates were seen pulling wheelies and doing burnouts. I read on the internet that if you don’t ID yourself and give someone else’s name then the CPS can’t do you so me and my mates all gave each other […]
Second-hand bike seized up
10 Sep 2015
I bought a second-hand motorbike from a dealer. About a month later I was riding along a motorway and went to exit up a slip road when the bike seized up in 5th gear.
As one door opens…
03 Sep 2015
…it doesn’t mean to say that another one closes. Get the right people on the job and you can get the justice you deserve
Summer kit: the legal ins and outs
27 Aug 2015
In our north Atlantic climate we are not often bothered by temperatures which make regular riding gear too hot to wear. But on those rare scorching days when your bike kit boils you and you have a real risk of heat stroke, what does the law say about minimum protection levels?
Package tour or adventure tour?
13 Aug 2015
If you come off while riding on an organised tour, do you have the right to claim against the tour operator?
Missed medical appointments
06 Aug 2015
Some silly old bint knocked me off my R6 after she drove onto the wrong side of the road. Liability was admitted. I hurt my neck and fractured my ankle. Her insurer agreed to pay for some physiotherapy but then I forgot to go twice and they cancelled it.
Crash & Burn
30 Jul 2015
This is random and I wonder if I am the most unlucky biker in the world! I am a courier in London and was riding my old rat of a CX500. As usual traffic was rammed so I was filtering but as I passed an HGV the driver dropped a lit fag out of the […]
Too much hi-vis isn’t a bright idea
23 Jul 2015
I have an acquaintance who rides an ex-police bike. He has reflective patches on his bike, blue and green, in squares, and he wears a plain white helmet and a full-on Dayglo jacket complete with epaulettes and black shoulder slides. He is now going to buy a “Polite” reflective sticker in blue for his back […]
Beware the lure of insurance add-ons
16 Jul 2015
Most insurers have to compete hard on the headline premium, but the general rule is you get what you pay for.
