Crash
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There have been some high winds in the UK recently. Last night, on the ride back home, the wind caught me just as I emerged from the shadow of a truck, heading into a roundabout with a few diseal patches. I think you can already guess where I am going with this.
I tried to go left. The wind blew me right. I went straight on.
I see the curb of the central island coming up.
Crunch!!!!!
I'm on my side, bike beside me. Winded, I just keep calm, and concentrate an breathing. I can feel bad grazing on my left forearm and knee, but me right hand is killing me.
I keep still unil paramedics arrive, who take me to hospital
Right hand broken.
I can't use a mouse for 2 weeks, which is a bit of a bugger, given my line of work.
I could have been worse. I always wear full biking gear. I now have a hole in one knee, stright through to the thermal layer. If I had been in jeans, that would have been to bone. Nice scratch on my visor, too.
Anyone want to cheer me up with other crash stories?
I tried to go left. The wind blew me right. I went straight on.
I see the curb of the central island coming up.
Crunch!!!!!
I'm on my side, bike beside me. Winded, I just keep calm, and concentrate an breathing. I can feel bad grazing on my left forearm and knee, but me right hand is killing me.
I keep still unil paramedics arrive, who take me to hospital
Right hand broken.
I can't use a mouse for 2 weeks, which is a bit of a bugger, given my line of work.
I could have been worse. I always wear full biking gear. I now have a hole in one knee, stright through to the thermal layer. If I had been in jeans, that would have been to bone. Nice scratch on my visor, too.
Anyone want to cheer me up with other crash stories?
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I crashed a motorcycle when I was younger. The throttle jammed, there were no brakes (it wasn't mine!). Anyway, I hit a barrel, went over the handlebars. One of the handlebars punctured my thigh and ripped up the inside of my leg to about 3 inches from my nuts before coming out again.
Still, I've survived about 8 car crashes, 3 of them were write off's, one of them i got arrested for being the passenger during the crash.
Oddly enough though, I've never had a scratch, and I've never crashed a car, I've always just been the passenger while others acted the fool or were caught out by the climate!
Hope you get well soon.
Rick: Love the tartan btw
Hope you get well soon, man. Hand injuries suck.
Ouch, Rick!
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Came up to an entrance to a condo. She was looking the other way for on coming traffic.
Very very lucky? I was coasting with left leg down, right up. Her bumper hit my right peddle. If my right was down her bumper would have crushed my ankle/leg.
Flew over her hood and landed on my head.
She-"Are you ok. ah I gotta drive my kid to school" -takes off
Cops,fire and EMS show up laugh at me, leave. woman returns.
Cops throw my mangled bike in the back of their curser and take me home.
Cop-" have some from your work call you in half an hour because if you have a concussion you shouldn't go to sleep". Ya thanks PC Asshole.
Things I still don't know:
1.why wasn't the woman charged?
2.why wasn't she charged with leaving the scene of a accident?
3.Cop's name, number ?????
Remember I landed on my head.
Well I was on the sidewalk going very fast. So I consider it 50/50.
Car- some kid smacked into my old Jeep that I had bought 4 years ago for 4200$. The insurance co. wrote it off and gave me 4700$ for it. Thanks kid!
I had an SV650, great bike, I crashed it once about 40mph going over one of those big metal construction plates in the road - the plate was at an angle to the street and it was raining. I slid a long way, the bike was fairly messed up, fortunately I was just really really sore for a bit.
Another time I was going about 25mph on this street where lots of (apparently leaky) delivery trucks drive, I swerved a little too sharp over some oil or something and the bike just went pht right down onto the street. I was fine, picked it up, kept going, then a ped stepped onto the street in front of me so I hit the brakes and apparently there was still oil on the tire, so down it went again. bleh. Then I kept going and didn't drop it again, but after that I was a little freaked out about bikes for a while.
When I had my first bike I tried to ride away with the wheel lock in place, nothing makes you look cooler than that
Thats as bad as its gotten for me in terms of crashing, I've had a couple of close calls in my car and thats it.
for powered vehicle accidents, I've had one that's effected me any. About four years ago I was rear-ended by a full-size brand new Dodge Ram. I was driving a full-size 85 GMC diesel-powered Jimmy. I had just come to a screeching halt because a tiny old import car had stopped in front of me (we were merging onto a freeway and a big rig cut him off). The speed limit for the on-ramp was ~25, the Ram was goin at least 35-40. my screeching tires were almost immediately followed by his (in the split second before the accident, i made the mental connection to the sound, realized how close he was and though 'oh crap'). the impact pushed my truck into the import, where my front bumper perfectly lined up with the row of plastic that was all his rear lights. Amazingly enough, the only damage to my truck was the tailgate was slight damaged, and the right side of the truck was slightly offset... oh, and the driver's chair was bent back so i was looking up at the ceiling. the dodge didnt fair so well, with his engine bay compressed to half it's original size... (like a rock indeed). the downside to that incident is i ended up with neck pains that still affect me at times (it was pain beyond words for the first year after the accident).
there's a bike trail from the skyline down towards the reservoir near my home. it's got some pretty crazy downhill and sharp turns, due to washouts over the years, so it's gotten the nickname "the kamikaze". never had a problem goin down the trail til one time a few summers back. after gainin some speed and takin a blind turn, all i saw on the trail ahead of me was a large pickup truck with barely enough space beside it to fit through. Next thing i know, someone's walked from behind the truck, stands in that space, and points what looks like a gun at me. I, of course, brake as hard as i can, and promptly bail since the trail is all gravel at that point. I slide about 15 feet with my bike on top of me, wearing shorts and a t-shirt (and a helmet), and stop at the feet of the person... Turns out it's a park ranger who was holding a radar gun (there's a bicycle 'speed limit' on the trail of like 15-20mph). As i'm laying there on the ground with my leg scraped to hell from the gravel, the ranger proceeds to give me a lecture on how unsafe i was travelling. Needless to say, if I hadnt been in pain i would of beaten the crap outta the guy.
for powered vehicle accidents, I've had one that's effected me any. About four years ago I was rear-ended by a full-size brand new Dodge Ram. I was driving a full-size 85 GMC diesel-powered Jimmy. I had just come to a screeching halt because a tiny old import car had stopped in front of me (we were merging onto a freeway and a big rig cut him off). The speed limit for the on-ramp was ~25, the Ram was goin at least 35-40. my screeching tires were almost immediately followed by his (in the split second before the accident, i made the mental connection to the sound, realized how close he was and though 'oh crap'). the impact pushed my truck into the import, where my front bumper perfectly lined up with the row of plastic that was all his rear lights. Amazingly enough, the only damage to my truck was the tailgate was slight damaged, and the right side of the truck was slightly offset... oh, and the driver's chair was bent back so i was looking up at the ceiling. the dodge didnt fair so well, with his engine bay compressed to half it's original size... (like a rock indeed). the downside to that incident is i ended up with neck pains that still affect me at times (it was pain beyond words for the first year after the accident).
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Wow, and actual case of whiplash huh. Did you anything to the guy in the RAM?
Oh, the drivers wasn't licensed to drive and was an illegal immigrant. CHA-CHING.