Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land

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Thu 9 Jun 2016 20:16
Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land - welsh_andy

hi

i hit a bike in tesco car park today, as i swung in to park all of sudden i noticed a bike in front hit brakes but hit it. it had been parked on the chevrons.

now i spoke to policeman and he said if it happened on normal road ie public highway he wouldnt have leg to stand on as shouldnt be parked there. but because of private land, ie tesco cark park he wasnt sure.

anyone know what the outcome will be, will i be liable even though he shouldnt have parked there and could be described as parked dangerously or is it my fault for going over chevrons which i guess it will be

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Thu 9 Jun 2016 20:41
Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land - focussed

Any car park that the public have access to is classed as a public highway and normal road rules apply.

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Thu 9 Jun 2016 20:53
Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land - welsh_andy

oh right. thanks for that

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Thu 9 Jun 2016 22:07
Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land - RT

hi

i hit a bike in tesco car park today, as i swung in to park all of sudden i noticed a bike in front hit brakes but hit it. it had been parked on the chevrons.

now i spoke to policeman and he said if it happened on normal road ie public highway he wouldnt have leg to stand on as shouldnt be parked there. but because of private land, ie tesco cark park he wasnt sure.

anyone know what the outcome will be, will i be liable even though he shouldnt have parked there and could be described as parked dangerously or is it my fault for going over chevrons which i guess it will be

goo.gl/photos/4Kte7pmFbk4zuWGs5

The fact that YOU hit something in front of you that you should have seen makes you primarily responsible - the bike owner's action in parking there means that you may not be 100% responsible - but arguing that % could be expensive but that's an issue for your insurer as you will still have a claim against you.

Edited by RT on 09/06/2016 at 22:07

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Fri 10 Jun 2016 08:29
Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land - Peter D

Do you mean a push bike or a motor bike. Regards Peter

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Fri 10 Jun 2016 22:55
Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land - Brit_in_Germany

Do you mean a push bike or a motor bike. Regards Peter

Doesn't look much like a "push bike" to me.

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Fri 10 Jun 2016 08:53
Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land - Falkirk Bairn

Knocking over a motorbike can be really expensive. In the work carpark a colleague knocked down a bike as she tried to reverse park.

The bike was an almost new Honda - something around £10K new- parked in the middle of the carspace next to the one she was trying to park in!!

She missed her space by about 3 feet!!

It tipped over and to the average punter there were a few scratch marks / cosmetic............ it ended up with a bill in excess of £3,000 and took months to get a repair - shortage of parts on the new model.

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Sat 11 Jun 2016 17:32
Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land - Mike 996

They don't look like chevrons to me, more like spaces for motorcycles !

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Sat 11 Jun 2016 19:08
Toyota Corolla - advice on hitting a bike on private land - RT

They don't look like chevrons to me, more like spaces for motorcycles !

You could be right there!

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