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.
Up the creek without a paddle?
13 Nov 2014
I bought a second-hand sportbike off a mate for some summer fun. It was mint. The dealer round the corner serviced it and told me the manufacturer had put out a recall for the front brake. I gave them the go-ahead and they changed the master cylinder on the handlebars.
Failing to fess up
06 Nov 2014
I’d been out ragging around the Lake District with some mates – we had been flying if I’m honest as it was pretty quiet. A week later the dreaded Notice of Intended Prosecution landed on my doorstep. 85mph in a 60mph limit.
My lid came off in a crash — do I settle?
30 Oct 2014
I was involved in a fairly nasty crash. I have no memory of it but my helmet came off. I had some spectacular looking cuts and bruises to my face but, other than that, the helmet coming off has not had any long-term Impact.
Bus Vs Hayabusa
23 Oct 2014
A bus pulled out from a minor road directly in front of me and my Hayabusa. I had no chance of stopping and T-boned it. I’ve lost two teeth, fractured my neck, punctured my lung, broken two ribs and fractured my pelvis. Summer isn’t looking too sweet but I’m alive…
Pros and cons of speed awareness
16 Oct 2014
Speeding, and being caught, are a constant problem. But what to actually do if you get the demand for driver’s details through the door?
The camera never lies
09 Oct 2014
I was knocked off my bike by an idiot of a car driver who was in the outside lane of a roundabout, indicating left to exit.
Compensation Benefits
02 Oct 2014
I have been knocked off my motorcycle by a bus. The company’s insurer has admitted liability, and I have just been offered £11,000 to settle my claim.
Agricultural accident
25 Sep 2014
I was having a cracking summer until last month. I was on the way back from the coast in Norfolk on my BMW and had taken the twisty country roads for a more enjoyable journey. As I’m legally allowed to, I was riding at 60mph.
Should my foreign claim take so long?
18 Sep 2014
I was involved in a fairly serious accident in Germany. A driver crossed into my path during an over-ambitious overtake on his part, and I suffered severe pelvic injuries when we hit head on. I was treated in a German hospital but my European health card wasn’t in date and I had no travel insurance. […]
Time to hold your hands up
11 Sep 2014
Why pursue a lost cause? Why not hold your hands up and admit your mistakes…
Compensation Claims Texts
04 Sep 2014
I was waiting in traffic on my SV1000 when some numpty in a Corsa ran into the back of me. I lost my balance and the Suzuki leaned to that point of no return so I laid it down gently.
Rides to remember
28 Aug 2014
With 2014 marking 100 years since the commencement of the Great War, I thought it was about time I went to some of the battlefields I’ve so often bypassed while riding to the south of France.
Motorcycling in Morocco
21 Aug 2014
Andrew Dalton looks at things you need to be mindful of when riding in Morocco. Morocco is not part of the European Union, so if you have a serious prang in Morocco then you are in a legal system based on post Independence French law with a distinctly north African flavour.
Behaviour when pulled (Part 2)
14 Aug 2014
Do not fall for the oldest tricks in the book which are favoured questions, ‘Why do you think I stopped you?’ and ‘How fast were you going’. Or the other great favourite, ‘Can you tell me what the speed limit is that you were riding through?’
When is fully comp not fully comp?
07 Aug 2014
My bike crashed and sustained a lot of mechanical and some cosmetic damage when the gearbox locked up as I was decelerating onto the tollbooths of the Severn Crossing. It was at low speed, and I got away with bumps and bruises.
Howzat
31 Jul 2014
I was riding with my IAM group past a sports club where the local team was playing cricket. Apparently ‘Big Tony’ nailed the ball for six, and unfortunately hit me square in the face of my open-faced lid. Unsurprisingly I wobbled off course and hit the back of a parked car.
Hire bike trouble
24 Jul 2014
I think I’ve got myself in serious trouble. I got knocked off my old Bandit 600 several months ago. It’s worth about £1400 and I only use it when it rains as I don’t want to dirty up my Triumph.
Behaviour when pulled
17 Jul 2014
How you act when stopped by the police can sometimes determine the outcome. But not always. And avoiding a stop in the first place is always a good starting point.
