Good advice, Ian and that's what I usually try to do....i.e. avoid heavy traffic. One thing I will NOT do is give up riding. To be fair my run-in happened at a time I usually don't leave work. I leave for work around 9 am and start home around 6pm to avoid rush hour. On the day of my collision I left work about 3:20pm so... a bit of construction going on and just the time when kids were leaving school. Had I followed my normal routine, I probably would have been fine.
I'm certainly glad you didn't break any bones and that you healed well; I also realize that I was very fortunate too and I'm grateful. Could have been worse. I just wish drivers would pay more attention...but to be fair it's not always the drivers' fault in these situations as I think we all know. However in a car-bike collision the cyclist is the loser On Monday, May 15, 2017 at 1:09:48 AM UTC-5, Ian A wrote: > > Ryan, > > My own experience of being hit was being struck from behind at speed > which led to thirty facial stitches, but miraculously no broken bones. The > face healed well and only faint scars remain. This happened in 2010. I > resumed riding a few weeks after the crash as I had to recover from road > rash and heavy bruising, but I was tentative. I ride a lot of miles each > year, but the memory of the crash stays with me. It doesn't spook me or > make me ride less, it's just there in my subconscious. One thing I do now > is avoid "conflict zones" - areas where traffic might be distracted or > stressed. A couple of km detour is worth the effort to avoid the risky > bits. The mojo never goes away. > > IanA. > > On Friday, May 12, 2017 at 5:44:17 PM UTC-6, Ryan Fleming wrote: >> >> Thanks, Leah >> >> Physically , I am almost back to normal. Not doing long rides yet as >> there is still some residual stiffness. Mentally I'd say I lost more than >> a little of my bike mojo. I am riding to and from work and afraid I >> haven't yet ridden the 2nd BBITW (the first being your Betty). But....I'm >> working on it. Accident affected me psychologically more than I'd hoped >> and I tend to be a rider who is happiest on quieter, emptier roads at the >> best of times. >> >> I won't give up riding though and I'll just focus on what I feel >> comfortable with for now and work up >> >> I hope this driver has the book thrown at him because it sounds more like >> malice then stupidity/distraction and I am so glad you and your sons and >> the other kids are safe. You are a tiger mother :) >> >> On Friday, May 12, 2017 at 5:46:53 PM UTC-5, LeahFoy wrote: >>> >>> Ryan, this is AWFUL. I'm not surprised this happened to you in a school >>> zone - parents are distracted and rushed and just generally at their worst >>> in school zones. It's a battlefield out there. I think that's why you see >>> so many So-and-So-Memorial crossings by schools. Blood will run in the >>> streets eventually as long as we have cars swirling around school zones. A >>> compressed L1 vertebra is really something; so sorry this happened to you. >>> Your thoughts on a GoPro are my thoughts, too - I wish I'd had one! I don't >>> even know how they work or how to use one, but sure seems like it would >>> have been useful yesterday. >>> >>> I found one of the kids who was there on that sidewalk after school. The >>> kid was really hesitant to give me any information (as he well should be) >>> said he didn't know his mom's cell phone number, has no phone of his own >>> but was willing to give up "my mom's house phone." Then he promptly told me >>> he'd be really hard to make contact with. Sigh. I am also 99% sure he has >>> special needs and am not sure how he will be at recalling and repeating >>> events. I emailed the number to the officer and while I was at it, asked if >>> he was ever able to make contact with the driver. Here is his emailed >>> response: " Yes I was able to track down the driver. I issued him multiple >>> citations for the violations. I spoke to him at length about your concerns >>> and the safety of the public. He will have a future court date. Thanks." >>> >>> I feel happy that the driver has been tracked down and dressed down, but >>> not happy that he wasn't arrested and his license revoked, though I kept my >>> opinions to myself. I also wonder what his side of the story is, but I dare >>> not ask the officer any more questions as I feel I may be dangerously close >>> to nagging, ha! >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
