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06-01-2004, 08:00 PM

"Frank Krygowski" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
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> Chris wrote:
>
> > This sure does sound like a lot of people getting whacked by cars.
Let's
> > here the others. Bring your tales.
>
> Let's also hear the "NOT getting whacked by cars" tales. There are two
> sides to the story, no?

Hey, I've been riding for 35 years (not continuously, you comedians) or so,
and this is the first time I've had a bike/car collision.

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06-01-2004, 08:13 PM

"Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:3g8vc.28341$3x.5282@attbi_s54...
> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
> I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
> low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
> the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
> into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
> The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
> the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
> hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
> seemed to take it pretty seriously.
>

Sorry to hear about your accident. I hope there is some repercussion for the
driver, sounds like the police have all the info if they want to pursue it.

Some years ago I was riding down Ballard Avenue at around 20 mph when a guy in a
shiny new BMW came up to a stop sign on a crossing street. He looked me right in
the eye and pulled out in front of me. I don't know how fast he thought I was
going, but there was no way to miss him. I was braking with the rear wheel in
the air and still hit him pretty hard, square in the middle of the driver's
door. The stem was not too tight so the handlebars got twisted off center. I was
about a few feet from his car straightening the bars when he got out to inspect
the damage, with an expression of dismay. The bike was OK. He, on the other
hand, was looking at a sizable bill to fix his stove-in door. I said: "You're
lucky I'm not injured, you should be more careful." And I rode away...

06-01-2004, 08:13 PM

"Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:3g8vc.28341$3x.5282@attbi_s54...
> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
> I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
> low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
> the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
> into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
> The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
> the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
> hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
> seemed to take it pretty seriously.
>

Sorry to hear about your accident. I hope there is some repercussion for the
driver, sounds like the police have all the info if they want to pursue it.

Some years ago I was riding down Ballard Avenue at around 20 mph when a guy in a
shiny new BMW came up to a stop sign on a crossing street. He looked me right in
the eye and pulled out in front of me. I don't know how fast he thought I was
going, but there was no way to miss him. I was braking with the rear wheel in
the air and still hit him pretty hard, square in the middle of the driver's
door. The stem was not too tight so the handlebars got twisted off center. I was
about a few feet from his car straightening the bars when he got out to inspect
the damage, with an expression of dismay. The bike was OK. He, on the other
hand, was looking at a sizable bill to fix his stove-in door. I said: "You're
lucky I'm not injured, you should be more careful." And I rode away...

06-01-2004, 08:13 PM

"Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:3g8vc.28341$3x.5282@attbi_s54...
> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
> I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
> low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
> the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
> into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
> The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
> the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
> hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
> seemed to take it pretty seriously.
>

Sorry to hear about your accident. I hope there is some repercussion for the
driver, sounds like the police have all the info if they want to pursue it.

Some years ago I was riding down Ballard Avenue at around 20 mph when a guy in a
shiny new BMW came up to a stop sign on a crossing street. He looked me right in
the eye and pulled out in front of me. I don't know how fast he thought I was
going, but there was no way to miss him. I was braking with the rear wheel in
the air and still hit him pretty hard, square in the middle of the driver's
door. The stem was not too tight so the handlebars got twisted off center. I was
about a few feet from his car straightening the bars when he got out to inspect
the damage, with an expression of dismay. The bike was OK. He, on the other
hand, was looking at a sizable bill to fix his stove-in door. I said: "You're
lucky I'm not injured, you should be more careful." And I rode away...

06-01-2004, 08:13 PM

"Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:3g8vc.28341$3x.5282@attbi_s54...
> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
> I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
> low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
> the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
> into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
> The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
> the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
> hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
> seemed to take it pretty seriously.
>

Sorry to hear about your accident. I hope there is some repercussion for the
driver, sounds like the police have all the info if they want to pursue it.

Some years ago I was riding down Ballard Avenue at around 20 mph when a guy in a
shiny new BMW came up to a stop sign on a crossing street. He looked me right in
the eye and pulled out in front of me. I don't know how fast he thought I was
going, but there was no way to miss him. I was braking with the rear wheel in
the air and still hit him pretty hard, square in the middle of the driver's
door. The stem was not too tight so the handlebars got twisted off center. I was
about a few feet from his car straightening the bars when he got out to inspect
the damage, with an expression of dismay. The bike was OK. He, on the other
hand, was looking at a sizable bill to fix his stove-in door. I said: "You're
lucky I'm not injured, you should be more careful." And I rode away...

