Turn left? Turn right? pays your money takes your choice
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Turn left? Turn right? pays your money takes your choice
Postby AndyRevill » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:04 pm
Appears that after he hit me, I hit the windscreen and then got thrown onto the road, landing on my right shoulder/elbow and then sliding on left side. "Only" damage appears to be a fair bit of friction burn, some in sensitive spots (note left buttock) but helmet only shows signs of a slight scrape from the road. Had 2.5 hours in casualty just to make sure. neck is a bit stiff this morning, probably from being jolted.
Driver wasn't drunk, apparently just didn't see me WPC was a bike rider and at one point I heard her quite forcefully pointing out that a cyclist has exactly the same rights on the road as a car!
Lots of people stopped, including a fellow cyclist who took pics for me just in case. Unfortunately the bike is cactus
Should have turned left
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Postby lump_a_charcoal » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:58 pm
Hope you mend quickly, and that your gear is replaced promptly.
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Postby fionahills » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:20 pm
The weather looks clear, road ok - light clothing, no deep shadows etc...
So glad you are OK but this kind of thing seems to be so common - oops didn't see you....sorry that I squashed you....
I am genuinely scared some days, not of crashing but of being hit by a car and not getting home -
There was another thread that talked about why more women don't ride and MHL get blamed -I think this kind of incident is more to blame...Lots of us are not great bike handlers, especially in the beginning and no matter how good you are you can't escape getting hit from behind.
A lot of women I know are too scared to ever get off the pathways ( I try and say they have their own dangers) -
It seems like you run the gauntlet every time you get on the road - this is not supposed to be an extreme sport is it?
I am lit up like a xmas tree - flashy light on the bike - front and back and a really stupid looking one on my helmet (such a dag) -and still nearly get cleaned up - the nice ones wave and say sorry - the others just glare -
you are a lucky man to get out with the injuries you did- hope you heal quickly and your bike and gear is replaced - and that you are back on a bike soon..
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Postby LM324 » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:28 pm
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Postby lump_a_charcoal » Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:35 pm
Regardless, they need the book thrown at them.
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Postby AndyRevill » Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:08 pm
I was heading west, it was 5pm, nearly 3 hours before sunset, so it may have been a factor but not extreme, I certainly wasn't having an issue prior to being hit.
And yes, insurance/$$ will be the next battle
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Postby zero » Wed Oct 31, 2012 9:46 pm
There are no tall buildings, and no shadow areas - ie the sun is a straightforward permanent hazard for that road, not something that popped out from behind a large building.
Glad you are ok. Incidently have you checked the helmet lining for compression or do you know what part of your body broke the windscreen ?
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Postby JessicaAlba » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:27 pm
Glad you are ok. A shame about your ride, but bikes can afterall be replaced. Your life is what counts here.
Agree, looks like you came off the better...maybe the cost of a new windscreen and any ensuing fines will be lesson enough to the driver.
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Postby il padrone » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:39 pm
You reckon?? I think Andy's trashed road bike is worth a good deal more than a p!$$y aged Toyota windscreenJessicaAlba wrote:Agree, looks like you came off the better...
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Postby bosvit » Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:08 am
Heal quick
Have you started scanning bike exchange etal to work out your next bike yet?
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Postby AndyRevill » Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:06 am
There lies the problem, I'm not optimistic, looking at the car, that he will be insured. Not having been involved in this sort of thing before it's interesting. If I was in a car we would have exchanged details but because I was lying on the road and not in much of a position to think about such things I have to pay $50 to get a copy of the accident report from the policezero wrote:I can't imagine there will be much problem with the repairs if the driver was insured, and they made a statement that they didn't see you. The accident seems to have occured at the end of the line of parked cars, which allowed for only one line of traffic on that side of the road, so rider swerved won't work as an excuse either.
The road is quite wide and straight, he had plenty of room. Cars had no trouble getting past afterwards while his car was still in that position,zero wrote:I can't imagine there will be much problem with the repairs if the driver was insured, and they made a statement that they didn't see you. The accident seems to have occured at the end of the line of parked cars, which allowed for only one line of traffic on that side of the road, so rider swerved won't work as an excuse either.
have you checked the helmet lining for compression or do you know what part of your body broke the windscreen ?
The only thing on the helmet is a scrape on the right side which must have hit when I landed - for that I'm truly grateful and now think with horror about all those times as a kid I rode a bike before helmets were really considered - but I will be replacing it nonetheless. I have no idea which bit of me hit the windscreen but I'm guessing my body - it was this that caused the Ambo most concern - the minute he saw that he started thinking the worst, again maybe a lucky escape.
Of course but I fear it may take some time while we sort out $$, especially if it turns out he has no insurancebosvit wrote:Have you started scanning bike exchange etal to work out your next bike yet?
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Postby silentbutdeadly » Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:38 am
Heal well and with some grace.
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Postby gabrielle260 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:50 am
There is a great thread on here somewhere on how to go about getting recompensed by the driver,
Best wishes,
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Postby Shred931 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:15 am
Time to buy a lottery ticket mate. Glad you're ok.
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Postby TailWind » Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:22 am
Hope you don't have to many post-crash aches and pains, and that you are able to recover your costs from the driver.
At least you got a bit of revenge on the car , unlike myself in my recent incident, launching cleanly over the bonnet without contact.
Good Luck!
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Postby GraemeL » Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:51 am
Hopefully the driver has insurance and the process is straight forward.
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Postby Alien27 » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:01 am
Nothing broken after you did that to the car, you must be bionic.
I hope they at least have third party.
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Postby familyguy » Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:12 am
This. Especially the highlighted bit. How many people do you see tearing along at 60 when you know full well they can't see much because of the sun, they just know that it's a "60km/h road"?RobertFrith wrote:Sun in the eyes excuses nothing. Long shadows excuse nothing. If the driver couldn't see properly they should have slowed down. Drivers must dial their speed down to the conditions not up to the posted limit. Glad you had a floppy landing hope you're back in the saddle soon.
Heal up.
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