Any nasty accidents whilst commuting
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BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
That does seem a little low to me too. My mate got £20k just for a broken leg after someone pulled out on him on his scooter. No permanent impairment at all, and relatively quick healing time too. I haven't a clue of course, IANAL.
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Of course! What I really meant to say was that I'm sure you got the best you could, since you're a sorted and very switched on bloke. I was just surprised that it was so low given the serious nature of your injuries, and wondered what circumstances brought that about. Sorry!
Three nasty-ish ones.
First one totalled my lovely old 'sun super' bike back in '96. Cycling home in the evening, wearing high-viz with lights on, car behind me flashes his headlights and the van at a junction to my left pulled right out in front of me. Bounced over him, landed well and got away with a graze. Alas not the bike though - mangled frame. Cost the company whose van it was a new bike.
Next one... Don't remember it. Have no clear idea what happened. I'd been wearing a helmet, which clearly didn't help when I hit the road chin first. I assume it was chin first, as thats where the wound was. Broke a tooth, cracked an eye socket, stitches on lip and chin, bruised leg and hip and a nasty shiner that came up over the next too days. No idea what happened; the one witness was the car that had been on the road behind me, a taxi, who was adamant he was nowhere near me.
Third one... I moved to the side of the road at lights and put my leg out to balance on the kerb. Turned out that the kerb was slippery, I slipped, fell over, and dislocated a couple of ribs when I landed chest first on a railing. Gosh, but that was painful.
Lots of near misses and mostly harmless tumbles; I've ended up in the River Trent once when on a mountain bike (the bike stopped, the shingle under it didn't). Ended up tumbling off mountain bikes many times actually, but mountain biking can be like that. Came off a few other times, never been hurt properly thogh.
First one totalled my lovely old 'sun super' bike back in '96. Cycling home in the evening, wearing high-viz with lights on, car behind me flashes his headlights and the van at a junction to my left pulled right out in front of me. Bounced over him, landed well and got away with a graze. Alas not the bike though - mangled frame. Cost the company whose van it was a new bike.
Next one... Don't remember it. Have no clear idea what happened. I'd been wearing a helmet, which clearly didn't help when I hit the road chin first. I assume it was chin first, as thats where the wound was. Broke a tooth, cracked an eye socket, stitches on lip and chin, bruised leg and hip and a nasty shiner that came up over the next too days. No idea what happened; the one witness was the car that had been on the road behind me, a taxi, who was adamant he was nowhere near me.
Third one... I moved to the side of the road at lights and put my leg out to balance on the kerb. Turned out that the kerb was slippery, I slipped, fell over, and dislocated a couple of ribs when I landed chest first on a railing. Gosh, but that was painful.
Lots of near misses and mostly harmless tumbles; I've ended up in the River Trent once when on a mountain bike (the bike stopped, the shingle under it didn't). Ended up tumbling off mountain bikes many times actually, but mountain biking can be like that. Came off a few other times, never been hurt properly thogh.
goo_mason
Champion barbed-wire hurdler
- Location
- Leith, Edinburgh
Cab said:
He was right - it wasn't him in his taxi, it was nethalus in her bus
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
I still love the day my left shoelace wound itself round, tying my foot to the pedal. I pulled over to sort it out, couldn't put my foot on the kerb and crashed sideways, laughing, to the pavement.
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Terminator
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I've done that loads of times...it's scary.
skinny man0903
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I have done that a few times totdr1nka said:
dudi
Senior Member
- Location
- Ipswich, Suffolk
I've only had 1 accident on my bike, last april on my way home from work...
20mph ish into the back of a stationary truck.. the rear of it was sticking out into the road from a lay-by and I didn't see it.
Managed to move my head out of the way, but that meant the full force was taken by my left shoulder. Massive bruise, and a big graze on my neck & shoulder, and a broken collar bone too... a sling, some TLC & ibuprofen set it, then a few weeks of physio as it nearly destroyed one of the muscles in my shoulder...
I still see the truck around town, but I try and keep my didsance from it now.
20mph ish into the back of a stationary truck.. the rear of it was sticking out into the road from a lay-by and I didn't see it.
Managed to move my head out of the way, but that meant the full force was taken by my left shoulder. Massive bruise, and a big graze on my neck & shoulder, and a broken collar bone too... a sling, some TLC & ibuprofen set it, then a few weeks of physio as it nearly destroyed one of the muscles in my shoulder...
I still see the truck around town, but I try and keep my didsance from it now.
No serious accidents for me (fingers crossed!). Just two occasions where the bike went away from underneath me (both caught on youtube!).
My little crash in the Clyde tunnel cycle path could have been nasty had I fallen to the right instead of falling flat on my back. Unfortunately a banana lost its life and is now in compost heaven.....
My little crash in the Clyde tunnel cycle path could have been nasty had I fallen to the right instead of falling flat on my back. Unfortunately a banana lost its life and is now in compost heaven.....
done the lace one, it's a classic, learns a fella to secure his laces properly
had someone reverse over the bike once from a driveway, I hopped off in time and he reversed right over the bike, leaving me howling blue murder, he got out, saw me in cycle gear and then look bemused at the absence of a bike, he asked me where it was
I leave to guess at the tone of my reponse
had someone reverse over the bike once from a driveway, I hopped off in time and he reversed right over the bike, leaving me howling blue murder, he got out, saw me in cycle gear and then look bemused at the absence of a bike, he asked me where it was
I leave to guess at the tone of my reponse
it was some time ago, pre minature cameras for sure
in the end they'd 'only' reversed over the rear wheel, it was rideable with the back brake unhooked and only a cheapie bike anyway
between him and his three passengers, they're scraped together £50 for a new wheel and off I rode with a rather lary wobble
I didn't use that road again, at the time I was trying, with no success, to find a route to Kilburn that avoided the hills between Hampstead and Kentish Town
in the end they'd 'only' reversed over the rear wheel, it was rideable with the back brake unhooked and only a cheapie bike anyway
between him and his three passengers, they're scraped together £50 for a new wheel and off I rode with a rather lary wobble
I didn't use that road again, at the time I was trying, with no success, to find a route to Kilburn that avoided the hills between Hampstead and Kentish Town
