Joined Sep 2007
39 Posts | 0+
Bristol, England
So another member for this now... :-[
Suddenly realised that i had not been on to tell everyone of my recent unfortunate experience. :exclamation
So... i had enjoyed a lovely august bank holiday weekend (i was rocking out to the rock gods of reading
). Came back home and got ready for a normal day at work on Tuesday. Got up got the bike out, wow still good weather... :jump and started the normal commute to work. All seemed to be going well. Comfortably cruising round the ring road, just approaching the Bromley Heath Roundabout and i noticed that the two lanes that continue round on the ring road were already backed up. so decided to take the left hand lane. Mirror signal and start to move to the left hand lane. No problem. Happily filtered past the static cars, all of a sudden a guy in a vw passat suddenly decides he doesn't want to be in his lane but wants to be in my lane.... right where i am... no looking, no signals... just pull out :yikes. so i slammed on my breaks trying not to plough into the side of his car... seemed to be a good idea... only front locked up, launched me over the bars, and continued to flip over on top of me... great clout to my back, my head, and my right leg.
Fortunately the car did stop... apparently only because he wondered why there was a bike cartwheeling down the ring road behind him... one of the witnesses at the scene kindly pointed out that this was because he had completely cut me up... knocking me off... so he kindly said... wait for it...
"Really??? Sorry mate... didn't see you there....." :jack
so i am now off the bike for a while... fractured right knee cap, muscle a ligament damage to my right leg... and muscle trauma and strain to my back... ???
although saying that... not much use even if i didn't sustain these injuries as the millie has now been written off too.... :'(
all in all a great little trip to work.... bloody car drivers.:angry
Suddenly realised that i had not been on to tell everyone of my recent unfortunate experience. :exclamation
So... i had enjoyed a lovely august bank holiday weekend (i was rocking out to the rock gods of reading
). Came back home and got ready for a normal day at work on Tuesday. Got up got the bike out, wow still good weather... :jump and started the normal commute to work. All seemed to be going well. Comfortably cruising round the ring road, just approaching the Bromley Heath Roundabout and i noticed that the two lanes that continue round on the ring road were already backed up. so decided to take the left hand lane. Mirror signal and start to move to the left hand lane. No problem. Happily filtered past the static cars, all of a sudden a guy in a vw passat suddenly decides he doesn't want to be in his lane but wants to be in my lane.... right where i am... no looking, no signals... just pull out :yikes. so i slammed on my breaks trying not to plough into the side of his car... seemed to be a good idea... only front locked up, launched me over the bars, and continued to flip over on top of me... great clout to my back, my head, and my right leg.Fortunately the car did stop... apparently only because he wondered why there was a bike cartwheeling down the ring road behind him... one of the witnesses at the scene kindly pointed out that this was because he had completely cut me up... knocking me off... so he kindly said... wait for it...
"Really??? Sorry mate... didn't see you there....." :jack
so i am now off the bike for a while... fractured right knee cap, muscle a ligament damage to my right leg... and muscle trauma and strain to my back... ???
although saying that... not much use even if i didn't sustain these injuries as the millie has now been written off too.... :'(
all in all a great little trip to work.... bloody car drivers.:angry
