deskthority

Got hit buy a car last night riding home. Broken arm collerbone and fingers. Anyone needing to contact me may have to wait a liitle for a reply.

omg, get well soon and a high pain money (if the car driver caused the accident).

yeah pulled out in front of me.

get well soon

Fucking hell, sorry mate. Fucking drivers need to be far more careful around cyclists. Amount of arseholes on the road is staggering!

take care fossala

Ouch! Perfect time to invest in a delicate 30g Topre board for the recovery period

Fucking car drivers who forgot they drive a death machine. They should be forced to ride a bike at least twice a week to see how it feels to be vulnerable without a scrap metal armor.

Take care (and his money)

002 wrote:Ouch! Perfect time to invest in a delicate 30g Topre board for the recovery period

Came home to a jis 91udk, can't type atm though, just one thumb.

Ugh. As a fellow cyclist, I feel your pain. Well this sh&t pretty much comes with the territory. I cycle a lot, luckily no injuries so far in bike vs car accidents, but I went over the hood once on my motorcycle. There must be relatively good healthcare where you live, make sure you get them to repair those bones properly.

Vierax wrote: Fucking car drivers who forgot they drive a death machine. They should be forced to ride a bike at least twice a week to see how it feels to be vulnerable without a scrap metal armor.

Take care (and his money)

Aren't you a judgemental one... We don't know anything about the circumstances. Let fossala figure this out...

Anyway, get well soon fossala.

JBert wrote:

Vierax wrote: Fucking car drivers who forgot they drive a death machine. They should be forced to ride a bike at least twice a week to see how it feels to be vulnerable without a scrap metal armor.

Take care (and his money)

Aren't you a judgemental one... We don't know anything about the circumstances. Let fossala figure this out...

Anyway, get well soon fossala.

Car pulled out from a junction straight in front of me. I was going around 30mrh (speedlimit) downhill.

Ouch, get well soon dude.

JBert wrote:Aren't you a judgemental one... We don't know anything about the circumstances. Let fossala figure this out...

Anyway, get well soon fossala.

I read the whole thread before posting that, it was pretty obvious that the car cuts the road of the bicycle and I assume fossala putted his lights on. And in a bicycle people often are more prudent than in a car, may be because we're slower and weaker.

There is also good driver and dangerous cyclists, I'm not so narrow-minded.

You still don't know the circumstances. You are rather fast with judgement (like in that thread of this newbie...).


I also wish you a good and fast recovery! Sucks man, just hold tight and keep working that thumb

Sorry to read this, wishing you a quick recovery!

imcr wrote:Sorry to read this, wishing you a quick recovery!

Me too.

Or else...

Wishing you a speedy recovery - avoid the maltron!

I had my own run in with a shiny black BMW this summer...hope you get well faster than I did!

thanks guys for being kind. I can only type with one finger atm got a op on Thursday for my finger (the bone is spit in 2) and another on my collarbone on Monday.

Ow, that sucks Hope they rebuild you soon!

Same thing happened to me at a similar speed (minus a few feet of braking), but luckily I hit it square on and went over the bonnet. Cars just don't expect cyclists to be going that fast.

Bike accidents suck, my last one, I, fortunately was physically mostly ok (no broken bones...). Mentally took it's toll though, even though I wasn't at fault.

DeathAdder wrote:You still don't know the circumstances. You are rather fast with judgement.

Yeah this morning I realise you're right : I did a lot of shortcuts in my reasoning.

(like in that thread of this newbie...)

PM sent, it's not the place to talk about this and it's definitely not the same reasoning : I was pointing an educational lack.

Get well Fossala.

regards,

I'm suprised by the numbers of bike accidents on here.
Well, ok, I grew up in a village with 1500 people. All speed limit on 30km/h. It's hard to get hit by a car under those circumstances.

So, to those who had accidents: Where did it happen? Do you have designated bike ways in your cities? What's the speed limit?

I watched an interesting clip about the bike lanes in the Netherlands/Amsterdam. They are doing it right! http://www.wimp.com/cyclepaths/

DeathAdder wrote:I'm suprised by the numbers of bike accidents on here.
Well, ok, I grew up in a village with 1500 people. All speed limit on 30km/h. It's hard to get hit by a car under those circumstances.

So, to those who had accidents: Where did it happen? Do you have designated bike ways in your cities? What's the speed limit?

I watched an interesting clip about the bike lanes in the Netherlands/Amsterdam. They are doing it right! http://www.wimp.com/cyclepaths/

I live in a fairly small place as well, only accident I had left the car in worse shape than me and my bike.

OT:
Hope it heals fast, hard to properly enjoy a keyboard with only one arm.

DeathAdder wrote:I'm suprised by the numbers of bike accidents on here.
Well, ok, I grew up in a village with 1500 people. All speed limit on 30km/h. It's hard to get hit by a car under those circumstances.

So, to those who had accidents: Where did it happen? Do you have designated bike ways in your cities? What's the speed limit?

I watched an interesting clip about the bike lanes in the Netherlands/Amsterdam. They are doing it right! http://www.wimp.com/cyclepaths/

I live in Berlin...a big city filled with millions of people...a lot of whom shouldnt be driving a car, but do anyways. We have a regular speed limit of 50 for most larger streets, 30 for side streets. Bike paths are found on some larger streets, but there are in no way near enough to deal with the people biking. Over the past 10 or so years a LOT of people in Berlin turned to using bikes for in-city transportation, and it has only gotten bigger ever since they made it illegal for cars without a green "eco-stamp" to drive inside the inner city limits.

In my situation I was driving on a larger road on my way to university..on a stretch where there is no bike path.
The BMW turned into a driveway without signaling and I hit the side of the vehicle, rolling myself off over the hood.
The accident could have easily been avoided had the driver looked into the side mirror, over his shoulder, and signalled...but he didn't.

It was a combination of knowing how to fall and stupid luck that I didnt end up with more injuries then the broken foot.
My bike needed some repairs, but luckily the frame was intact, so I didn't need a completely new bike.

I was going around 30mph, no chance of me not getting badly hurt. You better no ascaii?

Ouch...

Hope this is getting expensive for the guy assuming it was his fault. But for no money in the world I would like to have my fingers broken!

Get well soon... and try out Swype!

fossala wrote:I was going around 30mph, no chance of me not getting badly hurt. You better no ascaii?

Got another x-ray yesterday. Ill add a pic for shits and giggles. The brace stays in for another 8 months at the least.
I am allowed to walk, run, dance, and ride my bike again...but since the break is still visible I might need another operation at a later date. It all depends how it looks on my next xray in two months.