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The whacked-by-a-car honor roll
- Thread starter johnbryanpeters
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Getting hit by a car is in no way an honor.
Back in the dark ages a car crossed the center line and I went through the windshield. Unconsious for two days 30 inernal and 24 external stitches to my face
If you ride in the city long enough....your number comes up.
3 times in 10 yrs. I rolled over the hood of a cab a couple weeks ago.
3 times in 10 yrs. I rolled over the hood of a cab a couple weeks ago.
I had three collisions with motor vehicles when I was a commuter in Cambridge.
- Foot run over, no injury but broke off a pedal and I had to ride home ten or fifteen miles one footed - my fault, passing on right between car and curb.
- Drafting a van on Mass Ave, they braked and I broke a finger
- BMW hydroplaned on Mem Drive, hit a wall, I hit him and went over his hood - broke my stem - rode home holding the bars in my hands so I could operate three speed shifter and brakes.
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Nothing bad ever happens to me... 
Me. A multitude of times.
When living in SF a car hit me throwing me off my bike. I was fine, because my two day old laptop cushioned my fall. Laptop didn't survive.
Non bike related: Two years ago I was on my motorcycle, at a red light. Light turns green, I stay put because there was traffic in the intersection. No one could go at the time. The lady behind me didn't care, she floored it, hit me. I stayed on my bike thankfully because the bumper of her Explorer wedged between my tire and the bottom of my seat/tail light area.
She floors it in reverse pulling her bumper off as it stays wedged in my bike. A helpful person, also on a moto helps me remove the bumper and push my bike to the side.
The lady's excuse was "Well I thought you were gonna go". In the meantime, no traffic has moved because the intersection still wasn't clear.
Awesome.
Non bike related: Two years ago I was on my motorcycle, at a red light. Light turns green, I stay put because there was traffic in the intersection. No one could go at the time. The lady behind me didn't care, she floored it, hit me. I stayed on my bike thankfully because the bumper of her Explorer wedged between my tire and the bottom of my seat/tail light area.
She floors it in reverse pulling her bumper off as it stays wedged in my bike. A helpful person, also on a moto helps me remove the bumper and push my bike to the side.
The lady's excuse was "Well I thought you were gonna go". In the meantime, no traffic has moved because the intersection still wasn't clear.
Awesome.
Yet you did not list yourself. What gives, JBP?
Heidi's been pwnt by a car or two...
x3, though once the car wasn't moving - got doored.
Last time was 12 years ago; I'm much more careful now.
Last time was 12 years ago; I'm much more careful now.
Twice, nothing major though.
Should have pulled your blade on her.
I was riding in the snow back in high school, and a lady ran a stop sign at a 4 way where I had no stop sign, she hit me in the rear axle and I spun about 720* before I got flung loose. I landed in the snow in the street and was pretty much fine. So was the bike, a Schwinn homegrown carbon FS, a cool old bike I still have.
she got her car stuck on the curb, and I had to help her get it off. Poor oldish lady was terrified and so apologetic.
she got her car stuck on the curb, and I had to help her get it off. Poor oldish lady was terrified and so apologetic.
Got bumped and slid out going at a good clip. Jammed a finger and filed a rivet on my jeans flat on the pavement. No major damage. Prick drove away.
Last year in Seattle.
This year in Reno.
Three years ago in Norfolk.
Evidently hitting fat kids on bikes is a motorsport.
This year in Reno.
Three years ago in Norfolk.
Evidently hitting fat kids on bikes is a motorsport.
Put me down on the list for three.
Once when I was a kid, but it was mroe me running into the back of a car that stopped suddenly.... you remember back before index shifting, and you were looking back at the rear derailluer because you didnt know any better
Once in college, Girl rolled across into the crosswalk, didnt hit me real hard. but it knocked me on my as
once again, when I was climbing up the what used to be local to me in Yucaipa main Drive, Guy in a car didnt think I was moving as fast as I was and rolled across the crosswalk, buying me a new wheel.
Once when I was a kid, but it was mroe me running into the back of a car that stopped suddenly.... you remember back before index shifting, and you were looking back at the rear derailluer because you didnt know any better
Once in college, Girl rolled across into the crosswalk, didnt hit me real hard. but it knocked me on my as
once again, when I was climbing up the what used to be local to me in Yucaipa main Drive, Guy in a car didnt think I was moving as fast as I was and rolled across the crosswalk, buying me a new wheel.
Yup. I've technically been dead once already.
Getting hit is uncool.
I wasn't going to post since it wasn't on a bicycle but I notice that hasn't stopped several others, so count me in I guess. I did once hit a car in an intersection when I was a kid. My fault though so I'm not sure that counts either.
Tammy was hit too.
of course in all fairness, I hit the car (after she illegally turned infront of me)
of course in all fairness, I hit the car (after she illegally turned infront of me)
I hit a car in a parking lot when I was a teenager. Does that count?
