I flew away from this one. Rear-ended by A distracted Mercedes Benz driver doing 45 mph. Launched me in a cartwheel and landed flat on my back. At least he stopped.


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nope i didn't walk away, 2 1/2 days in hospital, 20+ stiches on face.

no memory of what happened

BUT

i was told i hit a rock

i still think someone ran in front of me

no damage whatsoever on arms or shoulders.

this was last july. pretty much healed up, except for the scar around eye. which is pretty awesome.

oh yes, and always wear protection

enjoy

^^way to lead with your face. j/k at least you aren't totally brain dead.

no only partially, but it was only slightly better before... :P

My only car crash was when I rear ended a car that stopped short because of a passing ambulance. I wasn't going too fast, but I still went over the handlebars and took out one of his tail lights. Both the bike (rigid giant mtb) and I came out just fine.

How about the tale that cyclists generally crash more on their left side than right?

Both times I was hit by vehicles (walked away from one, not the other), most of the damage was on my left side. And it seems like in other crashes I always tweak my left wrist.

The standing theory was (early in the century) that since the heart is on the left (obviously untrue), the left side of the body is heavier therefore we are more likely to fall that way.

Any other experiences?

I can guarantee that if I am hit by a car, and am still alive while the car is still there, that the car will have no windows, and possibly a dead driver.

Typically (this applies mostly to my skateboarding days, but I have skitched a few trucks on my bike too), if you're not going as fast as the car, then you get pulled off. I just don't understand how you didn't realize and let go? It happens to me all the time that the person speeds up, but I just get my arm pulled back and then about half a second of minimal rebalancing to do, and then I am fine. Did your hand get caught?

I speculate that this might have something to do with laterality. Most cyclists are also left foot dominant/ regular footed skaters. It makes some sense that the majority of bodies would prefer to fly through the air left side first. I am a goofy footer and have broken my right collarbone and separated my right shoulder on two different crashes.

I got hit and run, and the way it played out, it really seemed like the guy intentionally hit me for ****s and giggles. If I had a plate number I'd have pressed attempted murder charges, or at least aggravated assault.

nah you'll just be like "...wut" and then sore.

yes.

I got hit by a bus in august. I was knocked out for a bit, and have a separated shoulder, I have a nice little bone sticking up on my left shoulder. I also lost a pretty good chunk of my heal on the Changing. I said no I didn't walk away since I was out for a bit. Once I woke up every one was standing around me telling me not not move. I for some reason wanted to make sure I was still all there and stood up. Then sat down then took a car to the hospital!

If you ever really are hit by a car, you won't be as Bad ***** as you think you will be. You will be dazed, confused, not really know whats going on. You basically feel as thought your drunk with out any of the "self made drunk ego." Luckly right after your hit the pain is at the minimum! You will hurt much worse later! Right after i could move my arm all the way around with no increased level of pain. The next morning and for about 2 wheels after I could not move it but at the elbow!

Hit by a car once (squeezed me into the curb. mirror sent me down. he kept on going)
Hit a car once (cab right-hooked me with no signaling. endo'd into traffic)
Clotheslined by cab-hailing old dude once (jumped out into traffic and did a nazi salute 2' in front of me. fell backwards off my bike)
Head-on collision with another biker once (their fault!)

Never had more than a scrape and a bruise, though.

i've crashed tons of times but never with a car

[knock on wood]

This looks worse than it was.

Hit 4 times + too many self induced crashes to count.
I tried to ride down an UP escalator on the DC subway system and crashed for 26 minutes.
If you're not crashing, you're not trying.

only grazed the side of a car. never fell, but bruised myself pretty good.

Hit by car once, ran off road once, and ran into car once ...

Nothing to major had some bad bruising on my left hip and my knee had a wicked cut on it. It was the worst, as it healed and scabbed up, anytime i bent my knee it re-opened and leaked puss everywhere.

Both I rode away from

one I was cut off by a truck turning right I bounced my face off the tailgate as I went down didn't even hurt myself at all just hurt my bike

two I hit three j-walkers when they ran out across the path of me and a car i was pacing knocked em down like bowling pins it was funny but it hurt shredded a new pair of full finger glove and mussed up my face a bit but I still rode home afterwards

Jeezus. That's creative. Did you take him down too?

do parked cars count?

I crashed on some ice the other week, no cars involved.

He fell into a parked car. I think my bike probably hit him, but I'm not sure. Before I even got a chance to ask him if he was okay (because I'm not a dick), he yelled at me "watch where you're going!" I knew if I didn't leave then I was gonna end up smacking him (okay, so I'm kind of a dick), so I just left.

*****, i forgot. i answered no, never hit by a car, but when i was in 7th grade i was rolling up to the bike rack and this huge pontiac backed into me. i had no where to go and just kept yelling and she just kept coming until i was under her bumper praying that she stopped. she did, and turned out to be a teacher at my school and spend the next hour dragging me around to find the principal so i could swear that i wasn't at all hurt. ******** b@tch.

i would have decided at that point that i was very hurt and got that c-bag fired. lol