yamadamadoo
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Well here it is. I finally sat down to post this. I was on my way home from work during rush hour. I was the first one at the light waiting it to turn green on a 2 lane undivided road. There was alot of cars stacked up in the other direction waiting to go. Light changed, I started up the street. Got up to about 30mph when all of the sudden, from the left 20 feet in front of me a car popped out from between two of the cars waiting to go the other way. There was no shoulder or curb on my right so I broke down real hard to the right and tried to manuver between the quickly decreasing space between the cars front end and the grass hill. Wasn't enough room. I locked my brakes and clipped the front corner of his car. Me and the bike did a somersault, landed on our right side (I was on the high side) and cheesegrated to a stop.
As it turned out, the guy was trying to get out of a parking lot on the other side of the street headed in my direction. An idiot left a gap and flagged him on without looking to see that the light changed and vehicles were coming. The guy driving didn't bother to look either and came right out without hesitation.
I brought my helmet with me to the ER. The Dr said if I wasn't wearing my full face helmet, my skull would have been broken apart and my face peeled down (ouch). Maybe i'd be dead. Maybe not. Definetly wouldn't be able to write this either way. When I came to a stop, my bike was still running ( GO YAMAHA !) I shut it off and looked around to asses the situation. My leg was trapped under the bike and was numb. From the look of it, I could see my boot was pointed in the wrong direction. From the way I landed, it caused a spiral fracture of my tibea. The fib broke as a result too. Got a titanium rod implanted in my tib. My shoulder was seperated and got a little road rash.
Lots of witnesses. Police even gave the guy a ticket right on site for being an idiot. Two guys picked my bike up off me. I have seen people with broken legs on tv but never in person. That's one evil site to look down to see your leg pointed one direction and your foot pointed another. What a rush. I've been riding for 5+ years and have seen a good bit of miles. Nothing like the 5 miles in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.
Moral of the story ? Wear a full face helmet !
As it turned out, the guy was trying to get out of a parking lot on the other side of the street headed in my direction. An idiot left a gap and flagged him on without looking to see that the light changed and vehicles were coming. The guy driving didn't bother to look either and came right out without hesitation.
I brought my helmet with me to the ER. The Dr said if I wasn't wearing my full face helmet, my skull would have been broken apart and my face peeled down (ouch). Maybe i'd be dead. Maybe not. Definetly wouldn't be able to write this either way. When I came to a stop, my bike was still running ( GO YAMAHA !) I shut it off and looked around to asses the situation. My leg was trapped under the bike and was numb. From the look of it, I could see my boot was pointed in the wrong direction. From the way I landed, it caused a spiral fracture of my tibea. The fib broke as a result too. Got a titanium rod implanted in my tib. My shoulder was seperated and got a little road rash.
Lots of witnesses. Police even gave the guy a ticket right on site for being an idiot. Two guys picked my bike up off me. I have seen people with broken legs on tv but never in person. That's one evil site to look down to see your leg pointed one direction and your foot pointed another. What a rush. I've been riding for 5+ years and have seen a good bit of miles. Nothing like the 5 miles in the ambulance on the way to the hospital.
Moral of the story ? Wear a full face helmet !
