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first crash today since I was seven .
coming up to the red light at the intersection of Tooley St. and Borough High St, right at London Bridge. sharing lane with black car. black car seems to nudge a little to the left. nudges handlebars. luigi goes sailing over the bars. observation: time really does slow down when you're falling. i felt like i was in the air forever. i see my arms come clean off the bars, and go over my head. I land on my elbow, not my forehead. I'm not wearing a h*****. roll around in the gutter, dazed. passers-by ask if I'm okay. I get up, i pick up my bike, i'm dizzy. someone helps me to a nearby wall. black car driver comes out to see if I'm okay. I am unhurt, or at least not badly hurt. passerby asks if I'm okay, if there was a crash, was he--pointing at car--involved? absently i wonder if I have to do anything. i'm more concerned with getting myself looked-at and getting to school. i try to explain what happened to driver, who either cannot hear or understand me. it doesn't matter. i'm not thinking straight either. i cross the street to Guy's Hospital, ask for the Minor Injuries unit. after some waiting,during which i see someone wheeled out, presumably towards the 'Tis-but-a-flesh-wound Unit, and several people who are very calmly dressed and not outwardly injured go before me, a nurse calls my name and I sit down. she cleans up the road rash, such as it is (small patch on elbow where I landed), has me test my range of motion (complete. nothing broken) and cleans the blood off my toes (was wearing sandals. stubbed two smallest toes on right foot, on landing). I get out, pull out an allen key, fix my stem so that I can steer, and ride the rest of the way towards school, from which I write this report. so i'm waiting for the blame. go ahead and shout at my lane placement. i was where everybody else rides, out of the gutter, clear of the doorzone, not in the full lane. I've taken that intersection many times before. I crashed today. i'm lucky to have gotten off so lightly. no head injuries, no broken limbs. no ugliness--and to have crashed across the street from Guy's Hospital. Otherwise. mind how you go out there. -Luigi |
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"Luigi de Guzman" wrote in message om... first crash today since I was seven . coming up to the red light at the intersection of Tooley St. and Borough High St, right at London Bridge. sharing lane with black car. black car seems to nudge a little to the left. nudges handlebars. luigi goes sailing over the bars. observation: time really does slow down when you're falling. i felt like i was in the air forever. i see my arms come clean off the bars, and go over my head. I land on my elbow, not my forehead. I'm not wearing a h*****. I would suggest you go home past Waterloo and call in on Mr Evans to buy a helmet - even Guys Hospital will struggle to repair broken brains! RG roll around in the gutter, dazed. passers-by ask if I'm okay. I get up, i pick up my bike, i'm dizzy. someone helps me to a nearby wall. black car driver comes out to see if I'm okay. I am unhurt, or at least not badly hurt. passerby asks if I'm okay, if there was a crash, was he--pointing at car--involved? absently i wonder if I have to do anything. i'm more concerned with getting myself looked-at and getting to school. i try to explain what happened to driver, who either cannot hear or understand me. it doesn't matter. i'm not thinking straight either. i cross the street to Guy's Hospital, ask for the Minor Injuries unit. after some waiting,during which i see someone wheeled out, presumably towards the 'Tis-but-a-flesh-wound Unit, and several people who are very calmly dressed and not outwardly injured go before me, a nurse calls my name and I sit down. she cleans up the road rash, such as it is (small patch on elbow where I landed), has me test my range of motion (complete. nothing broken) and cleans the blood off my toes (was wearing sandals. stubbed two smallest toes on right foot, on landing). I get out, pull out an allen key, fix my stem so that I can steer, and ride the rest of the way towards school, from which I write this report. so i'm waiting for the blame. go ahead and shout at my lane placement. i was where everybody else rides, out of the gutter, clear of the doorzone, not in the full lane. I've taken that intersection many times before. I crashed today. i'm lucky to have gotten off so lightly. no head injuries, no broken limbs. no ugliness--and to have crashed across the street from Guy's Hospital. Otherwise. mind how you go out there. -Luigi |
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"RG" wrote in message
