Finaly got the accident report from the kid hitting me.
D@mn report aint nowhere near accurate.
Guess im going to have to hunt up the MSHP trroper who wrote it up and see what gives.
Hes got me rear ended about the bags, broadsided?????
I got pics AND the shock AND undamaged saddlebag brackets and a rear fender and swingarm to prove otherwise
Kid took me from the left front rider peg back through the shock, sideswiped me. Says it spun me 180 degrees and threw me down the road about 15 feet.
Bike swung 90 degrees and i was laying right by the bike.
Shows damage supposedly to the front and side of the car. Only damage he had was the lil plastic cover over the bumper on the very outside edge. No front and no fender damage.
Shows my bike as haveing damage down BOTH sides??? Damage was all on the left side.
Where we were in the road is all fouled up as well.
I dont know what the hell is going on. Its like the trooper didnt listen to a word i said or used his eyes to actualy LOOK at things.
FUBAR!

Ive always had a lot of respect for state troopers but this has me rethinking that respect now.
And at last contact my insurance carrier said HIS carrier still couldnt find a valid policy.
Guess ill call em again tomorrow. Bunch of BS is what it is!

Might matter if the insurance company uses super trooper's report to know what damage was cause by the crash

I had this problem awhile back.  get a lawyer, your insurance agent should help with this if you have comprehensive.  Pressure the cop to revise his report.  and sue the kid.  Make out your own written report as detailed as you possibly can (this is what saved my a$$) get pictures of the location of the accident, google map the area showing where you where, he was and directions.  Traffic conditions, skid marks, witness's yada yada yada.  documenta ad nauseum.

I keep tell myself, next time turn on the video recorder as soon as I can.

What exactly in your list of discrepancies would tip the case in your favor if it was corrected?  If anything, the fact that the reports notes you as being rear ended makes it look like you had sufficient time to get out in the road and claim ROW and therefore would not be at fault.  But if you were broadsided, that sounds like you failed to yield ROW to the car.  

I kind of agree with Justin on this one.. unless you find an error that would actually help you if set straight, just leave well enough alone.

Ok, I understand you're pissed.
Got any friends with friends in the force?
Might be good to have an intermediary to have a discussion.

If not, then someones who's calm and can talk eskimo's into buying refrigerators.  Anywoo, don't goe in there with a head of steam, as it won't get you anywhere.

Im old enough and wise enough to know not to go in like a bull in a china shop!
As to a camera phone ive got one but when the inside screen is busted you cant take a pic with it.
Got pleanty of pics from a real camera to show the damage to the bike which backs up my claims of how i was hit.
As for video tapeing him id have to have a speedgun as well and even then the speed limit is 55 on gravel roads in MO. Kid was running 45-50 when he sideswiped me.

See thats whats so agravateing. The accident report is all fouled up, inaccurate as to location how and where i was hit and damaged areas of the vehicles. Me video tapeing him isnt going to do me a bit of good there.
As in someone to to play mediator...welllll....i got a cousin on the force im going to see if i can get ahold of. The commanding officer of the local troop is also an old school buddy of mine.
So ive a couple of options to look into.
Just really hacks me off the report being so fouled up and made out like the kid himself wrote it out.
I vent in here. RL im a lil more circuspect.
Its just hard to believe a state trooper screwed a report up so bad.
One of the local cops or sherriff deputies i could easily believe.

Wolfman wrote on 09/14/11 at 14:12:10:

+1  That insurance agent is right.  

Even if you go and wrangle with the cops and successfully get the report redone, that does not guarantee that the percentage of blame is going to get tipped in your favor.  At this point it is unrealistic for you to expect it to get rewritten to show the kid 100% at fault.  The damage to (only) the left side of your bike strongly suggests that you had not completed your turn onto the roadway, and an accurate report will reflect that.  That you were still pulling out in front of the car.  But let's say you got a new report and like it better than the 1st one.

Fast forwarding to the court case, a judge will see that the fault for this accident is not so clear-cut.  The kid probably thinks the opposite of what you think, that YOU are 100% at fault.  And since you brought a case against him, he might as well file a countersuit.  The judge may find you 50%, 25%, 75%, whatever percent liable, but it is NOT going to be zero.  And however minor the damage to the car was, that will be added to the total damage of the accident, that you will be some percent liable for.  The kid will probably go get an estimate for a full re-do of the bumper at a dealer.. watch it come up as a $1000 repair.

THEN let's say, in this whole damage percentage deal, you generally won more than you lost, and now have a small judgment to collect. You'll find (and DAMHIK) that small claims judgments have no teeth.  No f*cking teeth whatsoever.  It is totally on YOU to collect.  The kid will probably just say he's broke.  I don't know exactly what the laws are in your state, regarding writs of execution, wage garnishment, whatever... but you'll be paying the local sheriff more in fees than the kid will ever cough up.

So that's quite a hurdle, huh?  You'd need to get that report redone, hope it comes out better than the one you already have, sue the kid, win more in damages than you lose, and do the legwork involved with collection.

I realize you need to blow off some steam and don't mean to piss you off even worse.  But from a money/time/resources standpoint I think you ought to listen to the insurance company and cut your losses.  

Glad to hear your bike's almost roadworthy again, and you're not headed to any more frustration.

Cheers