i suppose it was bound to happen eventually.
heading down northcliff in penarth this morning on my daily commute, pretty quick, and in the primary position to avoid the rat run cars moving in my direction.
some joker pulls off the roundabout by the custom house and moves up the hill and out to straddle the 'traffic calming' bump in his lane.
of course he didn't see me and clipped my right handlebar with the right side of his car.
my bars where forced hard right and i went down hard onto the tarmac.
my left shoulder, knee and helmet took the brunt of the blow and i was knocked unconcious for a few seconds.
i know this because the driver of the car behind me told me after i came around and found myself lying on the floor!
he also told me that the guy who hit me did not hang around long enough to check i was ok.
i made it to sit on a low wall. then having heared my say 'I'm OK mate' ALL THE WITNESSES BUGGERD OFF TOO!
i was left with a mangled bike. a broken hand and lots of minor scrapes.
a bit dazed and confused i was able to call in sick to the offce and get my wife to collect me before taking me in to A & E.
the copper who interviewd me this afternoon told me that in the last four days of this weeks rota he has had three fail to stop at the scene incidents involving cars hitting bikes.
so i am a stustistc and count myself as lucky to be alive.
+ the adrenalin comdown tommorow is going to be a bitch!
heading down northcliff in penarth this morning on my daily commute, pretty quick, and in the primary position to avoid the rat run cars moving in my direction.
some joker pulls off the roundabout by the custom house and moves up the hill and out to straddle the 'traffic calming' bump in his lane.
of course he didn't see me and clipped my right handlebar with the right side of his car.
my bars where forced hard right and i went down hard onto the tarmac.
my left shoulder, knee and helmet took the brunt of the blow and i was knocked unconcious for a few seconds.
i know this because the driver of the car behind me told me after i came around and found myself lying on the floor!
he also told me that the guy who hit me did not hang around long enough to check i was ok.
i made it to sit on a low wall. then having heared my say 'I'm OK mate' ALL THE WITNESSES BUGGERD OFF TOO!
i was left with a mangled bike. a broken hand and lots of minor scrapes.
a bit dazed and confused i was able to call in sick to the offce and get my wife to collect me before taking me in to A & E.
the copper who interviewd me this afternoon told me that in the last four days of this weeks rota he has had three fail to stop at the scene incidents involving cars hitting bikes.
so i am a stustistc and count myself as lucky to be alive.
+ the adrenalin comdown tommorow is going to be a bitch!
