Originally Posted by
Looper1477
This thread raises another interesting question-------in the current day and age of $3000-10,000+ machines----what are the scenarios that could play out in the event of a big crash in a group setting.....you are riding along with a bunch of people you know and some you don't and boom a big wipe out----let's say a number of bikes (and people) are pretty trashed----I have been wondering what liability one could have if you cause the accident to the others who experience bike loss and or health claims that aren't covered----could they sue you? Under what policy could you be protected even if you didn't suffer any property or health damage?
Seems like the mentality is that wrecks happen and i have never heard of any lawsuits occur.
In the old days I never gave this a thought but now with the high price of machines or in the rare instance where someone rides without a helmet in a group I cannot help but wonder?
Anyone explored this at all?
almost always when situations like that occur, riders are extremly close together (hence the reason they dont have time to react)
from a legal standpoint it is their own fault that they wrecked their bike, because they were traveling at an unsafe distance from another rider
thats the law. but common curtosy would probably dictate if its a smaller crash that you caused, you probably owe the rider a little something