Bikelawyer’s Andrew Campbell, is MCN’s Legal expert and columnist writing the weekly MCN Law column. Andrew has been writing for MCN for over a decade. Readers write in with their questions and Andrew answers them. Links to the weekly law columns can be found below.
Why aren’t the police prosecuting?
I was filtering between two lines of slow moving traffic in Newport when a passenger in a car in the outside lane opened his door to get out of...
Am I at fault because I apologised?
I was riding to work and filtering through congested traffic a couple of weeks ago when a car exited a side road and I hit the front of it....
Can I appeal the judge’s decision?
I was in court 2 weeks ago for my bike accident compensation claim. I was claiming against a van driver for injuries caused in the accident but I lost...
Is my dark visor legal?
I belong to a bikers club and I was warned by a fellow member that he thinks my tinted visor could be illegal (too dark) and I could be...
Should I accept split liability?
I was filtering slowly past a line of slow moving traffic on the right hand side using the area in the broken chevrons. When I was next to a...
MIB rejected my case
I read last week’s MCN Law column about the diesel spill against the Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) with interest because I came off on some oil or diesel at...
I came off on an oil or diesel spill
Yesterday, I was involved in an accident that I believe was caused by a spillage. Shortly into my journey, I lost traction on a roundabout and ended up with...
What’s the law on filtering near a junction?
I always enjoy reading your legal questions/answers page. Further to your column about filtering on 24th July could you please clarify the law around filtering on the approach to...
Can I claim against a bicycle rider?
I was riding along a main road when a cyclist came out of a side road to my left without stopping at the junction. I did my best to avoid...
Accident caused by sneezing
In June last year I was riding my Duke on a dual carriageway in the outside lane when a car to my left veered right into my lane and...
Am I at fault for filtering?
I was filtering on the outside of a queue of stop/start traffic at about 10mph to 15 mph when a car suddenly turned across my path to do a...
Can I change my lawyer?
I was involved in a road traffic accident in September 2022 when a small van driver turned across my path and I went over the bonnet. I was hospitalised...
Knocked off when riding pillion…
I was riding pillion on the back of my husband’s bike when a car driver did not give way on a roundabout and knocked us both off. My husband...
Should I get a hire bike?
I recently left hospital following an accident with a car. I received a call from a company offering me a replacement bike while mine is being fixed. I’m still...
I came off my bike on overbanding…
A couple of months back I was riding my bike along a wet road to work and was going around a bend when my bike lost grip and I...
I hit an unlit skip…
Last month I was riding my bike home at night time on a fairly badly lit urban road. I was well within the speed limit when all of a...
He slammed on his brakes
I was hurt in an accident caused by a car driver in front of me suddenly slamming on his brakes as a traffic light went amber. I want to...
Car swerved into my path…
I was riding home in Preston with one lane going in either direction. In the oncoming lane was a delivery van that had pulled over, hazard lights on. A...
Lawyers say I can’t claim…
I had an accident in 2022 when a car entering a roundabout I was on did not stop and knocked me off my bike. The car driver admitted the...
What can I say about speeding in court?
A few weeks ago I was caught speeding on a weekend ride out. The road was a bit damp as it had been raining that morning but otherwise the...
