 Got hit by a car tonight, While riding my road bike |
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| Midtowner |
 Aug 24 2005, 02:10 PM
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Ooooo!  Group: Members Posts: 652 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 3,316 Region Association: None  |
Holy crap! A cement belly flop at 40 mph? Perhaps the same angel is looking after the both of us! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
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| SGB |
Aug 24 2005, 02:12 PM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
Look at all the cyclists!
Why am I not surprised... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) Cyclist = masochist. 914 repair = sadism. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) I yam wut I yam an thats all wut I am.... |
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| Midtowner |
Aug 24 2005, 02:17 PM
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Ooooo! Group: Members Posts: 652 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 3,316 Region Association: None |
Back from the Sunnyvale Police Dept. The Traffic Collision Report states that "The sun was in the west in front of (driver) which partically obscured her view. As she tried to see through the glare of the sun, she temporarily lost sight of Takaoka. She felt a bump on the side of the car and realized she had struck Takaoka."
Ahem, excuse me? A "bump"? I tore the fixed, non-retractable exterior mirror clean off the car. I love it how the other party always plays down the facts. Just for that, she's going to pay financially. Also, mysteriously missing is her admission that she has hit a pedestrian in the past. Now searching for legal represenation first. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mad.gif) |
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| Demick |
Aug 24 2005, 02:23 PM
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Ernie made me do it! Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,312 Joined: 6-February 03 From: Pleasanton, CA Member No.: 257  |
Glad to hear you are OK. As much as possible I only ride on trails and not on city streets anymore.
BTW, did you see the Mercury News today? Smack dab in the middle of the front page a big article on bicyclists and cars sharing the roads (and the dangers and problems). Demick |
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| Midtowner |
Aug 24 2005, 02:42 PM
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Ooooo! Group: Members Posts: 652 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 3,316 Region Association: None |
Yes I did read the article in the SJ Mercury feeling a bit more connected than usual. Looks like my accident occurred on one of the high-incident timeslots on one of the high-incident days. The Perfect Storm. Just my luck. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif)
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| Brian Mifsud |
Aug 24 2005, 03:02 PM
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Mechanical Engineer Group: Members Posts: 981 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Penngrove, CA Member No.: 384 Region Association: None |
Wow.. she must have been trying hard to hit you. I used to ride Homestead everyday for a few years.. it's a WIDE street + clearly marked bikelane!
As stupid as it looks, I ALWAYS used one of those little rear view mirrors (on my helmet), so I ALWAYS saw the idiots coming up from behind me. Thank God you made it to tell the tale. Once when riding on a weekend "fun ride" The Tierra Bella down in Gilroy, some local got annoyed by hundreds of cyclists (many elderly people AND kids) out on the streets all over the valley. He saw me up in the mountains near the reservoir all by myself and went out of his way to graze me with his right rear view mirror (White Jeep Cherokee, no traffic in oncoming lane). He was going WAY too fast for me to hit him with my pump, and the little helmet mounted rear view mirror isn't worth much when your head is down while climbing..... Same crap happened on one of the levees up in Sacto except this guy was in a pickup WITH gunrack WITH rifles mounted.. I just let that one go...... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) |
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| Brian Mifsud |
Aug 24 2005, 03:15 PM
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Mechanical Engineer Group: Members Posts: 981 Joined: 3-March 03 From: Penngrove, CA Member No.: 384 Region Association: None |
True.. another thing common between 914 and bicycles is that we both need to PLAN to climb a hill and start spinning up before we get there..... |
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| Midtowner |
Aug 24 2005, 04:23 PM
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Ooooo! Group: Members Posts: 652 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 3,316 Region Association: None |
Good idea. I'm gettting a mirror - geeky as it is. Thanks. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)
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| Eric_Shea |
Aug 24 2005, 04:37 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,279 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Glad you're OK. When I read the title the first thing that came to mind was "Where was Slits"? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
Rest up and drink tons of water. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) |
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