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[Tumbleweed]

Don't need to take it out Mampara.  I get them for free!!!!

 

you sponsored?

[ewep]

 

Don't need to take it out Mampara.  I get them for free!!!!

 

you sponsored?

 

Of course, hoekom dink jy is ek so DIK!

 

[Archicyclist]

 

It was an Albany truck and we took all the details' date=' photo's and the drivers name. He is lucky one of the guys didn't beat him up. Will definately take it further.

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you do that bud! hope you come right!

 

[chucky]

send us albanys email so we can all email them

[Saffa_G]

dough_doughs@albany.co.za hehehehe

[idrive]

why not write to transport magazines: Truck & Bus, Fleetwatch, Focus on Trucking etc.

[fees]

Spoke to the guy in charge of the fleet and all that goes with it like claims and drivers etc and he was very helpful, sympathetic and sounded genuinely concerned and willing to help so we start the process and give him the benefit of the doubt. Other rider is badly bruised and has a very sore neck but nothing broken. Me, bruised and body is starting to get sore.

 

Keep you all posted.

 

[pastapouch]

Goodness Fees, not nice to hear. Hope you recover quickly.

[fees]

Going to try get back on the bike tomorrow. The shoulder is very sore so swimming will be tough. Ironman is 5 weeks away so I should be ok, this is a recovery week and then I have my last 2 hard weeks.

 

Just when the training was going well... Happy to be alive!

 

[fees]

Update is that we are to supply the quotes for damages and medical expenses to Albany with all our details and they will lodge a claim with their short term insurance guys. The are also lodging a claim with the RAF.

 

What really upsets me is that the driver has now claimed that he was assaulted by us. Not one finger was laid on him or his two assistants. I wish we had given him a good beating, just to make him realise that he could have left two wives as widows and 3 young children to grow up without fathers. very sad indeed.

 

[davidd]

Don't let them get away with it... it will set an example for all other untoughtful truck drivers.

 

They need to have "So how is my driving" stickers on their trucks and when we are in our cars and see them driving badly, we must ALL call the number to complain.

 

[fees]

I complained the other day about a truck driver. Hope he got a word from his boss. If you guys see a massive glow tomorrow morning before sunrise it is me hitting the road again, 4 lights at the back and a light brighter than a boeing 747 on the front. We got all the boys with serious lighting out on the bikes tomorrow.

 

Hopefully no bread trucks!!!!

 

[Big Mig]

Hey Fees.....glad u ok. Can't have iron man injured. Will try to get my lazy bones outta bed in the am and join you with my bright headlights.

[fees]

No Big Mig this morning but we can understand, a tough week at the expo on your feet and a sub 3 at the "August".

 

Lights were a treat.. 

[fees]

We had to meet the guy from Albany who is handling our claim at the accident scene today. The reason for this is that the driver now has a totally different story to ours. According to the truck driver he stopped at the stop street and we cycled into his truck. He also alleges that none of us had lights and he never saw us. They are not too sure whether they will entertain the claim but will let us know by Friday.

 

The facts are: he jumped the stop street, he hit us on our side of the road within a metre from the pavement, we all had adequate lighting.

 

Lets hope sanity, honesty and common sense prevails.

 

[slowpoke]

maybe we need to have a big ride to their offices...