Most recent crash folks, are there any lessons left to learn

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  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    edited March 2010
  • TheTalkingTurboTrainer
    TheTalkingTurboTrainer Posts: 916
    Going straight through a box junction on a green light, a car coming towards me decides to turn right thereby crossing the centre line and into my path. I'm doing about 35kph and I slam into the side of his classic british racing green MG Rover. I somersault over the car and land on my head and an very thankful I was wearing a helmet (helmet debaters p!ss off I'm not concerned with your views). I lie there groggy and kinda stagger to my feet. He had pulled over and comes over to me and goes ... wait for it ....

    "Are you OK? I have somewhere to be in 10 minutes"

    :shock: :x

    No prizes for guessing the language that came out of my mouth.

    Oh and this was in broad daylight, during rush hour traffic in London on a busy road. Do you think anyone stopped? Of course not :evil:
    Vive les All Blacks!!! [:D]
  • rake
    rake Posts: 3,204
    edited March 2010
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    rake wrote:
    [woman said] 'you should be careful when riding a bike.and look out for cars.'
    Damn, that's where I've been going wrong. Everything will be so much better once I do that!
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    So what's this preson bein a bloke got to do with this, i'm flagging this as sexist :x




    Seriously though, very frustrating glad your ok, had a few near misses already, i'll be only pedalling up-hills and maybe a wee bit on the flats this winter :(
    winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
    Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg
  • STEFANOS4784
    STEFANOS4784 Posts: 4,109
    bompington wrote:
    Wooliferkins wrote:
    It's the age old thing of what you look for. To the motorist it's a bus lane, you're not big and red with Reg Varney behind the wheel so he's not looking for you. Eye contact is always good, if they don't have eye contact with you they probably haven't seen you. If you think the moral right will keep you safe I recommend staying indoors, expect the unexpected. If you cant stop or avoid when someone does something stupid you are going too fast. People pulling out, the door prize, day one cycling hazards we all have to cater for. It's the peds stepping out without looking that I cant pre-empt.
    Exactly. So we've all got to cycle round at 5mph everywhere...



    Either that or learn to take 2 tonnes of metal in the face, or there's always the turbo trainer :wink:
    winter beast: http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff016.jpg
    Summer beast; http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr34 ... uff015.jpg
  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    dmclite wrote:
    Who ees thees Rake ?
    Completely unrelated and off-topic (and if the answer is no, I will look silly) but are you quoting Calvin & Hobbs?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Nuggs wrote:
    dmclite wrote:
    Who ees thees Rake ?
    Completely unrelated and off-topic (and if the answer is no, I will look silly) but are you quoting Calvin & Hobbs?

    Yep.
  • Nuggs
    Nuggs Posts: 1,804
    dmclite wrote:
    Nuggs wrote:
    dmclite wrote:
    Who ees thees Rake ?
    Completely unrelated and off-topic (and if the answer is no, I will look silly) but are you quoting Calvin & Hobbs?

    Yep.
    Loving your work. :D

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