Hello frank, Very glad that you are ok. So sorry to hear about the accident and subsequent abuse. I do hope that things will work out well for you. Sounds like the helmet did the job. I'm assuming you are going to need a new one. Maybe the company who made it can use you in an ad?
-- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, October 6, 2005, 6:27:32 PM, you wrote: ft> well, today started with a bang! ft> i got hit by a car making an illegal turn, while riding ft> to work this morning. ambulance took me to hospital, ft> and x-rays showed two breaks to my collar-bone. on ft> tylenol 3, left arm in sling - no cast. hurt like ft> hell this afternoon, a bit better now, but still hurts ft> a lot. ft> bike frame is okay, front wheel and fork are toast. ft> bloody cop charged me for no bell and no rear brake ft> (which i'm going to fight) even though she was 100% at ft> fault - that's $200 in fines, and i'm the victim! ft> i'm okay, though; shoulder should heal fine, but with ft> a really big bump. i'll know how long when i go to ft> the fracture clinic in a few days. ft> i'll be talking to a lawyer, as i want to get her ft> insurance to fix my bike and pay 4 missed work. i'll ft> try going to work tomorrow to see how it goes. think ft> i'll be off my bikes for a while. ft> i think, quite seriously, had i not been wearing a helmet, i might be ft> seriously injured or dead. road rash on my left cheek and ear, big ft> dent on my helmet right over the temple. as it is, not even a ft> headache! ft> more details later when i can type with 2 hands <vbg>. ft> cheers, ft> frank ft> -- ft> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