06-01-2004, 08:13 PM

"Claire Petersky" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote in message
news:3g8vc.28341$3x.5282@attbi_s54...
> I was coming down Dearborn at about 20 mph in to work this morning, 8:45 AM,
> full morning daylight, and was right hooked by someone turning in to
> Chinatown. He didn't use a turn signal. I could see him angling in to make
> the turn, so I was braking hard.
>
> I nearly managed to miss him. I hit the back of the guy's car at a pretty
> low speed considering, then hit the ground. Me, I'm fine, just a scrape on
> the elbow. Bike appears fine. Water bottle is totaled, though -- rolled out
> into the street and got run over by a truck.
>
> The driver didn't bother to stop to find out what might have gone thump on
> the back of his car. Instead, he high-tailed it out of there. I filed a
> hit-and-run police report this morning: license number 275 LUM. Police
> seemed to take it pretty seriously.
>

Sorry to hear about your accident. I hope there is some repercussion for the
driver, sounds like the police have all the info if they want to pursue it.

Some years ago I was riding down Ballard Avenue at around 20 mph when a guy in a
shiny new BMW came up to a stop sign on a crossing street. He looked me right in
the eye and pulled out in front of me. I don't know how fast he thought I was
going, but there was no way to miss him. I was braking with the rear wheel in
the air and still hit him pretty hard, square in the middle of the driver's
door. The stem was not too tight so the handlebars got twisted off center. I was
about a few feet from his car straightening the bars when he got out to inspect
the damage, with an expression of dismay. The bike was OK. He, on the other
hand, was looking at a sizable bill to fix his stove-in door. I said: "You're
lucky I'm not injured, you should be more careful." And I rode away...

06-01-2004, 10:38 PM

Joel Solomon wrote:
> My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was
> riding along a 2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit
> to connect a couple of less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes
> slowed down, rolled down her window and shouted "Get a car!" She
> turned onto the road that I was turning on to. As fate would have it,
> she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode up along
> side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
> half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming
> about "How dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I
> thought that her kid didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior
> from.

Please use proper terminology.

Her offspring is obviously a CALF.

Bill "would have been tempted to show her my HOOF" S.

06-01-2004, 10:38 PM

Joel Solomon wrote:
> My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was
> riding along a 2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit
> to connect a couple of less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes
> slowed down, rolled down her window and shouted "Get a car!" She
> turned onto the road that I was turning on to. As fate would have it,
> she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode up along
> side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
> half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming
> about "How dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I
> thought that her kid didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior
> from.

Please use proper terminology.

Her offspring is obviously a CALF.

Bill "would have been tempted to show her my HOOF" S.

06-01-2004, 10:38 PM

Joel Solomon wrote:
> My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was
> riding along a 2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit
> to connect a couple of less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes
> slowed down, rolled down her window and shouted "Get a car!" She
> turned onto the road that I was turning on to. As fate would have it,
> she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode up along
> side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
> half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming
> about "How dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I
> thought that her kid didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior
> from.

Please use proper terminology.

Her offspring is obviously a CALF.

Bill "would have been tempted to show her my HOOF" S.

06-01-2004, 10:38 PM

Joel Solomon wrote:
> My favorite recent experience was last Tuesday afternoon. I was
> riding along a 2 block stretch of busy road that I needed to transit
> to connect a couple of less traveled roads. A woman in a Mercedes
> slowed down, rolled down her window and shouted "Get a car!" She
> turned onto the road that I was turning on to. As fate would have it,
> she got stuck at a red light at the next corner. I rode up along
> side of her and replied "Get a life, Cow!" This woman spent the next
> half mile driving alongside of me, honking her horn and screaming
> about "How dare you speak that way to me with a child in the car." I
> thought that her kid didn't need anyone else to learn bad behavior
> from.

Please use proper terminology.

Her offspring is obviously a CALF.

Bill "would have been tempted to show her my HOOF" S.