... "Luigi de Guzman" wrote in message om... first crash today since I was seven . coming up to the red light at the intersection of Tooley St. and Borough High St, right at London Bridge. sharing lane with black car. black car seems to nudge a little to the left. nudges handlebars. luigi goes sailing over the bars. observation: time really does slow down when you're falling. i felt like i was in the air forever. i see my arms come clean off the bars, and go over my head. I land on my elbow, not my forehead. I'm not wearing a h*****. I would suggest you go home past Waterloo and call in on Mr Evans to buy a helmet - even Guys Hospital will struggle to repair broken brains! RG Helmet thread!!! -- Robin Hubert |
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:49:04 GMT, "Sorni"
wrote: "RG" wrote in message ... "Luigi de Guzman" wrote in message om... first crash today since I was seven . I land on my elbow, not my forehead. I'm not wearing a h*****. I would suggest you go home past Waterloo and call in on Mr Evans to buy a helmet - even Guys Hospital will struggle to repair broken brains! (was wearing sandals. stubbed two smallest toes on right foot, on landing). And some shoes! Bill "sandal thread! for Robin" S. http://softline-online.com/english/airbag/airbag.htm "STRUCTURE OF OUR SAFETY AIRBAG JACKET Our airbag system consists of jacket and airbag vest: - Jacket: The motorcycle jacket is attached by an airbag system in the type of vest, removable easily from the jacket. The jacket is wearable without air bag system but installed by optional CE certified protectors - Air bag vest: Our jacket consists of liner-type vest and the vest contains the air bag so that it is very easy and quick to assemble or dismantle. This liner-type vest is installed with air bag system, easily attached and removable, in order to protect neck, body, and hip. FUNCTION As soon as a rider wearing a jacket equipped with airbag being thrown away from a motorcycle by the impact of a sudden accident, the trigger in the key box hits the gas cartridge pulled by a coil wire fixed to the motorcycle, to release the CO2 gas into airbags installed in the vest within 0.5 second like the air bag in a car working by impact sensor. The swollen airbag protects a rider's neck, body and hip by buffering from the impact of crash, and the swollen airbag becomes deflated through gas release valve, to make a rider feel comfortable. One of the features is that another airbag runs beneath the gas distributing compartment in order to protect the rider's breast from the projecting objects in case of an accident. The swollen airbag becomes deflated gradually through gas release valve within 10 seconds, to make a rider feel comfortable. In case of difficulty in tightness or in breathing, unfasten the front zipper of your jacket. " |
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:49:04 GMT, Sorni wrote:
I would suggest you go home past Waterloo and call in on Mr Evans to buy helmet - even Guys Hospital will struggle to repair broken brains! (was wearing sandals. stubbed two smallest toes on right foot, on landing). And some shoes! My feet are damn tired of being in shoes. I want sandals! My ingrown toenail has gotten much better, you can't even tell now, since I started wearing sandals whenever I could. I will now proceed to acquire SPD sandals. Bill "sandal thread! for Robin" S. -- Rick Onanian |
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Luigi de Guzman wrote:
first crash today since I was seven . ... -Luigi So did I this last week. I am 51 and took up cycling for health reasons on doctors orders. (I can not jog or walk due to knee problems) Here in Orlando it has been raining for about three months. We have ten thousand darn Oak trees --- many in my yard. Well, they give off some darn black stuff that collects on the street and is pure oil when it is wet. I hit a patch and then the road. Damn well surprised an old fella. Nothing in life is totally safe. I will tell the Doc that his cure may yet kill me! :-) But, I find that I love to cycle. Shoot, I now have bikes all over my garage. -- Regards, Joe |
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On 11 Aug 2003 18:44:48 GMT, Fraggle wrote:
No one in internet land can tell you if anything you did lead to the accident, mull over in your mind if YOU think you were in the wrong. If you were not then don't beat yourself up! Even if you could have done it Whether or not you were in the wrong, you should still try to think of ways you could have avoided it. Fault doesn't matter in the end; you're just as dead / broken / whatever injury, regardless of whose fault it is, when it has happened. Fault is good for determining who pays the bills. However, as another poster said...the odds catch up to you, no matter how careful you are, if you ride enough. Sooner or later the odds will catch up with me, and I can only hope it's as minor. Fragg -- Rick Onanian |
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