In over 300,000 miles of bicycling have been struck hard 3 times by a motor vehicle.
1st: High school kid in a sedan on his first solo drive made a left turn and hit us dead center on our tandem . . . excuse: "I didn't see you." He was ticketed.
2nd: white Ford pickup truck struck me at about 45 mph from behind on my single bike; big Westcoast mirror hit me dead center in the back and ripped off mirror, bolts and all. Driver was drunk. Managed to stay upright and did not crash. Ticketed + License suspended for 90 days.
3rd: Another white pickup truck hit us while riding our tandem, again at about 45 mph on a frontage road. The break-away mirror hit my stoker in left shoulder. Managed to keep tandem upright and not go down. Driver had a restricted license, was ticketed and had his license revoked. Excuse: "I didn't see you" and we were wearing bright orange cycling jerseys.
ALL vehicles/drivers are profiled by us!!!
Pedal on TWOgether!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem