At 64 I have been very liucky through the years in that I have never been hit from behind in a car crash. I actually thought the "whip lash" injury was somewhat made up. That changed last week.

Oh, but it is true. At a full stop while waiting for a turn signal for a left turn on a blvd with my wife in the car a four wheel drive pick up hit my MX-5 from behind. I had no idea what happened for a few seconds. When I decided to get out of the car I had problems. My wife was not injured. After a while it did not hurt as much and I thought I was OK. A few days later I knew I was hurt. The pain would not go away and I was having headaches. I finally, after a week, went to my doctor. He said my timing was normal in that it takes about this much time for active people to realize the whip lash is real. I start thearpy on Tuesday and I am now on a couple pills of some type. Doc said "Do not ride the bike.". Not sure how long, but a number of weeks to start.

The young man driving the truck was fully at fault and was given a citation. One man's careless few moments is another man's nightmare, or anyway that is the way I now see it.