Re: [RBW] Hope You Heal Soon

2015-11-23 Thread Braxton Colagross
Motorcycle safety groups call this the "left hook." On Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 5:11:25 PM UTC-8, Matthew J wrote: > > Bad news and unfortunately all too typical. > > Left turning cars into cyclists and pedestrians who have the right or way > are the number one cause of serious injury and

Re: [RBW] Hope You Heal Soon

2015-11-22 Thread Lynne Cooney
I had a similar crash to Jan's, except that I was not descending and the car passed someone on a curve. It's just a worst nightmare scenario, one moment everything is fine and the next you have that "this is the last thing I'm going to see or I'll wake up in the hospital" moment. My left arm,

Re: [RBW] Hope You Heal Soon

2015-11-21 Thread hsmitham
The other day on my usual ride, as always I cross the road and head in the opposite direction of traffic briefly making a quick left onto a dirt path. On this occasion a fellow in a car was looking down while driving and veered off the road and was headed straight for me, I was just about to

[RBW] Hope You Heal Soon

2015-11-21 Thread true
https://janheine.wordpress.com/2015/11/21/i-was-lucky-but-still/ I did not see this posted here today but saw it on the ibob list. Apologies if it was posted and this is a duplicate. Adding my prayers for healing and strength to bear up during the process for Jan as well as his family during

Re: [RBW] Hope You Heal Soon

2015-11-21 Thread dougP
Wow! That sounds like a pretty hairy crash. I had to chuckle at his observation that all the bones would heal at the same time. Good luck with the rehab. dougP On Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 3:34:30 PM UTC-8, truegolden wrote: > >

Re: [RBW] Hope You Heal Soon

2015-11-21 Thread Matthew J
Bad news and unfortunately all too typical. Left turning cars into cyclists and pedestrians who have the right or way are the number one cause of serious injury and deadly encounters us non-mechanized travelers have with autos. On Saturday, November 21, 2015 at 6:16:25 PM UTC-6, dougP wrote: >