Yesterday I was riding through downtown, hauling ass and obeying the rules..yrbjr said:My favorite was when I came down a winding canyon road just outside of Denver. A woman had been following me for nearly 2 miles as I was holding the speed limit (I have experiance on this canyon, and there is no possibility of dogs or small children, just bucking yourself over a gaurd rail.) We got out of the canyon and into a small community where she turned right in front of me-no turn signal, no looking over her shoulder, no looking in the rearview mirror. I knew it was coming, but it happened so fast that all I could do was try to turn with her, but my back wheel clipped the curb as I was jumping up. I highsided, and buried my helmet into her rear fender. It was a gas station, so of course she stopped and came around and asked if I was ok. I was so I got up and rode on. She drove on with a helmet imprint in her fender.
Less than a month ago a guy pulled out in front of me on my morning training ride. I was going down a slight hill at about 20 - 25 mph. I was in my aero bars and didn't have time to get on the brakes at all. Smacked his front quarter panel, went flying over his hood and landed on the other side. (something almost like the shot from Wayne's World) I broke my hip and had to be transported to the hospital. Had sugery on my hip (introchanteric hip fracture) to install hardware to align everything Broken HipBeastt said:It seems the thread on getting hit by a car is pretty active but I thought it might be nice to get an idea of how many, or what percentage of riders have been hit.
Jamezis said:I was hit by a car yesterday!
I have a bruised knuckle, but my bike was no marks at all!!
...and todays commute was perfect! (I have headlights and taillights also).
Thank you.
yip head on car doing 10mph me doing 20mph the car was on the wrong side of the road when going around a corner, 2 a car pulled out on me forcing me over the bonnet of the car, clipped by a van turning left at a cross roads, pulled out infront of me, clipping the back wheel and forcing the seat into my Buttock, one almighty bruise, 2 a speeding parked car, my fault i wasn't looking where i was going.the barron said:Once. Got pushed into the curb at about 25mph by a drunkdriver on my way to work. skinned my knee and elbow, wore out my new gloves and had some cosmetic damage to the bike. Before I assesed all that and after I got up and thanked god I didn't get pulled under the car I saw him stop about 100 feet up the road at a red light. I rode up as quick as I could, fired my bike into the back of his car as I jumped off then kicked in his door. He hit the gas, I kind of wished he would of got t-boned in the intersection but I was happy, after I hit his car I didn't bother with trying to get a plate.
holy ****! I am sorry to hear about your accident. Thanks for sharing the pictures. I am recovering and just cringed seeing your hospital pics. I have a bunch of those too. I didnt get any of the truck I slammed into. How in the world did you get the pics of the jeep? dont tell me you had a camera and snapped them after the accident.LightCycles said:Ok....actually I hit the car but it backed out in front of me! Check my pictures out on my website! http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/robert.light Pixs of me in the hospital and pixs of the "other" guy! That other guy being a Red Jeep Liberty. You thought that it was Patrick Henry that said "Give me Liberty of give me death" Well...I definately got Liberty! A red one! lol Let me know what you think of the pics. Oh...the whole story is there too!
Pedal On,
Bob Light
Best of luck in your soon to be looming insurance case. I racked up 23K in hospital bills and still have to have surgery again to remove all the hardware from my hip. Hired a lawyer and I have a feeling its going to be a long road! Hope you don't run into these same problems. So glad you are recovering. Still sends chills down my back just looking at those pictures. I do recall my wreck and it was much like yours and it scared the **** out of me! still have flash backs!LightCycles said:Well....actually I got copies from the State Police that investigated the crash! The Accident Reconstruction was done by BCI, the guy was a graduate from my Police Bicycle School a few years prior. He was shocked to learn that it was me that was involved. Needless to say I was able to get a copy of the prints! Keep safe!
Pedal On,
Bob Light
SpinninDave said:Best of luck in your soon to be looming insurance case. I racked up 23K in hospital bills and still have to have surgery again to remove all the hardware from my hip. Hired a lawyer and I have a feeling its going to be a long road! Hope you don't run into these same problems. So glad you are recovering. Still sends chills down my back just looking at those pictures. I do recall my wreck and it was much like yours and it scared the **** out of me! still have flash backs!
Beastt said:It seems the thread on getting hit by a car is pretty active but I thought it might be nice to get an idea of how many, or what percentage of riders have been hit.
No, but I have hit two trucks. They pulled out in front of me. One truck pull out in front of me without seeing me coming at 30mph.. They strangely pull out even though there were cars coming at them. I hit their fender and went up on their hood, still holding onto my bike. I looked thru the windshield to see two girls screeming! They were more scared than I. I had a big bruse on each bicept. They had a dent in their fender,Beastt said:It seems the thread on getting hit by a car is pretty active but I thought it might be nice to get an idea of how many, or what percentage of riders have been hit.
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