so, on the bike commute into work on friday, a gentleman in a large green suv coming in the opposite direction crossed the center line of the two-lane road i was on and headed straight for me.
a moment before he was driving normally, and then the last thing that flashed through my mind was "he's trying to kill me."
voluntary instincts took over quickly and i swirved toward the curb, but not before i was clipped by the truck and thrown in the air landing in a patch of rocky soil alongside the road.
the real kicker was the driver of the car kept going for awhile. the woman who was in the car behind him stopped to see if i was alright. my right bicep was throbbing as it smashed the driver's side mirror and sent schrapnel flying along the road. i suspected that my arm might be broken, and then decided to test it. no, it didn't feel broken. i said that i might be o.k. to the woman, and we looked up to see the perpetrator continuing to drive away, however slowly. the woman said that she was going to chase him down to get his license number. when the suv saw her speeding after, he decided to stop and return to the scene. i assessed my secondary damages, my left hip was definately cut, as my bike pants and undershorts were both ripped. the damage was more of an abrasion caused by clipping the front quarterpanel of the truck.
the ambulance came within 5 minutes, several passers by stopped to see if they could help. the emt assessed that i was lucky and if i felt symptoms of a concussion to go to the hospital. a cop came and took a report of the incident. never did the suv driver take responsibility of his actions. he said that bikes should be on the sidewalk. i tend to disagree. nevertheless, i feel grateful that i was able to walk away from the accident. it could have been a lot uglier.
here is a shot of my left arm. it is a much deeper black and blue now, but is thankfully just a deep bruise. (i'll spare you the shot of my arse) 
7 comments:
thank you for not posting a shot of your ass, brotherbear.
sorry about your accident:(
miss yew.
Ugh. Your whole story just makes me sick. I am so glad to hear that you are safe and relatively uninjured. Did your bike make it out ok? Wished for a speedy recovery (I hear that chocolate works well)!
Did they ticket that SOB?
oh man!!! i keep thinking about that sick jerk...wonder if the police should do a background check on the weirdo creap, esp since what he said to you....what a creapy person, he does deserve a ticket and also he should be buying you a new helmet and any repairs on your bike. arggggllyy!
love you, dad and mom
damn... you are one lucky soyboy. i say stick it to the sob. get yerself to the hospital for some xrays! the guy likely has insurance and if they even think you were injured they'll offer to settle. at the least the guys insurance rates will go up (making him even more pissed at bicyclists?).
Something similar happened to my brother Nathan as he was bicycling over a bridge, only the driver actually got out of his truck and pushed Nathan off his bike and onto the ground.
Welcome to the age of entitlement.
the bicycle suffered no damages, as it was probably at about 70degrees when the truck struck. my healing process is coming along fine. the soreness is still present, but has not progressed. i purchased a new helmet, as my melon was saved on this occasion by the plastic-shelled foam giro helmet which cracked in several places when i hit the ground. incidentally, they did not ticket the driver. the cop said that he was not concerned about who did what, but that no one was manged. good ol' baltimore p.d., gotta get out of here...
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