Originally Posted by
Papa Tom
From the OP:
Thanks for all the responses, everyone. I was unaware of how many of you have actually been involved in crashes.
What I guess I was looking for is as an inside scoop as to what was going on in your head before the crash, rather than the circumstances of the crash. Were you distracted? Daydreaming? Pre-occupied with a mechanical issue? …
That said, would those who have already commented care to describe their mental state immediately before the crash in no more than 4 or 5 words?
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
I was riding at about 9 PM on a wide, well-lit, low volume residential suburban street with no parked cars, wearing two rear view blinkies, and right and left rear view mirrors when I got hit from behind. It was so serene that I don’t remember what I was thnking….
Having fulfilled your request, I’d like to comment on this preceding post:
Originally Posted by
kickstart
Two things always stressed in commercial driver training are "get the big picture", and "leave yourself an out". Whats behind you is 50% of your riding environment, being aware of whats behind you gives you more options to deal with whats in front, and besides you...
In my High School Driver’s Ed class, the admonition that I remember well, was
“You don’t own the Right of Way until the other driver yields it to you.” For that reason, I always look left and right even when passing through an intersection where I have the green light (driving
and cycling), and never asssume I can immediately go when in the vicinity of a vehicle. Advice I learned from BF is that you can only trust the direction that the front wheels of the vehicle are pointed.