I can understand this sentiment, but I still don’t think this is fair.

Maybe neither?

This past December, on my 28th birthday, I was leaving from getting my haircut and was exiting through this big back parking lot that was totally empty. It had rained all day so the lot was damp and also covered in pine straw. I recognize this as one of the very rare opportunities to rip a doughnut in my 2.3L, 4cyl…

The intent is not to defend the insurance payment, but rather to echo the original poster’s comment that a large number of people who wind up in an accident today go for the money grab.

Correct, it was an exaggeration to make a point.

Maybe, but that would be a monumentally stupid way to go about it.

Taht’s totally outrageous haha.

And I’ve seen many, many totalled bikes at tracks that didn’t end in lawsuits.

She didn’t wind up getting that full amount (friend wasn’t actually insured that high due to an error with the insurance company) but she did wind up getting some ridiculous amount (can’t remember how much).

Well clearly because you were on a motorcycle, you must have done something wrong. And you surely would’ve been paid by now if you had normal, not stupid, car-people insurance. /s

Again, I’m not saying that every car owner would do the same thing...

Good on you. Seriously. Not sarcasm.

Man, didn’t know you knew so much about the case!

But this is one guy. Not a story of all motorcyclists suing a track every single time one goes down and how they alone are ruining track days for everyone.

Fair point on the medical bills.

Yeah, I agree 100%, just fabricating an example. He wasn’t avoiding anything, just overcooked it.

I definitely agree with this to some extent. I feel like he should lose most of his credibility immediately when he starts promoting his own product as a way to avoid the incident...

I never said that. I’m very aware that you can be injured more easily on a motorcycle than in a car.

“You honor, if that runoff had only been another 20 feet deep, I wouldn’t have hit that barrier at all...”

And that’s a problem with the country right now. Everyone wants some totally ludicrous sum when they are involved in some sort of accident.