I t-boned a car that crossed into my lane of traffic back in 1978. Got a nose job out of it. Totaled my '66 Falcon, did 4 grand of damage to a 5 grand car that was 1 month old. The guy wanted it totaled, the insurance company said "fix it".
I t-boned a car that crossed into my lane of traffic back in 1978. Got a nose job out of it. Totaled my '66 Falcon, did 4 grand of damage to a 5 grand car that was 1 month old. The guy wanted it totaled, the insurance company said "fix it".
Twice in my life, both in the last year while on 30 minute rides on my road bike.
First time, up a super steep uphill here in Fairview, NC. Grade is insane. Granny ring on the road bike standing up with the wheel almost slipping. Brand new diesel F250 whirs past at 20+ and the passenger mirror puts me flat on the shoulder. In fairness to him, I couldn't have seen me either. I'd just come around a blind curve right into the sunset.
Second time was 08/11/09 and I was sitting stopped on a side road at a T intersection to pull onto the main road. A white Dodge diesel (sense a theme?) cut the left hard and blew me off my bike. Luckily my foot was on the ground at impact and I pushed off the hood of the truck. It sent my bike flying 15 feet and bent a few things. I trusted the guy to pay...until he got the bill. Then i had to turn around and file it on his insurance.
To the thread starter, you should edit your original post to add the alias of each person as they post. That way your list grows.
First time, up a super steep uphill here in Fairview, NC. Grade is insane. Granny ring on the road bike standing up with the wheel almost slipping. Brand new diesel F250 whirs past at 20+ and the passenger mirror puts me flat on the shoulder. In fairness to him, I couldn't have seen me either. I'd just come around a blind curve right into the sunset.
Second time was 08/11/09 and I was sitting stopped on a side road at a T intersection to pull onto the main road. A white Dodge diesel (sense a theme?) cut the left hard and blew me off my bike. Luckily my foot was on the ground at impact and I pushed off the hood of the truck. It sent my bike flying 15 feet and bent a few things. I trusted the guy to pay...until he got the bill. Then i had to turn around and file it on his insurance.
To the thread starter, you should edit your original post to add the alias of each person as they post. That way your list grows.
Twice.
First one, not even a scrape. Just bumped and knocked over.
Second one, pickup truck got me. My leg dented his bumper. Broke my right Tib/Fib all the way through. He stopped, got his insurance. Had to learn to use my leg again. Fine now, just have a ti rod from knee to ankle and 2 screws. Looks gnarly on an X-ray.
First one, not even a scrape. Just bumped and knocked over.
Second one, pickup truck got me. My leg dented his bumper. Broke my right Tib/Fib all the way through. He stopped, got his insurance. Had to learn to use my leg again. Fine now, just have a ti rod from knee to ankle and 2 screws. Looks gnarly on an X-ray.
Twice over here, once their fault once my fault.
Put me down for x2.
Last year getting hit and nicking my femoral vein. Almost bleeding out is weird.
Last year getting hit and nicking my femoral vein. Almost bleeding out is weird.
I don't like this thread. It's making me cringe.
I'm in the 10+ range. Few times as a kid, once on roller blades (I was 12), once skate boarding in college, one walking across the street, clipped 4-5 times by cars, push by side of bus into a parked car once. Nothing was bad, but I have since learned my lesson.
If you want to cringe worse go to news.google.com and search on bicycle. The reported daily carnage is staggering.
Got hit in 2003, lady in a jeep wrangler clipped my rear tire, sent me flipping through the air, tucked and rolled across my back pack, landed on my feet. Broken foot, torn acl, seperated shoulder.
I got hit by a redneck that got out of a car, does that count?
same here.
never been hit.
i have keen self preservation skills (& don't ride the streets much anymore).
two times - rolled over the hood of a vw bug, and had my rear wheel hit crossing a parkinglot driveway. not blood or major damage in either case.
My wife once mowed down some kid in a crosswalk, Does that count?
Kid ended up fine and the police said it was his fault! hahaha , How is your fault when your walking in a crosswalk?
Actually, I have seen plenty of people try to cross at a crosswalk BUT NOT look for traffic that would have definitely been their own fault. OPEN DEM EYES PEOPLE!
Kid ended up fine and the police said it was his fault! hahaha , How is your fault when your walking in a crosswalk?
Actually, I have seen plenty of people try to cross at a crosswalk BUT NOT look for traffic that would have definitely been their own fault. OPEN DEM EYES PEOPLE!
On my motorcycle I like to kick peoples side view mirrors clean off. Try it, Its pretty fun.
Hit and run by a limo mid-winter around '94 or so in Boston. I was a little banged up but pretty much fine, lost a rear wheel and had to straighten my frame. Countless near misses before after.
And then there was the time I foiled a would-be bike jacker by shoulder-checking his ass to the pavement, holy crap that was awesome.
And then there was the time I foiled a would-be bike jacker by shoulder-checking his ass to the pavement, holy crap that was awesome.