dthorn
40+ Posts
Hi Jon
I asked my wife, who has read and handled 1000's of accident investgations about the proving a tire has blown out. She told me it is pretty easy to determine that a tire had a structual failure that caused it to blow out.
Fred
I agree with you. I only brought this up because after more then 30 years of listening to all of the stories my wife has told me about accidents, insurance companies and most important lawyers and what goes on. It never ceases to amaze me at the depth that companies and lawyers will go to save money or in the case of lawyers the lows they will go to make a buck.The more money involved the worst it becomes.
I bought this up not only for us the riders but for Kevin at DK customs. The video he made on this subject acting as an agent of DK customs, could open DK customs up to all kinds of liability. There are a lot of lawyer will try to get money from the "deep" pockets of a company who instructed people to incorrectly install something as important as tires ( what the lawyer will say, not what I think).
I will give you a personal example A couple of years ago a friend had a Christmas party. As I was leaving the party, carrying folding chairs. I saw and step over some ice on the sidewalk. A women walking about 3 feet behind me stepped on the ice, fell and shattered her wrist. Her insurance company and her personal lawyer not only sued the home owner but also me.
They're basis for suing me, is that I should have in the 1 second from the time when I stepped over the ice and she stepped on it, warned her of the ice, therefore preventing her from falling. Unreal, I had to hire a lawyer. Luckily I have an umbrella policy that covered his fees. In the end after depositions and months of dealing with this headache, not mention all of hours my lawyer was able bill, my lawyer was able to get the suit against me drop.
In this day and age when so many people want to blame others and get rich off of it, you cannot underestimate the depths people will sink to make that happen. I have heard story after story from my wife on this very thing. Most of you are fortunate enough to have never experencied this side of society and therefore feel that it is "ridiculous' and that kind of thing could never happen, but it does happen and a lot more than you realize or want to accept.
Once again the chances of this ever happing are so slim but not impossible. As I stated in my last post, I am not in any shape, form or fashion, trying to tell ANYONE what to do or how to run their business. I am not saying that using a tire designed for the back of bikes on the front is right or wrong. I just am passing on some information that some people probably would have never thought about.
I asked my wife, who has read and handled 1000's of accident investgations about the proving a tire has blown out. She told me it is pretty easy to determine that a tire had a structual failure that caused it to blow out.
Fred
I agree with you. I only brought this up because after more then 30 years of listening to all of the stories my wife has told me about accidents, insurance companies and most important lawyers and what goes on. It never ceases to amaze me at the depth that companies and lawyers will go to save money or in the case of lawyers the lows they will go to make a buck.The more money involved the worst it becomes.
I bought this up not only for us the riders but for Kevin at DK customs. The video he made on this subject acting as an agent of DK customs, could open DK customs up to all kinds of liability. There are a lot of lawyer will try to get money from the "deep" pockets of a company who instructed people to incorrectly install something as important as tires ( what the lawyer will say, not what I think).
I will give you a personal example A couple of years ago a friend had a Christmas party. As I was leaving the party, carrying folding chairs. I saw and step over some ice on the sidewalk. A women walking about 3 feet behind me stepped on the ice, fell and shattered her wrist. Her insurance company and her personal lawyer not only sued the home owner but also me.
They're basis for suing me, is that I should have in the 1 second from the time when I stepped over the ice and she stepped on it, warned her of the ice, therefore preventing her from falling. Unreal, I had to hire a lawyer. Luckily I have an umbrella policy that covered his fees. In the end after depositions and months of dealing with this headache, not mention all of hours my lawyer was able bill, my lawyer was able to get the suit against me drop.
In this day and age when so many people want to blame others and get rich off of it, you cannot underestimate the depths people will sink to make that happen. I have heard story after story from my wife on this very thing. Most of you are fortunate enough to have never experencied this side of society and therefore feel that it is "ridiculous' and that kind of thing could never happen, but it does happen and a lot more than you realize or want to accept.
Once again the chances of this ever happing are so slim but not impossible. As I stated in my last post, I am not in any shape, form or fashion, trying to tell ANYONE what to do or how to run their business. I am not saying that using a tire designed for the back of bikes on the front is right or wrong. I just am passing on some information that some people probably would have never thought about.
