Originally Posted by OhLylo

I got hit by a car on the way home today.

I was very lucky. Nether I nor my bike are seriously injured. My arm and neck are quite sore and stiff, but I saw a doc and nothing's broken or egregiously injured, so it's motrin and tiger balm for me tonight.

I'd like to say I have a valuable lesson learned, but I don't. It was broad daylight, in clear conditions, on a familiar road, in nil traffic. I was riding in an appropriate lane position and was less than a mile out of my parking spot. I don't know if the guy didn't see me (in bright colors in broad damn daylight) or was distracted or just didn't feel like changing lanes, and maybe I never will, because it was a hit and run. I didn't get a plate, but I did get the make/model/generation of the car (a beige first gen Toyota Tundra truck) and he left behind his passenger wing mirror when he hit me, so the cops got that and are gonna try to figure it out from there.

I'm going to take the rest of the work week off of riding (or longer, depending on how my body feels in the morning and over the next couple of days). I may add cameras and more visibility enhancers of some sort before then, but I'm trying not to make hasty panic decisions because I got hit today.

Ugh.