Klurejr
Wizard
Well, it was bound to happen. I was finally hit by a car while on my FZ yesterday.
I was approaching a red light and a line of cars that were stopped. I wanted to turn right at the light so I slowed down and then moved into the "lane" on the right to go past the cars, queue up to the front and turn right.
The first car I passed did not have a blinker or, nor was it moving in the direction like it also wanted to do the same thing. If it had the blinker on or had been moving i that direction I would have waited.
As I am passing her, probably going 10mph or less, she abruptly changes lanes and the front of her car hits my left leg and pushes me and the bike right into the curb. I had no time to turn, slow or react in any way.
When the bike hit the curb I fell off to the right side and lucky for me landed in a patch of dirt between the Curb and the sidewalk.
My bike suffered a cracked radiator and some cracked plastics here and there.
I suffered a Scrap on my left knee where I must have hit the tank/frame/handle bars while falling across the bike. My right hip/leg is a little sore, and this morning my right ankle and left arm were a little sore. Nothing bad. I have hurt myself way worse when crashing on my Mountain bike. Having heavy Duty Boots, a armored jacket, helmet, gloves and jeans on gave me way more protection that some nubs I see riding around in shorts and t-shirts.
I still went to the Urgent Care because of my Aortic Dissection I suffered from last year to make sure, and my doctor is having me go in for a CT scan this afternoon to make sure nothing happened on my insides since I am a bit more fragile in there.
I think I am fine, but will go in and get this done anyway. Also, when the PA who was seeing me at the Urgent Care told my doctor that I was riding a motorcycle I guess my doctor was not too pleased I had failed to tell her I was riding a bike...... She will probably give me an ear full when I see her again, but I am just not prepared to give up riding. I save too much time and money by commuting on a bike, about 4-6 hours a week is saved over being in the car. That to me is huge.
Sorry for the wall of text, here are some pics:
And here is her car from where she hit me:
I should have grabbed more pics and info, but I was kinda in a daze, and for some reason she was in a hurry to leave. I think she was on her way to work or something.
The insurance companies are all notified. I was able to ride my bike to a shop just down the road from there. The coolant leak was pretty slow so I was able to get it there without overheating or anything.
Mostly irritated that I will have to be driving my car until the bike gets fixed, and nervous that they will want to total my bike since it is technically a higher mileage bike, 32k. But for now I will just wait and not worry too much until I get some official words from the Insurance Companies.
Stay safe out there.
I was approaching a red light and a line of cars that were stopped. I wanted to turn right at the light so I slowed down and then moved into the "lane" on the right to go past the cars, queue up to the front and turn right.
The first car I passed did not have a blinker or, nor was it moving in the direction like it also wanted to do the same thing. If it had the blinker on or had been moving i that direction I would have waited.
As I am passing her, probably going 10mph or less, she abruptly changes lanes and the front of her car hits my left leg and pushes me and the bike right into the curb. I had no time to turn, slow or react in any way.
When the bike hit the curb I fell off to the right side and lucky for me landed in a patch of dirt between the Curb and the sidewalk.
My bike suffered a cracked radiator and some cracked plastics here and there.
I suffered a Scrap on my left knee where I must have hit the tank/frame/handle bars while falling across the bike. My right hip/leg is a little sore, and this morning my right ankle and left arm were a little sore. Nothing bad. I have hurt myself way worse when crashing on my Mountain bike. Having heavy Duty Boots, a armored jacket, helmet, gloves and jeans on gave me way more protection that some nubs I see riding around in shorts and t-shirts.
I still went to the Urgent Care because of my Aortic Dissection I suffered from last year to make sure, and my doctor is having me go in for a CT scan this afternoon to make sure nothing happened on my insides since I am a bit more fragile in there.
I think I am fine, but will go in and get this done anyway. Also, when the PA who was seeing me at the Urgent Care told my doctor that I was riding a motorcycle I guess my doctor was not too pleased I had failed to tell her I was riding a bike...... She will probably give me an ear full when I see her again, but I am just not prepared to give up riding. I save too much time and money by commuting on a bike, about 4-6 hours a week is saved over being in the car. That to me is huge.
Sorry for the wall of text, here are some pics:
And here is her car from where she hit me:
I should have grabbed more pics and info, but I was kinda in a daze, and for some reason she was in a hurry to leave. I think she was on her way to work or something.
The insurance companies are all notified. I was able to ride my bike to a shop just down the road from there. The coolant leak was pretty slow so I was able to get it there without overheating or anything.
Mostly irritated that I will have to be driving my car until the bike gets fixed, and nervous that they will want to total my bike since it is technically a higher mileage bike, 32k. But for now I will just wait and not worry too much until I get some official words from the Insurance Companies.
Stay safe out there.
