I was riding home from work down a pretty busy 2 way street with a center turning lane. I am about to pass a cross street while traveling at the speed of traffic going my direction (about 25mph).
I see a guy in a silver Ford Focus in the center turning lane with his blinker on to turn down the road I am about to ride by.
I continue on because its pretty obvious I am in the road when I see him NOT look at the oncoming traffic (where I was) and drive yank the wheel and punch it (like he could make it before I passed by) and he nails my rear wheel/rear triangle of my Surly.
I get lifted over the front end of the car and high sided onto my right side where I come within inches of plowing into the front grill of a 4Runner at the stop sign. In this whole motion my left knee gets twisted while clipped in and instantly doesn't feel right.
Thankfully the guy stopped and probably 15 other people saw this dude blindly plow right into me. Thankfully I was wearing my helmet and had my backpack on with my work shoes. I came out scrape free.
Out of the firehouse across the street come running out a bunch of firemen and police were conveniently right down the street. The guy stopped, police report taken, my damage assessed by the firemen. I refused an ambulance because I was able to stand a little bit and hobble on my own.
Long story short, 4 hour ER visit, I strained my MCL in my left knee and now get to wear a immobilizer.
I see a guy in a silver Ford Focus in the center turning lane with his blinker on to turn down the road I am about to ride by.
I continue on because its pretty obvious I am in the road when I see him NOT look at the oncoming traffic (where I was) and drive yank the wheel and punch it (like he could make it before I passed by) and he nails my rear wheel/rear triangle of my Surly.
I get lifted over the front end of the car and high sided onto my right side where I come within inches of plowing into the front grill of a 4Runner at the stop sign. In this whole motion my left knee gets twisted while clipped in and instantly doesn't feel right.
Thankfully the guy stopped and probably 15 other people saw this dude blindly plow right into me. Thankfully I was wearing my helmet and had my backpack on with my work shoes. I came out scrape free.
Out of the firehouse across the street come running out a bunch of firemen and police were conveniently right down the street. The guy stopped, police report taken, my damage assessed by the firemen. I refused an ambulance because I was able to stand a little bit and hobble on my own.
Long story short, 4 hour ER visit, I strained my MCL in my left knee and now get to wear a immobilizer.
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