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Old 02-09-09 | 11:53 AM
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arctos
40 yrs bike touring
 
Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Santa Barbara,CA.

Bikes: Bruce Gordon Ti Rock N Road [1989], Fat Chance Mountain Tandem [1988], Velo Orange Neutrino (2020)

As the state highway curved left a side road joined at an angle. An old car driven by a legally blind 84 year old woman pulled out facing me head on while I was going 25 mph. With no place to go to avoid the car I tried to bunny hop onto the hood but did not quite make it getting hit mainly at the knees.

Here I was sprawled with bike bleeding across the windshield of this car that kept driving with me yelling for the driver to stop. The driver reached toward the dash and turned on the windshield washers and wipers to remove that big bug! The driver finally stopped.

I lost my ACL and all cartilage from one knee. Too long ago for any fixes for the ACL.
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