My Accident Today! Be Carefull !!! By Kaveman (Read 658 times)

[Kaveman]

This is exactly what happens when you don't fully check what's on your right side while trying to make a right turn into a parking lot , while on your scooter ! I went down this afternoon because I didn't  ! As seen in the photos the scoot took the most damage between the lady's car ,the pavement and me. My helmet hit the ground hard ! If I hadn't been wearing a helmet I would have had a nasty head injury on top of the bruising  on my right side and a 1 way ticket to the ICU . Yes , I am hurting a bit tonight and will be bruised up for a good week or two. Road rash on the right elbow hurts like hell too! I can't emphasize enough about always wearing a helmet a jacket, gloves and denim pants. It saved me from much more serious injury's today. Listen to me and heed my warning ! This could have been you ! You need to watch it and check where your going when you turn. If you don't , you can expect what happened to me this afternoon to happen to you ! And maybe much worse !
willc.

[Kaveman]

One more quick note or two . Fortunately for me the scoots is still ride able . It could have been much much worse !
willc.

[cyborg]

Yes it could have been much worse,,, a stout bike and a hard head with a helmet saved the day,,, take it easy for a couple days

[Bashan]

Yeah man, you dodged a bullet. That's a heartbreaker to a nice looking bike but you did ride it home. It could have been much worse than some road rash, glad you're OK. Get it fixed and keep riding, well when the icebox thaws I mean. Rich

[Guitarman]

Had almost the same thing happen to me the same day! I pulled into the lane and a Taxi tried to push me out. He pulled out of a parking structure even though he saw me coming. Did not crash, but I felt like kicking a hole in his cage.

[cyborg]

Hey Will,,,,how're you feeling today?,,,and have you gone thru the machine to assess the damage?,,,doesn't look too bad in the pics

[tvnacman]

I understand where you are coming from , I have been knocked off and helmet slammed the pavement . How did it happen ? How can we avoid what happened to you ?

John

[Guitarman]

Nov 8, 2014 10:07:01 GMT -6 tvnacman said:

How can we avoid what happened to you ?

John

Caltrops.

[Kaveman]

Hi guys ( and Gals) . I'm still bruised up good on my right side and will be for a while. Primarily on the right hip and upper thigh . The road rash on my right arm is what hurts the most at the moment. That will take abit longer to heal up. I now have matching road rash to go with my right knee that I got 18 years ago in a minor motorcycle accident .
That accident I put down the bike while turning onto a road. The intersection had loose gravel and my wheels went out from underneath me ! My advice is watch and double check where your turning so you don't run into someone like I did Thursday ! Someone might be there that you don't expect them to be.
willc.

[drahken]

dont be lazy and don't expect people to not be there where they could be, i think people are off road and on the wrong side of the road all the time. i was delivering and was tired from working too much and done a turn without looking, cuase i thought it was clear. after i done the turn, i was like, what am i doing? i knew i was too tired to keep doing it, then. too much thinking and just turning after turning so many times, and being tired.

i expect people on the wrong side of the road. and dont be lazy, stop if you got too. not the best idea but at least peopel, might stop behind you. depeending how, lazy or much you ache.

[Kaveman]

Lesson learned : always no matter what check your blind spots when turning even when you think there will be no vehicles there. There might just be !! Arm still hurts as does the hip abit. It may be a week or more till my body stop's giving me a reminder about what I did to it last week !
willc.