Driver ordered to pay biker €9,950 in damages
A man who was involved in a traffic accident which caused a motorcyclist to suffer from a permanent disability of three per cent has been ordered by a court to pay the motorcyclist €9,950.
Ludvic Camilleri had been driving a Peugeot 306 which crashed into the Yamaha motorbike, that was being driven by Joseph Muscat.
The court heard that Mr Camilleri came out of a side-street, ignored a stop sign and crashed into the biker.
As a result of the accident, Mr Muscat injured his shoulder and could not work for some time. He still cannot do certain work.
In the accident he also lost his bike which split in half.
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D Vella
Oct 22nd 2012, 14:05
Why was his licence not revoked and himself banned from driving for a year?? Isn't it about time the law starts taking the antics of these dangerous drivers seriously???!!
Michael Campbell
Oct 16th 2012, 13:13
Mr. Woods, that is unfair. What is inflicted upon us are the gorillas driving their cars like total idiots. sorry. that was an insult to gorillas. if you teach a gorilla to drive a car properly, it'd be a better driver than most.
No courtesy; just aggression; being totally oblivious to what is around you is a criminal activity that will lead to accidents.
Motorcyclists are excellent drivers.
wayne scicluna
Oct 16th 2012, 14:21
Excellent comment. Agree 100%
Paul Barrett
Oct 16th 2012, 16:26
Agreed. It is a shame that all drivers do not go through stages of learning of several years at each stage of: bicycle, motorbike/scooter and only then progress to a car. Perhaps then and only then would more car, van, lorry and bus drivers appreciate the dangers and indeed how fragile the human body on a two wheel vehicle is.
Peter Bonello
Oct 16th 2012, 16:50
Most motorcyclists are rubbish drivers with no sense of patience.. they just want to swerve round traffic as if they own a divine right not to have to wait a little bit in traffic until they have proper room to manoeuvre!! You have put it into your mind that it is perfectly fine to drive on the white line separating the lanes for all the journey and to suddenly overtake someone from the inner lane!!
Ray Woods
Oct 16th 2012, 12:23
All the policy holders emd up paying in the end. In the UK insurance fraud is one of the biggest crimes and biggest sources of income for unscrupulous lawyers. Fact - riding a motor cycle is a self inflicted dangerous activity.
Mr F J Brincat
Oct 16th 2012, 13:20
May one ask what your point is mr Woods? Do you even have a point? What has the payment of compensation, which is justified in this case, got to do with insurance fraud and riding a motorcycle? You know what another "fact"is? That a lot of car drivers are totally blind to cyclists and motorcyclists. You obviosly have something against motorcyclists...that is your problem not mine.
Mr Jamie Frendo
Oct 16th 2012, 14:28
Mr Woods sorry but what part of a car pulling out on a STOP sign and hitting a motorcylce points towards Fraud to you? as with regards to your FACT point, so if your walking on the pavement and get hit by a driver, it's your fault cos it's a dangerous activity? be real please if only all drivers got a bike for once they'de realise how wrong and dangerous they are!
Mr Duncan Scerri
Oct 16th 2012, 12:04
No-one accused the other of being gay then?
Mr Jamie Frendo
Oct 16th 2012, 11:39
Does the €9,950 include the bike cost or just injury compensation? Careless/wreckless driving should be treated as involuntary attemped manslaughter because afterall due to the gross neglegance he could have killed this person on the bike.
Peter Bonello
Oct 16th 2012, 16:52
I agree!!
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